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Calling out the Red Wave and basketball fans: Where are you?

Fresno State coach Rodney Terry reacts to a referee’s call in a game at Save Mart Center during the 2016-17 season. Terry’s seventh Bulldogs team could be the best team since Boyd Grant, writes Jerry Geiger of Clovis.
Fresno State coach Rodney Terry reacts to a referee’s call in a game at Save Mart Center during the 2016-17 season. Terry’s seventh Bulldogs team could be the best team since Boyd Grant, writes Jerry Geiger of Clovis. CRAIG KOHLRUSS FRESNO BEE FILE

Fresno State Men’s Basketball Coach Rodney Terry has built a program from the bottom and is moving this team to the highest level since Boyd Grant. This team is talented, extremely well coached and quite possibly on track for the best season in Fresno State history.

But where are the fans?

It is extremely embarrassing to be part of a program, giving it all you have and look up in the stands and see 3,000 people. Fresno needs to support these players and the coaching staff.

Come out and watch this team. They play defense, team offense, they drive, they dish, they rebound, they shoot outside, inside. In other words, they are playing basketball the way it was been meant to be played. Come out and enjoy them. I have watched Fresno State basketball since Boyd Grant, and this team may very well be the best ever. Come out and support the team and the coaches.

Jerry G. Geiger, Clovis

This story was originally published December 17, 2017 at 2:40 AM with the headline "Calling out the Red Wave and basketball fans: Where are you?."

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