Field house experiment??

[StatGeek]

Do you consider round 1 a success? Watching on television there seemed to be much more energy in the building in comparison to the Washburn game last week. So I say yes, what say you?

 

[cfin5256]

I agree. Seemed like a great atmosphere for an exhibition game.

 

[ksSooner13]

Total success

 

[tycat947]

I'm sure it was a great atmosphere but attendance was listed at 2800 and that's about the limit for the basketball configuration (will seat more for volleyball and wrestling due to the addition of seating on north and south ends of arena). Was the atmosphere great enough to make the team play better than they would have at LNC? I think with the size of field house, we're pretty limited on having maybe one exhibition game and one regular season game (during holiday season) and I think that's great.

 

[SuperHoops]

The volleyball paint job on the floor makes it horrible for basketball watching, at least on TV. There were a couple of times early in the game where players pulled up thinking the volleyball paint was the actual sideline but after that it seemed everybody adjusted and it wasn't a factor.

 

[BoulderSooner]

helps that it was not on a friday night

 

[garyeb2]

The players were slipping and sliding all night again. It won't look like a very good idea if someone we really need blows a knee or ankle on that floor. It is just a gimmick. I guess that is something you need if you havewn't won in awhile.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

The players were slipping and sliding all night again. It won't look like a very good idea if someone we really need blows a knee or ankle on that floor. It is just a gimmick. I guess that is something you need if you havewn't won in awhile.

:jerkoff

Aren't gimmicks usually to get more people to come to the games?

 

[DenverSooner]

The players were slipping and sliding all night again. It won't look like a very good idea if someone we really need blows a knee or ankle on that floor. It is just a gimmick. I guess that is something you need if you havewn't won in awhile.

I don't get this comment? Are you suggesting something is wrong with the floor? If that was the case why wouldn't OU fix it for the volley ball players. It is not like the cost of resurfacing the floor or even replacing it particularly material for the OU AD budget?

 

[garyeb2]

:jerkoff

Aren't gimmicks usually to get more people to come to the games?

jerkoff? Don't tell me that you are one of those. Do you want the OU basketball program to be like a car dealer. For most them, their business plan is one hokey promotion after another. That is the most expensive and least efficient way to build a customer base.

I don't like the field house idea and think that it has no value other than the gimmick it was intended to be.

 

[garyeb2]

I don't get this comment? Are you suggesting something is wrong with the floor? If that was the case why wouldn't OU fix it for the volley ball players. It is not like the cost of resurfacing the floor or even replacing it particularly material for the OU AD budget?

I'm not suggesting. The topic was discussed to some degree after the scrimmage over there. Several others made comment on it. I thought that the problem might be resolved by going to a different shoe. Apparently that wasn't enough.

Volley ball and basketball are played at a different speed. A surface could be good for one and not the other.

 

[cfin5256]

Gary has a point. There was a lot of slipping going on last night. I can't remember the players, but both slipped within seconds of each other trying to bring the ball up court.

 

[BoulderSooner]

:jerkoff

Aren't gimmicks usually to get more people to come to the games?

we sold less tickets to this game then we will for any LNC game all year

 

[redfirecracker]

I really wanted to like it. But parking was frustrating -- that could have been partly addressed with a map/instructions included with the tickets. "No sir you can't park in this half empty lot. But you can go park in that lot over there that is already full."

The seats are very uncomfortable on my boney butt. Maybe because the benches are so high? Or maybe it was knees in my back from the guy behind me keeping me from sitting upright? Similar bench seats at the stadium don't bother me nearly as much.

The floor looked 2nd rate and it was disturbing to see Cousins slip on it so much.

It was nice being so close to campus corner.

 

[badger]

I just have to say something on this front:

This morning, while feeding baby badger, I saw "Sooner blowout" in the Sportscenter left-side agenda, and I was like "Cool, they're gonna talk about our football team killing Baylor on Saturday."

BUT NO, THEY WERE FEATURING HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR BASKETBALL TEAM!!!

Mind you, we have been on the receiving end of many Sportscenter highlights during the post-Blake era, but THIS time, they were showing OUR highlights.

And I think it was because we played at McCasland Fieldhouse more than the fact that we were clobbering UCO.

So congrats, Sooner men and thank you Lon Kruger. For once, we were the highlight, not our opponents.

 

[FlounderinDC]

I went and stayed through the halftime events. I liked it and thought it was fun. I'll definitely go on Dec. 31. Some think it as gimmicky, some not. I like the fact that they are doing something to try and get some excitement and momentum for the program.

 

[gwydion]

I thought parking was handled poorly. Why was there any preferential treatment to park in the lot next to the field house? It should have been filled with people who could show tickets to to the game, first come first serve. Instead you had to have some yellow paper pass. It was fun for a one or two game thing, but lack of nearby parking will keep it from becoming regular or for any arena to be built on campus.

 

[OklaSooners]

I love the fact they played at the field house. I hope they play more non-conference games there. I also hope they completly renovate it to be a permanent 2 basketball location.

 

[BigTime]

Thought it was excellent and I hope they do it often. 3K in the LNC would have been a morgue....instead there was energy in the building and the players fed off of it.

Sounds like they have some logistical things to work out.