Reed holds almost 3000 more than his newer middle of campus cracker box does. Unfortunately I know die hard older folks who turned around and went home because PTTS CLOSED OFF THE Reed lot entrances and they had nowhere reasonable to park. PTTS IS A JOKE WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING AND TRAFFIC.

rje394 said:

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When your season ticket includes costs for parking and the lots are full at 7:30 and the closest parking is the parking lot at end of the track lot, it doesn't make for a enjoyable experience.

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This is actually a problem that's going to continue to get worse. The majority of the parking is on the north side of the arena but the majority of people coming to games is from the south. I don't know how you educate people that it's probably better to take 2818 all the way around to university and park on the other side of the arena but the traffic flow around the south side of Reed is awful.

I'm sure with the baseball game on Tuesday it was even more of a cluster than usual. That's half the reason we usually tailgate is just to stay out of that.

Coming from Houston, I never once parked in a lot around Reed ever even 15+ years ago. Maybe once in a blue moon in what is now labeled 100j at Olsen, and preferably in what is now 100t (Lot 61).

I get why old people and handicapped need to, but why healthy people subjected themselves to trying to get in and out of those to save walking 1500 feet, I'll never know.

JJxvi said:

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Neville Arena is also interesting to me, because it is actually built on the main square/quad/whaetever of one of their "neighborhoods" of residence halls. 2000 students live essentially on the grounds of the arena. There is a dining hall/food court literally only 50 feet away wall to wall from the arena.

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. Centralization is key. Make it easy for the students to get there.

Honestly, is he wrong?

I work by IAH and drove straight from there. Midweek games are rough for people who don't live locally. Bruce Pearl is also a massive *****.

bluthsfrozenbanana said:

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Students showed up. Lower bowl was full 45 minutes before tip. Unfortunately old people here don't care enough about basketball outside of this board. That's the harsh reality

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(Long; go to last para for summary)
1. There's not enough "old people" in B/CS or the northern parts of the Houston area to support a mid-week 8pm start. Hell, even with a 6pm start, you're likely eliminating most DFW and SA folks (as well as those farther away).

2. Columbia, MO is less than 2 hours from both St. Louis and KC and ALL of that for each is by interstate. Now do B/CS. If I were from KC and went to a Mizzou game at 8pm, I could potentially be home at around 11:30pm. Late, but not excessively and the drive home would have been fairly easy. At my current location in the middle of DFW, being able to get out of Dallas County on I-35 east inside of 25 minutes barring traffic, I still can't make B/CS in less than 3.25 hours (San Antonio is somewhat similar), so I return home from an 8pm game no earlier than 1am. Others it would be 1:30am or even later with a more complicated drive since only half to 3/4 is interstate (and one interstate is a total beating). That's a no-go for almost everyone.

3. Tuscaloosa is an hour from Birmingham and less than 2 hours from Montgomery. Straight shots on both. I can't remember if AginAR said he went to Tuscaloosa or Knoxville but the latter is still closer to both Chattanooga and Nashville than B/CS is to DFW and SA. 8pm games are easier on the "old people" in all those cases (i.e. THERE), to the extent that is an issue.

4. I'll be honest, for me and several other "old people" I've talked to, they don't like the way college basketball has gone or the NIL era of sports. It doesn't have much to do with A&M, although the lack of consistency (over the long term) may be keeping some back. I was a die hard CBB fan until maybe 8-10 years ago when my interest started waning and all but disappeared 4-5 years ago. I didn't watch a single tournament game last year for the first time since the early '70s. Now, how many people does that represent? Maybe not many, but it IS a factor. Interest overall isn't there in a state where there is literally a hell of a lot more to do than there is in Missouri, Tennessee, or Alabama -- no disrespect intended on those places. I probably wouldn't mind living in any of those places.

5. Mizzou and Tenn have been far more entrenched in the last quarter century (and historically, in Mizzou's case) in basketball than A&M has been. Aggies of my generation went to games on campus and then didn't when we graduated. Baseball and football were way different. Essentially, you're asking for something you're unlikely to get in the best of circumstances.

Bottom line: AT BEST, the game was a poor representation of "old people's" propensity to attend and/or support Aggie hoops. AT WORST, it (the Auburn game) has absolutely no application to the stated examples.