Attendance-7 yr History of the top 13 Conferences

[DefenseBB]

Here is the last 7 years of Conference attendance. Surprise, surprise, surprise-the AAC was 4th!!! I wonder who drives that attendance?
I was a bit surprised that the BigTen led the way by the slimmest of margins over, also a surprise, the Big12! I would have thought for sure it was the SEC given how wonderful their support is, especially on here but alas, they are 3rd. Also a surprise was the vaunted ACC that even with top 6 programs in attendance of ND and Louisville, the ACC as whole is 6th. I mean, what the heck??? Take a look and let's have at it. I highlighted and underscored the AAC and Big East. So for all of us that are touting the great move back to the Big East (me included), the conference has A LOT TO DO to get fans.

Rk	Conference	'12-13	'13-14	'14-15	'15-16	'16-17	'17-18	'18-19	7 Yr Av
1​	Big Ten	3,887​	3,090​	3,351​	3,241​	3,269​	3,350​	4,099​	3,470​
2​	Big 12	4,858​	3,061​	3,074​	3,280​	3,004​	2,998​	3,993​	3,467​
3​	SEC	3,504​	2,909​	2,701​	3,113​	2,841​	2,980​	4,267​	3,188​
4​	AAC	3,204​	3,815​	2,081​	2,050​	2,272​	2,199​	2,270​	2,556​
5​	Pac-12	1,902​	1,848​	2,143​	2,021​	2,400​	2,587​	3,132​	2,290​
6​	ACC	2,383​	2,141​	1,928​	1,852​	2,045​	2,126​	3,077​	2,222​
7​	Mountain West	2,013​	1,833​	1,677​	1,611​	1,598​	1,334​	1,747​	1,688​
8​	MVC	1,613​	1,648​	1,605​	1,442​	1,392​	1,220​	1,218​	1,448​
9​	C-USA	973​	1,452​	1,394​	1,500​	1,276​	1,421​	1,269​	1,326​
10​	MAC	1,159​	1,155​	1,258​	1,257​	1,396​	1,480​	1,460​	1,309​
11​	Sun Belt	1,414​	1,169​	1,154​	1,461​	1,045​	1,155​	920​	1,188​
12​	Big East	N/A	1,042​	1,051​	1,204​	1,202​	1,185​	1,167​	1,142​
13​	Big Sky	1,112​	1,018​	954​	965​	1,062​	1,164​	1,031​	1,044​

 

[UcMiami]

Amazing what a top team can do in a league of mediocrity. And amazing what the bottom half of leagues can accomplish in dragging the top half down.

 

[Jmsdawg]

Here is the last 7 years of Conference attendance. Surprise, surprise, surprise-the AAC was 4th!!! I wonder who drives that attendance?
I was a bit surprised that the BigTen led the way by the slimmest of margins over, also a surprise, the Big12! I would have thought for sure it was the SEC given how wonderful their support is, especially on here but alas, they are 3rd. Also a surprise was the vaunted ACC that even with top 6 programs in attendance of ND and Louisville, the ACC as whole is 6th. I mean, what the heck??? Take a look and let's have at it. I highlighted and underscored the AAC and Big East. So for all of us that are touting the great move back to the Big East (me included), the conference has A LOT TO DO to get fans.

Rk	Conference	'12-13	'13-14	'14-15	'15-16	'16-17	'17-18	'18-19	7 Yr Av
1​	Big Ten	3,887​	3,090​	3,351​	3,241​	3,269​	3,350​	4,099​	3,470​
2​	Big 12	4,858​	3,061​	3,074​	3,280​	3,004​	2,998​	3,993​	3,467​
3​	SEC	3,504​	2,909​	2,701​	3,113​	2,841​	2,980​	4,267​	3,188​
4​	AAC	3,204​	3,815​	2,081​	2,050​	2,272​	2,199​	2,270​	2,556​
5​	Pac-12	1,902​	1,848​	2,143​	2,021​	2,400​	2,587​	3,132​	2,290​
6​	ACC	2,383​	2,141​	1,928​	1,852​	2,045​	2,126​	3,077​	2,222​
7​	Mountain West	2,013​	1,833​	1,677​	1,611​	1,598​	1,334​	1,747​	1,688​
8​	MVC	1,613​	1,648​	1,605​	1,442​	1,392​	1,220​	1,218​	1,448​
9​	C-USA	973​	1,452​	1,394​	1,500​	1,276​	1,421​	1,269​	1,326​
10​	MAC	1,159​	1,155​	1,258​	1,257​	1,396​	1,480​	1,460​	1,309​
11​	Sun Belt	1,414​	1,169​	1,154​	1,461​	1,045​	1,155​	920​	1,188​
12​	Big East	N/A	1,042​	1,051​	1,204​	1,202​	1,185​	1,167​	1,142​
13​	Big Sky	1,112​	1,018​	954​	965​	1,062​	1,164​	1,031​	1,044​

Thanks, for the chart. Surprised and disappointed I thought attendance was much better than shown. Guess all the conferences need to do work getting FANS IN THE STANDS!

 

[Floridaduck]

'19-'20 figures not yet available? Is this conference games only or ooc home games also?
Just curious.

 

[Floridaduck]

Attendance at Women’s College Basketball Games Is Surging

The hottest tickets in college basketball have historically been for games in which the athletes were men. Thanks to a transcendent star and a hotly competitive 2020 season in the women’s game, that’s starting to change.

www.wsj.com

Sabrina Ionescu has turned Oregon women’s games into a hot ticket, but the Ducks aren’t the only team seeing a boost in popularity
Good thing she isn't a "generational player"...

 

[DefenseBB]

'19-'20 figures not yet available? Is this conference games only or ooc home games also?
Just curious.

Attendance is each teams HOME games, included conference and out of conference games.

The 2019-2020 attendance has not been posted yet.

 

[domerduck]

19/20 attendance is posted on the NCAA stats page, extended stats-misc reports: I sorted it by conference and calculated the average for the top 6 and Big East. I also recomputed the average specifically for the 1st 4 years of the 8 years and the last 4 years which is how I ordered the list. I then calculated the % change. Big 10/SEC/Big12 are all similar in average as SEC increased 17% last 4 years over the previous 4. Pac12 had the biggest recent increase (48%) with ACC 5th, but increase 24%. AAC saw a decrease of 20%., but that seems mostly driven by the high attendance 2013/14 UConn's 1st season in the AAC coming of a NC. I am sure next year will bring the Big East way up and AAC way down,

Here's the spreadsheet.

		'12-13	'13-14	'14-15	'15-16	'16-17	'17-18	'18-19	19-20	1st 4 Yr Av	Last 4 Yr Av	Change​
1​	Big Ten	3887	3090	3351	3241	3269	3350	4099	3926	3392​	3661​	7.9%​
2​	SEC	3504	2909	2701	3113	2841	2980	4267	4183	3057​	3568​	16.7%​
3​	Big 12	4858	3061	3074	3280	3004	2998	3993	4046	3568​	3510​	-1.6%​
4​	Pac-12	1902	1848	2143	2021	2400	2587	3132	3574	1979​	2923​	47.8%​
5​	ACC	2383	2141	1928	1852	2045	2126	3077	3061	2076​	2577​	24.1%​
6​	AAC	3204	3815	2081	2050	2272	2199	2270	2157	2788​	2224​	-20%​
	BEast	-na-	1042	1051	1204	1202	1185	1167	1210​	1099​	1191​	8.4%

Here is the stat link-

NCAA Statistics

stats.ncaa.org

 

[npignatjr]

Here is the last 7 years of Conference attendance. Surprise, surprise, surprise-the AAC was 4th!!! I wonder who drives that attendance?
I was a bit surprised that the BigTen led the way by the slimmest of margins over, also a surprise, the Big12! I would have thought for sure it was the SEC given how wonderful their support is, especially on here but alas, they are 3rd. Also a surprise was the vaunted ACC that even with top 6 programs in attendance of ND and Louisville, the ACC as whole is 6th. I mean, what the heck??? Take a look and let's have at it. I highlighted and underscored the AAC and Big East. So for all of us that are touting the great move back to the Big East (me included), the conference has A LOT TO DO to get fans.

Rk	Conference	'12-13	'13-14	'14-15	'15-16	'16-17	'17-18	'18-19	7 Yr Av
1​	Big Ten	3,887​	3,090​	3,351​	3,241​	3,269​	3,350​	4,099​	3,470​
2​	Big 12	4,858​	3,061​	3,074​	3,280​	3,004​	2,998​	3,993​	3,467​
3​	SEC	3,504​	2,909​	2,701​	3,113​	2,841​	2,980​	4,267​	3,188​
4​	AAC	3,204​	3,815​	2,081​	2,050​	2,272​	2,199​	2,270​	2,556​
5​	Pac-12	1,902​	1,848​	2,143​	2,021​	2,400​	2,587​	3,132​	2,290​
6​	ACC	2,383​	2,141​	1,928​	1,852​	2,045​	2,126​	3,077​	2,222​
7​	Mountain West	2,013​	1,833​	1,677​	1,611​	1,598​	1,334​	1,747​	1,688​
8​	MVC	1,613​	1,648​	1,605​	1,442​	1,392​	1,220​	1,218​	1,448​
9​	C-USA	973​	1,452​	1,394​	1,500​	1,276​	1,421​	1,269​	1,326​
10​	MAC	1,159​	1,155​	1,258​	1,257​	1,396​	1,480​	1,460​	1,309​
11​	Sun Belt	1,414​	1,169​	1,154​	1,461​	1,045​	1,155​	920​	1,188​
12​	Big East	N/A	1,042​	1,051​	1,204​	1,202​	1,185​	1,167​	1,142​
13​	Big Sky	1,112​	1,018​	954​	965​	1,062​	1,164​	1,031​	1,044​

12-13 UConn was still in the Big East

 

[domerduck]

12-13 UConn was still in the Big East

Yes good point. 12/13 was more competitive in the AAC conference without UConn so more folks attended except for 13/14 whcih had a big increase in the AAC since that was UConn's 1st year in the conference and the other team's were curious as well as UConn's added home attendance. That's why I posted the consecutive 4 year averages when I got the 19/20 attendance and it showed a 20% drop over those 4 years. In fact the last 6 years averaged in the AAC 2,171 even with UConn.

Still I think the attendance story of the PAC12, ACC, & SEC conference increases shows how WBB is getting more popular and competitive conferences help a lot. Big12 dominated by Baylor has seen a drop off as has AAC dominated by UConn.