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I see what you guys are saying about the entry pass. Wow. And it doesn’t look like UNCG is playing a zone much.
I see, however, that the three-point shooting is still south of 30%. Sigh. They’re going to have to score an awful lot to make up for the general lack of outside shooting.
Actually the ESPN3 feed is being surprisingly cooperative so far. Am I seeing that free throw statistic correctly? Gamecast has the Pack 12-15 from the line so far. Good bounceback from last game.
Couldn’t agree more, Alpha. I’ve got my own perspective, having grown up a Wolfpack fan who ended up going to DePaul in Chicago. I can tell you from experience that folks around Lincoln Park still remember the Ray Meyer days at Alumni Hall, directly on the campus.
By the time I got there, however, the team played its games at the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena) some 15 miles northwest via I90. I90 is the primary route to O’Hare and the western suburban commute from Chicago, among other things, and it can be a traffic nightmare on any given day.
Point is, the school unintentionally did everything possible to make it a hardship on DePaul students who might want to show up at a game. As a result, despite two degrees from DePaul and a quarter century of living in the vicinity, I still have yet to attend a DePaul basketball game or become a Blue Demons fan.
I realize that schools want more ticket sales and amenities, but there’s something to be said for proximity and giving your students a better chance to follow the team and become bigger fans as alumni. Just my two cents.
