The student section was so loud that it reminded me of the memorable GW-GW game. A number of years ago, we hosted Gardner-Webb on a Tuesday morning, 11:00 am start. This was two days before Thanksgiving so most students were home or on their way home. We held some type of school event where I am presuming DC middle schools were invited to bring their students to the game as a field trip. If you weren't there, picture the upper level of the student section filled with screaming 12-14 year olds. The shrieking was just incredible. Very fortunate that we won going away because focusing on a close game would have been a near-impossibility.
Was sorry to hear that the opener coincided with Greek night. Prior Greek nights have historically produced larger student turnouts, only to see a small fraction of these students return for future games. Maybe conducting this on opening night was a stroke of genius. While it would be unfair to expect to see everyone return, the hope is that George's Army can make a convincing case to keep the student section active with more students regularly attending games than we've seen in a while.
This isn't just a line....players, coaches, and even your fellow fans all feed off of the energy that a larger than normal student turnout brings. Seeing consistently larger than normal turnouts would coincide nicely with this new chapter in GW basketball.
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