Final attendance numbers

[MUfan12]

MU drew 276,064 fans to the BC over 17 games, an average of 16,239 fans per game. In conference play, MU drew an average of 17,908 per game. This is the first time in school history the average attendance finished over 16,000.

For comparison's sake, in Crean's first season the average was 9,971.

Very, very impressive numbers for a small, private school, and a testament to the growth and success of the program.

[CWSKeith]

I imagine this goes by tickets sold and not by an at-the-gate count, right?  I'm just thinking how student tickets are tallied.  Obviously most (all?) of the student section is sold out for every game but only for a couple of games are there butts in every student-section seat.

I'm not meaning to go all negative, either -- this was more of a question than a pry/poke.

[spiral97]

good stuff.. is this up or down from the past few years?

this kinda info would be nice in the wiki *nudge nudge*

[Eye]

Tickets sold.

Much more importantly, those are an incredible jump in less than a decade. I sat in the lower bowl on a walk-up for Wardle's senior day. I don't anticipate that happening again anytime soon.

[mu_hilltopper]

It's also Crean's highest average .. ~700 higher than 2002-03

http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/season_by_season_attendance

[muwarrior87]

I'm not sure on student tickets but I know the athletic dept has the ability to count the tickets downloaded and printed off. This may be the number they use per game.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

14,000 last night? Really?

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

14,000 last night? Really?

It was really 12,000... but Crean's ego took up enough room to fill 2,000 seats.

Also, he doctored the numbers in the JS. Deane never would have done that.

[MarquetteFan94]

14,000 last night? Really?

Of course....had to find something negative to say.

An awesome accomplishment for the program!

[Cooby Snacks]

In comparison, the primary tenant of the Bradley Center is currently averaging 15,484 per game, and I wouldn't be surprised if that number keeps dropping for the rest of the season.