2012-13 Attendance Figures

by **Mike** » August 14th, 2013, 2:07 pm

The NCAA has released basketball attendance figures for 2012-13. The following are average home attendance figures for games during the 2012-13 season:

Creighton (17,155)
Wichita State (10,312)
Bradley (6,557)
Illinois State (6,541)
Missouri State (6,080)
Indiana State (5,726)
Southern Illinois (5,007)
Evansville (4,463)
Northern Iowa (4,249)
Drake (3,926)

Loyola (2,278)

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by **matter_of_fact** » August 14th, 2013, 2:21 pm

The MVC ranked 8th in average attendance among Division I conferences last year. We are in for a huge drop next year with Creighton gone and Loyola in.

by **BCPanther** » August 14th, 2013, 2:51 pm

As a UNI fan, that number behind our name is embarrassing...

by **GoRamblers** » August 14th, 2013, 3:00 pm

BCPanther wrote:As a UNI fan, that number behind our name is embarrassing...

"At least you aren't us." - Every Loyola Fan

by **ahunte1** » August 14th, 2013, 3:31 pm

GoRamblers wrote:"At least you aren't us." - Every Loyola Fan

If we sell out every game we could be 7th!

by **moshock** » August 14th, 2013, 5:19 pm

It would be mucho appreciated if someone listed the capacity of all of the facilities.

by **GoRamblers** » August 14th, 2013, 5:42 pm

ahunte1 wrote:
GoRamblers wrote:"At least you aren't us." - Every Loyola Fan

If we sell out every game we could be 7th!

To quote Jesse Jackson Sr...

Keep Hope Alive!

by **DoubleJayAlum** » August 14th, 2013, 7:08 pm

GoRamblers wrote:
ahunte1 wrote:
GoRamblers wrote:"At least you aren't us." - Every Loyola Fan

If we sell out every game we could be 7th!

To quote Jesse Jackson Sr...

Keep Hope Alive!

I'd rather quote his son -

"Please don't lock me up!"

On a serious note though, when was the last time Bradley's attendance was so low? That figure seems so out of whack with what we've come to expect.

by **rlh04d** » August 14th, 2013, 11:08 pm

moshock wrote:It would be mucho appreciated if someone listed the capacity of all of the facilities.

Here you go. Capacity with percentage of capacity calculated:

Creighton (17,155) [17,560; 97.7%]
Wichita State (10,312) [10,506; 98.2%]
Bradley (6,557) [11,433; 57.4%]
Illinois State (6,541) [10,200; 64.1%]
Missouri State (6,080) [11,000; 55.3%]
Indiana State (5,726) [10,200; 56.1%]
Southern Illinois (5,007) [8,339; 60.0%]
Evansville (4,463) [10,000; 44.6%]
Northern Iowa (4,249) [6,650; 63.9%]
Drake (3,926) [7,002; 56.1%]

Loyola (2,278) [4,486; 50.8%]

Bad, bad numbers.

by **matter_of_fact** » August 15th, 2013, 7:53 am

"On a serious note though, when was the last time Bradley's attendance was so low? That figure seems so out of whack with what we've come to expect."

Bradley's 2012-13 average attendance was the lowest during the 17 years that the MVC membership was the same (1996-97 through 2012-13). From the 1996-97 season through the 2009-10 season (14 years) Bradley averaged over 9,000 people per game each year and averaged over 10,000 per game in 1999-00. In 2010-11, the average fell to 8,447 and then to 7,640 during the 2011-12 season. Last season, it, again, went lower to 6,557.