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^ Funny you should mention the university teams, CoryB. I recall hearing that there was some real antipathy between the Cyclone and the UM/UW teams. The university teams saw the Cyclone as a bit of an interloper taking away fans and sponsors that rightly belonged to them. But the problem is that despite having a monopoly on basketball in this city, they have done jack all with it.

At least a Cyclone game was marginally entertaining... they had the usual minor league shenanigans to keep people happy. Contrast that with the UM/UW where the games basically have the atmosphere of a high school game. The basketball is good but the entertainment value is minimal. The way it is right now, you really really have to love basketball to want to go and watch the university teams play. There just isn't much to draw people out and that's unfortunate.