AL.com: Auburn is hoping to silence our hostile crowd

[dsims2k3]

They are calling the crowd out.
 
http://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/index.ssf/2013/01/auburn_hoping_to_reverse_sec_r.html

[elksnort]

Hostile?

[dsims2k3]

Hostile?

Yep. They anticipate BWA to be a hostile environment. I'd consider that to be props.

[elksnort]

It's probably been hostile a half dozen times since Nolan left 11 years ago.

[1873Hawg]

We should play them in Barton...

[cityhog]

I think they meant hospitable.

[MikePiazza]

Over/under on attendance?

I'll set it at 13,000.

[razorhead94]

Over/under on attendance?

I'll set it at 13,000.

No way it's over 13K on a wednesday.  It's pretty sad these days.  The NWA crowd needs to step it up.  I'm driving up from LR to go to the game by the way.

[cardsNhogs]

Arkansas may not pack 18-20 thousand in there every conference game like the old days but still average top 5 attendance in the SEC and prolly top 25 in all of college basketball. Hostile might not be a good choice of words but BWA is still a tough place to play. The hogs play good at home and any team would be happy to come away with a victory in that environment. 10-15 thousand isn't up to our standards but that is a packed arena to the likes of Auburn!

[jbcarol]

This would be their time if they're going to silence the crowd.

[Hexametaphosph8]

I've only watched the second half, but I'm pretty happy with the crowd. They have been loud anytime you would expect. Maybe I just can't remember the 18k days, but this seems better than the average game last 5+(?) years

[uncle bubs]

Good little article. The fans are great in BWA even when attendance is low. I can't remember the coach, but a year or so ago there was opposing coach who said when BWA has 6,000 people in it he still couldn't even communicate with his team because of the noise level. To me thats pretty awesome.

[Birminghog]

"Bud Walton Arena, the massive 19,200-seat arena that Arkansas has turned into one of the nation's toughest environments to play." (quote from the article)

[FraggleHog]

The announcers last night kept on saying that BWA is one if not the most hostile environment in the SEC. Obviously the outside public is of the opinion that it is a pretty tough environment to win.

I know we're not packing out The Bud these days, but we still have a pretty stellar home record in BWA, 264-66. We currently win 79.4% of our games and we were undefeated in the Bud last year.

[MikePiazza]

The announcers last night kept on saying that BWA is one if not the most hostile environment in the SEC. Obviously the outside public is of the opinion that it is a pretty tough environment to win.

I know we're not packing out The Bud these days, but we still have a pretty stellar home record in BWA, 264-66. We currently win 79.4% of our games and we were undefeated in the Bud last year.

I would say we are 3 behind Rupp and the O-Dome in Gainesville.