saw this on the NCAA site...
" “Pack the House†winners named
March 07, 2008
The NCAA has named the 32 winners of its Division I women’s basketball “Pack the House Challenge,†which drew more than 592,000 fans to arenas around the nation.
One institution from each of the 31 Division I conferences and one representing a group of independents was selected based on creativity in marketing and meeting attendance criteria. The NCAA will award prizes and donate $500 to the nonprofit organization of each winning institution’s choice.
Louisville, which was the Big East Conference “Pack the House†champion, was chosen in a random drawing as the grand-prize winner.
“Pack the House†was a first-time effort in which conferences and institutions competed to build attendance to a selected women’s basketball game.
Almost two-thirds of the Division I membership – 198 institutions – participated in the challenge.
Events at Duke, Louisville, Marist, Navy, Oklahoma State and Presbyterian produced sell-out crowds. Seventy other programs surpassed their single-game attendance highs from last season."
And it begged the questions of did UT even bother to participate and if not, why not? If they DID participate, I certainly saw nothing taken in the way of steps to differentiate this season from any other in terms of attempting to increase attendance.
" “Pack the House†winners named
March 07, 2008
The NCAA has named the 32 winners of its Division I women’s basketball “Pack the House Challenge,†which drew more than 592,000 fans to arenas around the nation.
One institution from each of the 31 Division I conferences and one representing a group of independents was selected based on creativity in marketing and meeting attendance criteria. The NCAA will award prizes and donate $500 to the nonprofit organization of each winning institution’s choice.
Louisville, which was the Big East Conference “Pack the House†champion, was chosen in a random drawing as the grand-prize winner.
“Pack the House†was a first-time effort in which conferences and institutions competed to build attendance to a selected women’s basketball game.
Almost two-thirds of the Division I membership – 198 institutions – participated in the challenge.
Events at Duke, Louisville, Marist, Navy, Oklahoma State and Presbyterian produced sell-out crowds. Seventy other programs surpassed their single-game attendance highs from last season."
And it begged the questions of did UT even bother to participate and if not, why not? If they DID participate, I certainly saw nothing taken in the way of steps to differentiate this season from any other in terms of attempting to increase attendance.
