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: …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 17: Going Viral
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: …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 14: Nobody’s Valentine
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 …
Read moreNCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 9: Southland Struggles
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
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
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 ten saw average attendance plummet move back up from 21,520 to 23,348 across all of Division I, the level where it had been for the few weeks prior to last week. But 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 11: Smallest Crowd of the Year
Week nine saw average attendance drop by nearly 1,000 from 24,044 to 23,087 across all of Division I, largely on the back of poor weather throughout the midwest, I’m guessing. Five games were below 10,000 in the FBS, three in the MAC and two in Conference USA. Let’s take a look at how everyone else …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 9: Sub-1000 FCS Game
Week eight saw average attendance rise slightly 24,044 from 23,922 across all of Division I, even with rain dominating the southeast on Saturday. Even still, some teams struggled to draw more than 20,000 in FBS last week. Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,158 – …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 8: Rainy October Saturdays in the South
Week seven saw average attendance drop from 24,777 to 23,922 across all of Division I, even with with LSU and A&M hosting more than 100,000 folks, with a much better result in Death Valley than at Kyle Field for the home fans. With that, the SEC took both the top and bottom of attendance for …
Week six saw average attendance drop from 25,909 to 24,777 across all of Division I, helped by a couple of games that were over 150% of stadium capacity in the Northeast. Don’t tell the fire marshall! Let’s take a look at how everyone else fared, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance: 1,328 – Arkansas-Pine Bluff …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 6: Over Capacity
Week three saw average attendance drop from 28,896 to 24,173 across all of Division I, another step down from the first three weeks of the season as one would expect. It’s worth noting that D2 Truman State hosted Valparaiso last week, and managed not only to outdraw ten other FCS games, but absolutely stomped the …
Read moreNCAA Football 2019 Attendance, Week 4: FSU Fans Fed Up