Big Ten Men’s Basketball Produces 30th Consecutive National Attendance Title – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
June 14, 2006
PARK RIDGE, Ill. – For the 30th-consecutive season, Big Ten men’s basketball has led the nation in attendance, according to numbers released by the NCAA this week. The Big Ten ranked first among all conferences with an average of 12,581 per game/session, 1,300 more than the national runner-up (ACC – 11,273). The NCAA’s final attendance numbers and rankings include both regular-season and conference tournament attendance.
In addition, the Big Ten broke the two-million mark in total attendance for the 14th-consecutive season as the league welcomed 2,186,322 fans through the turnstiles in 176 games for an average of 12,422 patrons per contest.
Individually, the Big Ten registered six universities among the country’s Top 25 in average attendance, highlighted by three programs among the Top 10. No other conference placed more than four teams among the Top 25. Wisconsin led the Big Ten contingent for the fourth-consecutive year, ranking seventh nationally with an average of 17,142 fans per game. Two other schools finished among the Top 10 as Indiana rated No. 8 with 16,949 fans per game and Illinois ranked ninth with 16,618 patrons per outing. Other conference programs among the Top 25 included No. 11 Ohio State (15,389), No. 14 Michigan State (14,759) and No. 25 Iowa (12,006).
