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Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:41 am to Hat Tricks
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LSU fans will support anything that wins on a consistent basis. Once Johhny gets the basketball program back winning the fans will start to come more and become more interested.
This. Johnny is putting everything he has into this program. Payoff coming soon.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:41 am to secman12
I would say somewhere around '95/'96 when baseball attendance first exceeded basketball attendance.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:44 am to secman12
Let basketball start getting successful again and this will change
Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:47 am to WildTchoupitoulas
And the survey says...
When Shaq left.
This is the correct answer.
When Shaq left.
This is the correct answer.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 9:56 am to extremetigerfanatic
winning breeds popularity and losing breeds loss of popularity. baseball wins nc, basketball no.
agreed, but could ANY sport other than Mens hoops or baseball get in top 3? Maybe women's hoops, but track wins a ton and cannot imagine it or any other sport could get in top 3
agreed, but could ANY sport other than Mens hoops or baseball get in top 3? Maybe women's hoops, but track wins a ton and cannot imagine it or any other sport could get in top 3
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:06 am to secman12
To me, baseball will always be #3 at LSU. The popularity of the sport isn't THAT important in the big picture. I'm glad LSU is good at baseball, but college baseball isn't very popular nationwide. If it was relevant, it would have it's own section on ESPN's homepage.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:06 am to secman12
1989 - the year we went to College Station and beat the nation's No. 1 seed at their home stadium twice on the same day to get to the CWS.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 10:23 am to secman12
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When did baseball become second most popular sport at LSU?
during the hallman/dean fiasco
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:07 am to secman12
I think it dropped in 2003.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:10 am to RockChalkTiger
The 1993-94 basketball team had to be the most unlikeable team in human history. Google Jamie Brandon if you are too young to remember that era. It was a stunningly selfish team that was headed nowhere (Lenear Burns is excused from all criticism). Still, there was some excitement with Henderson and Livingston coming in to the program. Then came the injuries, the probation, and the general dark cloud hanging over the program. Throw is the baseball team getting not just awesome, but f'n awesome.... I'd say about 1996 is when baseball passed basketball for good, but the writing was on the wall in 1993.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:11 am to Dignan
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To me, baseball will always be #3 at LSU.
That's one person's opinion, and doesn't really matter in the bigger picture of 'most popular'.
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The popularity of the sport isn't THAT important in the big picture.
When the Big Picture is the Bottom Line, it is important.
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I'm glad LSU is good at baseball, but college baseball isn't very popular nationwide.
Now you've gone too far the other way, nationally important doesn't factor in to 'most popular sport AT LSU'.
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If it was relevant, it would have it's own section on ESPN's homepage.
If it were irrelevent they wouldn't have built a brand new stadium on campus, and LSU wouldn't be leading the nation in attendance with four straight years over 400,000.
Maybe it's ESPN's homepage that's irrelevant.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:29 am to RockChalkTiger
97 season
when you look at baseball attendance before that season it was never over 6k. since that season, it's been pretty near capacity every year as far as average attendance.
basketball has never been near full capacity on average since shaq left, even on a good year.
when you look at baseball attendance before that season it was never over 6k. since that season, it's been pretty near capacity every year as far as average attendance.
basketball has never been near full capacity on average since shaq left, even on a good year.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:32 am to WildTchoupitoulas
I think basketball will have trouble surpassing Baseball. We have a legitimate shot to win it all in baseball almost every year. If the program maintains the status quo, we dominate the sport.
Does anyone believe any school besides Kentucky, can say that? We have almost no shot at winning a National Championship in basketball, and if we get close, someone will turn us in for cheating.
I believe that basketball can be good, but never elite, so no way it passes baseball.
Does anyone believe any school besides Kentucky, can say that? We have almost no shot at winning a National Championship in basketball, and if we get close, someone will turn us in for cheating.
I believe that basketball can be good, but never elite, so no way it passes baseball.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 11:43 am to secman12
When a certain ball cleared a certain right-field fence. 
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:27 pm to Penrod
Early to mid 90's. In 1990 you could show up to a game at Alex Box 5 minutes before first pitch and get a great seat (most was general admission at that time) for a few bucks and still park very close to the stadium. Show up at 7:00 for a 7:05 first pitch and sit on the first base side between home and first base and have 1/3 of your section filled. You still had to contend with the light standards that were on the field that blocked part of the view from the 1st and 3rd base side.
By 1995 you needed to have your ticket (no more general admission for 90% of the stadium) ahead of time, the light standards were gone and they were adding seats in the outfield to up capacity.
By 1995 you needed to have your ticket (no more general admission for 90% of the stadium) ahead of time, the light standards were gone and they were adding seats in the outfield to up capacity.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:28 pm to secman12
the 90's
Posted on 5/23/13 at 12:45 pm to SammyTiger
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2003
I hope you're not serious.
Early 90's...
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:02 pm to secman12
1996. Around June.
Posted on 5/23/13 at 1:07 pm to Clark W Griswold
I'd say 91
First "real" national championship in a sport viewed by many as a big three sport
I remember people changed when they won the first. Expectations went thru the roof.
First "real" national championship in a sport viewed by many as a big three sport
I remember people changed when they won the first. Expectations went thru the roof.
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