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Post by purplehaze on May 26, 2018 16:33:31 GMT -5
What was expected to be two close semifinal matchups, was anything but close - Yale blew-out Albany 20-11 and Duke beat defending champ Maryland 14-8. Winners in both games went out to 7-0 and 6-0 leads respectively before the other team knew what hit them
Final is Monday at 1pm - maybe HC is looking at some of the (assistant) coaching talent among these four teams to fill our opening (assuming we have one)
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 26, 2018 17:36:10 GMT -5
Once again shocked at how low attendance is for the sports biggest stage.
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Post by hchoops on May 26, 2018 17:50:33 GMT -5
Once again shocked at how low attendance is for the sports biggest stage. What was it ? |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on May 26, 2018 18:21:09 GMT -5
Nothing screams big time and fan interest like having your championship game at one o'clock in the afternoon on Memorial Day.
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 26, 2018 19:46:49 GMT -5
Once again shocked at how low attendance is for the sports biggest stage. What was it ? Listed as 30,000. Would guess 25,000 tops. Lacrosse Final Four attendance continues to drop. |
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Post by hcpride on May 26, 2018 21:40:40 GMT -5
Not shocked at 30K up at Foxboro for the final 4 double header. (Not the same number as 10 years ago but not bad given more recent numbers.)
Women's lax final is tomorrow w/BC v JMU at Stony Brook. 12K stadium capacity and predictions of steady rain. I would not expect a sellout. BC beat SBU by 1 in overtime and then beat defending champion UMD by 2 in regulation so they are looking strong.
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Post by hchoops on May 26, 2018 21:46:30 GMT -5
Listed as 30,000. Would guess 25,000 tops. Lacrosse Final Four attendance continues to drop. 30000 ? That is as accurate as they can get? |
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Post by bison137 on May 27, 2018 0:20:40 GMT -5
Listed as 30,000. Would guess 25,000 tops. Lacrosse Final Four attendance continues to drop. 30000 ? That is as accurate as they can get? Official attendance was 30,616. |
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Post by alum on May 27, 2018 12:51:12 GMT -5
Not sure at all why attendance keeps dropping. The sport continues to grow. I went to Foxboro the first time it was there and it was just about a sell out. I’m watching Wesleyan and Salisbury right now on the NCAA site. There is a very small crowd for that game. I wonder how small the crowds will be by the time they get to the Rent in 2021?
I’m going to cheer for Yale in the final tomorrow because as has been said by a former member of Congress if Duke was playing the Taliban, I would cheer for the Taliban
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Post by hchoops on May 27, 2018 12:53:47 GMT -5
Where does Lax stand in comparison to other sports in the Boston area ?
Do these NCAA final fours draw better in other areas ?
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Post by hcpride on May 27, 2018 13:06:16 GMT -5
30K in Foxboro for Lacrosse Final Four (about the same as last year and more than each of the previous 5 or 6 years). Last year the TV (and internet) LAX Final Four numbers were WAY up over the previous years and we'll have to see how this year's TV/Internet audience compares. Here's a detailed article on past viewership (and attendance) increases. www.baltimoresun.com/sports/lacrosse-blog/bal-attendance-numbers-for-ncaa-men-s-lacrosse-championships-in-philadelphia-rose-this-past-weekend-20160603-story.htmlFWIW the FCS (football) championship game drew 19,000 this year. I know D-1 baseball plays its championship (World Series) in a 26K stadium. Might be a good idea for LAX to do the same - its popularity is established and a packed house is exciting. (JMU beat BC in WLAX D-1 Championship today 16-15 at SBU) |
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Post by Crucis#1 on May 27, 2018 21:55:25 GMT -5
Wesleyan defeated Salisbury 8-6 to win the Division 3 NCAA tournament.
If Yale defeats Duke on Monday, their will be two Lacrosse national championships in Connecticut.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on May 27, 2018 22:45:43 GMT -5
The only people who care to watch Lax (at least in greater Bos) are those who played it, and the families of those who play it. The TV number the title game pulls tomorrow aft will be atrocious as well.
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Post by alum on May 28, 2018 6:01:59 GMT -5
The only people who care to watch Lax (at least in greater Bos) are those who played it, and the families of those who play it. The TV number the title game pulls tomorrow aft will be atrocious as well. Probably true. When you consider how many kids have played soccer in the past 30 years vis a vis how few watch it with any regularity on television, you have to conclude that lacrosse doesn’t have much of a chance of breaking through and attracting the average sports fan. |
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Post by hcpride on May 28, 2018 8:11:46 GMT -5
The only people who care to watch Lax (at least in greater Bos) are those who played it, and the families of those who play it. The TV number the title game pulls tomorrow aft will be atrocious as well. Folks who haven't played it at all or don't have friends/relatives who played it are unlikely to be fans of the game. I don't think that is surprising. A couple of weeks after school is out I don't think too many students make the trek to support their college team. 30K at Foxborough last week for the Final Four actually seems pretty respectable in that light. As far as fan support for games, we don't see too much of that in many college sports. FWIW 2.5K attended the women's D-1 championship yesterday at SBU in the rain. |
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 28, 2018 10:15:09 GMT -5
But if the game is growing so fast over the last decade why are those families not attending and watching the Super Bowl of lacrosse?
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Post by hchoops on May 28, 2018 10:24:17 GMT -5
But if the game is growing so fast over the last decade why are those families not attending and watching the Super Bowl of lacrosse? As mentioned, possibly for the same reasons soccer has not expanded from its lower levels’ popularity. Both have relatively long periods of slow to very slow play, not conducive to the average America sports fan seeking more continuous action. |
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 28, 2018 10:35:49 GMT -5
But I thought lacrosse was the fastest game on two feet?
The really strange thing is that not only is attendance not growing it is shrinking. I find it very strange that this extremely wealthy, involved amd invested demographic that represents lacrosse isn't getting behind the premier weekend that the sport has.
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Post by rgs318 on May 28, 2018 13:51:00 GMT -5
Getting "behind" any sport is measured by more than just the final game of a college season. More young athletes (high school and younger) are playing the sport every year. Parents and team fans who care very much about youth sports and high school teams may have little or know interest (yet) in college playoffs.
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Post by Crucis#1 on May 28, 2018 14:54:01 GMT -5
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Post by alum on May 28, 2018 14:59:05 GMT -5
Wesleyan defeated Salisbury 8-6 to win the Division 3 NCAA tournament. If Yale defeats Duke on Monday, their will be two Lacrosse national championships in Connecticut. And with Merrimack winning D2, all three men’s titles in New England. Jackson Merrill of Yale earns a national championship as did his father, grandfather, and great grandfather before him. (They all won at Hopkins.) |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 28, 2018 15:56:16 GMT -5
Merrimack was ranked #2, and lost in the finals last year. Have no sense as to how good Div II men's lacrosse is. Merrimack did scrimmage Yale and BostU pre-season.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 28, 2018 17:36:23 GMT -5
Yale was a top five time to begin the year, so don’t think them winning is a major shock. |
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Post by hcpride on May 28, 2018 18:20:20 GMT -5
Yale was loaded this year, had a great season, did lose the Ivy tournament to Cornell, and landed a championship tournament 3 seed prior to winning their first lax championship ever. Given their roster (and seeing the high schools attended) wouldn't be shocked to see them back at the tournament year after year.
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 28, 2018 19:21:24 GMT -5
Lacrosse Final Four attendance was 100,000 in 2007 and was 59,000 this weekend.
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