NCAA Attendance figures for 2015-16

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after essentially holding steady in attendance last year...

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25459

there was an slight drop in average DI attendance this past year..but the drop was just 10 per game

just ten -- that's the drop in average game attendance this past seasonn - so I'd say it's holding pretty steady...

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf

AND for the FIRST TIME in six seasons - BRADLEY ROSE in NCAA DI attendance ranking from #94 last year back up to #91 this year!
Remember - Bradley used to be in the 40's in the rankings just a few years earlier...then we started dropping (as detailed elsewhere) and plummeted all the way down to #94 last year.

As more games are televised, and as more obscure, really low level teams are added to DI, there has been a slight drop in attendance, but it is a very small trend and cannot explain the enormous drop from nearly 10,000 to just 5,000 that Bradley experienced this past 5-6 years...
Anyone who tries to explain away the drop at Bradley by pointing to a nationwide trend is using smoke & mirrors
and denying the obvious that was shown elsewhere - LINK

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SIU didn't do badly last year on attendance - they averaged 5,278 but even their worst early season games in 2015-16 drew crowds of 4,200 to 4,800

BUT - they are really starting the season off with bad home crowds this year...
Their last two home games were 4,042 and 3,971 - a couple of their worst home crowds in five years..

This morning they have a new promotion discounting tickets by 50%
The deal on women's home games is amazing - three games for $5!!!

http://siusalukis.com/splash.aspx?id=splash_16

Speaking of WBB- Bradley currently is TIED for the 4th best record among all MVC teams after a few years in the cellar..
and Bradley WBB's home attendance is UP 30% to even 40% over each of the past two seasons