By Christopher Boulay
The CCSU men’s basketball team is 7-9 in the conference with two games left. Both of these games are at home, Thursday against Long Island University, who is 10-6, and Saint Francis (NY) on Saturday, another 7-9 team. Both of these are must win games to guarantee CCSU a spot in the NEC tournament.
As unpredictable as the men’s basketball team has been, I will stay away from predictions, but I have a more important point for the CCSU fan base. The crowds for CCSU this season have been nothing short of pathetic.
I am calling out each and every CCSU fan, to show up and be loud for the final two games of the season. The response from the fans at basketball games have been lackluster, and the fans seem bored. This is not acceptable. Did you forget that you are fans of a Division I program?
During the Robert Morris game a couple weeks ago, I realized how bad you, the fans, are this season. Sitting at press row, I usually am deafened from the crowd that sits behind me. When this happens, I know that the crowd is doing their job. But during this game, against the top seed in the NEC, I could hear the Robert Morris players, (not fans) but players, chanting “defense” louder than the entire Blue Devils’ faithful. Now, with a team in the running for the NEC tournament, what our goal is every season, you cannot be louder than the players on the bench?
Also, in light of the joke of support that the men’s basketball team has, I have another suggestion. Why don’t we have some sort of pep club here? We should have a group of fans that are an official club on campus, that get together and plan events for the CCSU basketball games. This is common all across Division I. Planning “blue-outs,” chants and anything and everything that revolves around supporting your Blue Devils. The fact that we don’t have this already is bothersome.
I think a big problem with the support is that it is not organized. I see the same groups of people at every game, but without any structure to the fan base, it is hard to get the ball rolling. But the fact that we don’t have this already, is inexcusable. It’s 2010, get it together.
Fans, you have two games to redeem yourself. The tournament pretty much starts now. Get to Detrick Gymnasium Thursday and Saturday, and get loud. Stay loud for the entire game. This is my challenge to you.
Get it done fans. You only have 80 minutes.
