Wowsa-Attendance for 1st Two rounds

[DefenseBB]

The total attendance for the 1st Two rounds (not counting the first 4 in) was 292,456! Last year it was 240,589 so an increase of 51,867 fans. In 2022 the 1st Two rounds saw 216,890 fans.

There were 11 identical sites in 2024 to 2023 and these 11 sites had an increase of 30,207 led by ND who had 8,516 more fans attend (17,031 vs. 8,515). Texas had an increase of 6,895 over 2023, LSU as 6,873 and SC had 5,411. Interestingly Iowa had a slight decrease due to limiting capacity as last year they allow 14,382 but this year only 14,324.

		2024 Tournament
	School	1st Rd	2nd Rd	Total
1	Iowa	14,324	14,324	28,648
2	South Car	11,536	14,266	25,802
3	LSU	12,957	12,632	25,589
4	Indiana	12,753	12,385	25,138
5	UConn	10,299	10,299	20,598
6	Kansas State	9,642	10,692	20,334
7	Virginia Tech	8,925	8,925	17,850
8	USC	8,386	8,941	17,327
9	Texas	7,487	9,753	17,240
10	ND	9,149	7,882	17,031
11	UCLA	8,841	7,839	16,680
12	Oregon State	6,923	7,227	14,150
13	Ohio State	5,684	8,333	14,017
14	Gonzaga	6,000	6,000	12,000
15	Stanford	4,537	5,811	10,348
16	NC State	4,901	4,803	9,704
	Total	142,344	150,112	292,456
	Average	8,897	9,382	9,139

 

[visitingcock]

The total attendance for the 1st Two rounds (not counting the first 4 in) was 292,456! Last year it was 240,589 so an increase of 51,867 fans. In 2022 the 1st Two rounds saw 216,890 fans.

There were 11 identical sites in 2024 to 2023 and these 11 sites had an increase of 30,207 led by ND who had 8,516 more fans attend (17,031 vs. 8,515). Texas had an increase of 6,895 over 2023, LSU as 6,873 and SC had 5,411. Interestingly Iowa had a slight decrease due to limiting capacity as last year they allow 14,382 but this year only 14,324.

		2024 Tournament
	School	1st Rd	2nd Rd	Total
1	Iowa	14,324	14,324	28,648
2	South Car	11,536	14,266	25,802
3	LSU	12,957	12,632	25,589
4	Indiana	12,753	12,385	25,138
5	UConn	10,299	10,299	20,598
6	Kansas State	9,642	10,692	20,334
7	Virginia Tech	8,925	8,925	17,850
8	USC	8,386	8,941	17,327
9	Texas	7,487	9,753	17,240
10	ND	9,149	7,882	17,031
11	UCLA	8,841	7,839	16,680
12	Oregon State	6,923	7,227	14,150
13	Ohio State	5,684	8,333	14,017
14	Gonzaga	6,000	6,000	12,000
15	Stanford	4,537	5,811	10,348
16	NC State	4,901	4,803	9,704
	Total	142,344	150,112	292,456
	Average	8,897	9,382	9,139

Interested in Los Angeles. What are the yearly increases for UCLA? Odd that first day drew more than second days! I guess it has been a while since SoCal has hosted.

 

[southie]

When did UCLA start drawing fans? Is that number a lot higher than their season average?

USC seems to have really turned it on due to Juju.

 

[JstVisiting]

So we all agree Gonzaga is just making stuff up, right?

 

[Vowelguy]

? Odd that first day drew more than second days!

First day was on the weekend, 2nd on a Monday night for 1/2 the bracket.

 

[bballnut90]

The total attendance for the 1st Two rounds (not counting the first 4 in) was 292,456! Last year it was 240,589 so an increase of 51,867 fans. In 2022 the 1st Two rounds saw 216,890 fans.

There were 11 identical sites in 2024 to 2023 and these 11 sites had an increase of 30,207 led by ND who had 8,516 more fans attend (17,031 vs. 8,515). Texas had an increase of 6,895 over 2023, LSU as 6,873 and SC had 5,411. Interestingly Iowa had a slight decrease due to limiting capacity as last year they allow 14,382 but this year only 14,324.

		2024 Tournament
	School	1st Rd	2nd Rd	Total
1	Iowa	14,324	14,324	28,648
2	South Car	11,536	14,266	25,802
3	LSU	12,957	12,632	25,589
4	Indiana	12,753	12,385	25,138
5	UConn	10,299	10,299	20,598
6	Kansas State	9,642	10,692	20,334
7	Virginia Tech	8,925	8,925	17,850
8	USC	8,386	8,941	17,327
9	Texas	7,487	9,753	17,240
10	ND	9,149	7,882	17,031
11	UCLA	8,841	7,839	16,680
12	Oregon State	6,923	7,227	14,150
13	Ohio State	5,684	8,333	14,017
14	Gonzaga	6,000	6,000	12,000
15	Stanford	4,537	5,811	10,348
16	NC State	4,901	4,803	9,704
	Total	142,344	150,112	292,456
	Average	8,897	9,382	9,139

Pretty incredible stuff. Amazing turnouts all over.

 

[Plebe]

Hard not to notice NC State bringing up the rear with their small gym

 

[jake0414]

First day was on the weekend, 2nd on a Monday night for 1/2 the bracket.

Saturday had 1,000+ Cal Baptist fans from nearby Riverside bus in to Pauley Pavilion for the game. Monday game tipoff at 5:30PM in Los Angeles vs 7:00PM tipoff for USC.

Several posters on the Bruin Online site remarked the crowd noise during the third quarter comeback against Creighton was the loudest they could remember at a home game, men or women. It was very loud. During the postgame presser Lauren Betts said at times during the run she couldn’t hear the play Kiki Rice called out.

 

[nwhoopfan]

So we all agree Gonzaga is just making stuff up, right?

Because of the even number? That's their capacity.

 

[visitingcock]

Hard not to notice NC State bringing up the rear with their small gym

Small gym Stanford not far ahead.

 

[triaddukefan]

Hard not to notice NC State bringing up the rear with their small gym

I see Courtney Banghart hacked Plebe's account

 

[undersized]

Interesting regarding Iowa's numbers decreased due to capacity size. I wonder if NCAA protocol changed regarding seat allotment for media/officials/other teams scouting their opponent/etc.

Disappointed in Indiana's numbers. Hardly anyone in the balconies after being sold out last year I believe. Heck, their home game vs Iowa this year sold out on a Thursday night. Indiana fans insisted it was due to the passion of their fanbase as opposed to the hype train around Iowa's #22. But that was proven false.

 

[JDuro]

Curious what a evening start for South Carolina's Friday game would have meant for attendance.

 

[LETTERL]

Hard not to notice NC State bringing up the rear with their small gym

We're a small but lively crowd! Attendance for the game yesterday was likely hurt by being at 4 pm on a Monday...when parking on campus is difficult. As it was, maximum is 5500 so we had a high percentage of seats taken.

 

[ochoopsfan]

NCAA did no favors to USC and UCLA by scheduling both schools on Sat/Mon instead of splitting the games to Fri/Sun and Sat/Mon. This gave fans a choice pick one, not both. Not a way to promote the WBB game, IMO.
The USC attendance is amazing. USC averaged just over 1K fans a game in 22/23 season, regular season as they didn't host in 22/23. This year they are averaging over 4K fans. Same school, same location(that many dont like). Something changed, named JuJu.

 

[LETTERL]

NCAA did no favors to USC and UCLA by scheduling both schools on Sat/Mon instead of splitting the games to Fri/Sun and Sat/Mon. This gave fans a choice pick one, not both. Not a way to promote the WBB game, IMO.
The USC attendance is amazing. USC averaged just over 1K fans a game in 22/23 season, regular season as they didn't host in 22/23. This year they are averaging over 4K fans. Same school, same location(that many dont like). Something changed, named JuJu.

Put out a good product and the people will come...and they'll come back if given a reason to.

 

[nwhoopfan]

NCAA did no favors to USC and UCLA by scheduling both schools on Sat/Mon instead of splitting the games to Fri/Sun and Sat/Mon. This gave fans a choice pick one, not both. Not a way to promote the WBB game, IMO.
The USC attendance is amazing. USC averaged just over 1K fans a game in 22/23 season, regular season as they didn't host in 22/23. This year they are averaging over 4K fans. Same school, same location(that many dont like). Something changed, named JuJu.

Just curious, how many Angelenos are fans of both schools? The fact that the crowd at the USC game booed when the scoreboard showed UCLA winning tells me a little something about that anyway.

 

[DefenseBB]

Interested in Los Angeles. What are the yearly increases for UCLA? Odd that first day drew more than second days! I guess it has been a while since SoCal has hosted.

UCLA had 16,751 last year but it was heavily skewed as the opening game was 3,872 but the Round 2 game was against their cross town rival USC and drew 12,870 so the year over year difference was -71.

For the season, UCLA averaged 4,643 while USC average 3,856

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Curious what a evening start for South Carolina's Friday game would have meant for attendance.

Probable 3-4000.

 

[visitingcock]

Full update to the TV Viewership will come later this morning but Iowa had over three million Saturday and just under 5 million viewers Monday for a total of 8 million in two games.

Nobody else close though there were several over a million