The Pete is becoming ordinary
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That's what happens when the upperdeck is half empty. It was another 10,000 crowd in a 12,500 arena.
I was at the game tonight.... great seats literally right in front of James Robinson's parents (nice people, by the way). The lower deck was full, the upper deck was half full. It's hard for the crowd to be as intimidating when the place isn't full.
It's also hard for the crowd to maintain enthusiasm when the team is down by 25 points at halftime.
I was at the game tonight.... great seats literally right in front of James Robinson's parents (nice people, by the way). The lower deck was full, the upper deck was half full. It's hard for the crowd to be as intimidating when the place isn't full.
It's also hard for the crowd to maintain enthusiasm when the team is down by 25 points at halftime.
Buildings aren't magic.
We won all the time at the Pete because we won all the time
Away from the Pete.
Home court erodes if the team isn't very good.
We won all the time at the Pete because we won all the time
Away from the Pete.
Home court erodes if the team isn't very good.
Pitt has been .500 at The Pete in conference games over thr last 4-5 years.
Reason: we've been mediocre.
Reason: we've been mediocre.
I never really understood what part of this Pitt fans didn't get.
Full arenas with a capacity crowd that is loud and involved cheering on a team that is a consistent winner - typically are hard to play in.
A truly intimidating atmosphere is the convergence of good basketball teams and very involved fans, neither entity believing a win is pre-ordained.
Full arenas with a capacity crowd that is loud and involved cheering on a team that is a consistent winner - typically are hard to play in.
A truly intimidating atmosphere is the convergence of good basketball teams and very involved fans, neither entity believing a win is pre-ordained.
That's bad. I was going through and organizing some old videos this week and came across a video I shot at the ending of the Pitt/Nova game in 2011 where we clinched the BE Championship. We were 149-12 at that point. 12 losses in the first 9 years.
It's the team. They have been a terribly mediocre team for a few years. I was at the game Tuesday and the crowd was small. But the Zoo was still completely full. The student section is all that really matters as far as home-court advantage and they've always been great. It's the team, not the arena.
So then, this team hasn't been good for 4- 5 years and definitely trending downward
Agree, just doesn't seem to have an effect to where they gain an advantage. Alot of only ok or fairly good teams that come here seem pretty comfortable.
Our drop-off though has been of epic proportions. 1 seeds to NCAA bubble/NIT/CBI teams.
That's not Epic proportions, silly goose.
That's regression to the mean.
