Author: Chris Ford
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The Long Road to the 2022 Final Four: How Far Will Each NCAA Tournament Team Have to Travel?
We’ve heard it before: The Road to the Final Four is long and painful. But exactly how long is it? For some of the teams, it seems like they always get opening round games right down the road. For the rest of us, it seems like our team has to cross nine time zones to…
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Which MLB Team Will Fly the Farthest in a shortened 2020?
It’s been a strange year. So strange, that the baseball season began with one of its teams not knowing where they would be calling home for the season. But with that in the past, we’ve moved on and sports in the US are finally back. So here, for the fifth year we’re looking at which…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 17: Going Viral
Conference tournaments have started for some mid-majors and that has led to attendance being up over 400 people versus last week. I guess you could say college basketball is… going viral. With apologies to the Coronavirus, and without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 28 (Season total:…
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A Comprehensive List of US Sporting Events Cancelled By Coronavirus
Last updated: 3/12/2020: 2:15 PM CT In the interest of keeping track of the number of sporting events that have been cancelled (or played in an empty arena) due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, below is a comprehensive list of all Professional and NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball cancellations. This list will be updated…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 16: Almost (Conference) Tournament Time
As teams drop out of conference title contention, the bottom continues to fall off, with over 50 games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans this week, bringing the season total up to 888. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 51 (Season total: 888) Here are the 3…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 15: Highest Attended Week of the Year
As some conference races heat up, it’s surprising to see average attendance hit 5,000 for the first point this year. Despite that, still 45 games managed to draw three-digit crowds. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 45 (Season total: 827) Here are the 3 lowest attended…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 14: Nobody’s Valentine
As teams start to eliminate themselves from conference contention, it is no surprise that we have seen a 7% decrease in attendance week over week, including a 33% increase in games with fewer than 1,000 in attendance. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 46 (Season total:…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 13: Over 700 sub-1000 Games on the Year
Amidst conference play, one would expect that there would be a higher average attendance (and there is) vs non-conference play, but there were still fifty games with fewer than 1,000 fans. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 39 (Season total: 736) Here are the 3 lowest…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 12: Low Crowds Nationwide
Amidst conference play, one would expect that there would be a higher average attendance (and there is) vs non-conference play, but there were still fifty games with fewer than 1,000 fans. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 39 (Season total: 697) Here are the 3 lowest…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 11:
Amidst conference play, one would expect that there would be a higher average attendance (and there is) vs non-conference play, but there were still fifty games with fewer than 1,000 fans. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 36 (Season total: 658) Here are the 3 lowest…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 10: High-lander But Low Attendance-r
Amidst conference play, one would expect that there would be a higher average attendance (and there is) vs non-conference play, but there were still fifty games with fewer than 1,000 fans. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 50 (Season total: 622) Here are the 3 lowest…
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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…
