NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 7: Christmas Break

Only 80 games this week, with average attendance spiking over 5,500 due to a lack of games at schools with smaller venues. Unfortunately, not many funny number puns to work with this week. Without further ado, let’s take a look:

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 10 (Season total: 440)

Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week:

Loyola-Maryland vs UMass-Lowell – The Greyhounds had only 544 in the stands on Friday to see the RiverHawks come to town. Loyola-Maryland fans were sent home with a 93-81 victory with a crowd that actually doesn’t look too small:

3:45, 2H | @LoyolaHounds 84, UMass Lowell 72. Kostecka gets the and-one and has 27 points to lead all scorers.

? @PatriotLeagueTV @WatchStadium https://t.co/t0oa8pW3cT @Patriot_Gameday #gohounds pic.twitter.com/efqFH5AKSK
— Loyola Men's BKB (@LoyolaMBB) December 28, 2019

Long Island vs Centenary – No defense? No problem. Long Island gave up 84 to D-2 Centenary, but handily beat the Gentlemen by a score of 125-84. The 313 present at the Steinberg Wellness Center all seemed to be enjoying the show:

DEVVVVV! First collegiate field goal for Nicholson, and his three points help LIU hit 100! Sharks lead Centenary, 106-59 with 7 minutes to play. (And he hit another three like a minute later. We can't keep up) pic.twitter.com/Oa2xOIh1KM
— LIU Basketball (@LIUBasketball) December 28, 2019

Charleston Southern vs Piedmont International – Small arena? No problem, there was still ample seating available in Charleston on Saturday as the Buccaneers hosted the Bruins of Piedmont International. Only 173 were around to see the 108-52 drubbing of the NCCAA (yes, two Cs) opponent, and the action shot makes that 173 number look generous:

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): Charleston Southern (vs Piedmont International) 173.

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: Tennessee (vs Wisconsin) 21,687.

Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Georgia Tech (vs Houston) [neutral site], 5,585.

Average attendance this week: 5,575 (up 1,293 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
12/28/2019	Big South	Charleston Southern	108	Piedmont Intl	52	173	Buccaneer Fieldhouse	4100	4.2%
12/28/2019	Northeast	Long Island	125	Centenary	84	313	Steinberg Wellness Center	2500	12.5%
12/27/2019	Patriot League	Loyola-Maryland	93	UMass-Lowell	81	544	Reitz Arena	3000	18.1%
12/28/2019	West Coast	Loyola Marymount	71	Morgan State	74	670	Gersten Pavilion	4156	16.1%
12/28/2019	Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State	120	Carver Bible	56	726	Pete Mathews Coliseum	5300	13.7%
12/28/2019	Colonial Athletic	Drexel	65	Charleston	76	830	Daskalakis Athletic Center	2532	32.8%
12/28/2019	Horizon League	IUPUI	73	Youngstown State	83	868	Indiana Farmers Coliseum	6500	13.4%
12/28/2019	Big Sky	Portland State	69	Northern Colorado	65	902	Viking Pavilion	3094	29.2%
12/23/2019	Western Athletic	Seattle	79	Long Beach State	57	940	KeyArena	17072	5.5%
12/28/2019	Southern	Western Carolina	108	Piedmont	47	965	Ramsey Center	7826	12.3%
12/28/2019	Ohio Valley	Morehead State	102	Alice Lloyd	46	1059	Ellis T. Johnson Arena	6500	16.3%
12/28/2019	Conference USA	UTSA	99	Lady of the Lake	64	1087	UTSA Convocation Center	4080	26.6%
12/28/2019	Colonial Athletic	Towson	45	Northeastern	61	1102	SECU Arena	5250	21.0%
12/28/2019	Sun Belt	South Alabama	76	Mobile	47	1118	Mitchell Center	10041	11.1%
12/28/2019	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	84	Freed-Hardeman	73	1173	First National Bank Arena	10475	11.2%
12/28/2019	Northeast	Wagner	54	Fairfield	66	1203	Spiro Sports Center	2100	57.3%
12/28/2019	Ivy League	Columbia	69	Marist	54	1295	Levien Gymnasium	3408	38.0%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	San Jose State	83	Pepperdine	68	1333	Event Center (San Jose St.)	5000	26.7%
12/28/2019	Horizon League	Illinois-Chicago	71	Cleveland State	66	1489	Credit Union 1 Arena	9500	15.7%
12/28/2019	Southern	Mercer	104	Milligan	53	1528	Hawkins Arena	3500	43.7%
12/27/2019	Northeast	Mount St Mary's	79	Coppin State	55	1703	Knott Arena	3121	54.6%
12/28/2019	Western Athletic	California Baptist	92	Ottawa (AZ)	75	1833	CBU Events Center	5050	36.3%
12/28/2019	Big West	UC-Irvine	69	Pacific	56	1855	Bren Events Center	4984	37.2%
12/28/2019	Western Athletic	Utah Valley	80	Antelope	65	1949	UCCU Center	8500	22.9%
12/28/2019	Colonial Athletic	James Madison	76	Hofstra	82	1987	JMU Convocation Center	7156	27.8%
12/28/2019	Atlantic 10	George Washington	78	Longwood	65	1996	Charles E. Smith Center	4338	46.0%
12/28/2019	Conference USA	North Texas	102	Texas Wesleyan	64	2035	UNT Coliseum	10040	20.3%
12/28/2019	Colonial Athletic	Delaware	82	UNC-Wilmington	68	2101	Bob Carpenter Center	5000	42.0%
12/28/2019	Southland	Stephen F. Austin	94	Paul Quinn	62	2182	William R. Johnson Coliseum	7203	30.3%
12/28/2019	Conference USA	UAB	82	Thomas	49	2294	Bartow Arena	8508	27.0%
12/28/2019	Southern	UNC-Greensboro	106	William Peace	34	2372	Greensboro Coliseum	21273	11.2%
12/28/2019	MEAC	Hampton	70	Saint Peter's	67	2525	Convocation Center (VA)	7200	35.1%
12/28/2019	Horizon League	Northern Kentucky	74	Milwaukee	64	2551	BB&T Arena	9400	27.1%
12/28/2019	Atlantic 10	La Salle	71	Bucknell	59	2558	Tom Gola Arena	4000	64.0%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	Wyoming	82	Nebraska Wesleyan	68	2826	Arena-Auditorium	15028	18.8%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	Colorado State	87	Doane	62	3337	Moby Arena	8745	38.2%
12/28/2019	Big Sky	Montana State	66	Sacramento State	51	3349	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse	7250	46.2%
12/28/2019	The American	East Carolina	82	Eastern Kentucky	74	3481	Minges Coliseum	8000	43.5%
12/28/2019	West Coast	Saint Mary's	84	Seattle	58	3500	McKeon Pavilion	3500	100.0%
12/28/2019	Horizon League	Oakland	78	Detroit	69	3792	Athletics Center O'rena	4005	94.7%
12/28/2019	Big Sky	Montana	79	Northern Arizona	72	4017	Dahlberg Arena	7321	54.9%
12/23/2019	The American	SMU	85	Georgia State	76	4085	Moody Coliseum	8998	45.4%
12/28/2019	Ohio Valley	Murray State	81	Cumberland	46	4107	CFSB Center	8602	47.7%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	Boise State	103	Cal State-Northridge	72	4121	ExtraMile Arena	12644	32.6%
12/28/2019	Big Sky	Weber State	77	Eastern Washington	79	4423	Dee Events Center	11500	38.5%
12/23/2019	Mountain West	Fresno State	69	San Francisco	71	4693	Save Mart Center	15544	30.2%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	Fresno State	57	UC-Riverside	60	4740	Save Mart Center	15544	30.5%
12/28/2019	Conference USA	Western Kentucky	62	Belmont	79	5102	E. A. Diddle Arena	7326	69.6%
12/28/2019	Missouri Valley	Bradley	78	Toledo	66	5293	Carver Arena	11164	47.4%
12/23/2019	ACC	Georgia Tech	59	Houston	70	5585	Stan Sheriff Center	10300	54.2%
12/28/2019	ACC	Florida State	88	North Alabama	71	5636	Donald L. Tucker Center	12100	46.6%
12/23/2019	Conference USA	UTEP	71	Ball State	70	5757	Stan Sheriff Center	10300	55.9%
12/23/2019	MAAC	Siena	73	Canisius	72	5804	Times Union Center	15229	38.1%
12/25/2019	Pac 12	Washington	71	Houston	75	6356	Stan Sheriff Center	10300	61.7%
12/28/2019	Pac 12	UCLA	74	Cal State-Fullerton	77	6418	Pauley Pavilion	12829	50.0%
12/28/2019	Big East	Georgetown	80	American	60	7245	Capital One Arena	20356	35.6%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	UNLV	64	Eastern Michigan	49	7463	Thomas & Mack Center	18776	39.7%
12/28/2019	Big East	Butler	67	Louisiana-Monroe	36	8040	Hinkle Fieldhouse	9100	88.4%
12/29/2019	ACC	Notre Dame	82	Alabama A&M	56	8181	Edmund P. Joyce Center	9149	89.4%
12/29/2019	Big Ten	Penn State	90	Cornell	59	8316	Bryce Jordan Center	15261	54.5%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	Utah State	129	Eastern Ore.	61	8338	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum	10270	81.2%
12/28/2019	Pac 12	Arizona State	98	Texas Southern	81	8795	Desert Financial Arena	14000	62.8%
12/28/2019	SEC	Florida	102	Long Beach State	63	9067	Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center	10133	89.5%
12/28/2019	ACC	Duke	75	Brown	50	9314	Cameron Indoor Stadium	9314	100.0%
12/23/2019	SEC	Georgia	73	Georgia Southern	64	10412	Stegeman Coliseum	11200	93.0%
12/28/2019	Big Ten	Minnesota	89	Florida International	62	10546	Williams Arena	14625	72.1%
12/28/2019	West Coast	BYU	79	Oral Roberts	73	12365	Marriott Center	22700	54.5%
12/28/2019	Mountain West	San Diego State	73	Cal Poly	57	12414	Viejas Arena	12414	100.0%
12/23/2019	Atlantic 10	Dayton	81	Grambling	53	13407	University of Dayton Arena	13435	99.8%
12/29/2019	Big Ten	Maryland	84	Bryant	70	14777	XFinity Center	17950	82.3%
12/28/2019	Big Ten	Purdue	97	Central Michigan	62	14804	Mackey Arena	14804	100.0%
12/28/2019	The American	Memphis	97	New Orleans	55	15501	FedExForum	18119	85.6%
12/28/2019	Big East	Marquette	106	Central Arkansas	54	16242	Fiserv Forum	17500	92.8%
12/29/2019	Big Ten	Ohio State	59	West Virginia	67	16781	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	19432	86.4%
12/28/2019	Big East	Creighton	91	Midland	54	16914	CHI Health Center Omaha	18320	92.3%
12/28/2019	ACC	Syracuse	71	Niagara	57	18125	Carrier Dome	35446	51.1%
12/28/2019	SEC	Kentucky	78	Louisville	70	20437	Rupp Arena	23500	87.0%
12/28/2019	SEC	Tennessee	48	Wisconsin	68	21678	Thompson-Boling Arena	21678	100.0%