NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 5: HBCU Blues

The bottom three attended games this week all came from HBCUs having trouble filling up the home arena during finals week. Elsewhere, average attendance jumped to to 4,772 from 4,452 from a week ago. Without further ado, let’s take a look:

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 34 (Season total: 351)

Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week:

North Carolina Central vs Christendom – Plenty of jokes were out in the Twittersphere with the 109-28 stomping Christendom took (biggest defeat since the Lions, some said). Only 212 in attendance, as evidenced in the highlight video:

ICYMI: Check out #NCCUMBB junior Deven Palmer showing some power with the jam for today's play of the game!#EaglePride #EagleEra @NCCU_MBB pic.twitter.com/w1Ir5n5ZFd
— NCCU Athletics (@NCCUAthletics) December 12, 2019

South Carolina State vs UNC-Asheville – The only all-D1 matchup in the bottom three this week and only 198 were in the crowd. The game went to OT where the home team took the 90-85 victory. A shot:

ICYMI: It was a record breaking evening for Lavar Batts Jr., who scored 40 points on 14-17 FG at South Carolina St. on Wednesday night... #IWWD #KeepClimbing pic.twitter.com/T6iTvdD941
— Asheville Basketball (@UNCAvlMBB) December 12, 2019

Alcorn State vs Rust – With only 103 fans in attendance, this was another walkover game, with the Braves winning 108-62 over the NAIA-level Rust Bearcats. Unfortunately, so few people were there, we couldn’t find an action shot. You’ll have to use your imagination.

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

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week): Alcorn State (vs Rust) 103.

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: Tennessee (vs Memphis) 21,868.

Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Washington State (vs UC-Riverside), 1,995.

Average attendance this week: 4,772 (up 220 vs prior 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
12/9/2019	SWAC	Alcorn State	108	Rust	62	103	Davey Whitney Complex	7000	1.5%
12/11/2019	MEAC	South Carolina State	90	UNC-Asheville	85	198	S-H-M Memorial Center	3200	6.2%
12/11/2019	MEAC	North Carolina Central	109	Christendom	28	212	McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium	3056	6.9%
12/10/2019	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	64	Presbyterian	63	264	Pope Physical Education Center	2000	13.2%
12/11/2019	Southland	Nicholls State	118	Carver Bible	44	283	Stopher Gymnasium	3800	7.4%
12/11/2019	Atlantic Sun	NJIT	66	UMass-Lowell	72	355	NJIT Wellness and Events Center	3500	10.1%
12/15/2019	Atlantic Sun	Stetson	72	Longwood	76	359	Edmunds Center	5000	7.2%
12/14/2019	Northeast	St. Francis (NY)	73	NJIT	71	418	Pope Physical Education Center	2000	20.9%
12/10/2019	Southern	The Citadel	129	Piedmont	83	451	McAlister Field House	6000	7.5%
12/14/2019	Southland	New Orleans	103	Williams Baptist	59	514	Lakefront Arena	10000	5.1%
12/11/2019	MAAC	Saint Peter's	86	Fairleigh-Dickinson	70	586	Yanitelli Center	3200	18.3%
12/14/2019	Big West	Cal State-Fullerton	69	San Francisco	91	601	Titan Gym	5015	12.0%
12/14/2019	Northeast	Fairleigh-Dickinson	65	Princeton	80	611	Rothman Center	5000	12.2%
12/12/2019	Big Sky	Portland State	101	Portland Bible	48	655	Viking Pavilion	3094	21.2%
12/14/2019	Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville	93	Middle Georgia State	79	655	Swisher Gymnasium	1500	43.7%
12/13/2019	West Coast	Loyola Marymount	79	Prairie View A&M	76	673	Gersten Pavilion	4156	16.2%
12/14/2019	Patriot League	Boston University	78	Dartmouth	76	691	Case Gym	1800	38.4%
12/14/2019	America East	Hartford	71	Wagner	63	698	Chase Arena	4107	17.0%
12/15/2019	Conference USA	UTSA	98	Texas Permian Basin	55	708	UTSA Convocation Center	4080	17.4%
12/11/2019	Big West	Cal State-Fullerton	54	San Diego	66	723	Titan Gym	5015	14.4%
12/11/2019	America East	Maine	44	Dartmouth	77	748	Cross Insurance Center	5800	12.9%
12/14/2019	Big South	Radford	49	Duquesne	71	812	LeBron James Arena	1831	44.3%
12/11/2019	Big West	Cal State-Northridge	62	North Dakota State	71	832	Matadome	3106	26.8%
12/14/2019	West Coast	Pepperdine	92	Central Arkansas	79	835	Firestone Fieldhouse	4500	18.6%
12/12/2019	Southland	Abilene Christian	105	Howard Payne	36	868	Moody Coliseum (Abilene)	4600	18.9%
12/11/2019	Patriot League	Colgate	66	Cornell	58	876	Cotterell Court	3000	29.2%
12/14/2019	MAAC	Canisius	80	Holy Cross	72	896	Koessler Athletic Center	2176	41.2%
12/10/2019	Summit League	Denver	67	New Mexico State	72	910	Magness Arena	7200	12.6%
12/14/2019	MEAC	Howard	59	Appalachian State	81	924	Burr Gymnasium	2700	34.2%
12/13/2019	Atlantic Sun	Kennesaw State	85	Gardner-Webb	61	953	KSU Convocation Center	4792	19.9%
12/14/2019	Big Sky	Idaho	76	Cal State-Bakersfield	70	956	Memorial Gym	2500	38.2%
12/15/2019	MAC	Miami (OH)	79	Mississippi Valley State	67	981	Millett Hall	6400	15.3%
12/14/2019	Big South	Coastal Carolina	91	North Carolina Central	71	987	The HTC Center	3212	30.7%
12/15/2019	America East	Maine	61	Quinnipiac	81	988	Cross Insurance Center	5800	17.0%
12/14/2019	MAAC	Manhattan	58	Western Michigan	59	1002	Draddy Gymnasium	2345	42.7%
12/14/2019	West Coast	Santa Clara	60	Sacramento State	58	1008	Leavey Center	5000	20.2%
12/14/2019	Colonial Athletic	Elon	91	N.C. Wesleyan	60	1027	Alumni Gym (Elon University)	1585	64.8%
12/10/2019	Patriot League	Holy Cross	66	UMass-Boston	69	1035	Hart Center	3600	28.8%
12/11/2019	Southern	Virginia Military	78	Ferrum	60	1038	Cameron Hall	5020	20.7%
12/13/2019	West Coast	Portland	77	Evergreen State	55	1048	Chiles Center	4852	21.6%
12/10/2019	Sun Belt	Little Rock	86	Tennessee State	62	1080	Jack Stephens Center	5600	19.3%
12/10/2019	Horizon League	IUPUI	80	Indiana-South Bend	60	1085	Indiana Farmers Coliseum	6500	16.7%
12/14/2019	Horizon League	IUPUI	74	Purdue Fort Wayne	65	1098	Indiana Farmers Coliseum	6500	16.9%
12/14/2019	Horizon League	Milwaukee	68	Eastern Illinois	75	1101	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena	12700	8.7%
12/14/2019	Summit League	Denver	75	Air Force	79	1170	Magness Arena	7200	16.3%
12/9/2019	Atlantic 10	Duquesne	90	Columbia	54	1189	Kerr Fitness Center	1200	99.1%
12/14/2019	West Coast	San Diego	58	UC-Davis	54	1199	Jenny Craig Pavilion	5100	23.5%
12/13/2019	Big Sky	Eastern Washington	146	Multnomah	89	1200	Reese Court	6000	20.0%
12/15/2019	Sun Belt	Texas State	117	Bethany (KS)	65	1202	Strahan Coliseum	7200	16.7%
12/14/2019	MAAC	Rider	89	Long Island	74	1231	Alumni Gymnasium (Rider)	1650	74.6%
12/14/2019	Atlantic 10	La Salle	85	Morgan State	68	1236	Tom Gola Arena	4000	30.9%
12/10/2019	Ivy League	Princeton	66	Monmouth	67	1254	Jadwin Gymnasium	6854	18.3%
12/13/2019	Southern	Wofford	112	North Greenville	66	1255	Benjamin Johnson Arena	3500	35.9%
12/15/2019	West Coast	Pacific	79	Cal State-Northridge	73	1284	Alex G. Spanos Center	6150	20.9%
12/11/2019	Ohio Valley	Belmont	105	Carson-Newman	56	1343	Curb Event Center	5085	26.4%
12/14/2019	Conference USA	Florida Atlantic	81	High Point	64	1350	FAU Arena	5000	27.0%
12/11/2019	Southern	Furman	90	North Greenville	65	1378	Timmons Arena	4000	34.5%
12/14/2019	Big South	UNC-Asheville	91	Tennessee-Martin	72	1395	Kimmel Arena	3200	43.6%
12/10/2019	Summit League	Purdue Fort Wayne	69	Judson College	33	1434	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	13000	11.0%
12/14/2019	Big West	UC-Irvine	120	Pacific Union	63	1463	Bren Events Center	4984	29.4%
12/11/2019	Northeast	Merrimack	69	Army	60	1500	Hammel Court	1200	125.0%
12/11/2019	Southland	Lamar	73	Southern-New Orleans	56	1513	Montagne Center	10080	15.0%
12/13/2019	Summit League	South Dakota State	66	Nebraska-Kearney	53	1517	Frost Arena	6500	23.3%
12/15/2019	Atlantic 10	Fordham	61	Tennessee State	66	1524	Rose Hill Gymnasium	3470	43.9%
12/14/2019	Summit League	South Dakota	96	Mayville St	60	1580	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6000	26.3%
12/14/2019	Western Athletic	Utah Valley	73	Northern Arizona	79	1582	UCCU Center	8500	18.6%
12/9/2019	Summit League	South Dakota	73	Alabama State	59	1601	Sanford Coyote Sports Center	6000	26.7%
12/14/2019	Horizon League	Detroit	72	Toledo	80	1654	Calihan Hall	8295	19.9%
12/15/2019	MAC	Bowling Green	72	Cleveland State	58	1725	Stroh Center	4700	36.7%
12/14/2019	Conference USA	Rice	96	Houston Baptist	84	1725	Tudor Fieldhouse	5750	30.0%
12/14/2019	America East	Albany	84	Niagara	80	1776	SEFCU Arena	4538	39.1%
12/14/2019	Big Sky	Southern Utah	62	UC-Santa Barbara	61	1810	America First Events Center	5300	34.2%
12/10/2019	Colonial Athletic	Towson	77	UMBC	71	1811	SECU Arena	5250	34.5%
12/14/2019	Summit League	Oral Roberts	69	Central Oklahoma	57	1886	Mabee Center	11300	16.7%
12/14/2019	Horizon League	Green Bay	62	Evansville	72	1924	Resch Center	10200	18.9%
12/15/2019	MAC	Akron	100	Concord	50	1964	James A. Rhodes Arena	5500	35.7%
12/14/2019	Big West	Cal Poly	37	Fresno State	62	1965	Mott Athletics Center	3032	64.8%
12/15/2019	Pac 12	Washington State	70	UC-Riverside	56	1995	Friel Court	12058	16.5%
12/10/2019	Sun Belt	Louisiana-Monroe	61	Grambling	66	2019	Fant-Ewing Coliseum	7085	28.5%
12/11/2019	Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State	55	Troy	60	2034	Pete Mathews Coliseum	5300	38.4%
12/14/2019	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	66	Louisiana-Monroe	59	2143	William R. Johnson Coliseum	7203	29.8%
12/15/2019	America East	UMBC	86	Coppin State	77	2164	UMBC Event Center	5000	43.3%
12/11/2019	Atlantic 10	Massachusetts	80	Yale	83	2212	William D. Mullins Memorial Center	9493	23.3%
12/15/2019	Southern	Chattanooga	84	Troy	80	2261	McKenzie Arena	10928	20.7%
12/14/2019	Conference USA	UAB	75	Montevallo	63	2340	Bartow Arena	8508	27.5%
12/14/2019	Conference USA	Southern Miss	69	North Florida	72	2380	Reed Green Coliseum	8095	29.4%
12/15/2019	Missouri Valley	Loyola-Chicago	64	Norfolk State	45	2428	Joseph J. Gentile Center	4486	54.1%
12/10/2019	Southland	McNeese State	82	UMKC	73	2449	H&HP Complex	3800	64.4%
12/15/2019	Colonial Athletic	William & Mary	90	Goucher	30	2554	Kaplan Arena	8600	29.7%
12/14/2019	Southern	Furman	80	Winthrop	73	2752	Bon Secours Wellness Arena	14897	18.5%
12/15/2019	Horizon League	Northern Kentucky	79	Illinois State	64	2820	BB&T Arena	9400	30.0%
12/15/2019	Summit League	Nebraska-Omaha	92	UTRGV	82	2840	Baxter Arena	7500	37.9%
12/14/2019	Mountain West	San Jose State	58	Stanford	78	2898	Event Center (San Jose St.)	5000	58.0%
12/12/2019	Horizon League	Wright State	85	Southern	62	3012	Nutter Center	10400	29.0%
12/10/2019	Atlantic 10	Davidson	88	Coppin State	52	3029	John M. Belk Arena	5223	58.0%
12/14/2019	Mountain West	Wyoming	53	Northern Colorado	74	3083	Arena-Auditorium	15028	20.5%
12/10/2019	Colonial Athletic	Hofstra	71	Stony Brook	63	3111	Mack Sports Complex	5124	60.7%
12/10/2019	Big East	St. John's	82	Brown	71	3147	Carnesecca Arena	5602	56.2%
12/10/2019	Atlantic 10	Fordham	61	Bryant	69	3200	Rose Hill Gymnasium	3470	92.2%
12/11/2019	Pac 12	California	69	Fresno State	63	3211	Haas Pavilion	11877	27.0%
12/14/2019	The American	East Carolina	79	Campbell	67	3234	Minges Coliseum	8000	40.4%
12/11/2019	The American	Tulsa	69	Boise State	56	3367	Reynolds Center	8355	40.3%
12/14/2019	Mountain West	Boise State	100	Alabama State	57	3478	ExtraMile Arena	12644	27.5%
12/14/2019	MAC	Buffalo	76	Army	89	3693	Alumni Arena	6783	54.4%
12/10/2019	ACC	Boston College	72	Albany	51	3874	Silvio Conte Forum	8606	45.0%
12/11/2019	Missouri Valley	Missouri State	75	Arkansas State	53	3891	JQH Arena	11000	35.4%
12/15/2019	Southern	East Tennessee State	97	Milligan	41	3927	Freedom Hall Civic Center	5619	69.9%
12/14/2019	Pac 12	Oregon State	80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	46	3946	Gill Coliseum	9604	41.1%
12/15/2019	ACC	Boston College	74	Central Connecticut State	55	3963	Silvio Conte Forum	8606	46.0%
12/15/2019	The American	Central Florida	76	Sacred Heart	65	3994	Addition Financial Arena	9432	42.3%
12/14/2019	Conference USA	Louisiana Tech	77	Louisiana	59	4032	Thomas Assembly Center	8098	49.8%
12/15/2019	Pac 12	USC	87	Long Beach State	76	4275	Galen Center	10258	41.7%
12/10/2019	The American	Central Florida	79	Green Bay	66	4370	Addition Financial Arena	9432	46.3%
12/15/2019	The American	South Florida	81	Drexel	61	4480	Yuengling Center	10411	43.0%
12/14/2019	Big East	DePaul	86	Illinois-Chicago	65	4620	Wintrust Arena	10387	44.5%
12/10/2019	Missouri Valley	Bradley	91	Maryville	58	4643	Carver Arena	11164	41.6%
12/14/2019	ACC	Miami	88	Alabama A&M	74	4649	Watsco Center	7972	58.3%
12/15/2019	Missouri Valley	Bradley	81	Georgia Southern	51	4904	Carver Arena	11164	43.9%
12/11/2019	Conference USA	Marshall	86	Bluefield State	50	5106	Cam Henderson Center	10705	47.7%
12/15/2019	Big Ten	Northwestern	72	SIU-Edwardsville	54	5464	Welsh-Ryan Arena	8117	67.3%
12/14/2019	Pac 12	California	77	Saint Mary's	89	5734	Haas Pavilion	11877	48.3%
12/14/2019	Atlantic 10	Richmond	78	Charleston	71	5804	Robins Center	7201	80.6%
12/15/2019	SEC	Texas A&M	63	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	60	5846	Reed Arena	12989	45.0%
12/14/2019	ACC	Wake Forest	80	Xavier	78	5847	Lawrence Joel Coliseum	14665	39.9%
12/14/2019	Big East	Providence	82	Stony Brook	78	5861	Dunkin Donuts Center	14300	41.0%
12/10/2019	Mountain West	Utah State	94	St. Katherine	49	6006	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum	10270	58.5%
12/10/2019	The American	Temple	108	Saint Joseph's	61	6197	Liacouras Center	10206	60.7%
12/15/2019	ACC	North Carolina	64	Wofford	68	6272	Carmichael Arena	6822	91.9%
12/11/2019	Big 12	TCU	70	Winthrop	60	6314	Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena	7201	87.7%
12/14/2019	Big 12	TCU	79	Lamar	50	6314	Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena	7201	87.7%
12/11/2019	Big Ten	Rutgers	72	Wisconsin	65	6361	Louis Brown Athletic Center	8000	79.5%
12/15/2019	ACC	Clemson	54	South Carolina	67	6394	Littlejohn Coliseum	9000	71.0%
12/10/2019	ACC	Notre Dame	110	Detroit	71	6441	Edmund P. Joyce Center	9149	70.4%
12/10/2019	Pac 12	Colorado	76	Northern Iowa	79	6570	Coors Events Center	11064	59.4%
12/13/2019	Mountain West	Colorado State	48	Colorado	56	6629	Moby Arena	8745	75.8%
12/11/2019	The American	Houston	71	Texas-Arlington	63	6657	Fertitta Center	7100	93.8%
12/11/2019	Pac 12	Arizona State	88	Prairie View A&M	79	6889	Desert Financial Arena	14000	49.2%
12/15/2019	The American	Houston	55	Oklahoma State	61	7035	Fertitta Center	7100	99.1%
12/12/2019	Western Athletic	Grand Canyon	58	Northern Iowa	82	7186	GCU Arena	7000	102.7%
12/14/2019	Big East	Villanova	78	Delaware	70	7236	Prudential Center	17625	41.1%
12/10/2019	Big 12	Baylor	53	Butler	52	7270	Ferrell Center	10347	70.3%
12/11/2019	Big 12	Kansas State	86	Alabama State	41	7577	Bramlage Coliseum	13762	55.1%
12/14/2019	Big East	Butler	66	Southern	41	7635	Hinkle Fieldhouse	9100	83.9%
12/15/2019	Atlantic 10	Virginia Commonwealth	61	Missouri State	51	7637	Stuart C. Siegel Center	7637	100.0%
12/14/2019	SEC	Ole Miss	82	Middle Tennessee	64	7734	The Pavilion at Ole Miss	9500	81.4%
12/14/2019	Big Ten	Penn State	73	Alabama	71	7736	Bryce Jordan Center	15261	50.7%
12/14/2019	ACC	Notre Dame	75	UCLA	61	8083	Edmund P. Joyce Center	9149	88.3%
12/15/2019	SEC	Missouri	64	Southern Illinois	48	8216	Mizzou Arena	15061	54.6%
12/14/2019	Big Ten	Rutgers	68	Seton Hall	48	8329	Louis Brown Athletic Center	8000	104.1%
12/11/2019	ACC	Virginia Tech	63	Chattanooga	58	8348	Cassell Coliseum	9847	84.8%
12/14/2019	Big 12	Texas	87	Central Michigan	76	8587	Frank Erwin Center	16837	51.0%
12/10/2019	Big Ten	Penn State	76	Maryland	69	8643	Bryce Jordan Center	15261	56.6%
12/14/2019	SEC	Vanderbilt	56	Liberty	61	9045	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt)	14326	63.1%
12/14/2019	Pac 12	Arizona State	79	Georgia	59	9067	Desert Financial Arena	14000	64.8%
12/15/2019	ACC	Virginia Tech	73	Gardner-Webb	46	9275	Cassell Coliseum	9847	94.2%
12/15/2019	Big Ten	Minnesota	84	Ohio State	71	9854	Williams Arena	14625	67.4%
12/12/2019	Big 12	West Virginia	84	Austin Peay	53	9987	WVU Coliseum	14000	71.3%
12/14/2019	West Coast	BYU	68	Utah State	64	10291	Vivint Smart Home Arena	19911	51.7%
12/9/2019	Big Ten	Iowa	72	Minnesota	52	10442	Carver-Hawkeye Arena	15500	67.4%
12/10/2019	West Coast	BYU	75	Nevada	42	10570	Marriott Center	22700	46.6%
12/14/2019	The American	Wichita State	80	Oklahoma	75	10727	Charles Koch Arena	10506	102.1%
12/10/2019	Big Ten	Indiana	57	Connecticut	54	10945	Madison Square Garden	19812	55.2%
12/14/2019	Big 12	West Virginia	83	Nicholls State	57	10991	WVU Coliseum	14000	78.5%
12/14/2019	SEC	Auburn	67	Saint Louis	61	12614	BJCC Arena	17654	71.5%
12/14/2019	Big Ten	Michigan	70	Oregon	71	12707	Crisler Center	12707	100.0%
12/11/2019	Pac 12	Arizona	99	Nebraska-Omaha	49	13256	McKale Center	14545	91.1%
12/14/2019	Big Ten	Illinois	69	Old Dominion	55	13267	State Farm Center	15500	85.6%
12/11/2019	Big Ten	Illinois	71	Michigan	62	13277	State Farm Center	15500	85.7%
12/14/2019	Atlantic 10	Dayton	78	Drake	47	13407	University of Dayton Arena	13435	99.8%
12/12/2019	Big 12	Iowa State	68	Iowa	84	14384	Hilton Coliseum	14356	100.2%
12/14/2019	Mountain West	New Mexico	69	New Mexico State	62	14488	The Pit	15411	94.0%
12/14/2019	Pac 12	Arizona	80	Gonzaga	84	14644	McKale Center	14545	100.7%
12/14/2019	Big East	Georgetown	89	Syracuse	79	15102	Capital One Arena	20356	74.2%
12/14/2019	SEC	Arkansas	98	Tulsa	79	15589	Bud Walton Arena	20320	76.7%
12/15/2019	Big Ten	Nebraska	70	Purdue	56	15654	Pinnacle Bank Arena	15147	103.3%
12/14/2019	ACC	Louisville	99	Eastern Kentucky	67	16185	KFC Yum! Center	22090	73.3%
12/10/2019	Big 12	Kansas	95	Milwaukee	68	16300	Allen Fieldhouse	16300	100.0%
12/13/2019	Big East	Creighton	89	UTRGV	58	16346	CHI Health Center Omaha	18320	89.2%
12/13/2019	Big Ten	Indiana	96	Nebraska	90	17222	Assembly Hall (Indiana)	17472	98.6%
12/14/2019	Big 12	Kansas	98	UMKC	57	17702	Sprint Center	18972	93.3%
12/14/2019	Horizon League	Oakland	49	Michigan State	72	18145	Little Caesars Arena	20491	88.6%
12/14/2019	SEC	Kentucky	67	Georgia Tech	53	20111	Rupp Arena	23500	85.6%
12/14/2019	SEC	Tennessee	47	Memphis	51	21868	Thompson-Boling Arena	21678	100.9%