Attendance of various C7 schools and candidates: Should it matter?
Rank. Team, Attendance-Capacity (%)
C7:
2. Marquette, 15,138-18850 (80.3%)
4. Georgetown, 11,283-18756 (60.2%)
7. Villanova, 8,923-13414 (66.5%) [average between Pavilion and Well's Fargo Center)
8. St. John's 8,428-11901 (70.8%) [average between Carnesecca and Madison Square Garden)
9. Providence, 7,883-12400 (63.6%)
11. DePaul, 7,740-17500 (44.2%)
13. Seton Hall, 6,941-18751 (37.1%)
Candidates (All of them, even the "not a chance" teams)
1. Creighton, 16,665-18320 (90.9%)
3. Dayton, 12,154-13345 (91.1%)
5. Wichita State, 10,391 (99.9%)
6. Xavier, 10,155-10250 (99.1%)
10. Saint Louis, 7,757-10600 (73.2%)
12. VCU, 7,622-7617 (100.0%)
14. Butler, 6,599-10000 (66.0%)
15. Siena, 6,509-15229 (41.9%)
16. Gonzaga, 6,212-6000 (103.5%)
17. Richmond, 5,660-9071 (62.4%)
18. Detroit, 2,210-8295 (26.4%)
Do these rankings mean anything to you? I think they show the schools with the most dedication to their programs, so they work as a good estimate of revenue potential and fan support. I included the percentage of capacity filled to illustrate how much support some of these programs are getting. Your top 6 candidates are averaging over 90% attendance, and four of those are averaging nearly or over 100%.
The numbers on the C7 aren't incredibly accurate, because a lot of teams use multiple arenas (and not in even amounts, like I estimated). Still, I think we can say that the potential candidates are probably not as fickle as the C7 schools are. It should be noted that these attendance numbers do not show average price per ticket, which would be an interesting comparison.
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