Student Section Seating for BU Game

[CAHoya07]

I posted this on the BU game discussion board, but this is such an interesting development I think it deserves its own thread.

Student seating will be located in the two sections immediately behind each basket for Wednesday's game. It seems a long list of Georgetown student ticketholders received the following e-mail message:

The men's basketball team has accepeted an invitation to the NIT Tournament. We will be hosting the game at the MCI Center this Wednesday, March 16th at 7:30 against Boston University.

Student tickets are available for $10 each with GU Student ID. Tickets go on sale to STUDENT SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ONLY on Monday, March 14th from 12 noon to 5:30 pm. All other students can purchase tickets beginning Tuesday, March 15th at 12 noon.

***Student seating will be on both ends of the court for this game. We reserve sections 117, 116, 105 and 106 for students.

Come out and support your HOYAS!!!!

Sections 117 & 116 and 105 & 106 are the two sections immediately behind each basket. Section 106 is where the press usually is, so looks like they're being moved elsewhere. Section 116 is where the band usually is, so they're probably going to be somewhere else, I'm not sure where.

This must be some sort of experiment generated by the countless threads about moving the student section on the board. Overall, I'm very happy and excited about this, because it gets 3 times as many students much closer to the floor and the action. However, these four sections may not be enough to hold the entire student section. I'm wondering where the overflow crowd may go.

Interested to see how this will all play out on Wednesday. It's only one game, and this is new, but we gotta get some good call and response cheers going, i.e. one side yell, "Hoya!" and the other "Saxa!" as well as "We are!" and "Georgetown!" I have a feeling this might take some work coordinating all this, like which side says what.

[Bando]

I don't know if they'll be moving the band, as they usually consider the band part of the student section (they get student section seats and whatnot). The real problem will be if BU brings their band, which will probably go across the court from ours.

Also, does this mean the student section won't go up as far as it usually does? And what happens to the young alums?

[YB]

Bando, YAs are being lumped in with the regular alums (I asked when I ordered my tix today).

This must be an experiment in preparing for next year.

[HoyaDestroya]

hate to be on the side of the clutter police - but was this thread really needed?

[LCPolo18]

Bando said:

I don't know if they'll be moving the band, as they usually consider the band part of the student section (they get student section seats and whatnot). The real problem will be if BU brings their band, which will probably go across the court from ours.

Also, does this mean the student section won't go up as far as it usually does? And what happens to the young alums?

I doubt the BU band will be there.

And you're right, the band will probably be in their normal place.

[SoCalHoya]

Does BU have a band?

And if they do, you think the school would fund a trip for them in the NIT? Doubtful. But ya never know...maybe Howard Stern will pay their way?

[CAHoya07]

If the band is in their normal place, that severely limits the number of students that can go, since the student section supposedly will be only those four sections. We'll see how it goes.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Although sections 105 and 1-6 are considerably larger than sections 115 and 118, so assuming a full student section, those four section would hold more than the standard four sections (though mayble not quite as much as the 6 sections, which were used for Seton Hall and a couple of other games).

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Although sections 105 and 1-6 are considerably larger than sections 115 and 118, so assuming a full student section, those four section would hold more than the standard four sections (though mayble not quite as much as the 6 sections, which were used for Seton Hall and a couple of other games).