Stagnant basketball attendance figures causing concern for colleges across the ... - Charleston Post Courier
Official attendance for Clemson’s only victory against a ranked opponent this season was 6,764, but that number was for tickets sold. It’s not a South Carolina problem, or an ACC problem, or even a Citadel problem. “Right now, college basketball is really good in so many different areas,” said Jay Bilas, ESPN college basketball analyst and the sport’s premier spokesman. Numbers crunch Big-name opponents — Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse — typically draw big crowds to Littlejohn Coliseum, but attendance otherwise dwindles. Clemson averaged more than 8,000 fans from 2007-08 to 2010-11, but the Tigers’ home attendance this season was 7,635 announced fans per game, 10th in the ACC. In the ACC, North Carolina, N. C. State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech have seen their average attendance fall by the thousands over the course of the past decade. South Carolina is bucking the trend this season, averaging 11,520 per home game — up 34 percent. Source: www.postandcourier.com
