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BU 2013-2014 (Part III): Close your eyes, we're coming up on the end here...

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Brian Gentry said:
BU Athletics stated that the Patriot League sets the prices which is unfortunate and makes no sense.
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Every basketball conference tournament sets their own ticket prices. It's technically a Patriot League-run event, but a BU event. It's just hosted by BU. BU does not get advertising money from sponsors during the game, and I believe they do not get any ticket revenue.
 
brassbonanza said:
Every basketball conference tournament sets their own ticket prices. It's technically a Patriot League-run event, but a BU event. It's just hosted by BU. BU does not get advertising money from sponsors during the game, and I believe they do not get any ticket revenue.
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Regardless, what Brian is saying is 100% correct. When I got the email my reaction was not "Wow 22 bucks, I can't afford that", it was more like "really, you are going to try to squeeze what few fans there are for 7 extra bucks?"... With the follow up reaction of "f-that, ill just skip it".
 
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Jacques Joubert said:
If the snow doesn't hit again, doesn't it always? I'm betting there will be 4000 people there easy.
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Probably right. It's tough to figure people out. I went yesterday and it was only "1200" because they let people in for free at halftime. When the game started there were probably about 600 people there (maybe). I told my friend (who is VERY close the program) and he said "People will come out for a championship game but not a semi-final." I said but what about three years ago - that was also a Saturday afternoon and they had to have had 5000 there. He replied, "But that was a championship game." So I said "You mean to tell me that on a beautiful WEEKEND afternoon, with the temperature 55 degrees, people won't go to the game because it's a semi-final instead of a final?" He said "Yes."

Well, he was right. I don't understand people...
 
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Jacques Joubert said:
If the snow doesn't hit again, doesn't it always? I'm betting there will be 4000 people there easy.
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doubt that, they didn't come close to that against Stony Brook, and that number included SB bringing something like 12 bus loads of fans.

Edit: They came close, but did not break it, attendance was 3845, but a good 25% of those were SB fans. Won't be nearly as many AU people on a Wednesday.
 
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ericredaxe said:
They usually at least highlight a couple of the better OOC games when they start sendin out the renewals.

Do any teams "owe" us a visit?
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Michigan and Michigan State, perhaps.

And, of course, we will get two games with Notre Dame and Jeff Jackson's bore-them-to-death Irish.
The three most boring teams to watch style-wise are Lowell, Notre Dame and Vermont. At least we won't have to see Vermont at home next season.
 
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duh duh duh
duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh DUH duh duh!!

bu beats bc yet again in a hea playoff :D

well done girls!!
 
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mookie1995 said:
duh duh duh
duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh DUH duh duh!!

bu beats bc yet again in a hea playoff :D

well done girls!!
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Threepeat and champions 4 out of last 5 years. Durocher has built quite the program into right now a Hockey East dynasty. Only bad thing is that they are likely to be paired against 1 loss Minnesota in the NCAAs.
 
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Brian Gentry said:
Only bad thing is that they are likely to be paired against 1 loss Minnesota in the NCAAs.
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Well RIT upset Mercyhurst in the CHA Championship so I assume they get the honor of playing Minnesota in the 1st round.
 
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Brian Gentry said:
Threepeat and champions 4 out of last 5 years. Durocher has built quite the program into right now a Hockey East dynasty. Only bad thing is that they are likely to be paired against 1 loss Minnesota in the NCAAs.
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Yes, kudos to Durocher for so much achieved in a program just nine years old. With Poulin returning along with a couple of key players who missed the year with injuries and two forwards from Canada's national U18s, he'll have plenty of horses to pursue a conference four-peat.
 
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Bigus Paulus said:
Well RIT upset Mercyhurst in the CHA Championship so I assume they get the honor of playing Minnesota in the 1st round.
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No autobid in CHA and this was the final year of probation for RIT (moving up from D-II) so they weren't getting in anyway.
 
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happy for you guys that they at least still play women's hockey at BU. now go and enjoy your reward of having to play at minnesota ;)

at least it wasn't an NCAA tourney game, otherwise this would be like Worcester 2006 :p

as the game was only on NESN+, i'm assuming there was a rebroadcast of last night's spring training game on NESN?
 
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J.D. said:
happy for you guys that they at least still play women's hockey at BU. now go and enjoy your reward of having to play at minnesota ;)

at least it wasn't an NCAA tourney game, otherwise this would be like Worcester 2006 :p
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More likely, Providence in 1978, given the Brian Durocher connection.:D
 
mookie1995 said:
duh duh duh
duh duh duh
duh duh duh duh DUH duh duh!!

bu beats bc yet again in a hea playoff :D

well done girls!!
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While the men have been light years behind BC for the past 15 yrs the BU women though being a newer program then BC have been solidly ahead of them in championship level play
 
Jofa said:
While the men have been light years behind BC for the past 15 yrs the BU women though being a newer program then BC have been solidly ahead of them in championship level play
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The difference is the coach apparently , same deal with the men over the past 20 years
 
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sterlippo1 said:
The difference is the coach apparently , same deal with the men over the past 20 years
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Or maybe a hot goalie...Sperry stopped 119 of 125 shots in the tournament, including EIGHT in the final 1:02 after BC pulled their goalie! :D
 
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