Youthful Perspective
DBC filling seats
Mike Lovecchio
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: Sports
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For those of you who don't know - which I'm sure is a lot of you, I normally reserve the space of this column for my take on the world of professional sports.
If I were to continue that tradition this would be the perfect opportunity for me to blast Alex Rodriguez for demanding a $270 million contract or discuss Barry Bonds lying in federal court and consequently facing up to 30 years in prison. But as we near the end of the fall semester I want to shift my focus on what I have noticed to be a new focus in increasing participation for athletic events.
When I first came on to this campus three years ago one, of my early interests, even before joining this paper as a sports writer, was the basketball program.
Under the leadership of coach Brad Underwood and star guard Blake Young, both of whom wound up heading to Kansas State University, I remember seeing large crowds on hand for the majority of games. Of all the games I've attended over the years I remember one men's game in particular from that year in which DBC went up against the top-ranked team in the state - I can't remember the school at this point in time. I came just after tip-off, could not get a seat and wound up sitting on the stairs, along with several other students who, like myself, couldn't manage seats.
Together a full Lemerand Center crowd watched as our Falcons squeaked out what was then called one of the biggest wins in school history.
I don't know when things went wrong, but it seems as if over the past two years, attendance numbers have been way down - until now. If you look around campus you see signs advertising "Game Tonight" and through the STEP (Support the Enhancement Plan) program attendance numbers for men's and women's basketball seem to be up from previous years. The recent first annual Fall Sports Media Day was just another excellent marketing tool that Will Dunne and all involved with DBC athletics have provided for both students and media types to be more aware of our athletic programs.
This is a very exciting year for both of the Falcon basketball programs. We have a men's basketball team looking to rebuild from a poor season last year with a number of familiar faces from local high schools, and a women's team that could transfer a line-up full of players to Division I universities.
If there is ever a time for DBC to step up its program off the court, it's a time when DBC steps up its program on the court - and that time is now.
If I were to continue that tradition this would be the perfect opportunity for me to blast Alex Rodriguez for demanding a $270 million contract or discuss Barry Bonds lying in federal court and consequently facing up to 30 years in prison. But as we near the end of the fall semester I want to shift my focus on what I have noticed to be a new focus in increasing participation for athletic events.
When I first came on to this campus three years ago one, of my early interests, even before joining this paper as a sports writer, was the basketball program.
Under the leadership of coach Brad Underwood and star guard Blake Young, both of whom wound up heading to Kansas State University, I remember seeing large crowds on hand for the majority of games. Of all the games I've attended over the years I remember one men's game in particular from that year in which DBC went up against the top-ranked team in the state - I can't remember the school at this point in time. I came just after tip-off, could not get a seat and wound up sitting on the stairs, along with several other students who, like myself, couldn't manage seats.
Together a full Lemerand Center crowd watched as our Falcons squeaked out what was then called one of the biggest wins in school history.
I don't know when things went wrong, but it seems as if over the past two years, attendance numbers have been way down - until now. If you look around campus you see signs advertising "Game Tonight" and through the STEP (Support the Enhancement Plan) program attendance numbers for men's and women's basketball seem to be up from previous years. The recent first annual Fall Sports Media Day was just another excellent marketing tool that Will Dunne and all involved with DBC athletics have provided for both students and media types to be more aware of our athletic programs.
This is a very exciting year for both of the Falcon basketball programs. We have a men's basketball team looking to rebuild from a poor season last year with a number of familiar faces from local high schools, and a women's team that could transfer a line-up full of players to Division I universities.
If there is ever a time for DBC to step up its program off the court, it's a time when DBC steps up its program on the court - and that time is now.
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