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Contrary to what some were saying -
attendance was not down everywhere....and it wasn't down in the MVC (except for at Bradley, which accounted for virtually all of the drop in the MVC)
and the headline of this NCAA report is...
"Men's basketball attendance numbers up slightly in 2014-15"
Most places held steady - but Bradley (as expected) dropped all the way down to #94 after decades of being in the 40-50 range with near-10,000 numbers...
Time to get the fans back and I feel good about the efforts thus far by Dr. Chris Reynolds & Coach Wardle...
So this may well be the lasting legacy of the past 4-5 years - is that Bradley single-handedly accounted for the entire drop that the Missouri Valley showed.
If Bradley's drop in attendance is removed - the Valley held steady despite pretty poor years at several key schools like ISU, SIU, and MSU..
Recall - we are only 5-6 year since record home attendance!
attendance was not down everywhere....and it wasn't down in the MVC (except for at Bradley, which accounted for virtually all of the drop in the MVC)
and the headline of this NCAA report is...
"Men's basketball attendance numbers up slightly in 2014-15"
Most places held steady - but Bradley (as expected) dropped all the way down to #94 after decades of being in the 40-50 range with near-10,000 numbers...
Time to get the fans back and I feel good about the efforts thus far by Dr. Chris Reynolds & Coach Wardle...
So this may well be the lasting legacy of the past 4-5 years - is that Bradley single-handedly accounted for the entire drop that the Missouri Valley showed.
If Bradley's drop in attendance is removed - the Valley held steady despite pretty poor years at several key schools like ISU, SIU, and MSU..
Recall - we are only 5-6 year since record home attendance!
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