Weber State Fan Blog

Through five games, the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team has amassed a disappointing 1-4 record. And while it's still early in conference play, it feels like this team has an enormous mountain to climb to get themselves back into contention. However, the first five games have given us plenty of insight and story lines. Here are few of my "lessons learned" from each game: Lesson 1 (Loss vs Northern Colorado) Northern Colorado is the team to beat in the Big Sky . They currently stand alone atop the Big Sky at a perfect 6-0. The Bears ran the Cats off the court, winning by 17, and shooting a blistering 59% from the field. I don't think the Wildcats played up to their capabilities, but even if they had, I still think UNC would have won. They are good. They are far and away the early favorite to win the Big Sky. Lesson 2 (Loss vs Northern Arizona) The Wildcats can not afford to sleepwalk through any games this season. The Cats played flat, without a lot of en...

The Dee Events Center is an incredible venue. At 11,500 seats, it is far and away the largest arena in the Big Sky, and the third largest college arena in the state of Utah. However, there is one glaring problem with the Purple Palace. It is far too large for the team that plays there, and the atmosphere suffers because of it. If you've attended any of the games so far this season you know what I mean. The Dee was mostly empty for all six non-conference home games. Here are the attendance figures so far this season: This season has been especially low, however, over the last 25 years, the Dee has never averaged over 7,000 fans per game in a season. In terms of capacity that means that in the last 25 years, the Dee has never averaged over 60% full over the course of a season. Since opening, there has never been a season where the attendance has averaged over 10,000 and only one season where average attendance was over 9,000, which was the 1979-1980 season where the Dee averaged 9,8...