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Re New England college sports ...

Its just never caught on. BC has trouble selling out ACC football games in a 35,000 seat stadium. If Conte Arena sells out 8,500 for an ACC basketball game it’s probably Saturday with the visiting team dominating attendance.

ACC baseball draws 200-300 per game. I’ll watch marveling a family wouldn’t bring the kids on a nice late April or May weekend day. Not showing up for March games I understand.

Even BC, BU, Northeastern, UMass and UMLowell with traditionally ranked hockey programs have trouble selling out except big rivalry games. Only Maine sells out all their games. It’s because they’re fifty miles past the middle of nowhere with not much else to do. A pizza shop is the center of town. 

The exception is UConn for men’s and women’s basketball. 

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