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Originally Posted by LitlBuck
I have said this before but I think it is worth repeating since the crowd noise on being brought up. We have good cheerleaders but when it comes to revving up the crowd at a basketball game that is not their game. They should not be there for the show but to amp the crowd. It's almost like "two bits, four bits...".
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Cheerleaders aren't the solution...The cheer and add on to what the students are doing, but no one pays the cheerleaders much attention...
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Also, it is about time that they get a basketball pep band instead of part of the marching band. It would be nice to see a couple drummers, some guitars, and some saxophones. That might liven up the crowd a little. In addition to the band director is too stoic.
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It is a pep band...It is totally different from the marching band...Lot of members don't make the marching band...I also believe they have the guitar, drummers, etc...
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In addition, it is very difficult for a crowd to be really loud in an arena that has also been built for hockey IMO
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It is just big to the fact that half the crowd can't mask the noise for a full crowd like at say a smaller arena...Especially when the place isn't full...Also it was built as more a catch all as it is for basketball, hockey and big concerts..
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I would also like to know how much the team (any team) feeds off the crowd. I think a greater part of home teams winning is a comfort level of playing in a place where they practice and there is no traveling involved.
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Well of course they are used to confines and all that, but it helps that it can help out your emotion and feed off the crowd...We have seen that all year with the guys and getting the guys player harder...