Tentative 2024-2025 GT Basketball Schedule

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Duke over Christmas break is pretty brutal, without students it will be a home game for them, unfortunately. For selfish reasons, I wanted the Pitt game to be on a weekend, but oh well. On the bright side, it doesn't seem to be a particularly difficult schedule, especially because there's no Cali trip.
3 ACC home games and 0 road games during semester break is par for the course. That is absolutely terrible. BC game might have a student section if folks come back to campus a little early.

Cuse game on a Tuesday screws that trip for me but SMU is systems go. Might do Free Shoes too.
 

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I don't want to throw any shade at J Batt but I wonder if GTAA played any role in scheduling Duke over semester break. I presume they will keep a small free section of student seating for students still in the metro area who would like to attend, but it gives them the opportunity to sell some combination of the courtside seats and Section 113 (biggest capacity section in McCamish) for marked up prices to Duke fans.
 
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I don't want to throw any shade at J Batt but I wonder if GTAA played any role in scheduling Duke over semester break. I presume they will keep a small free section of student seating for students still in the metro area who would like to attend, but it gives them the opportunity to sell some combination of the courtside seats and Section 113 (biggest capacity section in McCamish) for marked up prices to Duke fans.

Possibly. I feel like the ACC screws us in general yearly thought so I was already anticipating it.
 

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I don't want to throw any shade at J Batt but I wonder if GTAA played any role in scheduling Duke over semester break. I presume they will keep a small free section of student seating for students still in the metro area who would like to attend, but it gives them the opportunity to sell some combination of the courtside seats and Section 113 (biggest capacity section in McCamish) for marked up prices to Duke fans.
That sounds too convenient and probably accurate.

The fact that we have 3 home ACC games and 0 road ACC games during Christmas break is absolute BS.
 

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That sounds too convenient and probably accurate.

The fact that we have 3 home ACC games and 0 road ACC games during Christmas break is absolute BS.
This happened to us in 2022-23 unfortunately as well. 3 home games during break (although we played @UNC a day after their finals ended and I think @FSU as their students were moving back onto campus so 2 pseudo-break away games).

For what it's worth, we might not always get screwed because we had a bye during the last weekend of December last season, then played @FSU before their students were on campus, then our back-to-school game was home vs. BC (which, iirc, had actually a pretty good student turnout; that game was primed for a good finish and then just turned on a couple late really sketchy flagrants/technicals - point being, the Jan 4 game against BC might have a good crowd especially if tip is announced for later in the day after students have been dropped back off)
 

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I don't want to throw any shade at J Batt but I wonder if GTAA played any role in scheduling Duke over semester break. I presume they will keep a small free section of student seating for students still in the metro area who would like to attend, but it gives them the opportunity to sell some combination of the courtside seats and Section 113 (biggest capacity section in McCamish) for marked up prices to Duke fans.
Obviously we got hosed, but I think this is pretty unlikely. Someone has to play Duke over Christmas break, whether it was us or someone else. I'm sure if, say, UVA got them over the break, they'd be upset too. Even if the GTAA wanted to influence when that game was scheduled, I highly doubt the ACC would care what they think. It is what it is, we just got the short end of the stick.
 

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Single game tickets are now available for all games except Duke: https://ramblinwreck.com/single-game-tickets-on-sale-for-mens-basketball-100124/

I don't want to move my seats because I like my seatmates but admittedly I'm a little miffed that they are withholding the best inventory (front of 101/102) for single game sales. There are still several really good seats right behind student courtside in 108-110 if you're looking at making the season ticket leap.
 
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