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It felt like Old New Moody last night. Students were great (and drunk), the entire crowd was loud, Cincy timeout (queue Seven Nation Army) everybody is getting pumped...and then they turned off the music and the band delivered the ultimate buzz kill of the night. This particular moment of the game probably hurt more than the loss.

Note: I love the band, they do a great job and this was not their fault. This falls on the person running game presentation.

That was awful.

I'm not as big a stickler for game presentation as some are here (and basketball is still thousands of times better than football), but that moment really was an obvious mistake.

smubrooks wrote:Did Cinci pay more for the last DJ or did he want to leave?

Knowing nothing more than its SMU, my guess is the former

guys we didn't lose because of game production. we got killed on the boards and allowed a team that doesn't normally shoot well (albeit a lot of tough/lucky shots) to shoot 57% in our building...

gotta get it turned around and get a win tomorrow

And we missed too many free throws

ponyuppete wrote:guys we didn't lose because of game production. we got killed on the boards and allowed a team that doesn't normally shoot well (albeit a lot of tough/lucky shots) to shoot 57% in our building...

gotta get it turned around and get a win tomorrow

Of course we didn't, but does that mean that we shouldn't expect improvement? A lot of people complain about our game presentation even when we win. It's a pretty popular topic.

SMU Section F wrote:

ponyuppete wrote:guys we didn't lose because of game production. we got killed on the boards and allowed a team that doesn't normally shoot well (albeit a lot of tough/lucky shots) to shoot 57% in our building...

gotta get it turned around and get a win tomorrow

Of course we didn't, but does that mean that we shouldn't expect improvement? A lot of people complain about our game presentation even when we win. It's a pretty popular topic.

no doubt there, just trying to give some perspective

Here's your perspective; the professionals in charge can't control 100% whether a kid has a good shooting night or the rim just seems too small on a certain night, but they can control how their staff runs the game. Attention to detail and respect for ones job separates the mediocre and half-wits from the successful. Well, every time we take that step forward, we seem to find a way to stumble back. We are getting it, but it shouldn't take 10 mistakes before we learn the lesson.

The "DJ" aka production guy is a band alum. He's always going to be sympathetic towards getting the band playing time.

how much does the dj gig pay? why hasn't someone on here in the dallas area, with some sort of musical/technical acumen, tried to volunteer to do this for free? i'd be scratching and clawing to get that job for free if i lived near dallas.

Of course the game presentation didn't make us miss all of those free pitches, but it sure does help have the crowd more rowdy and loud for Cincy offensive possessions.

It's a shame we don't maximize our home-court advantage because of easily correctable things.

RGV Pony wrote:

smubrooks wrote:Did Cinci pay more for the last DJ or did he want to leave?

Knowing nothing more than its SMU, my guess is the former

The guy who left for Cincy wasn't the DJ, he was the person who put together the game presentation. They MIGHT have swapped out DJs as well, but the loss of the game presentation architect was the biggest hit.

My understanding is that the Director of Marketing worked as the DJ last year. Not sure if it is the same guy this year. But I believe that the game presentation guy (who is an SMU alum) really wanted to stay, but it was a combination of money and control that moved him along.

JasonB wrote:

RGV Pony wrote:

smubrooks wrote:Did Cinci pay more for the last DJ or did he want to leave?

Knowing nothing more than its SMU, my guess is the former

The guy who left for Cincy wasn't the DJ, he was the person who put together the game presentation. They MIGHT have swapped out DJs as well, but the loss of the game presentation architect was the biggest hit.

My understanding is that the Director of Marketing worked as the DJ last year. Not sure if it is the same guy this year. But I believe that the game presentation guy (who is an SMU alum) really wanted to stay, but it was a combination of money and control that moved him along.

Well that is just pathetic on SMU's part.

ponyuppete wrote:guys we didn't lose because of game production. we got killed on the boards and allowed a team that doesn't normally shoot well (albeit a lot of tough/lucky shots) to shoot 57% in our building...

gotta get it turned around and get a win tomorrow

I'm not going to blame the loss on the idiotic DJ/Game Presentation but you are severely underestimating the noise value in a game like this.

As mentioned before, visitors can't hear anything from coach during timeout. Our team gets energized by the noise. Either of these factors in play ABSOLUTELY change the game.