re: The style of play hurts the crowd energy

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I don't know what has happened and why it's so dead, but the student section was on the sidelines back then.

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Not having back to back tournament appearances since 2005-2006 can kill fan enthusiasm. It was always going to be a process to build the fan interest back up. No excuses, though, at the end of this season and into next.

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When Brady had his run with Stro and Jabari and then the run with Big Baby and Tyrus, it was rocking. I remember it being packed and loud as hell. I don't know what has happened and why it's so dead, but the student section was on the sidelines back then.

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The 99-00 crowd was great pretty much the entire year after jabari did his dunk against Grambling. The crowd was bad for most games from then until Feb. 2006. I don’t think we had a sellout at all in 2006. Decent crowd for uconn in 07 then after that it was crowds of 6000-7000 until the 2009 run. Students seats were mostly empty during the Brady & Johnsons eras, so LSU decided to move the students and charge big money for sideline seats. The sidelines seats that were empty because students never came sell out every year to season ticket holders.

In summary don’t even try with the we had great crowds during the Brady era because the student section was on the sidelines. The students rarely showed up.