Tonight I'm at Howard University for a men's basketball game. Eight minutes before tip-off, and there are not quite 40 people in the stands. It's probably the sparsest crowd I've ever seen for a game, and I covered plenty of Southern Miss women's games. Unfortunate. I don't know if there's any past tradition here, and I'm sure the Thanksgiving break has something to do with it, but I always hate to see a team playing in front of empty seats.

My first clue they weren't expecting a huge amount of people? There weren't any ticket takers at the door. There wasn't anyone at the door. Just walk on in and have a seat.


UPDATE: A few more people did just that. It appears the crowd is now easily in the triple digits.