The McKale Atmosphere

Bosy Billups · Post by **Bosy Billups** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:57 pm

Electric. The students look like The Show Lite (a good thing). Everyone was in it. No one left. The crowd came in when we needed them to.

What better arenas are there? There couldn't be 10.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:38 pm

Gonzaga's is up there. Just smaller scale. Students get better seats. A buddy texted me from game. Electric is the word he used.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:51 pm

I just got back home. What a game! So much fun.

My kids were going nuts!

Here is my youngest during OT

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:56 pm

The atmosphere was crazy. Pretty sure I won't have a voice when I wake up.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:00 pm

Great job to those that were at the game today! It sounded loud as hell on the radio feed.

Bosy Billups · Post by **Bosy Billups** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:21 pm

Radio feed, you really are living in 1984 lol

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:50 pm

Bosy Billups wrote:Radio feed, you really are living in 1984 lol

Haha, tv muted while listening to the radio. I didn't really want to listen to the tv announcers. And from what everyone was posting, that was the right move.

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:52 pm

The best part was when we booed the refs during an entire timeout. They were at a special kind of suckatude today.

77HoyaCat4Ever · Post by **77HoyaCat4Ever** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:24 pm

The refs really sucked.

The crowd was awesome - major contributor to the victory.

Daryl Zero · Post by **Daryl Zero** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:10 pm

I got to go. Was very loud and rocking from the start. I think we all wanted to let off some steam about yesterday's football game. Refs sucked. Some bad calls but the worse was the "foul" on PItts on the three FT choker near the end the OT.

UAtrue · Post by **UAtrue** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:57 pm

AZCatGirl wrote:The best part was when we booed the refs during an entire timeout. They were at a special kind of suckatude today.

Heard that loud and clear from my livingroom. Man did they deserve it.

The number of bad calls against the cats leading all the way to those two non-calls for over-the-back moves was leading me to think the fix was in for this game

1stNGrant Frys · Post by **1stNGrant Frys** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:04 pm

Its been awhile since McKale had a noticeable visiting fan presence, but there was definitely a small but solid amount of Zags fans.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:15 am

Unreal at Mckale yesterday. Unreal. Loudest I've heard since the 90's. Still though had 2 couples leave early--1 before end of regulation and the other couple early in OT.

I don't get that

NETSFAN4HASSAN · Post by **NETSFAN4HASSAN** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:10 am

Olsondogg wrote:Unreal at Mckale yesterday. Unreal. Loudest I've heard since the 90's. Still though had 2 couples leave early--1 before end of regulation and the other couple early in OT.

I don't get that

Saw and thought the same thing.

"Where are you going" is what popped in my head. Unreal.

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:11 am

1stNGrant Frys wrote:Its been awhile since McKale had a noticeable visiting fan presence, but there was definitely a small but solid amount of Zags fans.

I counted 2

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:22 am

84Cat wrote:
Bosy Billups wrote:Radio feed, you really are living in 1984 lol
Haha, tv muted while listening to the radio. I didn't really want to listen to the tv announcers. And from what everyone was posting, that was the right move.

Isn't there a time lag? There was the last time I tried this.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:54 am

I don't always listen with the tv muted, it depends on who the tv guys are. The delay is worth it to me because the radio guys break down the game so much better than most of the tv guys that call our games..

AZCatGirl · Post by **AZCatGirl** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:51 pm

Olsondogg wrote:Unreal at Mckale yesterday. Unreal. Loudest I've heard since the 90's. Still though had 2 couples leave early--1 before end of regulation and the other couple early in OT.

I don't get that

I saw a few leave at halftime, then a bunch leave at OT. I did a double take at the exits near me because I couldn't believe all the people leaving when OT was starting. If you have places to go I can sorta understand leaving at halftime, but why so many left when OT started is beyond me. You couldn't pay me to leave then.

Daryl Zero · Post by **Daryl Zero** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:20 pm

Olsondogg wrote:Unreal at Mckale yesterday. Unreal. Loudest I've heard since the 90's. Still though had 2 couples leave early--1 before end of regulation and the other couple early in OT.

I don't get that

McKale right now is hard to get out of because of the blocked exits and entrances. Some people (and I completely understand it) don't like fighting the crowds to leave. As an actual fan of the game, it is hard to understand anyone leaving early from that game. The person sitting next to me left just before end of regulation. I stayed and it was pretty difficult to get out and then I had to walk quite a ways out of my way to get headed east.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:25 pm

I understand it for midweek games.

Saturday games, ya got somewhere else to be? Your mundane life away from McKale Magic calls?

Seriously, wait until the end and leave with victorious, happy fans.

(The only time that backfired for me was in 1995 when Cal inexplicably had a whole section of fans in the upper level for a Thursday night upset led by Lamond Murray.

I had to spend five full minutes swimming through lameasses high-fiving each other after the OT loss wondering, "Were these people here just to root against Arizona?")

1stNGrant Frys · Post by **1stNGrant Frys** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:23 am

Daryl Zero wrote:
Olsondogg wrote:Unreal at Mckale yesterday. Unreal. Loudest I've heard since the 90's. Still though had 2 couples leave early--1 before end of regulation and the other couple early in OT.

I don't get that
McKale right now is hard to get out of because of the blocked exits and entrances. Some people (and I completely understand it) don't like fighting the crowds to leave. As an actual fan of the game, it is hard to understand anyone leaving early from that game. The person sitting next to me left just before end of regulation. I stayed and it was pretty difficult to get out and then I had to walk quite a ways out of my way to get headed east.

This traffic demon is really overrated for basketball games.

The VERY elderly (80+) that make up a good portion of McKale do not view basketball games in the same way we do. To most of them, its a nice thing to do and they get to wear their red clothing and they've been cheering for over 30 years. But its all routine, like going to Country Harvest Buffet in the Foothills on Sundays.

Parking and leaving after the game is never a big deal if you can walk. If you are willing to walk almost exactly 10 minutes from your parking spot to McKale you will never have any problems finding parking, often free. I suppose if you are 90 years old, 10 minutes of walking is a bear, and you must park nearby and deal with traffic. But even then you won't be in traffic for more than 10-15 minutes.

tl;dr "Old people habits" dominates lives, even when it doesn't make sense.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:43 pm

Sometimes people have to go. I'll explain when you guys get older.

Sometimes people have some place to be (job, whatever), and they were squeezing the game in. The game did run long (as my DVR can attest -- grr!), even in regulation.

It's not always beat the traffic ... or bad fan.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:56 pm

I get the excuses to leave, I really do...in a normal game. I had season tickets (both seasons when there was an A and B season back in the day) for 4 years at McKale in the mid to late 90's, when the program was at it's peak in the Olson days. The environment on Saturday was reminiscent, perhaps even better than those days.

I drove 1.5 hours to and from to go to the game with a pregnant wife who was "on call" for her job as an NP. We had a sitter for our son, and we were hoping to make it home in time for bedtime to avoid a nuclear meltdown (we did). We parked across campus to avoid the long traffic lines...and would never have thought to leave that game early.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:56 pm

I forgot to add this to my previous post:

#goodfan

1stNGrant Frys · Post by **1stNGrant Frys** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:44 pm

Oh I'm not saying you guys are #badfans. everyone has reasons to leave.

I was just pondering the thought process of those that leave ritualistically at 2 minutes, no matter what the circumstance. Which I find irrational. if you got kids and obligations and shit of course you leave. But why buy season tickets for 30 years only to always leave before the end OF EVERY GAME?

Bosy Billups · Post by **Bosy Billups** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:54 pm

#sadsies

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:05 pm

1stNGrant Frys wrote:Oh I'm not saying you guys are #badfans. everyone has reasons to leave.

I was just pondering the thought process of those that leave ritualistically at 2 minutes, no matter what the circumstance. Which I find irrational. if you got kids and obligations and shit of course you leave. But why buy season tickets for 30 years only to always leave before the end OF EVERY GAME?

Grew up as Dodgers fans?

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:56 am

I don't get it either, but face it, if all fans were like us the population on these boards would be much higher. We're outliers, folks.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:39 pm

On the radio tonight, Matt Santangelo, Zag announcer, was still raving about the "awesome" atmosphere at McKale.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:42 pm

Didn't That guy play for the zags a few years back?

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:48 am

azcat49 wrote:Didn't That guy play for the zags a few years back?

Yeah like 1999 when they made there first big Tourney run to the elite 8.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:55 am

Correct. Santangelo at the point. Richie Frahm at the 2. Casey Cavalry on the boards. Beat No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Florida. Lost to No. 1 UConn in a close one. Never been back. Monson went to Minnesota. Few took over.

3goggles · Post by **3goggles** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:01 am

gumby wrote:Correct. Santangelo at the point. Richie Frahm at the 2. Casey Cavalry on the boards. Beat No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Florida. Lost to No. 1 UConn in a close one. Never been back. Monson went to Minnesota. Few took over.

So Few wasnt the coach of the team that made it to the elite 8. I did not know that

CBCat · Post by **CBCat** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:54 am

There's a name from the past Casey Calvery. That was a good team.

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:18 am

3goggles wrote:
gumby wrote:Correct. Santangelo at the point. Richie Frahm at the 2. Casey Cavalry on the boards. Beat No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Florida. Lost to No. 1 UConn in a close one. Never been back. Monson went to Minnesota. Few took over.
So Few wasnt the coach of the team that made it to the elite 8. I did not know that

No he can't get past the S16.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:33 pm

cats101 wrote:
3goggles wrote:
gumby wrote:Correct. Santangelo at the point. Richie Frahm at the 2. Casey Cavalry on the boards. Beat No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 Florida. Lost to No. 1 UConn in a close one. Never been back. Monson went to Minnesota. Few took over.
So Few wasnt the coach of the team that made it to the elite 8. I did not know that
No he can't get past the S16.

Had real meltdown against UCLA. Best chance since.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:31 pm

Props from Shulman, Bilas.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:47 am

Was wondering, how was the crowd during the halftime football presentation? Radio guy indicated a fair amount of michigan fans were present for the game, so I'm curious as to if they tried to raise any boos and got drowned out or anything. Also, anyone have any discussions with michigan fans at the game regarding RR?

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:45 am

I was sitting in the upper ring where the yellow seats used to be and it isn't as loud up there as it is in the rest of the arena, but I didn't hear any boos from the Michigan fans. Not that you could have heard them over the Arizona fans anyhow...

cats101 · Post by **cats101** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:09 am

There were about 30ish of them there, not enough to be heard.

1stNGrant Frys · Post by **1stNGrant Frys** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:40 am

cats101 wrote:There were about 30ish of them there, not enough to be heard.

The Daily Star commented that many Michigan fans gave RichRod applause

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:58 am

Had a guy at work, since retired, who said sarcastically, "enjoy RichRod" when he was hired.

Don't mind if I do.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:47 am

PieceOfMeat wrote:Was wondering, how was the crowd during the halftime football presentation? Radio guy indicated a fair amount of michigan fans were present for the game, so I'm curious as to if they tried to raise any boos and got drowned out or anything. Also, anyone have any discussions with michigan fans at the game regarding RR?

You can see a couple Mich fans recording it with their phones:

Frybry02 · Post by **Frybry02** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:14 pm

With the Gonzaga loss, Arizona now has the longest, active home winning streak at 36.

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