Message: 3
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:26:55 -0500
From: "Jonathan Ganz" <jganz1@...>
Subject: hard facts


You wrote:
Boston College's facility is not last in the big east for capacity. Their on
campus arena, the conte forum, is a good size college hoops venue.

The truth:
Syracuse -- Carrier Dome 33,000
Georgetown -- MCI Center 20,600
Seton Hall -- Continental Arena 20,000
St Johns -- MSG 18,700 & Alumni Hall 6,008 (used more than ever this year b/c of
bball program woes)
West Virginia -- WVU Center 14,000
Providence -- Dunkin Donuts Center 12,993
Pittsburgh -- Petersen Events Center 12,500
Joyce Center -- 11,418
Gampel Pavilion -- 10,167
BC -- Conte Arena 8,606
Rutgers -- RAC 8,000
Villanova -- Pavilion 6,000

BC's arena is certainly small compared to the rest of the Big East arenas and
major college bball arenas in general. Further, BC has sold out every game in
2005. I wrote 2005, not 2004-2005. Do you blame them for not selling out or fans
for not coming to home games against Maine, New Hampshire, Clemson, Long Island,
Holy Cross, Boston U, Yale, Duquesne and Kent State?




I reply:

The Pavillion at Villanova has capacity of 6,500.

....and they sold out the season, uncluding Maryland-Baltimore County, Monmouth,
Fordham, Albany, Bucknell and Middle Tennessee State. (It's a given that the
conference season and the Philadelphia Big Five games would be sellouts). Not
bad for a school with only about 6,000 students that hasn't been to the NCAAs
this century!

Oh, and you mentioned St John's using MSG as a homecourt, but not Villanova's
use of the Wachovia Center (capacity, approximately 19,500). So far as I know,
we sold that out, too.

Bob Eisthen
Villanova '83