re: Why LSU Basketball Fanbase can't be like UK?

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1) When LSU was #1 in the SEC in 2009, the team/coaches still had to beg fans to please "Pack the PMAC"

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LSU finished inside the top 40 in attendance that year as an 8 seed in the tournament. And even in the Ben Simmons year, they finished inside the top 40 and had the 3rd biggest increase in attendance in the NCAA.

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2) Bama basketball is full of energy and excitement now. They recently had a open practice that was almost full to capacity.

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They had approximately 2000+ fans there. That's a good crowd, but Coleman Coliseum holds 15,000+. Maybe you don't know what "capacity" means. Bama did have pretty good crowds last year (though they won 5x more SEC wins compared to LSU), but they've always seemed to have boring crowds. I don't ever recall anyone talking about Bama's great home court advantage.

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3) LSU fans only show up like they should for the major games and that's always been the case.

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This is pretty common in college basketball for most teams outside of the usual elite ones.

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4) LSU open practices attendance is extremely low compared to our SEC peers

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As Allen Iverson said, "It's practice, man." Who gives a crap about who shows up for practice? That's boring as hell. Practice is for the team to get better, not to see how many fans show up. Jones sucked out any excitement that there was in the program. Wade will raise the interest level and you will see more fans as they progress.