Wichita State vs Radford University - NCAA Round of 64

[WuDrWu]

There was nothing about tonight's turnout that was midmajor. The lectures about the spoiled fanbase are getting tiresome.

You're right, and I admitted my error. Fans turned out in large numbers. This program means a lot to me, and I know I have a tendency to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I want Chris and Shannon to feel appreciated (the girls too). We don't get these opportunities very often. I'm thrilled the fan base showed so well and glad I look like an idiot with my comment. The people that matter are the ones getting the support, and nothing could make me happier.

[AndShock]

Here is what I have found:

Nebraska: 8213
Wichita State: 7257
Minnesota: 4526
Kentucky: 4005
Texas: 3817
Penn State: 3210
Iowa State: 3033
BYU: 2942
Washington: 2814
Creighton: 2517
Florida: 2215 & 3078
Utah: 1792 & 2077
Baylor: 1610
Stanford: 1468
UCLA: 1057
USC: 599

Your guess that we would come it at #2 behind Nebraska looks correct (and the gap to #3 with Minnesota at 4526 is pretty large).

Nebraska is maxed out. Would be nice to have the highest number for the 2nd round.

[WuShock16]

Doc and I were discussing that the lower bowl was more filled than it is for some men’s basketball games.

[Shockm]

Does anyone have the NCAA attendance rankings for 2016 and this year?

[Cdizzle]

Regarding attendance...some of you regulars need to help the rest of us out with the noise-making. I try to attend a couple matches a year, and I'm never quite sure what to do with my hands.

Regarding the match.... I only made it out to the SMU match this season. I thought we looked much better than in that match, against what seemed like a comparable team. Whatever Radford was doing sure let the Shox get off some big swings.

[Kung Wu]

Here is what I have found:

Nebraska: 8213
Wichita State: 7257
Minnesota: 4526
Kentucky: 4005
Texas: 3817
Penn State: 3210
Iowa State: 3033
BYU: 2942
Washington: 2814
Creighton: 2517
Florida: 2215 & 3078
Utah: 1792 & 2077
Baylor: 1610
Stanford: 1468
UCLA: 1057
USC: 599

Your guess that we would come it at #2 behind Nebraska looks correct (and the gap to #3 with Minnesota at 4526 is pretty large).

Wasn't the highest attendance at a home baseball game this year about 3500 against KU? WSU fans love a winner!

[ShockerFever]

Wasn't the highest attendance at a home baseball game this year about 3500 against KU? WSU fans love a winner!

We actually had an attendance over 3000 last year? Must've been a lot of Walmart KU fans at that one.

[flyingMoose]

Does anyone have the NCAA attendance rankings for 2016 and this year?

In 2016, the Shockers averaged 2264, twelfth in the country. This year, the Shockers averaged 2700, tenth in the country. Given the date on the attendance table for 2016, it appears the post-season attendance will be averaged in and the 2700 number will rise.

Regarding the 2016 attendance, the Shockers were consistently in the Top 10 in attendance until the Valley began putting matches on ESPN3. Even at that, they remained in the Top 15.

[shox1989]

Does anyone have the NCAA attendance rankings for 2016 and this year?

Looks like Wichita State was 9th in average attendance this year according to the ncaa web site: http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport...king_period=46

1	Nebraska	Big Ten	131,329	8,208
2	Hawaii	Big West	121,523	6,396
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	95,680	5,980
4	Minnesota	Big Ten	69,906	4,993
5	Penn St.	Big Ten	50,209	3,586
6	Texas	Big 12	42,990	3,583
7	Florida	Southeastern	54,871	3,228
8	Michigan St.	Big Ten	40,834	3,141
9	Wichita St.	AAC	36,958	3,080
10	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	40,226	2,873

[1972Shocker]

That does not appear to include Saturday night's match vs Missouri. With that included the Shocks will average 3,401 for the season.

I believe that Penn State and Florida (along with Stanford and Kentucky) will be hosting NCAA Sweet 16 and Elite 8 matches next weekend.

Looks like we will move up to 7th and will finish 7th or 8th depending on what Florida will do next weekend. Florida drew 3,078 for their 2nd round win over Miami last night. Their arena will hold 12,000.

This is a a new Wichita State program best for a season. However, this year's regular season excluding our first ever NCAA games at home was 5th best in the program's history.

[flyingMoose]

I am going to be curious next fall in the number of additional season ticket holders.

[1972Shocker]

I was a little surprised that Saturday's night's attendance was only 1 more than Friday's attendance of 7,257 seats but I was thinking they would report paid attendance like they do in the regular season and all of the KU All-Session no shows would be counted. Apparently that is not the case. I would appear that attendance for these NCAA events in reported based on actual butts in the seats that come through the turnstiles and enough additional Shocker fans showed up Saturday to offset the loss of KU (and Radford) fans from Saturday.