WNBA Detroit Shock moving to Tulsa

[z28james]

I would rather watch the D-league in Tulsa. Wnba is lame but i hope is does well. We have all 3 NBA leagues, and 4 good college bball teams, hopefully this translates into better basketball all across the state

[Jesseda]

congrats to tulsa to bad there isnt a speed train from tulsa to okc to visit both games

[Kerry]

Uncasville, CT (yeah anyone checked out where that's at...wow) is even smaller. I don't really know the history of that team, so I can't really say anything about it.

That team is owned by the Mohegan Indian Tribe and they play at a huge casino and resort facility.

Mohegan Sun | A World At Play

[StormFan93]

If BOk Center has the ability to put a curtain around its 300-level seating like the Ford Center, I think I would probably use that to close off the 300-level for these games. I'm sure they'll do better than 8,000 a game (at least at first), but I wouldn't bet on them averaging anywhere near 15,000. I think creating an environment that seats 11,000 (or whatever their 100 and 200 levels combined seat) would be a much better experience than playing in front of a sparse crowd.

Well, they ended up curtaining off the upper deck for a capacity of 7,479. Right now attendance has been just a shade under 5,000 (the break even point for the team, from what I've heard). But I can't blame people for not coming out. The product on the floor is awful. Not because it's women's basketball, it's just the team that Nolan Richardson assembled. Players like Alexis Hornbuckle and Shanna Crossley, who start for the Shock, would not be in any other WNBA team's starting 5. Just my two cents.

[BG918]

Well, they ended up curtaining off the upper deck for a capacity of 7,479. Right now attendance has been just a shade under 5,000 (the break even point for the team, from what I've heard). But I can't blame people for not coming out. The product on the floor is awful. Not because it's women's basketball, it's just the team that Nolan Richardson assembled. Players like Alexis Hornbuckle and Shanna Crossley, who start for the Shock, would not be in any other WNBA team's starting 5. Just my two cents.

I talked to a friend that went to a game and he said the same thing. Of course the Thunder weren't much better their first year but I think it will take a few years for this Tulsa team to really start winning. It wouldn't break many people's hearts if the team left though. Personally I'd rather see Tulsa jump to AHL hockey and AAA baseball so they could compete head to head with OKC. They do that with AFL and those are the best games, biggest crowds, etc. Remember also that Tulsa has TU which draws fans when their teams do well. Football has been pretty good lately but took a dip last year while basketball hasn't been the same since Bill Self left. TU has the potential to be a bigtime basketball school but hasn't had the right coaches.