Gophers 2012-13 fan attendance averaged 12,580, 7th in Big Ten, 23rd nationally

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2012-2013 Average Game Attendance:

1. Kentucky
23,099

2. Syracuse
22,439

3. Louisville
21,571

4. North Carolina
19,350

5. Indiana
17,412

6. Creighton
17,155

7. Wisconsin
16,843

8. Tennessee
16,635

9. Ohio St.
16,524

10. Kansas
16,438

11. Memphis
16,336

12. North Carolina St.
16,299

13. BYU
15,986

14. UNLV
15,196

15. Marquette
15,033

16. New Mexico
15,022

17. Illinois
15,013

18. Michigan St.
14,341

19. Arizona
14,157

20. Arkansas
13,750

21. Iowa
13,625

22. Iowa St.
13,393

23.
Minnesota
12,580

24. Kansas St.
12,528

25. Maryland
12,489

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2013.pdf

In 2011-12 we averaged 11,794, which was 33rd nationally:

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2012.pdf

Go Gophers!!
 

Throw (future member) Maryland in there and the Big Ten has 8 of the top 25. Pretty darn impressive.

Conference Teams in the Top 25 (aligned with future conferences)
Big Ten (8): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin
ACC (4): Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse
Big XII (3): Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State
SEC (3): Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee
Big East (2): Creighton, Marquette
Mountain West (2): New Mexico, UNLV
American (1): Memphis
Pac 12 (1): Arizona
West Coast (1): BYU

Now the Big Ten somehow needs to get that elusive national champsionship.
 


GopherJake said:
Hey, golfing18now, the Gophers averaged over 14,000 in attendance every year from 1990 - 1999 (except 1998).

By 2005, attendance was down to 10,567/game.

13,453 was the peak with Tubby in 2010. Then it dropped below 13K in 2012 and 2013 and was poised to drop severely this coming year..............


http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attendanceYBYtop25.pdf

http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/257639-attendance-records
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It will be back up with our new regime.
 




GopherJake said:
Hey, golfing18now, the Gophers averaged over 14,000 in attendance every year from 1990 - 1999 (except 1998).

By 2005, attendance was down to 10,567/game.

13,453 was the peak with Tubby in 2010. Then it dropped below 13K in 2012 and 2013 and was poised to drop severely this coming year..............


http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attendanceYBYtop25.pdf

http://www.gophersportsguides.com/page/show/257639-attendance-records
Click to expand...

GopherJake....

Thanks for the attendance figures. I actually looked for these a few weeks ago when we were debating the topic but couldn't find any. As I said at that time, I would concede the point that attendance figures likely dropped during the Monson years. These numbers would most likely support that. My point was more about season ticket holders but it is reasonable to assume that it wasn't only single game tickets that dropped during his regime.

However, I stand behind my contention that we would not have seen "massive defections" in the season ticket base as you suggested in that thread if Tubby had not been fired. You will always have churn but I don't think the season ticket base had reached the same level of apathy (frustration perhaps, but not apathy) as may have existed during the Monson years. Even the attendance figures last year were a modest increase from the year prior. It would also be interesting to see how season ticket sales have varied over time. In any case, for better or worse, I guess we will never know what would have happened if Tubby had been retained.
 


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