A friend tells me that the only tickets available throught Ticketmaster are
in the last few rows of the uppermost section.
 
So the key  may be no-shows, especially from BC fans, for the first round
games.  There seems to be a good local contingent from Michigan, in addition
to folks who may come from Ann Arbor, and the fact that Maine has
potentially two games is good (in fact very good for the local economy if
they win Friday, because the drive from Maine is short enough that plenty of
folks should do it, but far enough that many of them won't want to drive
back after the Friday game).  I think the Saturday games should do fine,
with UNH and Clarkson guaranteed, and Maine possible.  Not slighting DU or
OSU, I just don't know them.
 
We'll see.
 
Clay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl A. Morris [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 5:13 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Actual tournament brackets
>
> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Eeyore wrote:
>
> > I don't know if it involves changing priorities, but the committee
> picked an
> > interesting time to not put attendance high on the list. I stand by my
> > prediction that the West Regional is going to die in the ratings.  Maybe
> they
>
>
> And you know what, I think the East Regionals are going to take a bath
> attendance-wise as well.  No Boston teams in the tourney--bad karma for
> Worcester.  Thank God Albany didn't end up with this draw.  You basically
> have two teams with any fan base to accompany their teams--Maine and UNH.
> UNH fans most likely will only be there for the final (with the exception
> of Jim Love, who never has anything to do this time of year.  :-) )
> Clarkson won't bring many because there aren't many fans in Potsdam to
> bring.
>
> I don't think this years Regionals are going to present much of a
> marketing opportunity for the NC$$.
>
[. . . ]
 
> Brian Morris                  RPI Engineers--Wait till next year
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