Here are the announced attendance rankings for AAC Conf Games:

1) Cincinnati: 11,317
2) Memphis: 10,267
3) UCONN: 7,880
4) SMU: 6,962
5) Temple: 5,440
6) UCF: 4,792
7) Tulsa: 4,502
8) ECU: 4,061
9) Houston: 3,972
10) USF: 2,713
11) Tulane: 1,483
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Average: 5,796

Quote:Tulane: 1,483

Pathetic

but but but Tech Savy said we only averaged 7,000 a game!?

Would be much more telling to list max capacity for each venue.

(02-14-2017 05:44 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  Here are the announced attendance rankings for AAC Conf Games:

1) Cincinnati: 11,317
2) Memphis: 10,267
3) UCONN: 7,880
4) SMU: 6,962
5) Temple: 5,440
6) UCF: 4,792
7) Tulsa: 4,502
8) ECU: 4,061
9) Houston: 3,972
10) USF: 2,713
11) Tulane: 1,483
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Average: 5,796

Win/loss records as well as past program success seem to tell the story as well. Houston is a little surprising, being a large city with some past success, that they are so low.

(02-14-2017 08:40 AM)sfink16 Wrote:  

(02-14-2017 05:44 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  Here are the announced attendance rankings for AAC Conf Games:

1) Cincinnati: 11,317
2) Memphis: 10,267
3) UCONN: 7,880
4) SMU: 6,962
5) Temple: 5,440
6) UCF: 4,792
7) Tulsa: 4,502
8) ECU: 4,061
9) Houston: 3,972
10) USF: 2,713
11) Tulane: 1,483
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Average: 5,796

Win/loss records as well as past program success seem to tell the story as well. Houston is a little surprising, being a large city with some past success, that they are so low.

Remember though, these "announced attendance" numbers make teams look better than the "actual" crowds that show up for some of the games.

(02-14-2017 07:28 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  but but but Tech Savy said we only averaged 7,000 a game!?

These attendance figures represent conference games only. When you take in consideration our OOC games, UC's total attendance figure is ~9200/game.

Tech Savy is obviously an XU fan. It was easy to spot when he made a comment about our attendance, which is the one mark XU fans like to rub in our face because it is the only metric in which they exceed us (they average ~10K a game so it is not as if they are doubling us up or anything).

XU fans like to think because they average more butts in the seat for the random game that it is a sign of a larger fan base. While this is probably true in most instances, this is the exception to the rule. They get more people to their arena because of the quality of their venue plus the fact that XU is having the great 10-15 year run in school history. UC easily has more fans (many times over)-- our fans are just prefer to sit at home to watch the game on TV.

Cincinnati: 11,317
Memphis: 10,267
UCONN WBB: 10,018
UCONN MBB: 7,880
SMU: 6,962
Temple: 5,440
UCONN Men's Hockey: 4,851
UCF: 4,792
Tulsa: 4,502
ECU: 4,061
Houston: 3,972
USF: 2,713
Tulane: 1,483

The Top Five Overall in 2016:

Kentucky (23,361) SEC
Syracuse (21,592) ACC
Louisville (20,859) ACC
North Carolina (18,326) ACC
Maryland (17,863) Big 10

(02-14-2017 09:04 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  These attendance figures represent conference games only. When you take in consideration our OOC games, UC's total attendance figure is ~9200/game.

Tech Savy is obviously an XU fan. It was easy to spot when he made a comment about our attendance, which is the one mark XU fans like to rub in our face because it is the only metric in which they exceed us (they average ~10K a game so it is not as if they are doubling us up or anything).

XU fans like to think because they average more butts in the seat for the random game that it is a sign of a larger fan base. While this is probably true in most instances, this is the exception to the rule. They get more people to their arena because of the quality of their venue plus the fact that XU is having the great 10-15 year run in school history. UC easily has more fans (many times over)-- our fans are just prefer to sit at home to watch the game on TV.

The early season non conference home schedule hurts the attendance average as well.

(02-14-2017 09:52 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  The Top Five Overall in 2016:

Kentucky (23,361) SEC
Syracuse (21,592) ACC
Louisville (20,859) ACC
North Carolina (18,326) ACC
Maryland (17,863) Big 10

Go post on your board

(02-14-2017 09:39 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Cincinnati: 11,317
Memphis: 10,267
UCONN WBB: 10,018
UCONN MBB: 7,880
SMU: 6,962
Temple: 5,440
UCONN Men's Hockey: 4,851
UCF: 4,792
Tulsa: 4,502
ECU: 4,061
UCONN football: 3,988
Houston: 3,972
USF: 2,713
Tulane: 1,483

updated it for you

(02-14-2017 10:30 AM)Knights_of_UCF Wrote:  

(02-14-2017 09:39 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  Cincinnati: 11,317
Memphis: 10,267
UCONN WBB: 10,018
UCONN MBB: 7,880
SMU: 6,962
Temple: 5,440
UCONN Men's Hockey: 4,851
UCF: 4,792
Tulsa: 4,502
ECU: 4,061
UCONN football: 3,988
Houston: 3,972
USF: 2,713
Tulane: 1,483

updated it for you

(02-14-2017 08:33 AM)Puckhead48E Wrote:  Would be much more telling to list max capacity for each venue.

I agree, you can not average more than your max capacity.

(02-14-2017 09:52 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  The Top Five Overall in 2016:

Kentucky (23,361) SEC
Syracuse (21,592) ACC
Louisville (20,859) ACC
North Carolina (18,326) ACC
Maryland (17,863) Big 10

Um, ok.

(02-14-2017 08:40 AM)sfink16 Wrote:  Houston is a little surprising, being a large city with some past success, that they are so low.

Our attendance sucks. We should have a nice crowd for SMU.

But being in a large city with NBA competition pretty much spells middling to poor attendance for most schools.

The teams listed below, from Power 5 conferences + the American + the Big East, compete in a Top 15 TV market with NBA competition:

UCLA
USC
St Johns
Rutgers
DePaul
Northwestern
Villanova
Temple
TCU
SMU
Cal
Stanford
Miami
Arizona St
Boston College
Georgia Tech

That's 16 schools. I have looked at their attendance from 2010-2016 (7 seasons). I only looked at TCU since it joined the Big 12, and SMU since it joined the American.

That's 95 seasons of major college basketball in big cities with NBA competition.

Here is how many times in those 95 seasons a team averaged:

More than 10K = 3
Between 9K & 10K = 3
Between 8K & 9K = 14
Less than 8K = 75

So, in 79% of those seasons, the team averaged less than 8K. Combined, these schools have averaged 6150 to 6350 per game in each of the last 5 seasons.

Three schools (UCLA, Cal, Villanova) are responsible for 16 of those 20 seasons in exess of 8K. Take them out, and it gets worse.

70 of 74 seasons below 8K or 95%.

It is what it is. Outside of DC (where Maryland and Georgetown do well), college basketball is just not a big draw in major cities with NBA competition.

But Houston should certainly be doing better. And I think we will with the new arena, which will seat 7200 in part for the reasons mentioned above.

NBA competition does indeed hurts NCAA school attendance in cities with NBA teams. Louisville is very fortunate that most in Louisville do not want the NBA.

Cougar Red, how much does the NFL impact your football attendance? Houston has tough with MLB, NFL and the NBA to compete against ever year.

(02-14-2017 11:33 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  NBA competition does indeed hurts NCAA school attendance in cities with NBA teams. Louisville is very fortunate that most in Louisville do not want the NBA.

oh please........ if the NBA came knocking on the door with a expansion franchise or relocation proposals...... your city would be standing on its head to get it. in fact, louiseville was actively going after the Orlando Magic 10-20 years ago, which put into motion the amway center being built.

(02-14-2017 11:41 AM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  Cougar Red, how much does the NFL impact your football attendance? Houston has tough with MLB, NFL and the NBA to compete against ever year.

I think probably LSU, A&M, and UT affect UH's attendance more than the texans do. Sometimes g5 is hard to sell when within a few hours you can watch bama.