OT - Attendance Down in D1 Hoops

[grunewar]

Average NCAA men's basketball attendance takes fall - USATODAY.com

From the article: "Crowds for last month's tournament semifinals and championship game in Indianapolis were strong at more than 140,000, but the numbers for earlier rounds were down."


Not surprising - I remember watching some of those early round, mid-afternoon, mid-week games that were really sparsely attended.

The overall numbers are only down slightly. Of course, the easy way to fix this is to put a few games in the new Cowboys "Jerry Jones" Stadium....and all is well.

[Indianaref]

The economy probably has some effect on the numbers.

[Adam]

Those who have jobs are hesitant to take time off work due to fear of losing them?
Those who don't have jobs or have had hours/wages cut can't afford it.

[Mark Padgett]

The Pac-10 office announced it's looking to expand the conference, perhaps adding as many as six teams! It is only interested in teams that will help boost television ratings. They're considering schools in Colorado and Texas.

That's what it's come to these days. Ratings rule.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

The Pac-10 office announced it's looking to expand the conference, perhaps adding as many as six teams! It is only interested in teams that will help boost television ratings. They're considering schools in Colorado and Texas.

That's what it's come to these days. Ratings rule.

This will be interesting. It seems the Pac-10 is reacting to the Big 10's recent rumors. It looks like the Big 12 may be doomed.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

This will be interesting. It seems the Pac-10 is reacting to the Big 10's recent rumors. It looks like the Big 12 may be doomed.

What a shame. Big XII Conference - since 1994.

Re: PAC 10 - they, along with the BXII, are the only conferences w/o revenue sharing (per sports radio programming heard this morning).

However, Missouri and Nebraska will dramatically increase revenues if they are invited to join the B10. In Missouri's case, they will go from around 8M annually to 23M annually. Unfortunately for MU, that extra money probably will not give them any better odds at consistently competing with OSU and PSU, much less finishing atop the B10. Plus MU will probably see diminishing recruiting opportunities in the state of Texas. That will be a huge hit.