Men's Basketball Finishes 7th In Attendance, Average Attendance Up 800 Over Previous Season
6/8/2016 12:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana University men's basketball program ranked among the top 10 programs in the country in average home attendance during the 2015-16 season, finishing seventh in the country with an average of 17,106 fans per game, an increase of more than 800 per game from the year before. It is the fifth straight season that the Hoosiers have ranked among the top 10 teams in the country.
Hoosier fans came out in a big way for the team's 17 home events, with 290,809 Cream and Crimson enthusiasts enjoying their visit to Assembly Hall during the Hoosiers run to the Big Ten Championship. That is the ninth-highest total in the nation.
Since Assembly Hall was opened in November, 1971, Indiana has ranked in the top 10 in attendance in 38 of the last 44 seasons.
IU also ranked ninth among all NCAA Division I programs with 514,320 fans seeing the Hoosiers play at home, on the road and in neutral games.
The Big Ten also led all conferences in average attendance with 12,555 fans, ahead of the Southeastern Conference (11,144), Atlantic Coast Conference (11,131), Big 12 Conference (10,124) and Big East Conference (9,595). It marks the 40th consecutive season the Big Ten has led the nation in average attendance.
Hoosier fans came out in a big way for the team's 17 home events, with 290,809 Cream and Crimson enthusiasts enjoying their visit to Assembly Hall during the Hoosiers run to the Big Ten Championship. That is the ninth-highest total in the nation.
Since Assembly Hall was opened in November, 1971, Indiana has ranked in the top 10 in attendance in 38 of the last 44 seasons.
IU also ranked ninth among all NCAA Division I programs with 514,320 fans seeing the Hoosiers play at home, on the road and in neutral games.
The Big Ten also led all conferences in average attendance with 12,555 fans, ahead of the Southeastern Conference (11,144), Atlantic Coast Conference (11,131), Big 12 Conference (10,124) and Big East Conference (9,595). It marks the 40th consecutive season the Big Ten has led the nation in average attendance.
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