Will wade show.. basketball traditions

Move the students

Reconfigure the seating and move the students where they were 05-09

Have them come up with some shite to yell during the game so it doesn't sound like an empty gym in the 1st half.

Every home game should be like Halloween for the students.

After wins, the team should be prepared to throw them some candy.

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He said he’s working with the marketing department since we don’t have basketball traditions like football

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the marketing department needs to watch other major college basketball games to get an idea of what needs to happen during games. I would really like to help them out with this because it's absolutely brutal.

perfect example:

early in the game Tuesday night, we went on a mini run and caused Avery Johnson to call a timeout. the fans started to stand and yell/clap.

at that moment, let DJ C-mix crank up a song to get people going (he's got a bunch of them). but what did LSU do? they made everyone be quiet for a fricking bird box challenge. they are totally fricking clueless when it comes to the gameday atmosphere.

I went to all the games as a kid:

1) newspapers during opposing team intro then throw then ball them up and toss them on the court.

2) deaf dome meter - may be depressing now though

3) Mike the tiger dropping from the rafters.

A pregame highlight reel dating back to Petit and maravich through current players would be awesome.

Ditch the white uniforms and wear gold uniforms for every home game.

I was a freshman fall of 2007. I went for a few reasons, but the free Canes with a Tiger victory was a nice motivation factor. Also, the court side student section with newspapers was fun. The swag giveaways that added up with more games attended was nice too. I think I still have a Nike LSU duffel from that. My dad was a student back in ‘80-‘82 and always talked about how electric the PMAC was. Never really experienced it like he described it, but I always hoped I could. Hope Wade can work with the marketing bozos and get something solid implemented.

we don’t have any real basketball traditions. We have had some antics that have persisted through successful periods but no real tradition.

With that said, we have the absolute best football traditions and it’s so cool when we incorporate them in to basketball. Without sustained success, anything a marketing team comes up with will be short lived.

Deaf Dome meter. Fans in the seats. Student section full every game. Start there.