Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Agreed in principle, and yet we drew the following crowds vs. those opponents:Tough to draw a lot to play Bradley or UIC no matter the venue.
1998-99: 11,084 vs. Bradley
2006-07: 16,424 vs. UIC
2010-11: 13,117 vs. UIC
2013-14: 13,017 vs. UIC
And none of these were good Illini teams, with some being worse than others. The fans dipped out for good during Groce’s last year, and a lot of fans didn’t buy back in until last year, pretty understandably. I think we’d draw between 13-15k this year vs. literally anybody, and I think an opponent with a semi-decent name gets a huge crowd.