>
> I thought the HE game drew better because:
>
> * some ECAC fans left after first game
> * Maine & UNH had probably most rabid fans in East this year (sorry, Cornell)
> as evidenced by showing in Providence too, and not nearly as far to travel
> (a case for moving to the Knick)
> * Maine & UNH fans started showing up halfway though ECAC game
> * most local fans knew more about Maine/UNH than SLU/Cornell, or were HE fans
> ,so they showed up halfway through too.
There is also the factor that Cornell and I think RPI
were on spring break and neither school's fans were planning on their team
making it to the Garden so vacation plans were probably already set in stone.
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