Loyola, Evansville Season Tickets flying off the shelves

[MissouriValleyUnite]

Within a month of Walter McCarty’s hiring, Evansville added 1k new STH’ers
https://twitter.com/ueathletics/status/ ... 44193?s=21

The local news announced this week Loyola has tripled its season ticket base from last year.

Imagine MSU is gradually increasing their counts as its fan base de-Luskifies.

[Mikovio]

Not shocking. Gentile might become a tough place to play. Certainly won't get taken over by other fan bases so easily.

[Fraydog]

Not shocking. Gentile might become a tough place to play. Certainly won't get taken over by other fan bases so easily.

The days of ISU/SIU/Bradley fans coming in there and getting a large block of tickets are over.

[BuBrave2006]

Not shocking. Gentile might become a tough place to play. Certainly won't get taken over by other fan bases so easily.

The days of ISU/SIU/Bradley fans coming in there and getting a large block of tickets are over.

D****t, this is what I count on every year.

[tribecalledquest]

Not shocking. Gentile might become a tough place to play. Certainly won't get taken over by other fan bases so easily.

The days of ISU/SIU/Bradley fans coming in there and getting a large block of tickets are over.

Lets give it a few years before making such bold proclamations. No doubt this year will be different. Let's see where things are in five years.

[underdawg]

Not shocking. Gentile might become a tough place to play. Certainly won't get taken over by other fan bases so easily.

The days of ISU/SIU/Bradley fans coming in there and getting a large block of tickets are over.

Lets give it a few years before making such bold proclamations. No doubt this year will be different. Let's see where things are in five years.

I don't think you'll convince him

[siudawgs]

Season ticket sales in Carbondale would have seen a similar spike if Mullins had been brought in to replace a certain polarizing media darling.

[underdawg]

Season ticket sales in Carbondale would have seen a similar spike if Mullins had been brought in to replace a certain polarizing media darling.

Might or might not happened--but I just did a Pearson correlation matching number of wins and attendance for the last 28 years of Saluki Basketball;

There is a +.73 correlation between average attendance and number of wins in a season/ I then did one using percentage of capacity and wins (SIU has had a 10,000 seat version and now an 8400 version so using % of capacity might be more representative). That correlation was a bit lower (+.63) but still significant. winning correlates with attendance not (in the long run) coaching hires. You might get a one or two year uptick but that's it--you have to win. Mullins is no exception.

[siudawgs]

Season ticket sales in Carbondale would have seen a similar spike if Mullins had been brought in to replace a certain polarizing media darling.

Might or might not happened--but I just did a Pearson correlation matching number of wins and attendance for the last 28 years of Saluki Basketball;

There is a +.73 correlation between average attendance and number of wins in a season/ I then did one using percentage of capacity and wins (SIU has had a 10,000 seat version and now an 8400 version so using % of capacity might be more representative). That correlation was a bit lower (+.63) but still significant. winning correlates with attendance not (in the long run) coaching hires. You might get a one or two year uptick but that's it--you have to win. Mullins is no exception.

I don’t disagree with much of this, though in the context of the current program in Hinson’s seventh season, I don’t think another hollow, winning record against a soft schedule will excite too many fans. It’s (past) time to accomplish something meaningful.

[underdawg]

In the end post season is a must--but adding a inexperienced guy just because he is a beloved alumi probably won't do it either. This is a crucial year