Sun Belt Basketball Attendance Report (2/7/11)

Mean Green Matt · February 7, 2011

There are only a couple of these reports left before all of the numbers go final. The top crowd of the weekend was 4352 for North Texas vs. Florida Atlantic here in Denton. Western Kentucky is still in the overall lead, but the lead has been shrunk considerably over the last few weeks. North Texas is now trailing WKU by just under 700/game. Middle Tennessee is also making another run at the #2 spot, trailing North Texas by only 26/game. The overall SBC average is 2626.

For conference play, North Texas remains in the lead after this weekend. UALR, Arkansas State, and UL-Lafayette are all within 200/game of North Texas. It is going to be a battle for the top spot. 6 teams for both overall attendance, and conference attendance are averaging over 3000 fans per game. That is not too bad. The away attendance is shown, but means little at this point. For what it's worth, ULM is closing in on FIU. The average attendance for a SBC conference game is 2696 (70 more than the overall average). WKU currently sits in 5th place in conference attendance, but it will be interesting to see what kind of crowd they draw for North Texas on ESPN2 this Saturday...

Also, here are the current top 10 crowds of the year:

1. Western Kentucky (Louisville) - 7326

2. North Texas (Texas Tech) - 7105

3. Middle Tennessee (Vanderbilt) - 6820

4. Denver (FIU) - 6244

5. Western Kentucky (South Carolina) - 6012

6. Louisiana-Lafayette (ULM) - 5624

7. Denver (CS-Northridge) - 5450

8. South Alabama (FIU) - 5431

9. UALR (Arkansas State) - 5218

10. North Texas (Arkansas State) - 4856

Edited February 7, 2011 by Mean Green Matt

KRAM1 · February 7, 2011

Looks like attendance numbers are up from last year. That's a very good thing, but I still think UNT should have a low attendance number in the 5,000's for all it's home games. An attendance of 5,000 for a home game should be considered low for UNT. We can do it, yes, we can!

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