DENVER - Great
showing at Magness Arena at the last home game, both by the Pioneers against
the Florida Atlantic Owls and by the fans. The announced attendance of 4,117
was the second largest crowd for a Sun Belt Conference game at DU and the
biggest since a 90-84 win over North Texas at Magness Arena on Feb. 13, 2003.
Only games involving
regional rivals Wyoming and Colorado State, and Pac 10 powerhouse Stanford,
have brought more fans out to a men's basketball game at Magness Arena.
It seems that more and
more people are starting to notice that the Pioneers have gone 34-7 at Magness
Arena since head coach Joe Scott
took over in March 2007. Denver is currently riding a 13-game home winning
streak, which is tied for the 12th longest in the country.
Strangely, the team that DU is tied with is Northern Iowa, which was the last
visiting team to win in Magness Arena in a close season opening 71-65 game. The
Panthers have gone on to clinch the Missouri Valley Conference regular season
title and earn a No. 24 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll with a 22-3
record.
The student section is
beginning to earn a reputation around the conference for its boisterousness and
creativity, not to mention clean, cheering. That clean aspect cannot be
overstated because when commentators talk about the best fans, they tend to
talk about the ones that come up with original chants and do not use profanity.
Apparently, it also helps
when you wear ridiculously colorful pants in the student section, too.
Light Reading: Denver
players Andrew Hooper, Nate Rohnert,
Justin Coughlin and Kyle Lewis
went to University Park Elementary School last night and read to a group of
15-20 kids.
According to Hooper, they
read a book called, "Ping Pong Pig."
"I read something about a
duck," Hooper said. "Kyle read what happens when the world sleeps at night, and
Nate read something about a dinosaur. Justin got the part about the duck."
A few of the players did
something similar last year at Slavens Elementary School.
Yearly travel totals:
Total Flights
- 16
Total Mileage Flown - 11,613
Total Bus Miles
- 1,453
Total Number of Hotels - 12
Total Number of Different Airports - 12
Total Number of Airline Delays - 1
Total Number of Cancelled Flights - 0
Total Number of Bags Lost This Year - 1
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