Men's Basketball Leads Nation in Attendance Increase; 6th Overall
5/11/2012 11:40:00 AM | Men's Basketball
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team had the country's largest average home attendance increase in the recently completed 2011-12 season, according to figures released by the NCAA.
The Bluejays ranked a best-ever sixth nationally in 2011-12 with 16,665 fans per home game, after ranking 22nd nationally in 2010-11 with 13,507 fans per game. The increase of 3,157 (when factoring in fractions) was not only the nation's largest leap, but one of the top three increases nationwide in the past five seasons.
The 16,665 fans per home game was a CU and Missouri Valley Conference record, and included six of the 11 largest crowds in program history in 2011-12. It also marked the largest average for any non-BCS school in the country.
This was the ninth straight season that Creighton led the MVC in average home attendance and seventh consecutive season that Creighton surpassed 200,000 fans. No other school in MVC history has ever reached 200,000 fans even once.
Including this year, Creighton has
now finished in the top-25 of the national attendance leaders in each of the last
seven seasons.
2011-12 Attendance Leaders (Final)
Rk. School Average
1. Kentucky 23,721
2. Syracuse 23,618
3. Louisville 21,503
4. North Carolina 20,159
5. Wisconsin 17,181
6. Creighton
16,665
7. Tennessee 16,543
8. Ohio State 16,511
9. Indiana 16,462
10. Kansas
16,445
11. Memphis 16,234
12. BYU 15,424
13. Marquette 15,138
14. Illinois 14,986
15. Michigan State 14,797
16. New Mexico 14,454
17.
UNLV 14,025
19. Arizona
13,602
20. North Carolina State 13,560
Highest Season Home Attendance, MVC History
Home Att. School Year
302,676 Creighton 2008-09
297,161 Creighton 2010-11
276,000 Creighton 2007-08
266,632 Creighton 2011-12
246,419 Creighton 2009-10
236,313 Creighton 2005-06
222,728 Creighton 2006-07
192,258 Creighton 2003-04
191,440 Louisville 1974-75
Highest Average Attendance, MVC History
Avg. Att. School Year
16,665 Creighton 2011-12
15,930 Creighton 2008-09
15,909 Creighton 2006-07
15,333 Creighton 2007-08
14,495 Creighton 2009-10
13,901 Creighton 2005-06
13,674 Louisville 1974-75
13,507 Creighton 2010-11
Creighton's Top-25 Rankings Among Attendance Leaders
Rank Average Year
6th 16,665 2011-12
12th 15,930 2008-09
13th 15,909 2006-07
15th 15,333 2007-08
15th 14,495 2009-10
20th 13,900 2005-06
22nd 13,507 2010-11
