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Dec 17, 2012 8:53 PM
Are Syracuse's fans normally pretty quiet? Boeheim with a minor shot there. Haha. I have always found the Carrier Dome to be one of the louder and better venues to watch a basketball game be played in.
Dec 17, 2012 8:53pm
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Dec 17, 2012 8:53 PM
reclegend22;1345910 wrote:No doubt. Can't wait to see K and Boehiem go head-to-head in the ACC. Gonna be great.

Yessir.
Dec 17, 2012 8:53pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:00 PM
reclegend22;1345914 wrote:Are Syracuse's fans normally pretty quiet? Boeheim with a minor shot there. Haha. I have always found the Carrier Dome to be one of the louder and better venues to watched a basketball game be played in.

They're not normally quiet. LOL. I think the Carrier Dome is a great venue even though I've never been to it. Been to 2 Syracuse games...both vs. Pittsburgh. One was at the Mellon Arena and the other at the Fitzgerald Field House. Watching a game in the Carrier Dome is on my bucket list.
Dec 17, 2012 9:00pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:26 PM
killer_ewok;1345925 wrote:They're not normally quiet. LOL. I think the Carrier Dome is a great venue even though I've never been to it. Been to 2 Syracuse games...both vs. Pittsburgh. One was at the Mellon Arena and the other at the Fitzgerald Field House. Watching a game in the Carrier Dome is on my bucket list.
I'd put it on mine, too, actually. I've been to the Dean Dome, Joel-Coliseum, Breslin Center, Crisler and the Schottenstein Center and that is currently it for on-campus locations outside of Cameron. (Not counting MAC arenas.) Hinkle, Allen, Assembly Hall, Rupp, Carrier Dome, Pauley and the Thomas & Mack Center (when Vegas is good) are all places I'd really like to visit, but likely never will.
Dec 17, 2012 9:26pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:32 PM
I've been to Rupp.

Unfortunately, it was while staying in the Hyatt(I think) that is attached to it and no one was playing.
Dec 17, 2012 9:32pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:43 PM
If I get a little cash, I may hit up the first weekend NCAA games this year. Lexington and Dayton are hosting sites.

Some decent games tomorrow.

Western Kentucky/Virginia Commonwealth
Richmond/Kansas
Miami/Central Florida
Stanford/North Carolina State

On Wednesday

Xavier/Cincinnati
Ohio/UMass
South Dakota State/Belmont
Northern Iowa/UNLV
Dec 17, 2012 9:43pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:53 PM
BTW, I was going to ask. Who's up for the Pick'Em contest this year? We can do that and then transition into the player pick'em contest for the NCAA's.

We had 18 full participants last year. I'd like to get a few more this year. Most of those who participated are regulars in this thread. Who's in?
Dec 17, 2012 9:53pm
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Dec 17, 2012 9:59 PM
I'll play again.
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Dec 17, 2012 10:03 PM
Count me in.
Dec 17, 2012 10:03pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:05 PM
wildcats20;1345968 wrote:I've been to Rupp.

Unfortunately, it was while staying in the Hyatt(I think) that is attached to it and no one was playing.


Same here for me with the Dean Dome. Visited the arena in the summer of 2004 or so while in Durham for the Duke Camp. Sean May and Rashad McCants were in there shooting around. It was a really cool place. One of those buildings that you walk into and are immediately overcome with the feeling that great things have happened here. Am definitely going to try to make it to a Duke-Carolina game there one of these years.
Dec 17, 2012 10:05pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:07 PM
I am also on board for the pick 'em.
Dec 17, 2012 10:07pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:13 PM
reclegend22;1345993 wrote:

Same here for me with the Dean Dome. Visited the arena in the summer of 2004 or so while in Durham for the Duke Camp. Sean May and Rashad McCants were in there shooting around. It was a really cool place. One of those buildings that you walk into and are immediately overcome with the feeling that great things have happened here. Am definitely going to try to make it to a Duke-Carolina game there one of these years.
Shit, now that you say that, I've been to CIS too. Summer of 96 "on the way" home from the Atlanta Olympics. We took the LONG way up the coast lol and stopped in Durham for my brother. They were reodoing ALL of the wood work around the place. We kind of snuck in a side door before getting kicked out lol. Been to the Dean Dome twice for games. Funny enough, both seasons were the Roy National Championship years.




Also, I am in for the pick em. I probably won't do the player pick em at the end though, just like last year. But I'm in for the season one, if it gets going.

And since I am one of the mods for this forum, I will through in a $10 gift card for the winner.
Dec 17, 2012 10:13pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:15 PM
wildcats20;1345999 wrote:Been to the Dean Dome twice for games. Funny enough, both seasons were the Roy National Championship years.
You need to make another trip to Chapel Hill soon.
Dec 17, 2012 10:15pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:17 PM
ironman02;1346003 wrote:You need to make another trip to Chapel Hill soon.
lol I know right?


I'll be headed that way this weekend, my dad lives outside of Raleigh. Might try and make a stop on Franklin Street, don't know if we'll have enough time.
Dec 17, 2012 10:17pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:20 PM
wildcats20;1346005 wrote:lol I know right?


I'll be headed that way this weekend, my dad lives outside of Raleigh. Might try and make a stop on Franklin Street, don't know if we'll have enough time.
I haven't been to Chapel Hill in years. I haven't been to many of the quintessential college towns, such as Austin, Charlottesville, or Athens (GA), but I just can't imagine a better place than The Hill. Really enjoyed it. I've visited the Dean Dome, but haven't been there for a game. I need to get down there sometime soon.
Dec 17, 2012 10:20pm
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Dec 17, 2012 10:30 PM
wildcats20;1346005 wrote:lol I know right?


I'll be headed that way this weekend, my dad lives outside of Raleigh. Might try and make a stop on Franklin Street, don't know if we'll have enough time.
Definitely get some drinks and something to eat at "Top of the Hill" if you do drop by Franklin Street. A cool night spot. Always tried to make it there when working at Duke for a couple of camps over the years. Chapel Hill, I hate to say it, is actually pretty cool at night. It beats going to Durham after dark and just trying to get to where you need to go without being stabbed. Haha.
Dec 17, 2012 10:30pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:05 PM
I traveled all the way to buttfuck Kansas to see a tour of AFH (okay it was really to visit my whore of an ex gf), and they had god damn 2 day renovations going on...I was there for 2 days.

Pissed me off. I could only see the lobby and cracks through the windows into the actual arena. Think I saw 1/8th of the 1988 National Championship banner. Rock chalk
Dec 17, 2012 11:05pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:09 PM
Ive been to Assembly Hall a few times. Loudest place Ive been. Old RCA dome is a close second.
Dec 17, 2012 11:09pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:14 PM
I've been to Cameron, amazing place. IMO the best place to watch a game in the B1G is the Breslin Center, that is the loudest crowd I've ever been apart of. Tough place to play a game
Dec 17, 2012 11:14pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:26 PM
I went to rupp the year osu lost the title game. Saw the opening game and the Xavier game. Sound wise it was pretty good. But that was it. It has no feel of a basketball arena. You pull up and find out its inside some convention center and the I guess game feel just wasn't very good. I was pumped to go and see the place and was very disappointed.

Been in assembly hall but for a women's game. But I could def see how that place gets so loud.
Dec 17, 2012 11:26pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:35 PM
Classyposter58;1346061 wrote:I've been to Cameron, amazing place. IMO the best place to watch a game in the B1G is the Breslin Center, that is the loudest crowd I've ever been apart of. Tough place to play a game
Breslin is Cameron with an upperdeck. Same student placement and overall general feeling with the old roll out bleachers. At least that's how I felt when there. Probably even louder than Cameron due to the the way the sound bounces off the concrete walls. It was nuts when I was there for the Ohio State game in 2010.

Only major difference is the historical feeling associated with Cameron. Like Allen Fieldhouse, Cameron is like an old-world basketball cathedral. Just from a completely different place in time.
Dec 17, 2012 11:35pm
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Dec 17, 2012 11:37 PM
Midstate01;1346080 wrote:I went to rupp the year osu lost the title game. Saw the opening game and the Xavier game. Sound wise it was pretty good. But that was it. It has no feel of a basketball arena. You pull up and find out its inside some convention center and the I guess game feel just wasn't very good. I was pumped to go and see the place and was very disappointed.

Been in assembly hall but for a women's game. But I could def see how that place gets so loud.
Been to Rupp for a tourney game (1st round) so it wasnt full at all. But I kind of agree.

lol at the womens game, but cool youve been to Assembly. Plus, they have nearly 8k students for each home game, which is the most in the country. When the students are on break, its 25% as loud lol.
Dec 17, 2012 11:37pm
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Dec 18, 2012 12:06 AM
reclegend22;1346102 wrote:Breslin is Cameron with an upperdeck. Same student placement and overall general feeling with the old roll out bleachers. At least that's how I felt when there. Probably even louder than Cameron due to the the way the sound bounces off the concrete walls. It was nuts when I was there for the Ohio State game in 2010.

Only major difference is the historical feeling associated with Cameron. Like Allen Fieldhouse, Cameron is like an old-world basketball cathedral. Just from a completely different place in time.
We were at the same game! When the Spartans got on that run in the second half to bring it even with 3 minutes left I thought my ears were going to explode. It was insanely loud until Diebler hit that three, that quieted everything. Excited to go back in January
Dec 18, 2012 12:06am
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Dec 18, 2012 12:27 AM
Laley23;1346109 wrote:Been to Rupp for a tourney game (1st round) so it wasnt full at all. But I kind of agree.

lol at the womens game, but cool youve been to Assembly. Plus, they have nearly 8k students for each home game, which is the most in the country. When the students are on break, its 25% as loud lol.

My buddy went to iu. Funny thing about it was we just walked in. It was in the 2nd half, but they didn't ask for a ticket or anything. We just walked straight through. There couldn't have been 1,000 people in there. Not that'd I'd expect there to be.
Dec 18, 2012 12:27am
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Dec 18, 2012 11:06 AM
Midstate01;1346141 wrote:My buddy went to iu. Funny thing about it was we just walked in. It was in the 2nd half, but they didn't ask for a ticket or anything. We just walked straight through. There couldn't have been 1,000 people in there. Not that'd I'd expect there to be.
They usually only lock the doors for Mens games and a few practices. You can almost always just walk in and hop around. I had a media pass for 3 years, but I never had it on me and would never get stopped walking down the offices to get to the Press Room. Its kind of bizarre, but refreshing at the same time.
Dec 18, 2012 11:06am