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Topic: Attendance 2013-2014

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perimeterpost
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Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 5:37:21 AM

Attendance numbers for the season-

Non Conference
Home games: 8
Record: 7-1
High: 11,162 (W)75-64, Northern Iowa
Low: 4,416 (W)76-67, Mercer
Ttl attendance: 49,362
Avg attendance: 6,170

Conference
Home games: 9
Record: 4-5
High: 10,669 (W)82-75, Miami
Low: 5,423 (W)71-67, CMU
Ttl attendance: 64,554
Avg attendance: 7,172

Tournament
Home games: 1
Record: 1-0
Attendance: 4,153

Season Total
Home games: 18
Record: 12-6
Ttl attendance: 118,069
Avg attendance: 6,559

Attendance down slightly from last year's average of 6,932. Surprised? Satisfied? Disappointed?

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catfan28
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 8:27:49 AM

We had several more weekend games last year (including Marshall)...so you'd expect that it may not be as high. The MAC schedule was the heaviest in weekday games that I can remember for a while. Hopefully that gets considered when they are crafting next year's schedule.

Jeff McKinney
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 8:42:14 AM

Satisfied with this attendance average. Of course, we always want to continue to increase attendance, but this figure for this season is right in line with last year's attendance. Not that much difference.

Also, bornacatfan will love this, but you gotta figure in weather, too. Worst winter in recent memory probably made travel challenging at times.

ts1227
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 8:52:42 AM

We still average more than the capacity of most schools, so that's always a very promising sign

perimeterpost
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 9:12:01 AM

watched part of the UNC @ Duke game the other night and was reminded how small their gym is, capacity is just 9,314. Ohio had 4 home games this year larger than a Duke sell out. You could never draw that kind of comparison to a power conference school in football.

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cbarber357
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 10:40:22 AM

I think it seems like we've had more fans at away games this year, but I doubt you can get the stats on that one

OhioStunter
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 12:49:56 PM

cbarber357 wrote:

I think it seems like we've had more fans at away games this year, but I doubt you can get the stats on that one

Oh, you can get stats on anything with this new internet.

ATTENDANCE	Games	Total	Avg/ game
HOME	18	118074	6560
AWAY	14	56774	4055
NEUTRAL	0	0	0
TOTAL	32	174848	5464

Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 4:35:57 PM

I actually was disappointed by last season's attendance numbers (relatively) and encouraged by this season's tally. Cooper being gone would've been an easy breakoff point for attendance numbers. And I thought after the Sweet 16 that Athens might've caught the fever it did with Trent. It never got that to that level. I don't know if a coaching change muffled the excitement or if economically, 7k is now the cap for average attendance in Athens. I hope not.

Jim G
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 5:19:14 PM

Brian Smith wrote:

The 94-95 season had an average of 8102. Without a national name like Trent, 7k looks like the best we can do.

catfan28
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 5:41:05 PM

It seemed to me the numbers were way more inflated in the Trent era though too. And, in general, numbers seemed less inflated this year for some reason. Or perhaps "more accurate" is the better term!

OhioStunter
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 7:13:44 PM

Maybe this didn't have a significant impact on attendance then, but the women's games at that time were right before the men's games. Were women's games an extra draw? Maybe. Maybe not.

Also, wasn't that the era of the MAC that included other future NBA players like Bonzi and Emmanuel Lewis...er...Earl Boykins?

RSBobcat
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/11/2014 9:17:17 PM

Trent era? Of course attendance was a bump. NIT preseason Champs. #11 in the country. Plus Trent. Trent did not disappoint - he was a monster in the paint - "WOW" factor every game - guaranteed!

Last Edited: 3/11/2014 9:17:40 PM by RSBobcat

RS Bobcat

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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/12/2014 8:39:36 AM

Reading articles like this one always makes me think how lucky we are with our facility. History can only go so far (just ask the Chicago Cubs) as you can see with Fordham (perennially in last place of the A-10).

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/sports/ncaabasketball/at-fordham-basketball-gym-has-history-if-not-allure.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Ohio69
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/12/2014 8:46:58 AM

OhioStunter wrote:

Maybe this didn't have a significant impact on attendance then, but the women's games at that time were right before the men's games. Were women's games an extra draw? Maybe. Maybe not.

Also, wasn't that the era of the MAC that included other future NBA players like Bonzi and Emmanuel Lewis...er...Earl Boykins?

That was a great era for the MAC. Before the MAC went to sleep on coaches salaries and overall program support.

Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

bobcatsquared
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/12/2014 9:47:46 AM

What has been the effect on basketball attendance from the change to semesters? Positive? Negative? None overall?

OU_Country
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RE: Attendance 2013-2014

Posted: 3/12/2014 3:38:42 PM

bobcatsquared wrote:

What has been the effect on basketball attendance from the change to semesters? Positive? Negative? None overall?

If I were to guess without doing any research, I'd say a negative. My logic is simply that the first and last conference games of each season are now played while students aren't on campuses.

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