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Started by CrackedSidewalksSays, May 22, 2008, 08:15:03 AM

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More Updates - Recruiting and Attendance

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Henry Sugar)

More Marquette Updates from around the web

Attendance
Our beloved Marquette was 14th in attendance last year according to the official NCAA report.  Marquette totaled 306,893 fans over 20 home games for an average of 15,345 / game.  Other notables on the list include Syracuse (#2), Louisville (#5), Wisconsin (#7), and Illinois (#10).  The average attendance increased 1,347 / game from the year prior.

Recruiting
  • According to Mark Miller at wissports.net, Providence College and new coach Keno Davis have offered a scholarship to Jeronne Maymon.  Maymon was planning on taking an unofficial visit to Marquette yesterday.  No further news at this time as to how the visit went.
  • AJ Walton is a name that is now popping up on Marquette's recruiting list.  The 6'1" point guard from Little Rock is a top 100 player in 2009.  He also has Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Baylor on his list.  AJ's favorite player in the NBA is Dwyane Wade.  The Arkansas Democrat Gazette, which recently named him their Mr. Basketball, has a nice article about Walton.
  • A new name on the list for Marquette is Latavious Williams.  Coach Buzz Williams is strongly after the "All-Williams" team, but since Latavious Williams is a five-star, #13 overall ranked power forward in the class of 2009, we guess that helps too.  A K-State blog says that Latavious lists Marquette in his top five.  Chances are probably slim for Marquette, but it's always nice to see us listed as contenders with five-star recruits.
Several dedicated volunteers have really made an effort to keep the Recruiting Wiki updated.  Bookmark the link, check it out on a regular basis, and even take a few minutes to provide updates yourself (since that's the point of a wiki)

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2008/05/more-updates-recruiting-and-attendance.html

MUfan12

Slight correction on the attendance- 2008 numbers can be found here: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/resources/file/eb7afb0f1c0178b/2008%20men's%20release.doc?MOD=AJPERES

MU still ranked 14th, but averaged over 16,000 per game. Not too shabby for a small, private school.

Henry Sugar

It's been updated (a couple times) on the website itself and the website reflects accurate information.  However, the updates are not reflected in the post that got auto-populated on Scoop.

Updates at Cracked Sidewalks on this post include:


  • Revised Attendance figures
  • Update regarding Maymon visit
  • Update that added the scholarship offer to Kelm
A warrior is an empowered and compassionate protector of others.

Chicago_inferiority_complexes

And to think we were only averaging 7200 before Judas arived.

79Warrior


I think the attendance figures are outstanding. We are probably the smallest school in the Top 20. It speaks volumes about fan support and certainly something I would mention in the recruiting process.

mu_hilltopper

Interesting to think of the future .. I'd say that next season, attendance will be down just a touch, maybe minus 100-200/game.  I'll guess avg. attendance in 2009-10 will be minus 2k.

Sir Lawrence

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on May 22, 2008, 08:14:24 PM
Interesting to think of the future .. I'd say that next season, attendance will be down just a touch, maybe minus 100-200/game.  I'll guess avg. attendance in 2009-10 will be minus 2k.

Why?  Regarding next season:   Don't you think the curiosity factor will carry the early games, and wins will take care of the conference season? 
Ludum habemus.

mu_hilltopper

My basis for a very minor 1% drop is .. from a story I wrote before.  My wife and I have been giant fans, missing only a handful of games over the past decade, while organizing scores of groups to go to games.  Not to mention I spend like 1000 hours working on (cough) a few websites dedicated to MU.

A few weeks ago, she was at the Warrior Shoppe with her dad (an alum) .. she says "I didn't know if I was supposed to buy anything.  Are we still fans?"  -- Of course we are.  But if that went through her head .. it went through more than a few heads.

I believe there is a general reduction in the rabidity of some fans over the events that occurred on April 1st, and the week (and weeks) following.  I think that translates at the box office in an admittedly minor but noticeable way.

Am I going to all the games next season?  You bet.  Will I organize a bunch of groups?  Sure, even more than usual.  Why more?  Savor this season.

Sir Lawrence

I've felt the same way, but as the season approaches I'm certain some of that bad vibe will wear off, and optimism will return.  With every fresh season, "hope springs eternal" and all that happy crap.  This upcoming season we will have the uniqueness of a senior laden team and a new coach.

Assuming that translates into a great season, I don't see a drop off in game day attendance until late the following year, and then for the ticket renewal routine for the 2010-2011 season. 
Ludum habemus.

spiral97

the comment about attendance vs size of university intrigued me.. so I went to the link, took the top 100 in the attendance list, figured out their 2008 undergraduate enrollment numbers (thanks to usnews), figured out what the attendance is compared to the size of the undergraduate student body (percentage wise), and sorted by that.  Here's the result:


% Rank
Count Rank
School
Average
Undergrad
%
1
15
Creighton
15333
4075
376.26%
2
89
Davidson
6214
1667
372.76%
3
31
Wake Forest
11899
4332
274.67%
4
47
Xavier
10008
3910
255.95%
5
98
Oral Roberts
5830
2758
211.38%
6
22
Vanderbilt
13418
6378
210.37%
7
14
Marquette
16239
8048
201.77%
8
86
Siena
6471
3220
200.96%
9
100
Tulsa
5751
2882
199.54%
10
24
Georgetown
12955
6853
189.04%
11
64
Providence
8527
4594
185.61%
12
94
Drake
6038
3255
185.49%
13
52
Bradley
9600
5315
180.62%
14
27
Dayton
12479
7473
166.98%
15
96
Butler
5945
3652
162.78%
16
3
Syracuse
20345
13156
154.64%
17
53
Duke
9314
6330
147.14%
18
95
Gonzaga
6000
4275
140.35%
19
79
Seton Hall
7226
5245
137.76%
20
49
Villanova
9838
7254
135.62%
21
5
Louisville
19481
14995
129.91%
22
2
North Carolina
20497
17124
119.69%
23
8
Arkansas
17148
14350
119.49%
24
58
St. Louis
8837
7479
118.15%
25
1
Kentucky
22554
19292
116.9%
26
51
Notre Dame
9726
8352
116.45%
27
75
Stanford
7331
6422
114.15%
28
10
Memphis
16748
15984
104.77%
29
4
Tennessee
20267
20619
98.29%
30
39
Wichita St.
10478
11203
93.52%
31
34
Virginia
11705
14676
79.75%
32
18
New Mexico
14361
18554
77.4%
33
13
Kansas
16409
21353
76.84%
34
56
Georgia Tech
9191
12361
74.35%
35
55
Mississippi St.
9253
12630
73.26%
36
32
Connecticut
11887
16347
72.71%
37
6
Maryland
17950
25104
71.5%
38
57
Utah St.
9077
12779
71.03%
39
25
Kansas St.
12529
18761
66.78%
40
26
Oklahoma St.
12504
18737
66.73%
41
29
South Carolina
12346
18648
66.2%
42
23
Iowa St.
13317
20440
65.15%
43
99
Boston College
5778
9020
64.05%
44
35
Pittsburgh
10969
17246
63.6%
45
16
North Carolina St.
15043
23730
63.39%
46
54
DePaul
9262
14893
62.19%
47
78
Baylor
7251
11831
61.28%
48
61
Clemson
8609
14172
60.74%
49
42
Nebraska
10286
17371
59.21%
50
77
Mississippi
7301
12661
57.66%
51
7
Wisconsin
17190
30055
57.19%
52
74
Nevada
7468
13134
56.86%
53
9
Indiana
16876
29828
56.57%
54
33
UNLV
11865
21853
54.29%
55
45
Fresno St.
10180
18951
53.71%
56
40
Alabama
10369
19471
53.25%
57
11
Illinois
16618
31472
52.8%
58
60
Oregon
8701
16529
52.64%
59
37
Iowa
10761
20738
51.89%
60
65
Southern California
8468
16729
50.61%
61
19
Arizona
14218
28442
49.98%
62
43
Oklahoma
10260
20580
49.85%
63
44
West Virginia
10207
20590
49.57%
64
67
UTEP
8145
16793
48.5%
65
92
New Mexico St.
6153
13210
46.57%
66
48
Utah
9979
22155
45.04%
67
50
Virginia Tech
9815
21997
44.61%
68
21
BYU
13518
30480
44.35%
69
90
Hawaii
6171
14037
43.96%
70
82
Old Dominion
6756
15464
43.68%
71
76
Charlotte
7309
17032
42.91%
72
63
Cincinnati
8534
19977
42.71%
73
12
Ohio St.
16587
38849
42.69%
74
66
Washington St.
8231
19554
42.09%
75
38
UCLA
10580
25432
41.6%
76
17
Michigan St.
14759
35821
41.2%
77
83
Southern Ill.
6660
16294
40.87%
78
87
Western Ky.
6397
16063
39.82%
79
30
Purdue
12345
31290
39.45%
80
97
St. John's (N.Y.)
5886
14983
39.28%
81
46
Michigan
10034
25555
39.26%
82
28
Minnesota
12452
32113
38.77%
83
88
Missouri St.
6241
16234
38.44%
84
68
Missouri
8060
21551
37.39%
85
20
Texas
13815
37037
37.3%
86
84
Illinois St.
6516
17885
36.43%
87
85
George Mason
6494
18221
35.64%
88
62
LSU
8565
24583
34.84%
89
71
California
7915
23863
33.16%
90
59
Washington
8762
27836
31.47%
91
80
Texas Tech
7163
22851
31.34%
92
36
Florida
10801
35110
30.76%
93
72
Georgia
7823
25437
30.75%
94
91
VCU
6169
21260
29.01%
95
41
Texas A&M
10343
36580
28.27%
96
93
Temple
6117
24674
24.79%
97
73
Florida St.
7639
31347
24.36%
98
81
San Diego St.
6760
28527
23.69%
99
69
Penn St.
8041
36612
21.96%
100
70
Arizona St.
8008
41815
19.15%
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