Texas colleges are bleeding cash on athletics programs and you're paying for it
The on-the-court product at the Super Pit featured staples of a competitive, back-and-forth big-time college basketball game.
Coaches paced the sidelines and barked orders, players crashed into one another under the basket and a video board over center court pumped up the crowd during timeouts. There was even a game-tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation that sent the game into overtime.
But the scene inside the 9,800-seat arena was anything but big time.
Fans could easily find parking spots right next to the arena minutes before tip-off. Lines for tickets and concessions were virtually nonexistent. Inside the building, the 20-person band often drowned out the crowd.
That's because just 2,300 fans turned out for the Mean Green's Feb. 15 overtime loss to Western Kentucky, one of the best teams in Conference USA.
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