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Post by rmcalhoun on Apr 20, 2022 21:50:26 GMT -6
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Post by lmills72 on Apr 20, 2022 22:20:55 GMT -6
Have the Hoosiers ever visited Ball State? I don't think we'd need dollar weenies for that game.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Apr 20, 2022 22:33:20 GMT -6
Have the Hoosiers ever visited Ball State? I don't think we'd need dollar weenies for that game. yea 10 or so years ago maybe 15 lol |
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Post by lmills72 on Apr 20, 2022 22:43:23 GMT -6
I just don't remember that. But looking back I see several games at BSU so I must have a block on those memories (at least that's what I'll call it for now until it's officially diagnosed otherwise).
And I'll clarify. Even though we wouldn't need to sell dollar weenies for that game ... we definitely still should.
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Post by mjtcpa on Apr 21, 2022 5:54:00 GMT -6
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 21, 2022 8:07:37 GMT -6
Have the Hoosiers ever visited Ball State? I don't think we'd need dollar weenies for that game. yea 10 or so years ago maybe 15 lol We had a couple of home and home deals 2002, 2005?
B10 scheduling expansion may explain the disappearance of these games but generally IU athletics after Bob Knight was looking for bigger bucks and did not value in state games. Indy had an annual IU Holiday tournament and IU had a Bloomington tournament at Christmas which Coach liked both for local fans and to reduce travel despite a long standing disagreement with administration on failure to maximize revenue opportunities.
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 21, 2022 8:12:49 GMT -6
I just don't remember that. But looking back I see several games at BSU so I must have a block on those memories (at least that's what I'll call it for now until it's officially diagnosed otherwise). And I'll clarify. Even though we wouldn't need to sell dollar weenies for that game ... we definitely still should. It should be one of our trademarks. |
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Post by villagepub on Apr 21, 2022 8:23:06 GMT -6
Have the Hoosiers ever visited Ball State? I don't think we'd need dollar weenies for that game. yea 10 or so years ago maybe 15 lol Wasn't that a New Year's Eve game in 2002? |
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Post by rmcalhoun on Apr 21, 2022 8:27:08 GMT -6
yea 10 or so years ago maybe 15 lol Wasn't that a New Year's Eve game in 2002? yea thats it |
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Post by sweep on Apr 21, 2022 8:28:45 GMT -6
yea 10 or so years ago maybe 15 lol despite a long standing disagreement with administration on failure to maximize revenue opportunities.
In other words Bobby scheduled opponents even IU fans wouldn't pay to see. |
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 21, 2022 8:34:35 GMT -6
despite a long standing disagreement with administration on failure to maximize revenue opportunities.
In other words Bobby scheduled opponents even IU fans wouldn't pay to see. No, attendance was pretty good for Holiday events.
More a case that the administration wanted to send the team to Madison Square Garden or some other higher ticket price venue and get them into made for TV high revenue opportunities. Knight didn't want to crowd the schedule earlier in the season or travel around Finals week, and liked giving players time off during semester break. |
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Post by sweep on Apr 21, 2022 8:43:54 GMT -6
In other words Bobby scheduled opponents even IU fans wouldn't pay to see. No, attendance was pretty good for Holiday events.
More a case that the administration wanted to send the team to Madison Square Garden or some other higher ticket price venue and get them into made for TV high revenue opportunities. Knight didn't want to crowd the schedule earlier in the season or travel around Finals week, and liked giving players time off during semester break. Oh I see it had nothing to do with giving IU four easy wins just prior to the start of the Big Ten every year. Dude get real, even The Indy Star ridiculed the existence of those two back-to-back tournaments. |
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Post by 00hmh on Apr 21, 2022 8:59:51 GMT -6
No, attendance was pretty good for Holiday events.
More a case that the administration wanted to send the team to Madison Square Garden or some other higher ticket price venue and get them into made for TV high revenue opportunities. Knight didn't want to crowd the schedule earlier in the season or travel around Finals week, and liked giving players time off during semester break. Oh I see it had nothing to do with giving IU four easy wins just prior to the start of the Big Ten every year. Dude get real, even The Indy Star ridiculed the existence of those two back-to-back tournaments. Which really did not matter much to Bob Knight. At the time his contract made him the AD in all matters related to basketball. He did not need a better schedule for preparation, and was happy with the schedule for the reasons above. As for the money, and pleasing the media, he always said he brought in enough money to fund IU sports did not need to do more. |
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Post by sweep on Apr 21, 2022 11:45:29 GMT -6
Oh I see it had nothing to do with giving IU four easy wins just prior to the start of the Big Ten every year. Dude get real, even The Indy Star ridiculed the existence of those two back-to-back tournaments. He did not need a better schedule for preparation.......... That's highly questionable, considering he didn't win the BigTen in his last seven seasons, and didn't advance to the second weekend of the NCAA tourney in his final six. I think a better schedule might have helped. Although maybe beating Canisius by fifty was exactly what Bobby needed to stroke his own ego. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Apr 21, 2022 12:09:17 GMT -6
Indy had an annual IU Holiday tournament and IU had a Bloomington tournament at Christmas which Coach liked both for local fans and to reduce travel despite a long standing disagreement with administration on failure to maximize revenue opportunities.
Perhaps you were momentarily confused there, and thought you were posting on Peegs.com? An individual referred to as "Coach" on this forum might bring to mind Rick Majerus, but that didn't make any sense in the context. |
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