NCAA Basketball Attendance Figures

The NCAA recently released the attendance numbers for the past season for division one men's basketball. If you are a stat geek like me you'll love diving into the report. It's only 7 pages long but filled with interesting information.

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Here is a quick breakdown of teams of interest making the top 100...The numbers represent the average for home games.

1. Kentucky.........22,239
3. N. Carolina......21,035
4. Tennessee.......20,483
5. Louisville.........19,397
8. Memphis.........16,933

9. Kansas..............16,350
11. Arkansas..........16,043
12. Creighton.........15,930
13. Illinois..............15,499
47. Missouri............9,805

71. St. Louis...........7,627
75. Missouri St.......7,147
77. Illinois St..........7,118
92. SIU..................5,892
94. Evansville.........5,863

Not in the top 100:

UT Martin..........3,762
Murray State......3,543
SEMO................2,613

• (A surprise to me) The Big Ten is the top drawing conference averaging 12,519 pergame and the SEC is 2nd with an average attendance of 11,625 a game.


• The Big XII ranks 5th (10,395)


• The Missouri Valley is 8th (7,752)


• The Ohio Valley Conference ranks in the bottom half (18th) with an average of 2,500 fans attending OVC games.


• Of the 31 division one conferences all but 10 saw a decrease in attendance.


• The Big XII suffered the largest decrease...down 600 a game from the previous season.