The seats behind the visiting bench

[Sean Miller Fan]

I remember this coming up a few years ago and I think Heather even addressed it.

The only teams who are EVER going to fill those seats are Duke, UNC, Syracuse, and maybe ND and Lou if they're winning. Possibly UVa. For everyone else including the OOC's you might have 6 people sitting in a section that contains 75 or so seats. Is it really that difficult to move sell the unused seats or move Pitt fans into those sections. I swear Pitt is the only arena in the country with 5 rows of empty seats directly behind the visiting bench.

 

[4Mark_Marty]

I remember this coming up a few years ago and I think Heather even addressed it.

The only teams who are EVER going to fill those seats are Duke, UNC, Syracuse, and maybe ND and Lou if they're winning. Possibly UVa. For everyone else including the OOC's you might have 6 people sitting in a section that contains 75 or so seats. Is it really that difficult to move sell the unused seats or move Pitt fans into those sections. I swear Pitt is the only arena in the country with 5 rows of empty seats directly behind the visiting bench.

5 Rows?? It's like 10

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

5 Rows?? It's like 10

The ACC only requires that the visiting team gets 50 (or is it 75?) tickets so that shouldn't be more than 4-5 rows. Have you ever seen a Pitt road game with 10 rows of blue and gold behind our bench? I don't know what's going on with that

 

[4Mark_Marty]

The ACC only requires that the visiting team gets 50 (or is it 75?) tickets so that shouldn't be more than 4-5 rows. Have you ever seen a Pitt road game with 10 rows of blue and gold behind our bench? I don't know what's going on with that

I agree. It looks terrible.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

I agree. It looks terrible.

I don't follow basketball super closely, but what do other schools do? Do they all prevent the student section from being directly behind the visitors bench?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I don't follow basketball super closely, but what do other schools do? Do they all prevent the student section from being directly behind the visitors bench?

Most student sections are not behind the visiting bench. However, the few that are: Duke, MSU, NC State, etc dont leave 10 rows completely open. If the visiting team isnt bringing any fans, I highly doubt the ACC prevents the home team from sitting other people there.

 

[pittjas]

5 Rows?? It's like 10

Because the

Most student sections are not behind the visiting bench. However, the few that are: Duke, MSU, NC State, etc dont leave 10 rows completely open. If the visiting team isnt bringing any fans, I highly doubt the ACC prevents the home team from sitting other people there.

once again you are clueless. Most student sections are behind the bench. Duke is one of them that ISNT.

The only reason there are so many rows open at Pitt right now is because the Zoo figures there’s no need to be squished on top of any visiting fans when there’s so much available space elsewhere.

Any time the Zoo has been full the last few years there’s like maybe 3-4 rows of visiting fans and then the Zoo is right behind that. It looks fine.

It’s amazing how often you are so wrong.

 

[pittjas]

Most student sections are not behind the visiting bench. However, the few that are: Duke, MSU, NC State, etc dont leave 10 rows completely open. If the visiting team isnt bringing any fans, I highly doubt the ACC prevents the home team from sitting other people there.

once again you are clueless. Most student sections are behind the bench. Duke is one of them that ISNT.

The only reason there are so many rows open at Pitt right now is because the Zoo figures there’s no need to be squished on top of any visiting fans when there’s so much available space elsewhere.

Any time the Zoo has been full the last few years there’s like maybe 3-4 rows of visiting fans and then the Zoo is right behind that. It looks fine.

It’s amazing how often you are so wrong.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Because the


once again you are clueless. Most student sections are behind the bench. Duke is one of them that ISNT.

The only reason there are so many rows open at Pitt right now is because the Zoo figures there’s no need to be squished on top of any visiting fans when there’s so much available space elsewhere.

Any time the Zoo has been full the last few years there’s like maybe 3-4 rows of visiting fans and then the Zoo is right behind that. It looks fine.

It’s amazing how often you are so wrong.

Have you been to a game at Duke? I have. The student section rings the court.

Let me school you, son:

1. Syr: behind basket
2. BC: behind basket
3. Lou: behind basket
4. UVa: behind basket and maybe the non-bench side
5. VT: behind basket
6. ND: behind basket
7. Wake: behind basket
8. NC State: behind both benches and also behind 1 basket
9. UNC: behind basket
10. Clemson/GT: not 100% but 90% sure behind baskets
12. FSU: behind basket
13. Miami: behind basket
14. Duke: rings the court

Now you go.

 

[pittjas]

Have you been to a game at Duke? I have. The student section rings the court.

Let me school you, son:

1. Syr: behind basket
2. BC: behind basket
3. Lou: behind basket
4. UVa: behind basket and maybe the non-bench side
5. VT: behind basket
6. ND: behind basket
7. Wake: behind basket
8. NC State: behind both benches and also behind 1 basket
9. UNC: behind basket
10. Clemson/GT: not 100% but 90% sure behind baskets
12. FSU: behind basket
13. Miami: behind basket
14. Duke: rings the court

Now you go.

Yeah, more tuck the students on the baseline than I realized after looking into it more.

BUT, Duke has them opposite the bench. I just looked it up. The Cameron Crazies are opposite the benches. Behind the benches are just some grad students and guests.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Yeah, more tuck the students on the baseline than I realized after looking into it more.

BUT, Duke has them opposite the bench. I just looked it up. The Cameron Crazies are opposite the benches. Behind the benches are just some grad students and guests.

No. The students ring the entire court at Duke. They give visitors 75 or so tickets behind their bench like at Pitt. Yes, there are grad student sections (behind 1 or both baskets) but you wouldn't know it as they look and act like regular students.

And this issue arose 2 years ago, when Pitt was thought to have a potential NCAAT team and was on the bubble for awhile. The crowds were good for many games. Zoo was full. And yet, there you had it: row after row of empty seat behind the visiting bench.

 

[pittjas]

No. The students ring the entire court at Duke. They give visitors 75 or so tickets behind their bench like at Pitt. Yes, there are grad student sections (behind 1 or both baskets) but you wouldn't know it as they look and act like regular students

Ok. Whatever. Getting back to the point of the thread, the endless whining about 3-4 rows of visiting fans is pointless.

It looks fine whenever the Zoo is actually full.

 

[DruidTM]

I can’t imagine after a game like last night visiting team seating being even the 47th thought I had come to mind..? …🤷‍♂️

 

[JS School]

I can’t imagine after a game like last night visiting team seating being even the 47th thought I had come to mind..? …🤷‍♂️

It was probably about SMF's 47th thought. It's just that he makes a post about each one.

 

[levance2]

Is it really that difficult to move sell the unused seats or move Pitt fans into those sections.

Pitt has always tried to sell returned visitor tickets, but that requires our fans to actually want to buy them. I know back in the Big East days (let's say 2005-2010) Pitt would usually only know what was left to sell a couple days before the game, and they were generally more expensive since the seats are usually close. This was actually one of the easiest ways to get tickets when we had real sellouts, but it required you to know to call the ticket office and ask.

It could be that what you are seeing is Pitt does retain and attempt to sell those seats, and that is why there are not students in them.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt has always tried to sell returned visitor tickets, but that requires our fans to actually want to buy them. I know back in the Big East days (let's say 2005-2010) Pitt would usually only know what was left to sell a couple days before the game, and they were generally more expensive since the seats are usually close. This was actually one of the easiest ways to get tickets when we had real sellouts, but it required you to know to call the ticket office and ask.

It could be that what you are seeing is Pitt does retain and attempt to sell those seats, and that is why there are not students in them.

I know because back in the good ole days, I used to call the day of the game or whatever and buy visitor seats in the upper deck for like $25 and sell on ebay for $50. Or I'd tell people who wanted to go to a game they could actually buy tickets if they called a day before the game or day of and they were shocked. I think Pitt turned away a lot of fans back then by telling everyone it was impossible to get tickets.