NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 9: Southland Struggles

Ramping back up the schedule this week with 292 games reporting attendance on the week. Yet again we had 69 games below 1,000 so be sure to make your #Nice comment. As for the rest of the games? Without further ado, let’s take a look:

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 63 (Season total: 572)

Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week:

3. Incarnate Word vs New Orleans – The first of two appearances for the Cardinals in the bottom three, as Southland conference play isn’t doing much to attract attention in San Antonio, with only 279 in attendance. The Cardinals did manage to outlast the Privateers by a score of 73-70 in the last few moments of the game. An action shot:

2. Merrimack vs Mount St. Mary’s – The honeymoon for the D1 transition is apparently over, with only 245 in the crowd for their NEC matchup against The Mount. But despite the lack of fan support, the Warriors managed a 64-61 victory over the Mountaineers. A look at the late-arriving crowd:

1. Incarnate Word vs Northwestern State – Your other Incarnate Word game of the week, this time against the Demons of Northwestern State. The Southland matchup garnered only 124 fans for an eventual 72-64 Northwestern State win. A shot that has nearly all of the fans in it:

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):  Merrimack (vs Mount St. Mary’s) 245“““““““““““.

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: North Carolina (vs Clemson) 21,077.

Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Stanford (vs Washington State), 3,526.

Average attendance this week: 4,127 (down 82 vs prior week)

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