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NCAA College Basketball Attendance, 2017 Season Week Ten: Better Things To Do in Louisiana
For the first time in a while, we’ve had a team make a double appearance in the bottom three, both as a home team. Poor Nicholls, who lead the Southland and are on track to make the NCAA Tournament drew fewer in two games than Bryant University did in one game this week, which was…
NCAA Basketball Attendance, 2017 Week Nine: So Much For Pacific Rivalries
After having a three year low in attendance for a single game last week, it’s a tough act to follow. But this week had quite a bit of action with around 60 games shy of 1,000 fans, and the average attendance dropping fairly precipitously as we enter conference play. Interestingly, Washington played at Washington State…
NCAA Basketball Attendance, 2017 Week Eight: An All-Time Record!
In three years, not once have we ever reported a sub-50 attendance game. But a first for all of us this week. The lowest attended NCAA Basketball game since at least 2015. With that, it was no surprise that attendance was down almost 400 people per game. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing…
NCAA College Basketball Attendance, 2017 Week 7: Winter Break Blues
Finals are over, and with it, many students have left campus. As Christmas neared, teams reduced their schedule or found a neutral site to play their games in with the hope of attracting a bigger crowd from a larger metro area near to campus. How did that work out? Average attendance was up almost 800,…
NCAA Basketball Attendance: 2017 Week Five:
A continued Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 41 (Season total: 301) Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week: South Carolina State vs Charleston Southern – Despite the in-state matchup, South Carolina State was only able to draw 154 fans for its tilt against Charleston Southern. This…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 4: Presbyterian Back to Back Buzzer Beaters
The off-campus tournaments are over, and the students have filed back to campus. Though that wasn’t much help for one school, which made a double dip on the list this week. Though hopefully the on-court results will lead to more fans in attendance in the coming weeks. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing…
NCAA Football Attendance, 2017 Conference Championship Week and FCS Playoffs
Time again for your week in review on NCAA Division I Football attendance. With FCS playoffs and conference championships mixed up with hurricane makeup games, there was plenty of action despite the relatively small number of games. This will be our last weekly edition, though we will post a bowl result (assuming bowls report their…
NCAA Basketball Attendance: 2017 Season Week 3: A Sub-100 Game
Another week of off-campus tournaments, with Thanksgiving keeping people off campus and ADs wanting to avoid appearing on the AMSTS Bottom Three have scheduled themselves on the Caribbean Island of their choice to compete in an Island classic. Unfortunately for some, there are only so many islands that can attract fans over Thanksgiving, and other…
2017 College Football Attendance, Week 13: Rivalry Week!
Time again for your week in review on NCAA Division I Football attendance. Average attendance was up to 36,334 this week, on the account of it being rivalry week. This was the unsurprisingly the highest attended week of the year! Let’s get to it: Worst overall Division I attendance week 13: 2,385 – UNH vs Central…
NCAA Basketball Attendance: 2017 Weeks One & Two: Out of Campus, Out of Mind
The college basketball season has begun, and with it the influx of “prestigious” early season tournaments. As a result of this, we saw 89 games this week with fewer than 1,000 fans reported. And that’s just the number that’s reported. Butts-in-seats numbers were probably much less! Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 89…
NCAA Football Attendance: 2017 Season, Week 12: SWAC = Stadium Without A Crowd?
Time again for your week in review on NCAA Division I Football attendance. Average attendance was up to 26,460 this week, one of the highest levels of the season. Despite that, three of the lowest attended games of the year happened last week: two of them in the SWAC. Let’s take a look, shall we?…
NCAA Football Attendance, 2017 Week 11: SEC Highs and Lows
Time again for your week in review on NCAA Division I Football attendance. Average attendance was up to 24,713 this week, around average on the season. Let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division I attendance week 11: 1,191 – Robert Morris vs Bryant. For the second straight week, the Bryant Bulldogs appear on the…