Boston University 2015-16 thread part 3 - The Postseason

[mookie1995]

Nope.

AIC?

Sacred Heart?

 

[ericredaxe]

Attendance is not quite "ever dwindling" as the average was up 16% in 2014-15 and 6% this past season from the Agganis record low in 2012-13, while the median was up 24% and 19% respectively. And its not just BU that is having attendance issues: 10 of the 12 HE schools were down last season from their peak average attendance since 2001 and 7 are down from 2014-15 to last season. Next season with what looks to be a more spread out home schedule and no 4 PM games I think attendance will be better.

Sean

"Eichel interest" gave us an attendance bump for sure. Apart from that I think ever dwindling is a fair characterization for over the past decade.

And you are correct, it is not just BU having issues.

Does it seem like a good time to have a de facto price increase? (If they indeed have fewer home games this season?)

 

[Sean Pickett]

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Does it seem like a good time to have a de facto price increase? (If they indeed have fewer home games this season?)

Ii think that they want 18 home dates again, but they may be having trouble getting another school to come to Agganis for a single game. I believe I read Holy Cross is supposedly getting home dates with Boston College and Harvard, if so they likely would no longer agree to one-offs at Agganis. Bentley just had a home-and-home with NU and could also be resisting future one-offs. BU could look at another AH or ECAC team with an open slot, maybe with a return game, maybe not. Or they could try to get a WCHA team in, but for one game they would likely need to find another school willing to pair with and them work out a home-and-home schedule among the three schools. Another possible option would be to schedule the US World Junior team as a 3rd exhibition game again. If not it ends up as a de facto price increase for season ticket holders.

AIC?

Sacred Heart?

I would prefer to see Army, but they already backed out of a previous agreement so I think it unlikely. I would also love to see Air Force, but that might be hard to schedule. Maybe Arizona State, as they will be in New England for the Ledyard Classic/Auld Lang Syne Tournament at Dartmouth at the end of 2015.

Sean

 

[DLG]

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Holy Cross is playing the BC home game at the DCU center. That building(pit) is a possibility for home games if they upgrade their conference

 

[Sean Pickett]

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I know we'll never get this info but I'd like to see the data HE has on money lost from ticket sales by moving Friday start times to 6pm vs money generated by the TV deal.

There were only 4 Friday 6 PM games. There were also 4 Friday 8:30 PM games and 2 Sunday afternoon games (both at UML). There is no way to track lost ticket sales, since they were never sold. However, in looking at attendance figures for the ten Friday and two Sunday games 5 were above the home school's regular season average and 5 below: for the 6 PM games it was 2 and 2; for the 8:30 PM games it was 3 above and 1 below; and for both Sunday games they were below.

Date - Day - Time - Team - Att - RS Avg - Notes
10/23/2015 - Fri - 6PM - ND -3751 -4838 - Saturday game 3781
11/13/2015 - Fri - 6PM - PC - 3033 -3001
11/15/2015 - Sun - 5PM - UML - 3960 - 5615
11/20/2015 - Fri - 6PM - BU - 4494 - 4676 - Saturday game 5003
12/6/2015 - Sun - 1PM - UML - 5216 - 5615
1/15/2016 - Fri - 6PM - BC - 7884 - 5344
1/22/2016 - Fri - 8:30PM - UConn - 6442 - 5238
2/12/2016 - Fri - 8:30PM - UMass - 2111 - 2868
2/19/2016 - Fri - 8:30PM - UNH - 4955 - 4839
2/26/2016 - Fri - 8:30PM - MC - 2398 - 2373

The first Friday 6 PM game at Notre Dame was below their RS average by close to 1100, but the Saturday game had almost the same attendance, so it might have been more to do with other events going on and not the time of the game. The BU game appears to have been affected by the time as it was 180 below the RS average and the Saturday game drew over 500 more fans. Attendance for the other 2 Friday 6 PM games were given as capacity, so even if not everyone actually attended all the tickets were distributed. The two Sunday games had a bigger impact at UML, as the 11/15 5 PM game was 1655 below their RS average and the 12/6 1 PM was 399 below their RS average. The 11/15 game was likely impacted by the 4:25 PM Patriots-Giants game, but the 12/6 game was likely not impacted very much by the 4:25 PM Patriots-Eagles game, as it started at 1 PM and ended at 3:26 PM, an hour before kickoff. However, both Sunday games are a strong reminder about the perils of scheduling games on Sunday afternoons during the NFL season. So overall, no real evidence that the 6 PM games dramatically hurt attendance.

Sean

 

[Chuck Murray]

Re: Boston University 2015-16 thread part 3 - The Postseason

Hey gang - the offseason is here - what's the latest on Nick Roberto?

 

[Bomber]

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bentley or holy cross at haa.

see, GQ didn't raise prices

Someone mentioned RPI earlier. Always a possibility.

Instead of guessing who it is, who would you WANT it to be? The obvious answer is North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin. If it had to be an eastern team, I'd go St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Princeton (not sure why. I know they suck. Just a different team to see.)

 

[Scarlet]

Hey gang - the offseason is here - what's the latest on Nick Roberto?

Hasn't changed since the news broke.

 

[Agganis]

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Hey gang - the offseason is here - what's the latest on Nick Roberto?

We had this brief chat on the subject last week:

Are we still pretending Nick the Greek is dressing ever again?!?

What he did was incredibly stupid, but if anything the full year suspension is excessive for the crime (especially because there was no gambling on college sports or even pro hockey). I would hope BU wouldn't want to add an additional punishment to it by not letting him play the following year either.

 

[Tater]

Re: Boston University 2015-16 thread part 3 - The Postseason

I would prefer to see Army, but they already backed out of a previous agreement so I think it unlikely. I would also love to see Air Force, but that might be hard to schedule. Maybe Arizona State, as they will be in New England for the Ledyard Classic/Auld Lang Syne Tournament at Dartmouth at the end of 2015.

Sean

I've always wanted to see LSSU come to Agganis. They could turn it into a 90s night.

 

[ericredaxe]

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Just had a thought...I wonder if another Frozen Fenway is in the works behind the scenes (personally I hope not) but it seems like that has been on an every other year cycle and this would be the year. Could be that the "missing game" is earmarked for that....

Other than that I agree with Bomber... Clarkson or Princeton would be "different" teams to see.

 

[RENCEB]

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Granted BU's juniors are actually the age of Lowell's freshmen so maybe I should be concerned? nahhhhh

Wait, isn't the overage commentary always reserved for Merrimack?

 

[mookie1995]

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Maybe we will have an ooc game with umo or uhn

 

[Rover]

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I've always wanted to see LSSU come to Agganis. They could turn it into a 90s night.

Only if you grow the facial hair back and Dave gets the nacho cheese stained BU jersey out of storage!

 

[Tater]

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Dave gets the nacho cheese stained BU jersey out of storage!

Do you really think he can still fit in that?

 

[brassbonanza]

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Lawrence and Udahl cut per Freep

 

[mookie1995]

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Lawrence and Udahl cut per Freep

udahl cut already?!?!? is this like mookie's 9yo shaving?

 

[DLG]

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Lawrence and Udahl cut per Freep

It's disturbing that Lawrence who has been with team for 3 years (playing regularly only as a freshman) is not allowed to continue on team
Without knowing details or anything behind the scenes it appears not to be a good decision

 

[mookie1995]

It's disturbing that Lawrence who has been with team for 3 years (playing regularly only as a freshman) is not allowed to continue on team
Without knowing details or anything behind the scenes it appears not to be a good decision

Like they wouldn't have come to practice every day and been happy to be a part of the team?
We can give out 30+ numbers

 

[Ronnieb]

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DQ is so arrogant, its comical.