Fantastic news for any fans of Hurricanes basketball. Frank Haith had already taken major steps in giving this university some credibility in the sport by landing several talented recruits and being in the running for top guys like Devin Ebanks and Kenny Boynton. Then he took his team to the NCAA Tournament, where they have the opportunity to make some noise against St. Mary's and Texas.
Next season, look for potentially more progress for our program. Frank Haith has mentioned the possibility of playing in the prestigious Wooden Invitation next year, and Kansas has already offered a home and home series.
KU wants the away game to be at the AAA, which UM officials are against. I'm not so sure they can afford not to acquiesce. Granted, figuring out logistics and revenues at the location will take some more work than if the game were just at the BankUnited Center, but when you have a chance to play Kansas at home, you take it. I would venture to say that the AAA might even be at full capacity for that game, an impressive feat which would prove to potential opponents and fans alike that Miami is capable of filling an NBA arena for one of their games.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Canes BBall on the Rise
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I think we should just go ahead and play that the AAA if we can get KU on the schedule. It will definitely help raise our name. Good work.
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We can't fill the triple A. Miami fans don't have it in them. We are a football town, and even with that we still don't fill up Dolphin's stadium sometimes. God forbid we have a bad season, the band wagoning Miami community won't show up to any sporting event... cough (dolphins) cough (marlins) COUGH (heat) COUGH
I don't think we can fill the AAA with Miami fans. But we certainly could squeeze in several thousand more basketball fans. Remember this town sees sports as an event, not a religion like hardcore fans do. People go to Heat games cause its the cool thing to do. Rich people buy up lower bowl seats because they like that they can afford something others cannot, even if they can't name a player on the team. Market a game against Kansas (potentially the defending champs?) correctly and you'll get bandwagoners thinking it's a big deal.
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