Attendance

[MUPanther]

Wednesday night -12,604
Thur Day- 14,863
Thur Night- 13,813
Friday night- 17,130
Finals -19,812

[FenwayFriar]

Surprised about Thursday night. But seems like good numbers overall. How does each compare to the previous two years?

[CoachK]

Surprised about Thursday night. But seems like good numbers overall. How does each compare to the previous two years?

Thursday night included Xavier, Marquette, and Creighton, 3 teams that are pretty far away. The only nearby team was Seton Hall.
Villanova, Georgetown, and Providence all played in the early session, and St. John's was already out.

[BEX]

Surprised about Thursday night. But seems like good numbers overall. How does each compare to the previous two years?

Last year we had 69,695 - this year 78,222 if I added right.

[Masterofreality]

Surprised about Thursday night. But seems like good numbers overall. How does each compare to the previous two years?

Last year we had 69,695 - this year 78,222 if I added right.

Some numbers from other leagues, that some pundits want to compare the Big East to, (although, WE all know that we're actually "Power 5...or 6...

Total attendance *reported*. Full Tourney average per session
Big East. 78,222. 15,644
AAAAAC. 38,871 *announced* (HAH). 7,774
A10. 52,043. *hmmm*. 7,434

The A10 is pointed out because it was a direct NY compete. Had 7 sessions vs 5 for the BE and AAAAAAAAAAAC.
We know why we're comparing the AAAAAAAAAC.
There were a lot of "attendees" masquerading as empty seats at both the AAAAAAAAAAAAC AND A10, folks.

[FenwayFriar]

Surprised about Thursday night. But seems like good numbers overall. How does each compare to the previous two years?

Last year we had 69,695 - this year 78,222 if I added right.

Some numbers from other leagues, that some pundits want to compare the Big East to, (although, WE all know that we're actually "Power 5...or 6...

Total attendance *reported*. Full Tourney average per session
Big East. 78,222. 15,644
AAAAAC. 38,871 *announced* (HAH). 7,774
A10. 52,043. *hmmm*. 7,434

The A10 is pointed out because it was a direct NY compete. Had 7 sessions vs 5 for the BE and AAAAAAAAAAAC.
We know why we're comparing the AAAAAAAAAC.
There were a lot of "attendees" masquerading as empty seats at both the AAAAAAAAAAAAC AND A10, folks.

Thanks for those numbers. Do you have the numbers of the actual Power 6 conferences?

[Jet915]

This is for finals...

Conference Attendance
ACC 20,719
Big East 19,812
SEC 19,613
Big XII 19,046
Big Ten 16,429
Pac-12 12,916
American 7,990

[milksteak]

Butler supposedly had its highest average attendance since the 60s.

It's been excruciatingly difficult to get the city to back this program. We might finally be on the way.

[Xudash]

This is for finals...

Conference Attendance
ACC 20,719
Big East 19,812
SEC 19,613
Big XII 19,046
Big Ten 16,429
Pac-12 12,916
American 7,990

This is simply fantastic news.

There is no reason to mess with success. Let some deep tournament runs take place now and the Big East will have proven itself once again.

[marquette]

I just wanted to thank everyone for updating this thread. I know a lot of people don't care, but I find this stuff fascinating and firmly believe that it is an important aspect to being a power conference.