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[QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4779527, member: 591"]
I would have thought both Minnesota and Wisconsin would be good programs with a strong fan-base, but I know they don't pack them in.  I suppose they did better when Whalen was playing and Wisconsin had a few good years in "dim" history.

Ultimately, if you put a good product on the court, they will come out.  Rutgers attendance peaked in the Cappie era and just after, Arizona attendance shot up with the WNIT win (the subsequent Final Four didn't hurt, of course, but it was the WNIT that initially got the folks out).

The flip side to this is, of course, realistic expectations.  Rutgers very rarely (if ever) sold out the RAC but attendance was good considering all the other opportunities to spend your dollar in central NJ.  Tucson, on the other hand, is a College town (and men's basketball town) so there was a ready market.  While they don't generally come all that close to selling out McKale Center (much larger than the RAC), they do draw better than Rutgers ever did.

I don't know how Minnesota and Wisconsin are affected by other draws in their towns, especially Minneapolis - St. Paul.
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