Attendance in Spokane

[ACECON]

How many fans were at the game? Great game by the way.

[1998braves64]

Looked like a full house by half time... no thanks to opening the doors 8 mins prior to tip off to make it look like an empty stadium at tip off....

[NDSUstudent]

Bison crowd looked great on TV. Place looked very full towards the end.

[El_Chapo]

Let's go bison chant by entire arena towards end of game wow

[SomeBeach]

Looked like a full house by half time... no thanks to opening the doors 8 mins prior to tip off to make it look like an empty stadium at tip off....

What was the explanation for keeping the doors locked until 8 mins prior? You're right... made for bad show early on TV... except for what was happening ON the court, of course!

[BisonTeacher]

What was the explanation for keeping the doors locked until 8 mins prior? You're right... made for bad show early on TV... except for what was happening ON the court, of course!

The first session ran long and they had to clean up etc...for session 2.

They probably decided to start the game asap for TV purposes.

[OldSkaarFanInSpokane]

It ended up being a completely packed house with the crowd about 80% pro Bison; it was an an awesome win and a great atmosphere!

[HerdBot]

Neutral court NDSU home court advantage. Un real! We won the crowd over!

[roadwarrior]

There were more Bison fans at the game than I expected. And many of them were unfamiliar faces. It's great that our fans living in the NW were able to see us play in person. It looked like the sooners brought a couple of covered wagons full and that's all. Our fans far outnumbered any of the other teams in the night session.

[roadwarrior]

Let's go bison chant by entire arena towards end of game wow

This was unreal. The supposedly neutral Spokane area fans were on their feet, yelling at the refs, and doing everything a fan would do cheering on their own team. The "let's go Bison" referred to above started on the opposite side of the arena from where the Bison fans were sitting.