Date:         Sunday, 27 Mar ?4 16:40:48 MST
From:         JACK MCDONALD <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Attendance @ Regionals
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Jack McDonald (DU Athletic Director) writes:
 
> I am curious at what the attendance was at the 1st and 2nd rounds of
> both East and Western Regionals.
 
> With the fair to poor attendance at the league championhips, I think
> it is time that college hockey begin to consider ending the season two
> to three weeks after the basketball (men's and women's) Final Four.
 
Nicholas Strangas writes:
 
> Attendance at the Knick on Friday was 10,455 and Saturday's was 9,675.
 
According to the reports I heard, less than 2,000 fans were there for
the early evening games on both Friday and Saturday.
 
Last year, the tournament was moved up -- 1 or 2 weeks. The first week
was gained by going to the regional format, and the second (if I
remember correcly) by eliminating the week off between the last league
tournament and the start of NC$$ play. How did the Phinal Phour end up
the same weekend as basketball again?
 
Which would be better? After the basketball tournament or before/during
the early rounds?
 
If the hockey season was all 1 week earlier, then the league
tournaments would be the weekend before the basketball tourney starts,
the regionals would be the first weekend of basketball, and the Phinal
Phour would be a week before the basketball finals.
 
        --david
 
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