Sample Basketball Attendance

[FYI]

I couldn't find current attendance for the Bobcats, but by what I have been reading here it is down.
I was surprised when I found through January 6 Washington State was averaging 2,931, #15 USC-2,586 and Stanford 2,474.
Seems the Cats would be as good as that.
Covid?

[Rich K]

Big Sky Men
https://bigskyconf.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2021
Games Total Home Home Avg
1 Weber State 20 56122 35639 3,959.0
2 Montana 20 51026 28444 2,844.0
3 Montana State 20 43422 20330 2,541.0
4 Southern Utah 18 41761 15071 1,674.0
5 Idaho 20 29051 11209 1,245.0
6 Northern Colorado 19 51380 8500 1,214.0
7 Idaho State 19 43524 9164 1,145.0
8 Eastern Washington 20 44566 7882 1,126.0
9 Portland State 17 38998 8115 901.0
10 Sacramento State 16 30461 3981 568.0
11 Northern Arizona 18 37861 4777 477.0

[Rich K]

Big Sky Women
https://bigskyconf.com/stats.aspx?path=wbball&year=2021

G Total ATT. Home ATT. Home AVG/G
1 Montana 17 27858 22543 2,254.0
2 Montana State 20 20715 15689 1,426.0
3 Idaho State 19 19978 7101 887.0
4 Idaho 16 9085 4274 854.0
5 Northern Colorado 15 15717 3337 556.0
6 Southern Utah 17 7603 3335 476.0
7 Portland State 15 9220 2924 365.0
8 Sacramento State 18 9186 2915 364.0
9 Eastern Washington 19 10200 4004 364.0
10 Northern Arizona 17 10473 2502 278.0
11 Weber State 19 8797 1799 179.0

[Hawks86]

https://msubobcats.com/sports/mens-bask ... ts/2021-22

[MSU01]

Definitely a trend here except for Weber State, first in men's attendance and dead last in women's!

[grizzh8r]

Definitely a trend here except for Weber State, first in men's attendance and dead last in women's!

Yeah that's a really odd stat... I know MBB has always had a solid following at Weber, but it's crazy they get less than 5% of the men's attendance numbers for the Weber women's basketball games. Real head scratcher. What about Weber women's volleyball?

[John K]

Big Sky Men
https://bigskyconf.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2021
Games Total Home Home Avg
1 Weber State 20 56122 35639 3,959.0
2 Montana 20 51026 28444 2,844.0
3 Montana State 20 43422 20330 2,541.0
4 Southern Utah 18 41761 15071 1,674.0
5 Idaho 20 29051 11209 1,245.0
6 Northern Colorado 19 51380 8500 1,214.0
7 Idaho State 19 43524 9164 1,145.0
8 Eastern Washington 20 44566 7882 1,126.0
9 Portland State 17 38998 8115 901.0
10 Sacramento State 16 30461 3981 568.0
11 Northern Arizona 18 37861 4777 477.0

I'm surprised to see that UM is averaging only about 300 more per game than MSU. I would have expected the gap to be a lot larger than that. I'm not as surprised by our 2,541 per game, as I am by their 2,844 per game. I would have guessed that they'd be more in the 3,500 to 4,000 range. MBB used to be a really big draw in Missoula. It's also hard to believe that two programs average only about 500 per game. Most class C schools in Montana probably average more fans than that for their games.

[Montanabob]

Big Sky Men
https://bigskyconf.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2021
Games Total Home Home Avg
1 Weber State 20 56122 35639 3,959.0
2 Montana 20 51026 28444 2,844.0
3 Montana State 20 43422 20330 2,541.0
4 Southern Utah 18 41761 15071 1,674.0
5 Idaho 20 29051 11209 1,245.0
6 Northern Colorado 19 51380 8500 1,214.0
7 Idaho State 19 43524 9164 1,145.0
8 Eastern Washington 20 44566 7882 1,126.0
9 Portland State 17 38998 8115 901.0
10 Sacramento State 16 30461 3981 568.0
11 Northern Arizona 18 37861 4777 477.0

I'm surprised to see that UM is averaging only about 300 more per game than MSU. I would have expected the gap to be a lot larger than that. I'm not as surprised by our 2,541 per game, as I am by their 2,844 per game. I would have guessed that they'd be more in the 3,500 to 4,000 range. MBB used to be a really big draw in Missoula. It's also hard to believe that two programs average only about 500 per game. Most class C schools in Montana probably average more fans than that for their games.

Idaho is going to have a tough time filling their new 5000 seat arena. Lots of empty seats for their new sponsor.

"University of Idaho needs your support to construct a 4,000-plus capacity arena to be the new home for Vandal men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as a gathering place for academic events, concerts and other special events. Fundraising is going strong with the full support of U of I president Scott Green"