I read a few responses to Bob Hunter's column about apathetic OSU basketball fans and everyone has an opinion. I think you can sum up the problems fairly easily though with the following:
- I think by now it's obvious to everyone that the Science & Engineering Library on campus has more atmosphere than the Schottenstein Center (you will never ever catch me referring to it as Value City Arena because that's an utter abomination). The university wanted to attract Britney Spears and the circus so they built a cavernous sound stage instead of a basketball arena. The architecture is really bad for collegiate basketball and unfortunately that's never going to change.
- Compared to almost every other college basketball venue in the country, the student seating is an embarrassment. The infamous shot of a woman knitting while sitting courtside tells you all you need to know about Ohio State's fucked up priorities.
- Ohio State is a football school. You can bitch and moan about the BCS all you want to but the current system means that for the Buckeyes, almost every single football game has major implications. Collegiate basketball is exactly the opposite. The 65-team NCAA tournament has rendered the regular season almost completely meaningless. Watch how many of these no-show Ohio State fans are suddenly hyped for basketball when the tournament starts.
And stop complaining about one-and-done players folks. They aren't the reason you're not showing up. It might even be the opposite. There is not a single one-and-done guy on this team. How much better was the attendance when Oden and the gang were wearing scarlet and gray?
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We were complaining about the same shit 10 years ago about the Schot. I'll take Matta's talent 100 times over the MAC talent Obie brought to the 'bus.
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