Ignatius L Hoops
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Was that article from before or after the pipe broke in the Pavillion, and the crowds showed up to The Barn in force? And there must not have been that much money involved, the Womens Athletic Band formed the next year, and it isn't affiliated with the marching band.
From what I've noticed, crowds at women's games are much louder and more enthusiastic on a per-person basis than corresponding crowds at men's games.
The article was post pipe break. The water damage occurred on 22 January forcing Minnesota to relocate the 27 January Indiana game from the Pavilion to Williams. Brenda Frese made it very clear she had no interest in returning to the Ms Arena.
http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012702aaa.html
In front of a record setting crowd of 11,389, the No. 23/25 University of Minnesota women's basketball team downed the Indiana Hoosiers, 75-60 Sunday afternoon in Williams Arena. The win upped the Golden Gophers to 15-4 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten Conference, while Indiana dropped to 9-11, 3-6 in the league.
"What a great moment for Golden Gopher women's basketball," Minnesota head coach Brenda Oldfield said. "The players deserve to play in that kind of atmosphere. The crowd definitely made a difference for us in the second half."
The previous attendance record to view a Golden Gopher women's basketball game was 6,746 in an 80-70 victory over Indiana on Jan. 24, 1993. Lindsey Whalen Whalen scored a team-high 22 points, along with five assists and five rebounds. Whalen scored 18 points in the second half.
"Lindsay Whalen is the best point guard in the Big Ten Conference," Indiana head coach Kathi Bennett said.