points of concern

[shaunguth]

Tell that to the Bears fans...


You're wrong


Everyone who pays has the right to do what they feel necessary to motivate and make their voice heard minus profanity or throwing anything...

And standing!

[Braves4Life]

Good fans don't boo? Tell that to fans in NY and Philadelphia

That's why I can't stand any Philly pro teams. It's also why I have always said unabashedly that Philadelphians are the world's rudest people.

[BradleyJD]

That's why I can't stand any Philly pro teams. It's also why I have always said unabashedly that Philadelphians are the world's rudest people.

That city is a toilet too

[basketball nut]

I have always said that BU fans are not very loud. I use to go to Butler games when I lived in Indy and they would have 5000 at Hinkle and it woudl be much louder then Carver w/ 10,000. The best game I remember @ Carver was right after we came eoff the sweet 16 year when they had the coud stand for the 1st 4 minutes and last 4 minutes of each half. It actaully got kind of loud for Carver.

[Out of Balance]

My Boody is better than your Boody

[Out of Balance]

I have always said that BU fans are not very loud. I use to go to Butler games when I lived in Indy and they would have 5000 at Hinkle and it woudl be much louder then Carver w/ 10,000. The best game I remember @ Carver was right after we came eoff the sweet 16 year when they had the coud stand for the 1st 4 minutes and last 4 minutes of each half. It actaully got kind of loud for Carver.

The loudest and best, was last years Michigan State game Even better than any ISU game I can remember
God I Love your Avatar

[houstonbrave]

A great home court advantage will not be built by a crowd that "boo's" really well. (and please don't suggest that BU fans should aspire to be NY or God forbid Philly fans-fortunately that will never happen-and Santa Claus thanks us for that).

My counter to the "fans who care boo" argument is that I have been going to Bradley games since I was about 6 years old (quite a few years ago) and I have never boo'd the team. (The officials yeah but not the team). I cannot imagine ever booing the team/coach. Its just not anything I can ever envision doing.

The "blue hairs" may not be very loud but they are there every year and they have been for many years. Their loyalty and donations to the University keep the place going so get over it-that will not change-the University cannot afford such a change.

Our student body has a group that are loud and devoted. However, that group is not terribly large and the students are unfortunately more fair weather than most of the rest of the fan base. If we are going really well they will come out in big numbers, but if things get rough we lose a lot of the students (not all).

[shaunguth]

A great home court advantage will not be built by a crowd that "boo's" really well. (and please don't suggest that BU fans should aspire to be NY or God forbid Philly fans-fortunately that will never happen-and Santa Claus thanks us for that).

Maybe we should also aspire to be Cubs' fans and start throwing things onto the court when we don't like something like they seem to enjoy doing at Wrigley? I mean you did pay for your ticket and have every right to show your "support".....errrr......disgust towards the players....errrr.....coach.

[DUBrave5]

Our student body has a group that are loud and devoted. However, that group is not terribly large and the students are unfortunately more fair weather than most of the rest of the fan base. If we are going really well they will come out in big numbers, but if things get rough we lose a lot of the students (not all).

I hope I am reading this right. I read it to mean that other than the group of dedicated students, that the rest of the students are mostly fair weather fans. Otherwise I disagree with you because I know of quite a few fans that have come back during break for the games or even gone out to Vegas to cheer for this team. I'll admit that I have thought about not going to a couple games, I even told my girlfriend that I wasn't going to one game, but when it comes down to gameday, I'm always at Carver whether we are winning or losing.

[houstonbrave]

I did not say you could not "boo". My point was I never have and I never will. Just will not happen-I cannot and will not boo a Bradley team. I am not telling you that you cannot boo or you are not a fan-just don't tell me if I don't boo I am not a fan or I don't care.

I do not think the tendency for NY or Philly fans to boo their teams helps them. Their tendency to boo and beat up their teams when they are not doing well hurts them rather than helps them. Yes, you can bring up the Yankees success but I would argue that their success comes in spite of rather than because of their "difficult" fans/media-maybe fueled by the few hundred million extra they spend on players.

I also stand by my point that we can complain about not having as big a home court advantage as we would like but that will not be built by booing as loud as possible. It just won't happen. Don't remember anyone coming out of Cameron Indoor saying "wow that was a hard place to play they were booing Duke really loudly".

[houstonbrave]

DU Brave-I did not mean this as a "dig" at the students but rather a "defense" of the long term season ticket holders. They do a good job of showing up and supporting the University over a long period of time through the good and the bad.

We have a very energetic/supportive group of student fans but it is not huge. It gets bigger when we are having a really good year but it seems to vary a lot if things are not going well while more of the "blue hairs" show up year in year out. Just my opinion.

[DUBrave5]

DU Brave-I did not mean this as a "dig" at the students but rather a "defense" of the long term season ticket holders. They do a good job of showing up and supporting the University over a long period of time through the good and the bad.

We have a very energetic/supportive group of student fans but it is not huge. It gets bigger when we are having a really good year but it seems to vary a lot if things are not going well while more of the "blue hairs" show up year in year out. Just my opinion.

Okay I understand what you mean and that is pretty much how I took it. I think it would be great if the students did show up more but honestly I don't know how to get them there. The university offers students a bus there and a bus back, and if they don't want to take a bus, there are places to park for free if you look around enough and tickets only cost us $1. Until we build up that prestige that other schools have, we won't have the students like they do.

[Rusty 54]

I think it would be great if the students did show up more but honestly I don't know how to get them there.

Since the NIT season following the Sweet 16 it seems to me that student attendance has declined every year. For whatever reason, it doesn't seem like a lot of the students get behind the team. I think it all goes back to either bringing in big names or winning. Michigan State was packed hours before the game. isu and Creighton will always be packed. But many students don't care about Loyola or Western Carolina or schools they don't care about. If Bradley was successful in conference, won the valley tournament, or made it to the NCAA's would students show up in big numbers? No doubt in my mind.
But many students (like some other fans) wont get behind the CBI or CIT. I would guess most of the students who either post or lurk on this board would be at Carver no matter what, but it is the "fair-weather" students who haven't shown up that make the student section empty. As embarrassing as it is to me, we can't even fill an end zone, and that is including a huge band. How do we get the student section full? BradleyBrave said it best. Just win, baby.

As for the Cameron Crazies, I could be wrong but I was always under the impression that they appeared as Coach K and Duke started having a great deal of success. I thought they coincided with the rise of the Blue Devil teams, not brought the team up the the level of fan support. And they didn't just get their reputation from being loud. They were very creative, but also vicious. Would that go over as well in Peoria? Who knows.

Just my $.02

[shaunguth]

Since the NIT season following the Sweet 16 it seems to me that student attendance has declined every year. For whatever reason, it doesn't seem like a lot of the students get behind the team. I think it all goes back to either bringing in big names or winning. Michigan State was packed hours before the game. isu and Creighton will always be packed. But many students don't care about Loyola or Western Carolina or schools they don't care about. If Bradley was successful in conference, won the valley tournament, or made it to the NCAA's would students show up in big numbers? No doubt in my mind.
But many students (like some other fans) wont get behind the CBI or CIT. I would guess most of the students who either post or lurk on this board would be at Carver no matter what, but it is the "fair-weather" students who haven't shown up that make the student section empty. As embarrassing as it is to me, we can't even fill an end zone, and that is including a huge band. How do we get the student section full? BradleyBrave said it best. Just win, baby.

As for the Cameron Crazies, I could be wrong but I was always under the impression that they appeared as Coach K and Duke started having a great deal of success. I thought they coincided with the rise of the Blue Devil teams, not brought the team up the the level of fan support. And they didn't just get their reputation from being loud. They were very creative, but also vicious. Would that go over as well in Peoria? Who knows.

Just my $.02

Great post, especially concerning the Crazies at Duke. I thought what little student section we had Wednesday night did a great job sending Martin to the bench after he fouled out! I love seeing that kind of enthusiasm at the games! Someone in my area, half-jokingly, said that's not very sportsmanlike. To which I replied......neither is booing your own team.

[Braves4Life]

Someone in my area, half-jokingly, said that's not very sportsmanlike. To which I replied......neither is booing your own team.

Kudos my friend!