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Can we bring in a shooting coach as an assistant? I've seen enough skerry ball that only consists of defense and robounding, its boring to watch and strategically hasn't worked. We need to focus on shooting jumpers and free throws in practice all day every day. Where my shooters at? Need somebody on this team to catch fire down the stretch and splash buckets for us when it matters. 

^I couldn’t stand how he kept saying Dennis TURNstul the whole game. He also called Jason Gibson, Zack then the next time he referenced him he called him Jack. But overall a great broadcast

Should be a good crowd I see some buzz on Twitter. You would think we would have a bus to transport students to and from a close game like this. I guess the city bus circulator is an option for students too.

Basketball is tricky because Towson’s winter break/minimester is basically the whole month of January so Towson is a ghost town for that whole month with only a handful of students in session and most students are at home in New Jersey. The product on the court has improved but the style of play has been slow and boring to watch. We need more up tempo offense, dunks, and a tournament birth to garner interest.

^how are you going to get them to attend? Are you gonna go door-to-door giving out tickets in the dorms?

At least we aren’t the only fan base in Maryland that has been dealing with gross mismanagement by ADs and underperforming teams/coaches. 

^you must have been an English major. I had to look up what Kitschy means haha

Love that the first 4 games are played in the state of Maryland. Week one in college park is great motivation for the players training throughout the off season. I also like Dartmouth on the schedule that’s a new one. Then we have a bye before a tough slate of games. Obviously excited for what’s still in store for this season but it’s always fun to dream about next year

https://www.bannersontheparkway.com/2019/11/21/20976102/xavier-v-towson-charleston-classic-preview-basketball

I think we win Saturday and get in! I’m torn however as our team has been road warriors playing better away than at home. Obviously it’s more fun to get a home playoff game, but having to travel wouldn’t be the worst thing.

Cant look past elon, but this group CANT miss the playoffs! We are too talented and we better not get snubbed again. Put some respect on our name!

Looking at the W&M fan forums it looks like they have about 30 seniors they are honoring on Senior Day. They are gonna be fired up to deliver a W at home. The W&M team has improved throughout the season and have a good coach we are gonna have ourselves a close ball game Saturday! Towson needs to stop the run as well as run up the score to keep their playoff hopes alive. 

@TuTigers2012 That would be very practical and make too much sense for TU’s incompetent staff to ever consider that.

Again, who is in charge here? And how do I take their job? I’ll start at $50,000k a year no less 

@sr16 that boy Jason looks like he is gonna be really popular with the girls at Towson. The we he has been hooping the girls are gonna be lining up at his dorm room waiting to shoot their shot with him!

^Who is responsible for attendance? Who do we need to talk to?

Al David said it best just win, baby win! Gotta get two W’s to go dancing. I didn’t understand the hero sports article was saying that we would miss out based on what happened to Elon last year. Seems irrelevant. 

I’d also be interested to know the numbers of how many people are subscribed to FloSports and tune into our games. I hope they do away with them next year.

One thing that might be an asterisk for the Homecoming attendance number is that Morgan State students made an effort to crash our (HBCU) homecoming tailgate so all the party goers in the parking lot were not all Towson students. Search towson homecoming on Twitter to see what i mean

^exactly, Baltimore County elementary and middle schools you should have free tickets dropped off at their school principals office every week

@TuTigers2012 the win at home against Temple in the Bennimon era was probably the biggest win in 10 years. The time we had a ten point lead in college park against the Twerps was also one of our most notable achievements of the Skerry regmine.

I’m interested to hear why he got asked to leave the team. Could be anything at Towson. Anyone on here a current student? What’s the reason he got the boot?

Back in my day, a TU basketball player pointed a gun at someone(also on the team) over $25 he was owed. 

Also, whoever runs the Towson Football social media should shout out this forum to get more people’s feedback and engagement. It seems that the people on the message board are the biggest fans and care the most of anyone about the program so you want to make sure those voices are heard!

@sr16 somebody needs to get Taylor Sevik on the horn and get him to put the tailgate on his back!

Obviously this could not happen but I wish the games were BYOB

I agree you need to turn the students into fans and then hope they come back as alums and purchase season tickets. It’s a fun game day atmosphere when the students show out, but it needs to be a consistently big deal every week to go to the games. In my years at Towson, the Greek Life dominated the social scene so I would start by going to all of the fraternities and sororities and giving them a case of beer and asking them to come to the games and ask for their feedback as to what they would like to see at the tailgate...what they think of the game day promotions and in-game music/giveaways. One issue I see with the student tailgate is that most college students are broke and don’t have a car, grill, or funds for a parking pass every weekend. I think the school should have food trucks and brewery craft beer stands in the parking lots. Then all they need to ask is that people show up because the party’s already there. no tailgate prep required. The Towson students go uptown to the bars every single weekend. Partying is on their agenda so we need to make the pre game festivities a fun atmosphere and really just leave them be to drink and have a good time.

Obviously this will require funds, but there should be a T-shirt or some type of giveaway incentive at every home game. Like i said before, most college students are broke so as an 18-22 year old with no job you will definitely make the trip to the stadium for a free t-shirt. 

From reading these forums, it seems as though the ticket office isn’t particularly great at their jobs. They could probably use Business/Sports Management majors as interns to have an inside sales job calling all season ticket holders and thanking them and asking to renew for the next year as well as cold calling alums and any one who expresses interest for tickets. 

As far as marketing goes, I would continue to pump as much money into Facebook and Instagram ads as possible. Also, maybe give out as much Towson football swag as possible to freshman on move-in day at the dorms: T-shirt’s, hoody’s, flags, hats, posters, and a ticket to the first home game. 

^That’s a BAD stat that needs to be broken . It is strange how we play better on the road and haven’t been able to win at home in over a year. Rob said they focus better after traveling and staying in a hotel on the road away from distractions. But are the beautiful co-ed’s and temptation to go uptown really to blame for dropping games at home?