Comcast Center Atmosphere

Would be a lot easier to keep the local athletes at home, too.

In order to get credit for attending the game, they should add scanning your card at half time as well. At least the students have to stay for a half and most likely would stay the whole time.

I’m old school, was an insane student when Bias was playing, and have remained rabid ever since. Seen so many of these games. The bottom line is ALL of the ACC games used to be packed and crazy, and lots of the mid major games would have excellent crowds. But remember GW’s teams went to the tourney like so many teens of years in a row (sorry don’t have the stat). We were consistently a top 25 team for many years. Last year and this year, we can beat some scrubby middling teams, but we can’t beat any top teams. We get second page media coverage because of it. Have us rolling into ACC seasons 16-2 ranked in the top 20 and you will see Comcast sold out again for almost every game. Don’t do that and you won’t.

should do the trick… I completely blow my voice on that first string of bad calls and am getting some strange looks at work this morning

I agree that it was great to show Turgeon what we’re capable of, and obviously everyone’s wishing it can get to the point where it’s like that at most games. As it’s been said, that comes with the team getting better, but in addition to that, I think our schedule needs to be a little tougher during the fall semester during OOC play. That will definitely bring more people out. I just don’t understand why students don’t all scramble to come to every game. It’s a free Division I basketball game, usually against good opponents, why wouldn’t you take 2 hours out of your schedule like twice a week to come to every game you can? People love coming to the Duke game because it’s like an event, it’s basically like a party, it’s rocking. If there was just hype like that for every game, so many more people would come. I’m afraid that after this game, the student section is going to get slowly more empty for the VT game and others down the line (hopefully not UNC).

Cost I could see as an issue for some people but it’s obviously not an issue for students who get FREE tickets to EVERY GAME. The culture needs to change but I don’t think it can until this team becomes great again.

“these fans crazy”. “That was a great game last night”. “Love the atmosphere.” “The fans are crazy”
After hearing he was going to the game I figured he’s have to say something about it, and since a lot of people on here have an unhealthy love of him there ya go. Watching at home, you could tell that place was beyond the normal Duke game

there is more to it than just putting out a winning team. Duke has had “down” years but their fans are always there and always doing their usual crap. Having a winning team will help tremendously but the student section needs to be more organized and they need more chants. Since the time that I was a student there were only two main chants:
1) AHHHHHHHHHHH (scream until your eyes pop out)
and
2) Lets gooooo Maryland

with such a large selection of chants to choose from its no wonder why there is often silence.

A lot of the students need to be organized and TOLD what the chants are when they come to maryland for their freshmen year. The school needs to get a student organization to

1) Create new chants
2) Lead the fans during the game by starting the chants
3) Educate the fans on what the chants are (cheer sheets or whatever)

Most fans simply dont know what to do. We don’t need chants specialized for each team like Duke does we just need chants period

The place should be packed every night. Listening to the postgame on the radio leaving last night, Turge said he was excited for the big crowd (he’s never seen the place full before) but said he thought the VT game Saturday afternoon would have a crowd size similar to what they had been earlier this year. That’s disappointing. We need to keep that place full and rocking for every game like it was last night. The 4 seats to my left in section 201 have been empty all year, including last night. I like having room to spread out, but I’d bring more friends if I could. Students can’t blame time spent “studying” if the game is on a Saturday afternoon. Go Terps

Have more substitutes for Duke games throughout the season in Comcast. For example, red out the UNC game. We have 4 colors to use that would bring the crowd together in unison: black, gold, red, white. If we have the equivalent of 4 big games spaced out during the year where we all wear the same colors, students will come.

Of course this would mean we would have to bring in a tougher non-conference schedule as we can not control the ACC scheduling. My guess is with the addition of Syracuse and Pitt, we’ll get atleast one of those teams home every year. UNC will still alternate home-away every year. So right there is atleast 3 possible big games (including Duke) to create a great atmosphere. Maybe used the 4th tshirt color for the ACC-Big Ten challenge but once again that sways home and away every year. We would need atleast one big opponent every year in non conference. Maybe Georgetown, or any willing team looking to boost their strength of schedule with a tough road game.

Have only limited amounts of free tshirts to support the student section ring around the court (not including the wall) which should ensure fans will get there early. Just some quick ideas, each color shirt should say something different:

White shirt reads : #Terpnation
Red shirt reads: #Pride
Black shirt reads: #Fear
Yellow shirt reads: "Garyland"

I think the limited amount of shirts would work with students because it would be very easy to wear that color to the game even if they do not receive a t shirt. Usually T shirts have sponsors on the back and I’m not sure how much this would cost or anything, but with a winning team Maryland should be able to find sponsors.

This would be another good way to reform the point system in place for basketball tickets. This would eliminate the fact that once the Duke game is over students don’t feel like there is a reason to attend games anymore. If we had another huge matchup down the line, students would file in to Comcast to get their points up for the next lottery situation.

Again, this all still goes hand in hand with the success of Turgeon and the Mens basketball program. Just imagine, just like we had the gold student section last night, what it would be for a black out? white out? the Red sea? It could work.

If we start getting top talent in Maryland, and this team becomes a nationally competitive team, I think this place will be pretty loud during most ACC games.

that shit means NOTHING. a great crowd is 100% based on the intensity and loudness. The game was insane last night for 38.5 minutes until it was put away by dook. On that 3rd AWFUl call that went against us in that 3 minutes stretch, i have never ever ever heard more intense booing in my life.

Especially when everyone was jumping. We made Michigan fans look like they were still in high school. Plus, I loved it when Bobby Knight agreed with the commentator that it was a very hostile crowd.

Coach K said today that he does not look forward to playing in CP every year. The crowd is very hostile and it takes a day or two to get over the animosity……Love it!!