Post by milwsport on Jan 6, 2006 0:28:18 GMT -6
Just got back from the game.
Some random thoughts
The Pavilion is a horrible venue.
I paid $9.00 for a really sh*tty Chicken sandwich (which weighed about 3 oz total) and a Mountain Dew
We were in the front row of the Panther section and missed about half the game thanks to some UIC idiots who insisted on standing everytime we got the ball in the first half.
The second half was not much better. It was hard to see if anyone traveled or what was going on due to where the seats were. They were almost even with the court and of course if you sat down you had to see past the players and the people sitting behind them in court side chairs.
Plus all sound seems to die in that place. A bunch of us in the front were doing cheers and I know some in the back were joining in too but it didn't seem to make any noise.
The Refs Stunk
The HL refs did their usual HL job. It appears that AT got called for a technical because he walked away from a ref who was trying to talk to him.
The Panthers Dominated
From what we could see it looked like the Panthers just took them to school. Yeah there were lots of missed easy shots but then again when you are up by that much and so clearly superior it's hard to maintain an edge.
UIC Has Lots of Sponsors
Their PA announcer was just one long commercial starting about 30 minutes before tip off and ending about 5 minutes before the game began the guy kept plugging everything from the yellow book to the Mariott Medical Center Inn. (which is where I assume the Flames went after the game to soothe their bruised egos)
Some random thoughts
The Pavilion is a horrible venue.
I paid $9.00 for a really sh*tty Chicken sandwich (which weighed about 3 oz total) and a Mountain Dew
We were in the front row of the Panther section and missed about half the game thanks to some UIC idiots who insisted on standing everytime we got the ball in the first half.
The second half was not much better. It was hard to see if anyone traveled or what was going on due to where the seats were. They were almost even with the court and of course if you sat down you had to see past the players and the people sitting behind them in court side chairs.
Plus all sound seems to die in that place. A bunch of us in the front were doing cheers and I know some in the back were joining in too but it didn't seem to make any noise.
The Refs Stunk
The HL refs did their usual HL job. It appears that AT got called for a technical because he walked away from a ref who was trying to talk to him.
The Panthers Dominated
From what we could see it looked like the Panthers just took them to school. Yeah there were lots of missed easy shots but then again when you are up by that much and so clearly superior it's hard to maintain an edge.
UIC Has Lots of Sponsors
Their PA announcer was just one long commercial starting about 30 minutes before tip off and ending about 5 minutes before the game began the guy kept plugging everything from the yellow book to the Mariott Medical Center Inn. (which is where I assume the Flames went after the game to soothe their bruised egos)