Chris Ford 
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 …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 7: Christmas Break
I just wanted to get this out of the way for all of us. There were 69 games with fewer than 1,000 college basketball fans last week. That brings the season number up to 420 games with fewer than 1,000 in attendance. I wish I were making that up. ANYWAY, elsewhere, average attendance dropped from …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 6: Funny Numbers
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 …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 5: HBCU Blues
We’re mostly back on campus now, which should help attendance numbers. Average attendance returned back to 4,452 from 4,556 two weeks ago, prior to the Thanksgiving week neutral sites. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 50 (Season total: 317) Here are the 3 lowest attended games …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 4: Back to Campus
Week 15 saw average attendance skyrocket to 34,666 from 28,379 across all of Division I, on account of FCS Playoffs making up a larger percentage of the weekly games played. This week we still had a game under 5,000 fans. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 15: Conference Championship Week
Thanksgiving has arrived, and with it, the students have left campus, and small neutral sites are all the rage. Average attendance plummeted from 4,556 to 2,751, but we had a range of attendances from 101 to over 20,000. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 83 (Season …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 3: Thanksgiving Quiet
Week 14 saw average attendance skyrocket to 34,666 from 22,542 across all of Division I, on account of FCS Playoffs beginning. This week we still had two games under 2,000 fans. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,660 – Albany vs Central Connecticut State. The …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 14: Rivalry Week
We’re closing in on Thanksgiving, and that means basketball in Caribbean resort’s ballrooms. Average attendance was down from 4,708 to 4,556, but we had a range of attendances from below 100 to over 22,000. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 77 (Season total: 184) Here are …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 3: Ballroom Bonanza
Week 13 saw average attendance stay flat at 22,542 from 22,203 across all of Division I, the level where it had been for the few weeks prior to last week. This week we had three games under 1,000 fans, including one barely above 500. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 13: Lowest FBS and FCS Attendance of the Year
It’s the first week of the regular season and basketball is finally here. Average attendance was down from 4,991 to 4,708, but we had a range of attendances from below 100 to over 22,000. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 64 (Season total: 107) Here are …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 2: Neutral Site Fun
Week 12 saw average attendance move back down to 22,203 from 23,348 across all of Division I, the level where it had been for the few weeks prior to last week. Once again we also had two games under 1,000 fans. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 12: Basketball Season at Duke
It’s the first week of the regular season and basketball is finally here. Average attendance for the week hit 4,991, but we had a range of attendances from 100 to over 22,000. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 43 (Season total: 43) Here are the 3 …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 1: Let’s Get It Started