Sun Belt Basketball Attendance Report (2/16/11)

Mean Green Matt · February 17, 2011

*Important* - I need to start this off with something important. Attendance is very important for conference realignment, and we are going to be competing with other Sun Belt schools for those spots. We are currently #3 in the Sun Belt for basketball attendance. We were passed this weekend by MTSU (by 80/game) but WKU also dropped this weekend to just under 300/game ahead of us. MTSU and WKU both only have one home game left, and we have three.

These three games are an opportunity. Get your butts in the seats, and bring your friends. If you are a student like I am, spread the word on campus, and encourage your friends to come, just get people in that arena. These next two games, plus senior night, and we have an opportunity to lead the conference in attendance. These are also HUGE games for our team, and they need a great crowd now more than ever.

Now onto the attendance report. There was some movement this weekend. WKU had a crowd of just over 2000 for their game against FGCU, and dropped under 4000 overall average for the first time this year. MTSU had the best crowd of the weekend (4605) for their game against FIU. With that crowd, MTSU passed UNT for the #2 overall spot. The top three are now separated by less than 300/game. North Texas still leads the conference game attendance, but it is packed pretty tightly at the top. 7 teams are averaging over 3000 for conference games. The conference average this season is 2625 for all games, and 2737 for conference games. The top 10 crowds of the year are unchanged from last week.