2013-2014 NCAA basketball attendance figures

[dayooper]

I didn't realize that Syracuse has only 1 title to their name and that Duke only has four. Three of the top four are ACC, but really drop off from there. Big10 represented well too.

Link

 

[Exit 4]

I didn't realize that Syracuse has only 1 title to their name and that Duke only has four. Three of the top four are ACC, but really drop off from there. Big10 represented well too.

Link

Great link. So Wyoming managed to sneak in a NCAA basketball title during WWII in 1943 - amazing factoid. I think that is back when saddles were used and lassos had not been banned yet.

 

[Exit 4]

Also, am I blind or is Rutty missing from this top 100 list?

 

[FDNY99]

Also, am I blind or is Rutty missing from this top 100 list?

I just checked RU attendance for the 2013-2014 hoops season
Total Home Attendance at the RAC: 88,492
Avg per Game: 4425
Highest attended home games: 1/4/14 vs Louisville 7263 1/25/14 vs UCONN 8006
Lowest attended home games: 11/25/13 vs Stillman 392, 11/26/13 vs Farleigh Dickinson 466

 

[CallMeBruce]

I just checked RU attendance for the 2013-2014 hoops season
Total Home Attendance at the RAC: 88,492
Avg per Game: 4425
Highest attended home games: 1/4/14 vs Louisville 7263 1/25/14 vs UCONN 8006
Lowest attended home games: 11/25/13 vs Stillman 392, 11/26/13 vs Farleigh Dickinson 466

but dat infrastructure

 

[Slasher]

2014-2015 numbers should be finalized as well, surprised not to see that one.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Gampel's small size really hurts UConn. They should have made it bigger.

 

[Slasher]

Breakdown:

Most by State:
Texas - 6
Ohio - 5
Indiana - 5
Illinois - 5
North Carolina - 4
Utah - 4
Florida - 4
California - 4

Most by Conference:
SEC - 14/14 = 100%
BigEast - 10/10 = 100%
B1G - 13/14 = 93%
B12 - 9/10 = 90%
ACC - 12/14 = 86%
MWC - 8/11 = 73%
AAC - 6/10 = 60%
A-10 - 5/14 = 36%

 

[businesslawyer]

Gampel's small size really hurts UConn. They should have made it bigger.

What really hurts UConn is attendance at the XL has plummeted. 15 to 20 years ago, you couldn't buy single game tickets -- the Civic Center pretty much sold out just on season tickets. Now, you can buy for whatever games you want, and crap games no one is there.

Yes, the conference is a part of it but the Hartford attendance was way, way down even before that.

 

[1999.2004.2011]

What really hurts UConn is attendance at the XL has plummeted. 15 to 20 years ago, you couldn't buy single game tickets -- the Civic Center pretty much sold out just on season tickets. Now, you can buy for whatever games you want, and crap games no one is there.

Yes, the conference is a part of it but the Hartford attendance was way, way down even before that.

I think there are multiple factors there:
1) TV - Coverage has exploded over the past 15 years, and with high definition televisions and rising costs of attending games, that's a viable alternative
2) XL Center - its operating beyond its useful life, and doesn't have the modern amenities that would attract someone to the arean
3) Conference Realignment - obvious answer, but the lack of rivalries or attractive conference opponents hasn't helped ticket sales

 

[dayooper]

3) Conference Realignment - obvious answer, but the lack of rivalries or attractive conference opponents hasn't helped ticket sales

Asking because I really don't know. Who was UConn's biggest mutual rivalry in the old Big East?

 

[itgoeslike]

2014-2015 numbers should be finalized as well, surprised not to see that one.

Here's the data, just not in the map format.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2015.pdf

 

[CallMeBruce]

Asking because I really don't know. Who was UConn's biggest mutual rivalry in the old Big East?

Contrary to what their fans like to say now, it was Syracuse.

 

[FDNY99]

Contrary to what their fans like to say now, it was Syracuse.

followed a close second by Villanova and Georgetown

 

[Waquoit]

Gampel's small size really hurts UConn. They should have made it bigger.

Yes, the conference is a part of it but the Hartford attendance was way, way down even before that.

You guys don't go to basketball games, do you?

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Also, am I blind or is Rutty missing from this top 100 list?

High school football games in Jersey outdraw Rutgers basketball and, for the most part, their stadiums are nicer than the RAC, too.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I think there are multiple factors there:
1) TV - Coverage has exploded over the past 15 years, and with high definition televisions and rising costs of attending games, that's a viable alternative
2) XL Center - its operating beyond its useful life, and doesn't have the modern amenities that would attract someone to the arean
3) Conference Realignment - obvious answer, but the lack of rivalries or attractive conference opponents hasn't helped ticket sales

I would add...
4) Ticket prices have gone up while people's salaries have not (not just a UConn problem)
5) Maybe just my imagination; but, getting into and out of Hartford overt he last decade has gotten worse and some people just can't/won't want to deal with the nightmare known as I-84

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Also, am I blind or is Rutty missing from this top 100 list?

So is BCU.

 

[HuskyHawk]

You guys don't go to basketball games, do you?

When I can. Had season tickets back when I lived in CT. Had student gold pass to the first ever season at Gampel. What's your point? I agree with BL by the way, enthusiasm isn't what it was.

 

[mets1090]

Asking because I really don't know. Who was UConn's biggest mutual rivalry in the old Big East?

Cuse, Georgetown and Pitt were the biggest ones for me but I'm of a younger generation so my scope is basically 2000 on.

 

[1999.2004.2011]

Cuse, Georgetown and Pitt were the biggest ones for me but I'm of a younger generation so my scope is basically 2000 on.

Yeah our biggest rival is still Syracuse, but Georgetown/Villanova/Pitt are all pretty close. I guess the biggest thing missing is that we still had "rivalry" games with some of the "bottom tier teams" like Providence, Seton Hall and St. Johns, who we all had history against. When the Big East expanded in the mid 2000's, games against Cincy, Marquette and Louisville were immediately must watch because all of those teams were good too

 

[mets1090]

Yeah our biggest rival is still Syracuse, but Georgetown/Villanova/Pitt are all pretty close. I guess the biggest thing missing is that we still had "rivalry" games with some of the "bottom tier teams" like Providence, Seton Hall and St. Johns, who we all had history against. When the Big East expanded in the mid 2000's, games against Cincy, Marquette and Louisville were immediately must watch because all of those teams were good too

Yeah there's definitely a huge gap between UConn/Memphis/whoever and UConn/Cuse/GTown/Nova/Pitt. And on top of that, in the Big East we had your classic "rivalries" with the likes of Providence who viewed us as rivals while they were simply a thorn in our side that somehow always beat us when we had our best teams. Not a rivalry in the sense that I got hyped for the game, but at least there was a history there that made me dislike them.

 

[dayooper]

Yeah our biggest rival is still Syracuse, but Georgetown/Villanova/Pitt are all pretty close. I guess the biggest thing missing is that we still had "rivalry" games with some of the "bottom tier teams" like Providence, Seton Hall and St. Johns, who we all had history against. When the Big East expanded in the mid 2000's, games against Cincy, Marquette and Louisville were immediately must watch because all of those teams were good too

I guess I'm asking because I hear you all talking about lack of rivalries being a reason for lack of support, but I just don't know of many "Big10"like rivalries that were in the old Big East. I remember The Pitt - WVU, but that's about it. What teams returned the UConn hate or even what were some other mutual hate rivalries?

 

[Slasher]

Yeah there's definitely a huge gap between UConn/Memphis/whoever and UConn/Cuse/GTown/Nova/Pitt. And on top of that, in the Big East we had your classic "rivalries" with the likes of Providence who viewed us as rivals while they were simply a thorn in our side that somehow always beat us when we had our best teams. Not a rivalry in the sense that I got hyped for the game, but at least there was a history there that made me dislike them.

Does this mean you think Memphis is UConn's #1 rival in the AAC right now?

 

[mets1090]

Does this mean you think Memphis is UConn's #1 rival in the AAC right now?

To be perfectly honest, I didn't really care to come up with a list of rivals in the AAC and they were the first name to come to mind.