Letter to the editor

Fans must go crazy for the final game at Fitzgerald Field House

As a 1990 graduate… Fans must go crazy for the final game at Fitzgerald Field House

As a 1990 graduate of Pitt, I was stoked to attend my first Panther Basketball game of the year on Thursday against Rutgers. During my time there, a group of thirty or so from my dorm attended every home game, and the crowds at that time produced enough noise that the field house sounded like 20,000 people were squashed into the 6,500 seats available. Boy, how things have changed.

During this particular game, it became quite obvious to me that the Panther fans, especially those in the student section, were nothing like they were during my time at your institution. The building was quiet, noise was non-existent, and there were only a handful of basketball heads seen in the crowd. Additionally, there was not a single