NDSU finishes 31st in Average Attendance

[NDSUstudent]

School Avg. Total #
1. Hawai’i 6,423 128,457 20
2. Nebraska 4,710 75,366 16
3. Wisconsin 4,000 52,004 13
4. Minnesota 3,816 57,243 15
5. Washington 3,363 36,994 11
6. Penn State 3,291 52,660 16
7. Texas 3,035 36,420 12
8. Wichita State 2,892 37,594 13
9. Iowa State 2,734 38,275 14
10. Florida 2,606 44,294 17
11. Stanford 2,539 35,552 14
12. Purdue 2,231 33,463 15
13. Illinois 2,106 29,480 14
14. Northern Iowa 2,077 18,697 9
15. North Carolina 2,032 24,385 12
16. Michigan State 2,018 20,180 10
17. Ohio 1,930 19,301 10
18. New Mexico State 1,919 23,028 12
19. Colorado State 1,846 33,222 18
20. Missouri 1,820 27,302 15
21. Kansas State 1,802 27,032 15
22. Fresno State 1,787 19,659 11
23. New Mexico 1,677 23,477 14
24. Texas A&M 1,614 20,986 13
25. Kentucky 1,493 23,892 16
26. Oregon State 1,436 17,236 12
27. Oregon 1,401 19,610 14
28. UCLA 1,375 15,123 11
29. Illinois State 1,339 17,404 13
30. Iowa 1,332 17,322 13
31. North Dakota State 1,332 14,653 11
32. Michigan 1,318 25,051 19
33. USC 1,237 19,797 16
34. BYU 1,198 15,572 13
35. Ohio State 1,194 17,903 15
36. Long Beach State 1,059 18,004 17
37. Texas State 1,129 14,681 13
38. Saint Louis 1,121 10,092 9
39. Notre Dame 1,079 12,950 12
40. Creighton 1,062 15,927 15
41. Washington State 1,053 16,842 16
42. Kansas 1,018 14,257 14
43. California 1,016 11,185 11
44. TCU 1,014 13,187 13
45. Dayton 966 13,522 14
46. Florida State 955 14,330 15
47. South Florida 982 11,788 12
48. Clemson 928 13,921 15
49. Georgia Tech 923 14,774 16
50. Western Michigan 913 11,865 13
51. Eastern Washington 876 8,761 10
52. Utah State 876 9,637 11
53. Missouri State 852 11,073 13
54. Duke 850 10,205 12
55. Oklahoma 848 8,478 10
56. LSU 814 11,389 14
57. Virginia Tech 807 9,679 12

There are 330 schools that participate in women's volleyball

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2009FinalAttendanceRankings.pdf

[Tatanka]

That's some pretty tight company there at the top..

AVERAGING more than official seating capacity... wow!!! :nod:

[tony]

Hey, I'd say that we were in the top 30 since NDSU tied with Iowa.

1,332 per game. Only 5 fans per game from...


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[roadwarrior]

I wish the list showed who and how many fans per game team #330 had.

[tjbison]

I love being 2 spots AHEAD of a little ol' Southern Cali University:D

[siouxdgj]

Well done, Bison ladies. You're in some fabulous company. Name recognition schools, without a doubt.

[Shawn-O]

Well done, Bison ladies. You're in some fabulous company. Name recognition schools, without a doubt.

I agree just rock solid support all the way around. Much to be proud of for the coaches, players and fans.

[tony]

Look at UNI way up there!

[Shawn-O]

Look at UNI way up there!

Wichita State jumped off the page a bit, also.

[North Side]

Wichita State jumped off the page a bit, also.

I think they don't have football so that helps there attendance, but UNI is really impressive also! I feel good. I know I made a difference in those attendance numbers!!!

[TheBisonator]

I think they don't have football so that helps there attendance, but UNI is really impressive also! I feel good. I know I made a difference in those attendance numbers!!!

I don't know why Wichita State doesn't have football. Ticket and suite sales would pay for the program by itself. I mean, they're a state university, right?? They fill their 11,000 seat arena for every basketball game, they get several thousand per baseball game and 3,000 per volleyball game, and they have no football?? WTF

[siouxdgj]

I don't know why Wichita State doesn't have football. Ticket and suite sales would pay for the program by itself. I mean, they're a state university, right?? They fill their 11,000 seat arena for every basketball game, they get several thousand per baseball game and 3,000 per volleyball game, and they have no football?? WTF

Not really being privy to Wichita State's athletic situation, I do know that in years past quite a number of colleges and universities with outstanding men's basketball programs once had some pretty good football programs as well, but for whatever reason decided to opt out of football and concentrate more on men's basketball, among them Wichita State, Denver, Marquette, St. Louis U., Detroit, Chicago Loyola, DePaul and the like. Back in the 1920s and 1930s and thereabouts UND played a number of these football programs regularly and on the whole fared fairly well against them. I also believe Wichita State is one of the last truly northern schools to win the Division I men's NCAA baseball national championship. Southern schools have tended to predominate recently.

[Shawn-O]

Not really being privy to Wichita State's athletic situation, I do know that in years past quite a number of colleges and universities with outstanding men's basketball programs once had some pretty good football programs as well, but for whatever reason decided to opt out of football and concentrate more on men's basketball, among them Wichita State, Denver, Marquette, St. Louis U., Detroit, Chicago Loyola, DePaul and the like. Back in the 1920s and 1930s and thereabouts UND played a number of these football programs regularly and on the whole fared fairly well against them. I also believe Wichita State is one of the last truly northern schools to win the Division I men's NCAA baseball national championship. Southern schools have tended to predominate recently.

WSU's program was wiped out by a terrible plane crash in 1970 in Colorado.

[siouxdgj]

Thanks, Shawn-O. I had forgotten about that plane crash. What a horrible way for a program to end. I remember Marshall University's football team crashing, but I had forgotten about the Wichita State incident. Also, in view of the earthquake in Haiti, one never knows, does one? Just goes to show in part where one's priorities should be placed in life. Thanks for the reminder, Shawn-O.

[Hammersmith]

The program continued for another 16 years after the plane crash. I don't doubt that it might never have completely recovered from it, but it wasn't the primary cause. According to Wiki(take it with a grain of salt, of course, but it sounds legit), the program was cut because of poor attendance, financial red ink, NCAA recruiting violations, and the state of disrepair of Cessna Stadium. Since then, Cessna has been improved twice(1996 & 2002), mostly to make it a better T&F facility. It still hosts HS football events occasionally. I also believe that WSU is in a much better state financially than it was back in 1986.

There's a rumor that WSU will only consider bringing football back if they can play at the highest level(FBS). But basketball is still the driving force of their athletic department, so they don't want to give up the MVC. There is a thought(that I share) that WSU would possibly add football if the MVC decided to become a full FBS conference. I hope it's true because it would be the best chance for NDSU to both get into a better conference and go FBS. That hope is the only reason I pay attention to anything that happens at WSU.

[Shawn-O]

"Wiped out" was a poor choice of words, you're right.

[overquota]

Having spent time in Kansas and the Wichita, there are several reasons for no football at Wichita; UK, KSU, OU, OSU.

[Bison bison]

. I also believe that WSU is in a much better state financially than it was back in 1986.



Pretty sure Wichita is still in Kansas.

[bisoneer]

It would be nice to get this number over 1500 and approach 2000!!!

[1205]

Has the team outgrown the BBF? The Media Guide lists capacity at 1,372.

[NDSUstudent]

No the BBF is perfect for the VB team, the atmosphere is fantastic and unless the team could draw 4k it just isn't worth it.

That said I am interested in seeing how VB would work in the renovated BSA, right now it would be terrible though.

[Tatanka]

Has the team outgrown the BBF? The Media Guide lists capacity at 1,372.

Well, they must have added some seats.

Have they outgrown the BBF? Maybe, but it's one hell of a home court advantage. You can't tell me that there are many venues like that with atmosphere like that in the country.

[dmksioux]

Will the Sioux vs. Bison VB match be at the BBF as well or will it be moved to a larger venue? Does anyone know when tix go on sale?

[tjbison]

Will the Sioux vs. Bison VB match be at the BBF as well or will it be moved to a larger venue? Does anyone know when tix go on sale?


It will stay in the BBF and it will be all Yellow
;)

[Tatanka]

It will stay in the BBF and it will be all Yellow
;)

If you want to try to get tickets for this here's the website: http://www.gobison.com/tickets/?DB_OEM_ID=2400

[roadwarrior]

I am going to predict that when the basketball arena is completed, volleyball will move there shortly afterwards.

[dmksioux]

If you want to try to get tickets for this here's the website: http://www.gobison.com/tickets/?DB_OEM_ID=2400

Great...thanks for the info. Oh and I'm not sure what I'm going to where, but I will say that BBF wont be "all yellow." :)

[56BISON73]

I am going to predict that when the basketball arena is completed, volleyball will move there shortly afterwards.

I would hope so. The couple of games Ive been to at the BBFH the place could have used a bunch more seats just for the people who were there. I cant imagine how many didnt show up knowing that they wouldnt get a seat.

[Tatanka]

Great...thanks for the info. Oh and I'm not sure what I'm going to where, but I will say that BBF wont be "all yellow." :)

Be sure to "where" your best mock turtleneck to compliment your ascot! ;)

[Tatanka]

I am going to predict that when the basketball arena is completed, volleyball will move there shortly afterwards.

So are they going to raise the roof, or remove the scoreboard? Because the current scoreboard height in the BSA is anything but volleyball friendly.

[Da Bison]

So are they going to raise the roof, or remove the scoreboard? Because the current scoreboard height in the BSA is anything but volleyball friendly.


SD is that you???:D

[Elephants Dream?]

So are they going to raise the roof, or remove the scoreboard? Because the current scoreboard height in the BSA is anything but volleyball friendly.

Let's hope they figure out that problem Before the renovation.