{"id":158691,"date":"2022-12-01T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=158691"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T16:31:19","slug":"barstool-invitational-had-better-attendance-than-big-5-doubleheader-at-the-palestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2022\/12\/barstool-invitational-had-better-attendance-than-big-5-doubleheader-at-the-palestra.html","title":{"rendered":"Barstool Invitational Had Better Attendance than Big 5 Doubleheader at The Palestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was casually flipping through YouTube TV last night and stopped for a moment to watch La Salle vs. Temple, which was part of the Big 5 doubleheader at The Palestra. There was nobody in the stands and I kept thinking to myself, &#8220;<em>shit, this is gonna be a topic on Thursday morning.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even if the Big 5 did not exist , how could only a couple hundred people in Philly want to watch La Salle &#8211; Temple ? No students. <br \/>Death by a thousand cuts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLevDKE3Ss\">pic.twitter.com\/bLevDKE3Ss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Gelston (@APgelston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APgelston\/status\/1598091780775415810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For The Record . . . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CikU21PvbV\">pic.twitter.com\/CikU21PvbV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob Vetrone Jr. (@BoopStats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoopStats\/status\/1598317471844519938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They couldn&#8217;t even pull 4,000 people for a Big 5 doubleheader? The Palestra holds a little less than 9,000 when full, so the arena was less than 50% for these two games last night.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, the Barstool Invitational was played on a Friday night at The Wells Fargo Center and featured UAB, Toledo, Akron, and Mississippi State. Not exactly a marquee lineup of basketball powerhouses, but that pulled more folks than a Wednesday night doubleheader featuring all local squads.<\/p>\n<p>I know these four teams aren&#8217;t what they used to be, and Villanova isn&#8217;t exactly off to a flying start in the Kyle Neptune era, but it wasn&#8217;t long ago that St. Joe&#8217;s was in the tournament and La Salle went to the Sweet 16 behind Tyrone Garland and The Southwest Philly Floater.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photo from when Temple played La Salle back in 2014 (on a Saturday). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ao6ySKkWDc\">pic.twitter.com\/ao6ySKkWDc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Olney Fans (@TheGolaStandard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGolaStandard\/status\/1598299433128824832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are ebbs and flows to these things, as you&#8217;re seeing with the Flyers right now at the professional level. Sometimes you&#8217;re up and sometimes you&#8217;re down, as the cyclical nature of sporting relevance guides our usage of the remote control and purchasing of tickets, or lack thereof. Still, with all that the Big 5 has meant to this city over the years, it&#8217;s pretty sad to look at this in a vacuum and realize that the juice just doesn&#8217;t seem to be there right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was casually flipping through YouTube TV last night and stopped for a moment to watch La Salle vs. Temple, which was part of the Big 5 doubleheader at The Palestra. 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