Yesterday afternoon the NCAA released the attendance stats for this past men’s basketball season. Overall attendance was 32,820,701, good enough for the fourth-highest total in history (the record is 33,396,316 which was set in the 2007-08 season). Division I attendance accounted for the majority of the mark, with 27,539,459 fans attending games. The average Division I game was attended by 5,245 fans, which is down 133 fans from last year.
The Big Blue nation from the University of Kentucky led the nation in attendance for the 14th time in the last 15 years, and also for the 5th straight year. UK’s average home attendance mark was 24,111 per game. Syracuse was second at 22,152, and Louisville was third at 19,397. Either Kentucky or Syracuse has had the top attendance mark in each of the last 34 years. Kentucky’s total home attendance of 433,989 was the highest amount for any school in over 15 years.
The Big Ten Conference led the nation for the 34th consecutive year in conference attendance. The league’s 11 teams totaled 2,442,591 fans on the season, averaging 12,591 per contest. Next was the SEC (11,770), the Big 12 (11,214), the Big East (11,014) and the ACC (10,713).
The largest attendance increase from last year came courtesy of Kansas State, who went from 8,940 fans a game last year to 11,884 per game this year.
Here is a list of the top 20 schools:
You can view the full NCAA report HERE.


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