Gonzaga Has a Student Attendance Issue

There was a time when the Gonzaga Bulldogs were good, but no one knew about it. There was a time that every single game was broadcast locally, and the only way Gonzaga ended up on ESPN was due to the quality of their opponent.

I was there for the first time ESPN ever broadcast from The Kennel, on Feb. 16, 2002, against the Pepperdine Waves. To get into that game, I waited in line for over 12 hours to secure a seat, and I cannot emphasize this enough, for a game against Pepperdine.

As a student at GU from 2001-2005, I attended every single game I could. I loved it. The old Kennel lent itself to that sort of insanity. With everyone jumping up and down on those creaky bleachers it always seemed…