Tag: empty arenas
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 2: Neutral Site Fun
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…
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NCAA Basketball 2019-20 Attendance, Week 1: Let’s Get It Started
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…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 19: The End of the Season
It’s the last week of the regular season for many major conferences, but many of the low and mid major conference tournaments have begun. Ultimately this led to a lot fewer low attendance games than normal, which brought the average crowd over 5,000 for the first time this season. Without further ado, let’s take a…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 18: Mid-Major Conference Tournament Time!
It’s the last week of the regular season for many major conferences, but many of the low and mid major conference tournaments have begun. Ultimately this led to a lot fewer low attendance games than normal, which brought the average crowd over 5,000 for the first time this season. Without further ado, let’s take a…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 17: Conference Tournament Seeding Time
As the regular season draws to a close, many teams still find themselves in the thick of competing for a bye in a conference tournament. And plenty of other teams… don’t. Many of those teams that don’t have much to play for had some trouble drawing fans this week. Without further ado, let’s take a…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 12: Coppin Goes Back to Back
In case there is any doubt that losing detracts fans, let me introduce you to Coppin State. Ranked 347th in the AMSTS Computer Rankings, it’s hard to find a reason to get fans to show up. The PAC 12 has similar problems…. even with winners. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 11: Busiest Game Day of the Year
MLK Weekend and every team in the nation (except 53) decided to be a part of a game on Saturday, the busiest NCAA Basketball day of the season with 150 games on the docket. Despite that, only a handful on Monday during the day. But let’s look at last week, where we crossed the 500…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 10: Close Games, No Crowds
School is back in session, and conference play has begun. Teams no longer have an excuse, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t see low attendance for a while. Our bottom three attended games this week all fell below 350 fans, despite all three of them being extremely competitive. Without further ado, let’s take a…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Weeks 7 & 8: New Year, New Sub-100 Crowd
The last two weeks have had schools out of session and the Christmas holiday, meaning that many games took place in neutral sites. Because of that, we’ve combined weeks seven and eight into one post. But don’t worry, we have a cameo appearance by a major trophy. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Weeks 7 & 8: Christmas Neutral Sites
The last two weeks have had schools out of session and the Christmas holiday, meaning that many games took place in neutral sites. Because of that, we’ve combined weeks seven and eight into one post. But don’t worry, we have a cameo appearance by a major trophy. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 6: Finals Week Lull
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It’s finals week in most places, which means significantly fewer basketball games than usual. Only 134 with reported attendance figures, our lowest week of the year. Even with that, some surprising numbers on the attendance front! Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 26 (Season total: 275)…
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NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 5: Sub-100 in Mississippi
With the neutral sites behind us, attendance was up almost 40% as teams returned to campus. Traditionally these few weeks signify a bit of a dead cat bounce in NCAA Basketball Attendance before the plummet after final exams in mid-December. That said, with our lowest attended game still over 300 fans, this week was nothing…