As (presumably) the lone representative of The Cardboard in the building, I should add a few observations.
I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.
I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.
And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.
(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)
The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.
Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.
Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?
(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)
I don't have any particular insights about basketball at a technical level. So who played well, who played poorly, coaching decisions, calls by the refs, ... that's not my thing.
I go to basketball games for the emotional connection. The good guys won. That alone made it worth the trip. Nice to see the men's team while they are having a good(-ish) year.
And Husky fans didn't have much of an emotional connection to anything. About half the seats were empty. The student section didn't get riled up the way they should. There wasn't much of a spark. And as we entered the final minutes and Stanford had put together a double-digit lead there was no belief that anything was going to change.
(I hadn't realized that Davis was a Seattle product. He got a smattering of boos during introductions. It's good to have an enemy.)
The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small. One or two here or there. Probably mostly season ticket holders giving their tickets to their Stanford friends. Almost no cheering for good Stanford plays.
Maybe next game I'll actually plan a trip in advance. Although I might have to pay more than a few dollars for a seat in the tenth row.
(02-20-2020, 10:43 PM)Robbie Wrote: The total number of fans I saw wearing red was also small.
Speaking of which ... the number of players I saw wearing red was ZERO. Black uniforms?
(OK, I'll go crawl back into my antediluvian cave.)
"I have nothing to say and I am saying it."
--- John Cage