Echoes. Come to an Appalachian State Basketball game at the Holmes Convocation Center and that’s what you’ll hear. The echo of the ball bouncing, players yelling and the refs whistling. Not the roars, gasps, chants and boos that are typically associated with college basketball. Just echos.
Appalachian State University is the proud owner of college basketball’s 140th largest gymnasium, able to hold a respectable 8,325 people. For comparison, Duke University’s Cameron Indoor Stadium holds 9,314, just under a 1,000 more than Holmes.
Duke has recorded a sell out for every single basketball game they’ve played this season, meaning that all 9,314 seats were filled, and that includes games against little-known schools like Siena and Bryant.