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I guess it would be an NCAA "problem" to distribute free tix to local HS coaches/teams? Even if you're not recruiting anyone at the school?

Not likely that they wouldn't be used or given away to someone who would go (people tend to make use of "free stuff"). Plus, it was FSU, our main rival!

That might explain up to 25% of the "sold out" arena seats going unused, but not the "sparse crowd" for FSU that Gables reported above.

I have my doubts. No way an arena that is "sold out" still hosts games with 75% of seats vacant (don't care who the opponent is, to believe that the arena is a pre-game sellout requires the suspension of disbelief).

I think it's still supposedly "sold out." As far as consistently having even half the seats filled with a real person, it has never approached legitimate "sold out" status." If you believe that half the folks who supposedly bought season tickets choose never to use/sell/give them away, I've got...

How do you define "quality opponents?" All ACC teams, or just the blue bloods in the Conference and around the nation. If it's the latter, you're only talking about a couple sellouts a season. When the BUC opened, I really expected all ACC games to sell out. That hasn't come close to happening.

IIRC, attendance wasn't anything to write home about even when we won the ACC reg season and Tourney championship, or in other seasons when we were good! Attendance was not nearly as bad as now but ... we've never really drawn. Lame excuses: students and fans all at the beach on weekend...

Five straight 20 win seasons now for FSU.

Weak excuse. Our facility has 40% less seats.