Maybe they just got tired of being slobbered on by Dookie V:
Student attendance at men’s basketball games has fallen consistently over the last five years, even dropping after Duke won its fourth national championship in 2010. This season, approximately 650 undergraduates have attended each game, 150 fewer than during the 2008-09 season. As a result, Duke Athletics has begun to sell an increasing number of general admission tickets in the student section on a regular basis.
Perhaps the Dook students, unlike the residents of our fair city, have grown tired of ye olde corrupt "machine politics" and the Melderec con Simkins/Roy Carroll/Skip Alston crowd. After all, our most beloved Mayor Perkins is a graduate of Dook and active supporter of the basketball team and athletic program. The residents of this city - East Greensboro, in particular - could stand to learn a lesson from the Dookies in rejecting the ways of the corrupt Melderec crowd.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken | Jan 24, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Dear Ernie McCracken,
What?
Posted by: Bill Yaner | Jan 24, 2012 at 07:09 PM
Paranoiaselfdestroya
Posted by: Kim | Jan 24, 2012 at 07:28 PM
Bill, www.guarino.typepad.com. Read that. Mind = Blown.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken | Jan 24, 2012 at 07:49 PM
Interesting that they note it is a national trend. I've noticed a lot of empty seats at some of the TV games.
Not so at GDS vs HPC last night. Awesome high school game.
Posted by: Thomas | Jan 25, 2012 at 07:37 AM