Winthrop @ Furman (Dec. 14)(BSWA)

[Flagman]

Word came to the Roundball Club today that the official attendance for the Winthrop game was 3,700.

[apaladin]

Wonder if there will ever be a chance for Greenville to host the SoCon tournament again, I personally would like to see that happen

I agree. I really think it would get supported here better. No one from Asheville actually attends. It is a more central location also. Greenville metro poulation is 3 times that of Asheville. Grenville County is more than double the population of Buncombe County. Not to mention better weather. Just seems to reasom more people would attend. For some reason the SoCon is in love with Asheville so I don't see it moving anytime soon. In fact didnt they just sign an agreement to keep it there for many more years?

[apaladin]

Word came to the Roundball Club today that the official attendance for the Winthrop game was 3,700.

I wonder if that was tickets are actual peeps. I know there were a lot of season ticket no shows.

[DungeonRealm]

Word came to the Roundball Club today that the official attendance for the Winthrop game was 3,700.

What would be the purpose of reporting 2,752 then? To save on tax dollars?

[DungeonRealm]

Wonder if there will ever be a chance for Greenville to host the SoCon tournament again, I personally would like to see that happen

I agree. I really think it would get supported here better. No one from Asheville actually attends. It is a more central location also. Greenville metro poulation is 3 times that of Asheville. Grenville County is more than double the population of Buncombe County. Not to mention better weather. Just seems to reasom more people would attend. For some reason the SoCon is in love with Asheville so I don't see it moving anytime soon. In fact didnt they just sign an agreement to keep it there for many more years?

Its an older dated venue in Asheville so I am sure the SoCon gets it for pretty cheap that weekend

[apaladin]

Wonder if there will ever be a chance for Greenville to host the SoCon tournament again, I personally would like to see that happen

I agree. I really think it would get supported here better. No one from Asheville actually attends. It is a more central location also. Greenville metro poulation is 3 times that of Asheville. Grenville County is more than double the population of Buncombe County. Not to mention better weather. Just seems to reasom more people would attend. For some reason the SoCon is in love with Asheville so I don't see it moving anytime soon. In fact didnt they just sign an agreement to keep it there for many more years?

Its an older dated venue in Asheville so I am sure the SoCon gets it for pretty cheap that weekend

Prolly so. It is 45 years old.

[CharlieFU]

The SoCon is I love with Asheville cuz Asheville is in love with SoCon. It’s not just about tickets sold.

[Flagman]

Word came to the Roundball Club today that the official attendance for the Winthrop game was 3,700.

What would be the purpose of reporting 2,752 then? To save on tax dollars?

Many fans who were invited to a VIP reception were not scanned as they entered, as well as many students.

[DungeonRealm]

Word came to the Roundball Club today that the official attendance for the Winthrop game was 3,700.

What would be the purpose of reporting 2,752 then? To save on tax dollars?

Many fans who were invited to a VIP reception were not scanned as they entered, as well as many students.

Wow, would have been nice to have the real figure reported

[Flagman]

I think I just did.

[DungeonRealm]

I think I just did.

Not at all
Obviously I meant on the official attendance figure announced for the game, it would raise our season attendance average and would have looked even better perception wise to the general public that we drew a larger crowd.

[DungeonRealm]

Attendance has now been updated on the Furman website to show 3,740
https://furmanpaladins.com/sports/mens- ... score/6280

ESPN still has the initial figure of 2,752, but maybe we don't have the power to go back and correct that figure as well
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... =401171554


At any rate, the new figure of 3,740 looks good and should provide a nice boost to our season average