We got some work to do:

1. B1G ... 12,781
2. ACC ... 11,368
3. SEC ... 10,819
4. B12 ... 10,181
5. BE ..... 9,853
6. P12 ... 7,426
7. MWC .. 7,356
8. AAC ... 6,284
9. MVC ... 5,176
10. A10 ... 5,107

ouch

or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

Attendance by school:

1. Memphis 13,915
2. UConn 10,687
3. Cincinnati 9,334
4. SMU 6,994
5. Temple 5,769
6. Tulsa 4,765
7. East Carolina 4,696
8. UCF 4,087
9. USF 3,401
10. Houston 2,635
11. Tulane 1,852

Memphis could do better but the bigger drag on the conference is that nearly 75% of the teams can't get 6K people in the stands on a regular basis. My high school used to get more for a basketball game than what Tulane and Houston draws.

(07-08-2015 07:50 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Attendance by school:

1. Memphis 13,915
2. UConn 10,687
3. Cincinnati 9,334
4. SMU 6,994
5. Temple 5,769
6. Tulsa 4,765
7. East Carolina 4,696
8. UCF 4,087
9. USF 3,401
10. Houston 2,635
11. Tulane 1,852

Memphis could do better but the bigger drag on the conference is that nearly 75% of the teams can't get 6K people in the stands on a regular basis. My high school used to get more for a basketball game than what Tulane and Houston draws.

you must have gone to a powerhouse as ive rarely seen high school arenas bigger than 2k

but i get your point lol

but noting tulane has a 4k arena they have a ceiling on just how big they can get

Some of our schools are never going to draw huge numbers. With that said we all can do better.
Yes Tulane has a small arena but they should get 3k
UCF,USF,Houston ,Temple and ECU should be in the 6-7k
Tulsa has proven that for a small school they can draw very well.
SMU is doing well
The top three are the big basketball powers in our conference they should be drawing 12k or better and Memphis when they win has proven to better than that

Tulsa and Temple are the really scary ones. Their teams are having tourney caliber seasons and they can't draw 6k

(07-08-2015 08:08 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  Tulsa and Temple are the really scary ones. Their teams are having tourney caliber seasons and they can't draw 6k

basketball attendance is a build up...

if houston was a ncaa caliber team next year we'd likely still only be in the 4k range

if houston was a ncaa caliber team for 6 years in a row, we 'd be in the 9k range..(likely smaller since we are reducing our capacity to 7.4k in 2years)

sdsu was doing 3k a decade ago on tourney teams, today they do something like 14k

If ECU will get its ish together NC is a basketball state and the fans are there to draw.

Minges CAN fill up...

When we played the top-10 Demon Deacons... (Jeff Teague, Al-Farouq Aminu, James Johnson, Ish Smith, etc)

(07-08-2015 08:45 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Minges CAN fill up...

When we played the top-10 Demon Deacons... (Jeff Teague, Al-Farouq Aminu, James Johnson, Ish Smith, etc)

All of our schools can fill up for a big game but the question is can they draw 6-7k night in night out vs every home opponent

(07-08-2015 08:17 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 08:08 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  Tulsa and Temple are the really scary ones. Their teams are having tourney caliber seasons and they can't draw 6k

basketball attendance is a build up...

if houston was a ncaa caliber team next year we'd likely still only be in the 4k range

if houston was a ncaa caliber team for 6 years in a row, we 'd be in the 9k range..(likely smaller since we are reducing our capacity to 7.4k in 2years)

sdsu was doing 3k a decade ago on tourney teams, today they do something like 14k

But Tulsa HAS had sustained success, and Temple is a very tradition rich basketball program. I can kinda understand Temple, but there is no excuse for Tulsa

(07-08-2015 07:33 AM)pesik Wrote:  or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

LOL did you just blame the school that has 6x Houston's attendance for the conference's poor showing?

That's rich.

For once SMU is at 97% capacity in a sport

Now for football

(07-08-2015 09:56 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 07:33 AM)pesik Wrote:  or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

LOL did you just blame the school that has 6x Houston's attendance for the conference's poor showing?

That's rich.

It all went downhill when you moved away from Texas

(07-08-2015 10:00 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 09:56 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 07:33 AM)pesik Wrote:  or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

LOL did you just blame the school that has 6x Houston's attendance for the conference's poor showing?

That's rich.

It all went downhill when you moved away from Texas

No ****. I started going to home games and everything got FUBAR

(07-08-2015 09:56 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 07:33 AM)pesik Wrote:  or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

LOL did you just blame the school that has 6x Houston's attendance for the conference's poor showing?

That's rich.

clearly you didnt read the fact that i mentioned houston

(07-08-2015 10:30 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 09:56 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 07:33 AM)pesik Wrote:  or simply put memphis has to fire pastner they recorded one of their worst attendance in decades

and not to put all the blame on memphis..houston needs to dramatically improve aswell...

also noting smu's max capacity is 7k, theyd have likely doing 9k-ish attendance in a bigger arena

LOL did you just blame the school that has 6x Houston's attendance for the conference's poor showing?

That's rich.

clearly you didnt read the fact that i mentioned houston

It still made no sense. Houston's attendance is an embarassment. Tulane's is a disgrace. Why should home fans of teams that get decent-good attendance be expected to show up for games against these teams when Houston and Tulane's fans don't even show up for their own?

(07-08-2015 08:06 AM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Some of our schools are never going to draw huge numbers. With that said we all can do better.
Yes Tulane has a small arena but they should get 3k
UCF,USF,Houston ,Temple and ECU should be in the 6-7k
Tulsa has proven that for a small school they can draw very well.
SMU is doing well
The top three are the big basketball powers in our conference they should be drawing 12k or better and Memphis when they win has proven to better than that

I think that this comment needs to be put in perspective, though. For Memphis, a move to the AAC was a step up in class. From a fan perspective, their ticket packages became more attractive with some of the basketball powers in this league. For UConn and Cincinnati, it is the opposite. It is hard to swap out Syracuse, Louisville, Pitt, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Villanova, St. John's, and Marquette for Tulane, Houston, UCF and ECU in roundball and expect attendance to remain the same or increase.

That said, I fully expect the AAC to become a great basketball league. Tulane, Houston, UCF and ECU can go as far as they want if they are committed to building basketball. When that happens, attendance will improve for all members.

(07-08-2015 08:57 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 08:17 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(07-08-2015 08:08 AM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  Tulsa and Temple are the really scary ones. Their teams are having tourney caliber seasons and they can't draw 6k

basketball attendance is a build up...

if houston was a ncaa caliber team next year we'd likely still only be in the 4k range

if houston was a ncaa caliber team for 6 years in a row, we 'd be in the 9k range..(likely smaller since we are reducing our capacity to 7.4k in 2years)

sdsu was doing 3k a decade ago on tourney teams, today they do something like 14k

But Tulsa HAS had sustained success, and Temple is a very tradition rich basketball program. I can kinda understand Temple, but there is no excuse for Tulsa

That 4,700 number for Tulsa seems a bit low to me looking back on the season. I know the UCONN, SMU, OU, & Creighton games were all quite well attended. Cincy was during a snowstorm.