Syracuse Basketball Single-Handidly Rebuilding America's Economy

by Sean Keeley on Feb 3, 2012 2:51 PM EST in Syracuse Basketball

When the Syracuse Orange "visit" the St. John's Red Storm Saturday in New York City, Madison Square Garden will be sold out, the third sell-out crowd in six Big East road games for SU.

Syracuse drew 12K to the DePaul game, which doesn't sound like much, but then you remember it's DePaul and you're like, "Twelve thousand people! Good God!"

And the trend will continue all season. Louisville has just about sold out the 22,000-seat KFC Yum! Center and our Big Monday game at UConn will be an ESPN Gameday atmosphere, ensuring sell-out numbers.

Pundits cite three things as the reason. The Syracuse brand, Syracuse's ranking and the fact that Dion Waiters has retweeted 19% of the Earth's population in the past three months.

"I think it’s a tribute to our program and our consistency,’’ McNamara said. "For us to go into an opposing arena that doesn’t normally sellout and it sells out, I think it’s a tribute to what our guys have done in the past and now the present.’’

Meanwhile, it's not just road games that get the big attendance treatment. SU students are already camping out for Wednesday's game against the hated Georgetown Hoyas, including our own Dan Lyons.

The Georgetown game and Louisville games are expected to put in a challenge for the all-time Carrier Dome record, but even if they fall short, expect the mid-thirties to come into play.

Via CNY Central:

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#………..1…………..ranking?

Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
I guess I made a twitter, follow @StealthTurkey

by StealthTurkey on Feb 3, 2012 2:54 PM EST reply actions

Dig the old school Expos lid.

Let me see a picture if we get a lake effect monster rolling through there on Monday night.

by offthedome on Feb 3, 2012 3:58 PM EST reply actions

Hey guys...

…game is not sold out. Still plenty of tix left. Hopefully our young guys give you a game, but I must say the Cuse looks better than ever this year. Probably the last regular season game between us at the Garden. Hope it’s a good one. See you at MSG.

by redmen9194 on Feb 3, 2012 4:23 PM EST reply actions

Dan,

You should have even more time to post content while hanging out inside the Dome. ;-)

by Gregory Tuers on Feb 3, 2012 4:27 PM EST reply actions

They’re hanging out outside the dome at the moment. Thus the picture and video of the tents outside.

'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012

by Orange22 on Feb 3, 2012 5:34 PM EST up reply actions

We should make it a point to video tape people who come through on tours. The moms’ expressions when we’d crawl out of our tents were pretty priceless.

'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012

by Orange22 on Feb 3, 2012 5:32 PM EST reply actions