The decline in attendance, specifically in college football, has not gone unnoticed. 15 11,025 735 Bowling Green 16 36,740 2,296 Bradley 16 86,871 5,429 Brown 16 19,589 1,224 Bryant 14 10,530 752 Bucknell 15 39,531 2,635 Buffalo 14 74,054 5,290 Butler 16 134,702 … DECLINING ATTENDANCE TRENDS IN COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS . by .

Total attendance in all three NCAA divisions was 32,382,283, the … The popularity of college football continues to grow in most areas except for one….at the turnstile. College attendance continues to decline, just 1/3 of colleges met enrollment targets Private college officials have higher threshold of “reasonable” student debt than public F ifty-five percent of college admissions directors said in a recent poll that they were “very concerned” about hitting enrollment targets for 2017–18, up from just 31 percent in 2015. Louisville basketball feeling brunt of declining attendance trend. According to the NCAA’s official data on college basketball attendance, the average attendance at a Penn home game from the late 1970s to the end of the 1990s was frequently around 5,000 people. “College Basketball Shows Big Drop in Attendance,” wire services, March 16, 1951 —-Because of the so-called “two-minute rule,” college basketball ranks are split today in the greatest civil war the sport has known since the old-time center jump was out-lawed. Attendance at Rupp Arena, which can fit 23,000 fans, is declining. At least six major conferences are in open rebellion. One may think the SEC would rise above competing conferences when it comes … INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NCAA says attendance at men's college basketball games declined slightly last season. The decline in attendance at Penn men’s basketball games is the result of a trend that has slowly evolved over the past two decades. In the last 15 years, the Wichita State men’s basketball team has played 232 consecutive home games in front of a crowd of at least 10,000 fans. Fresno State has 20 wins in the bank for a fourth year in a row and is the only men’s basketball team in the Mountain West to have 10 or more conference wins five years running. RONNIE GRENIER-HEMPHILL . The decline in attendance at Penn men’s basketball games is the result of a trend that has slowly evolved over the past two decades. School G Attendance Average Boston College 18 94,377 5,243 Boston U. NCAA men’s basketball saw a slight decrease in overall attendance for the 2015-16 season as 32,382,283 fans came to watch student-athletes in Divisions I, II and III. Few issues in college sports are more complicated and significant than the decline in attendance that has unfolded in recent years in football and men’s basketball. Mark Zerof/USA TODAY Sports Biggest decline in attendance in 2019 (by percentage) The following chart shows the 25 schools with the biggest decline in attendance ... Andy is a native of Cincinnati and an Indiana University alum who covers college football and college basketball for Stadium.

The NCAA says attendance at men's college basketball games declined slightly last season. Syracuse had the highest average attendance of all the men’s college basketball teams competing in NCAA Division 1 in 2019.