Category: College Basketball
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 14: The Best and Worst of the Week
Numbers have somewhat bounced back this week after the winter storm that shook the east coast a couple of weeks ago, overall average attendance is slightly up this week. Where the attendance changes are mostly seen are on the bottom of the list, however, as fewer teams drew sub 1000 compared to last week (only 16 this week,…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 13, The Best and the Worst
Numbers have somewhat bounced back this week after the winter storm that shook the east coast a couple of weeks ago, overall average attendance is slightly up this week. Where the attendance changes are mostly seen are on the bottom of the list, however, as fewer teams drew sub 1000 compared to last week (only 16 this week,…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 12: The Best and Worst
Numbers are down big this week, likely due to a major snowstorm that enveloped the east coast. That being said, this week has a first. A team making the list twice in the bottom 3 in attendance! This is almost as good as the US sweeping the podium at the Olympics. Almost. First off, a…
What is Home Court Advantage Worth in College Basketball?
As the 2015-16 College Basketball season passes its halfway point, it’s worth taking a look at the value of a home game. Various people have done it in the past, but none of it has been updated for 2015-16, and we’ll look at how best to do it. First off, we’ll take every game played…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 11: Highs and Lows of the week!
The semester is now in full swing across the nation, giving tons of fans of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE] no excuses as to why they drew so poorly. Despite what fans of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE] think, I have nothing against the fine people of [INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE]. Anyway, let’s take a look at the…
Week 10 NCAA Basketball Attendance, the Highs and Lows
We’re back into the swing of things with most colleges having started their spring semester, which seems to have helped most teams out of the nadir of the year. This week saw marked improvement over last with quite a few games with fewer than 1,000 fans: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 39 The…
NCAA Basketball Attendance, Week 9 Highs and Lowest
The doldrums just keep coming folks, as the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day had a new record (since we’ve been tracking this) number of games with fewer than 1,000 fans: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 55 But it gets even better. There were two games this week which established a new…
Week 8 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Highs and Lows
Christmas break: time for neutral sites, which help inflate the attendance numbers a bit. But for those schools that aren’t major enough to play in a neutral site rivalry type game, it is hard to draw a crowd. This is reflected in the poor attendance numbers at the bottom of the pile this week. Number…
NCAA Basketball Attendance highs and lows, Week 7
It’s Finals season and winter break in the college world, so this is always one of the worst attendance weeks of the year. This year is no different, with a season record for most games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans. Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 46 The lowest 3 attended games? 3. Bethune-Cookman…
NCAA Basketball attendance highs and lows: Week 6
We’ve moved into basketball season, and the funky competitions have been put to rest. From here on out, most teams are playing at home, or in a relatively large neutral site (see: Crossroads Classic). So let’s take a look at last week’s attendance in NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball, shall we? As always, numbers are…
A look at the lowest attended NCAA Basketball games this year
Early season NCAA Basketball is strange. You have tournaments with some of the biggest names in the game playing in 3,000 seat gyms that normally host high school basketball, while others play in NBA arenas that are 4-5x the size of their home court. Anyway, the highlight for November basketball is that it usually has…