NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 6: Finals Week Lull

It’s finals week in most places, which means significantly fewer basketball games than usual. Only 134 with reported attendance figures, our lowest week of the year. Even with that, some surprising numbers on the attendance front! Without further ado, let’s take a look:

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 26 (Season total: 275)

Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week:

Sacramento State vs Westcliff – A buy game that probably wasn’t the buy, as Sacramento State only drew 307 fans. In some regards it may have been worth it, as the Hornets took home the 89-40 victory. Here’s a blurry shot from the highlights:

Tennessee State vs NC A&T – Our lowest game of the week featuring two D-I schools, Tennessee State had only 303 show up for their game against the Aggiest of North Carolina A&T. Even worse, the home crowd was sent home disappointed with a 78-76 NC A&T win over the Tigers. An action shot:

Presbyterian vs Trinity Baptist – The Blue Hose make frequent appearances here in the bottom three, and this is their first shot of the year, hosting Trinity Baptist. With only 251 in the Ross E. Templeton P.E. Center, you have to wonder if the 87-44 victory was worth it when you figure out how uch they had to pay the NCCAA (no typo there) level team

So now, what happened to everyone else? Let’s go ahead with the miscellany:

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: Syracuse (vs Old Dominion) 17,585.

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: Presbyterian (vs Trinity Baptist) 251

Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Boston College (vs Columbia), 3,295.

Average attendance this week: 4,622 (down 106 [2.2%] from last week)

And as always, your full attendance numbers for the week:

Date	Conference	Home Team	Home Score	Away Team	Away Score	Attendance	Venue	Capacity	% Full
12/15/2018	Big South	Presbyterian	87	Trinity Baptist	44	251	Ross E. Templeton P.E. Center	2300	10.9%
12/15/2018	Ohio Valley	Tennessee State	76	North Carolina A&T	78	303	Gentry Center	10500	2.9%
12/13/2018	Big Sky	Sacramento State	89	Westcliff	40	307	The Nest	900	34.1%
12/12/2018	Big South	Presbyterian	103	Virginia Military	70	373	Ross E. Templeton P.E. Center	2300	16.2%
12/12/2018	Northeast	Bryant	74	Hartford	91	418	Chace Athletic Center	2700	15.5%
12/13/2018	Big South	Longwood	81	Averett	57	432	Willett Hall	2522	17.1%
12/15/2018	Patriot League	Colgate	82	Marist	66	433	Cotterell Court	3000	14.4%
12/15/2018	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	56	Saint Peter’s	53	448	Pope Physical Education Center	2000	22.4%
12/15/2018	Big Sky	Idaho	80	Nebraska-Omaha	89	459	Cowan Spectrum	7000	6.6%
12/11/2018	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	75	UMass-Lowell	69	518	Pope Physical Education Center	2000	25.9%
12/12/2018	Northeast	Fairleigh-Dickinson	93	Army	84	566	Rothman Center	5000	11.3%
12/15/2018	Patriot League	Boston University	75	Nicholls State	63	584	Case Gym	1800	32.4%
12/14/2018	Southland	Houston Baptist	107	Arlington Baptist	70	601	Sharp Gymnasium	1500	40.1%
12/10/2018	MAAC	Manhattan	50	Hofstra	80	602	Draddy Gymnasium	2345	25.7%
12/15/2018	Northeast	Fairleigh-Dickinson	80	NJIT	90	612	Rothman Center	5000	12.2%
12/15/2018	MEAC	Bethune-Cookman	71	Jacksonville	79	617	Moore Gymnasium (Daytona Beach, FL)	3000	20.6%
12/15/2018	Southland	Northwestern State	69	Southern	66	617	Gold Dome	3000	20.6%
12/13/2018	Conference USA	Florida International	102	North Florida	89	622	Ocean Bank Convocation Center	6000	10.4%
12/15/2018	Atlantic Sun	South Carolina Upstate	88	South Carolina State	84	665	Hodge Center	878	75.7%
12/15/2018	Western Athletic	UTRGV	68	Texas State	77	733	UTRGV Fieldhouse	2500	29.3%
12/13/2018	West Coast	Santa Clara	82	Mississippi Valley State	54	862	Leavey Center	5000	17.2%
12/11/2018	Ivy League	Yale	71	Albany	63	904	John J. Lee Amphitheater	2532	35.7%
12/15/2018	Southern	The Citadel	86	Southeast Missouri State	74	922	McAlister Field House	6000	15.4%
12/12/2018	Horizon League	IUPUI	116	Indiana-Northwest	79	927	Indiana Farmers Coliseum	6500	14.3%
12/15/2018	Horizon League	IUPUI	82	Western Illinois	68	980	Indiana Farmers Coliseum	6500	15.1%
12/13/2018	Western Athletic	UMKC	66	Milwaukee	69	987	Municipal Auditorium (MO)	7300	13.5%
12/11/2018	Sun Belt	Little Rock	67	Miles	47	1008	Jack Stephens Center	5600	18.0%
12/15/2018	Western Athletic	UMKC	80	McNeese State	67	1012	Municipal Auditorium (MO)	7300	13.9%
12/14/2018	Sun Belt	Georgia Southern	101	Brewton-Parker	64	1019	W. S. Hanner Fieldhouse	4325	23.6%
12/10/2018	America East	Maine	98	Maine-Machias	43	1025	Cross Insurance Center	5800	17.7%
12/15/2018	Ohio Valley	Tennessee-Martin	108	Brescia	79	1061	Skyhawk Arena	5000	21.2%
12/13/2018	Big South	Gardner-Webb	81	Kennesaw State	77	1069	Paul Porter Arena	5000	21.4%
12/14/2018	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	75	Florida Atlantic	71	1116	First National Bank Arena	10475	10.7%
12/11/2018	Horizon League	Green Bay	112	Wisconsin-Stout	46	1152	Kress Events Center	4018	28.7%
12/13/2018	Southern	Samford	77	Morehead State	72	1172	Pete Hanna Center	4974	23.6%
12/12/2018	Colonial Athletic	Georgia State	95	Chattanooga	88	1197	GSU Sports Arena	4500	26.6%
12/15/2018	Atlantic Sun	Kennesaw State	73	Tennessee Tech	68	1203	KSU Convocation Center	4792	25.1%
12/15/2018	Big South	High Point	86	Western Carolina	59	1211	Millis Athletic Center	1750	69.2%
12/15/2018	Northeast	Mount St Mary’s	74	Wilson	59	1223	Knott Arena	3121	39.2%
12/13/2018	Big South	Campbell	100	Central Penn	53	1236	Pope Convocation Center	3095	39.9%
12/13/2018	Atlantic Sun	North Alabama	90	Huntingdon	58	1244	Flowers Hall	4000	31.1%
12/15/2018	Atlantic Sun	North Florida	68	Charleston Southern	61	1282	UNF Arena	5800	22.1%
12/15/2018	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay	95	Purdue Fort Wayne	68	1344	Winfield Dunn Center	7257	18.5%
12/13/2018	Atlantic 10	Duquesne	72	Maryland-Eastern Shore	57	1346	A.J. Palumbo Center	4406	30.5%
12/15/2018	MAAC	Rider	69	Robert Morris	50	1425	Alumni Gymnasium (Rider)	1650	86.4%
12/14/2018	Big Sky	North Dakota	83	Mayville St	66	1472	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center	3300	44.6%
12/16/2018	Atlantic 10	Duquesne	72	Maine	46	1487	A.J. Palumbo Center	4406	33.7%
12/12/2018	Sun Belt	Troy	88	Carver Bible College	43	1512	Trojan Arena	4000	37.8%
12/15/2018	America East	Binghamton	48	Youngstown State	58	1527	Events Center (Binghamton)	5142	29.7%
12/15/2018	Southern	UNC-Greensboro	53	North Alabama	48	1545	Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium	2320	66.6%
12/15/2018	Southern	Wofford	92	UNC-Asheville	49	1555	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium	3400	45.7%
12/12/2018	Summit League	South Dakota	78	Bellevue	52	1569	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6000	26.2%
12/12/2018	MAAC	Rider	81	Norfolk State	71	1587	Alumni Gymnasium (Rider)	1650	96.2%
12/15/2018	Horizon League	Detroit	61	Ohio	63	1656	Calihan Hall	8295	20.0%
12/11/2018	Big South	Liberty	79	South Carolina State	55	1684	Vines Center	8085	20.8%
12/10/2018	Ivy League	Dartmouth	82	Sacred Heart	73	1718	Edward Leede Arena	2100	81.8%
12/15/2018	America East	Albany	52	Dartmouth	61	1740	SEFCU Arena	4538	38.3%
12/11/2018	Atlantic 10	Fordham	50	NJIT	53	1766	Rose Hill Gymnasium	3470	50.9%
12/15/2018	Big Sky	Southern Utah	78	Pepperdine	69	1772	America First Events Center	5300	33.4%
12/11/2018	Summit League	South Dakota State	139	Savannah State	72	1776	Frost Arena	6500	27.3%
12/11/2018	Conference USA	Louisiana Tech	96	Mississippi Valley State	80	1816	Thomas Assembly Center	8098	22.4%
12/12/2018	Southern	UNC-Greensboro	77	Coppin State	54	1877	Greensboro Coliseum	21273	8.8%
12/13/2018	Southland	McNeese State	77	North Carolina Central	61	1973	H&HP Complex	3800	51.9%
12/15/2018	Conference USA	Rice	89	UC-Santa Barbara	99	2000	Tudor Fieldhouse	5750	34.8%
12/11/2018	Conference USA	Southern Miss	81	Millsaps	47	2013	Reed Green Coliseum	8095	24.9%
12/15/2018	Sun Belt	Louisiana-Monroe	74	Stephen F. Austin	58	2057	Fant-Ewing Coliseum	7085	29.0%
12/15/2018	Big South	Liberty	96	Kentucky Christian	55	2115	Vines Center	8085	26.2%
12/11/2018	Southern	Furman	77	Charleston Southern	69	2210	Timmons Arena	4000	55.3%
12/10/2018	SWAC	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	84	Champion Christian	51	2259	H. O. Clemmons Arena	4500	50.2%
12/15/2018	Southern	Furman	93	UNC-Wilmington	50	2457	Timmons Arena	4000	61.4%
12/12/2018	America East	Stony Brook	83	LIU Brooklyn	79	2475	Island FCU Arena	4000	61.9%
12/11/2018	America East	UMBC	76	Towson	80	2476	RAC Arena	4024	61.5%
12/14/2018	Atlantic 10	George Washington	70	Howard	64	2630	Charles E. Smith Center	4338	60.6%
12/15/2018	MAC	Akron	74	Marshall	75	2748	James A. Rhodes Arena	5500	50.0%
12/13/2018	Horizon League	Wright State	91	Northwest Ohio	52	3169	Nutter Center	10400	30.5%
12/11/2018	Sun Belt	Louisiana	122	Prairie View A&M	90	3227	Cajundome	13500	23.9%
12/12/2018	ACC	Boston College	82	Columbia	73	3295	Silvio Conte Forum	8606	38.3%
12/11/2018	Mountain West	Wyoming	87	Denver	90	3422	Arena-Auditorium	15028	22.8%
12/12/2018	Mountain West	Boise State	67	Alabama State	57	3476	Taco Bell Arena	12480	27.9%
12/12/2018	SEC	Ole Miss	69	Southeastern Louisiana	47	3564	Mississippi Coliseum	6500	54.8%
12/13/2018	The American	Tulsa	70	New Orleans	60	3570	Reynolds Center	8355	42.7%
12/15/2018	MEAC	Hampton	72	St. Leo	60	3612	Convocation Center (VA)	7200	50.2%
12/15/2018	Ohio Valley	Murray State	74	Jackson State	57	3612	CFSB Center	8602	42.0%
12/11/2018	The American	Central Florida	95	Georgia Southern	88	3632	CFE Arena	9465	38.4%
12/15/2018	Pac 12	Stanford	78	Eastern Washington	62	3663	Maples Pavilion	7329	50.0%
12/12/2018	Big East	DePaul	104	Chicago State	70	3729	Wintrust Arena	10387	35.9%
12/15/2018	Sun Belt	Louisiana	62	Louisiana Tech	83	3732	Cajundome	13500	27.6%
12/14/2018	Big East	DePaul	90	UL Lafayette	70	4136	Wintrust Arena	10387	39.8%
12/15/2018	MAC	Toledo	84	Middle Tennessee	62	4205	Savage Arena	9000	46.7%
12/15/2018	ACC	Pittsburgh	78	Maryland-Eastern Shore	43	4472	Petersen Events Center	12508	35.8%
12/13/2018	Conference USA	Rice	78	St. Edward’s	73	4786	Tudor Fieldhouse	5750	83.2%
12/15/2018	Missouri Valley	Evansville	50	Jacksonville State	55	4814	Ford Center	10000	48.1%
12/12/2018	The American	Temple	65	Massachusetts	63	4840	Liacouras Center	10206	47.4%
12/12/2018	Missouri Valley	Southern Illinois	52	Murray State	80	5107	SIU Arena	8339	61.2%
12/15/2018	Atlantic 10	Richmond	52	Oral Roberts	59	5107	Robins Center	9071	56.3%
12/15/2018	Missouri Valley	Bradley	66	Eastern Illinois	73	5186	Carver Arena	11164	46.5%
12/15/2018	Pac 12	Washington	61	Virginia Tech	73	5456	Boardwalk Hall	10500	52.0%
12/15/2018	Mountain West	Utah State	86	Alabama State	48	6078	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum	10270	59.2%
12/10/2018	Conference USA	Marshall	76	Morehead State	64	6253	Cam Henderson Center	10705	58.4%
12/15/2018	The American	Connecticut	61	Manhattan	46	6359	Gampel Pavilion	10167	62.5%
12/15/2018	Big East	Georgetown	73	SMU	81	6763	Capital One Arena	20356	33.2%
12/15/2018	Big Sky	Weber State	63	Utah Valley	75	7021	Dee Events Center	11500	61.1%
12/15/2018	Big 12	Texas Tech	82	Abilene Christian	48	7169	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	8344	85.9%
12/15/2018	ACC	Clemson	74	Radford	66	7225	Littlejohn Coliseum	9000	80.3%
12/15/2018	Atlantic 10	Virginia Commonwealth	79	Charleston	83	7637	Stuart C. Siegel Center	7637	100.0%
12/11/2018	Ivy League	Penn	78	Villanova	75	8033	The Palestra	8722	92.1%
12/15/2018	Pac 12	UCLA	72	Belmont	74	8037	Pauley Pavilion	12829	62.6%
12/15/2018	Big 12	Texas	98	Grand Canyon	60	8265	Frank Erwin Center	16837	49.1%
12/15/2018	SEC	Georgia	74	Arizona State	76	9028	Stegeman Coliseum	11200	80.6%
12/15/2018	SEC	Mississippi State	70	Cincinnati	59	9120	Humphrey Coliseum	10575	86.2%
12/15/2018	The American	Wichita State	63	Southern Miss	60	9356	Charles Koch Arena	10506	89.1%
12/15/2018	Big 12	Kansas State	71	Georgia State	59	9563	Bramlage Coliseum	13762	69.5%
12/12/2018	The American	Wichita State	69	Jacksonville State	65	10028	Charles Koch Arena	10506	95.5%
12/12/2018	Big 12	Texas Tech	79	Northwestern State	44	10086	United Supermarkets Arena	15020	67.2%
12/15/2018	Big East	Xavier	95	Eastern Kentucky	77	10112	Cintas Center	10250	98.7%
12/15/2018	Big East	Seton Hall	72	Rutgers	66	10481	Prudential Center	17625	59.5%
12/15/2018	Mountain West	Nevada	72	South Dakota State	68	11257	Lawlor Events Center	11536	97.6%
12/12/2018	West Coast	BYU	85	Portland State	66	11563	Marriott Center	22700	50.9%
12/11/2018	Big Ten	Maryland	94	Loyola-Maryland	71	11595	XFINITY Center	17950	64.6%
12/15/2018	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	54	Iowa	77	12236	Wells Fargo Arena (IA)	16110	76.0%
12/15/2018	Big Ten	Illinois	73	East Tennessee State	55	12379	State Farm Center	15500	79.9%
12/15/2018	Big Ten	Michigan	70	Western Michigan	62	12707	Crisler Center	12707	100.0%
12/15/2018	SEC	Arkansas	79	UTSA	67	13728	Verizon Arena	18000	76.3%
12/12/2018	ACC	Louisville	72	Lipscomb	68	14197	KFC Yum! Center	22090	64.3%
12/15/2018	Big Ten	Ohio State	73	Bucknell	71	14241	Value City Arena	18809	75.7%
12/15/2018	ACC	Louisville	83	Kent State	70	15117	KFC Yum! Center	22090	68.4%
12/15/2018	Conference USA	UAB	71	Auburn	75	15856	Legacy Arena at BJCC	17654	89.8%
12/15/2018	Big 12	Kansas	74	Villanova	71	16300	Allen Fieldhouse	16300	100.0%
12/13/2018	Big Ten	Wisconsin	101	Savannah State	60	17004	Kohl Center	17230	98.7%
12/14/2018	Big East	Creighton	86	Green Bay	65	17147	CHI Health Center Omaha	18320	93.6%
12/15/2018	ACC	Syracuse	62	Old Dominion	68	17585	Carrier Dome	35446	49.6%
12/15/2018	Big East	Butler	68	Indiana	71	18743	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	18165	103.2%
12/15/2018	ACC	North Carolina	103	Gonzaga	90	21750	Dean E. Smith Center	21750	100.0%
12/15/2018	SEC	Kentucky	88	Utah	61	21922	Rupp Arena	23500	93.3%