Indiana led the Huge Ten in males’s basketball attendance throughout the 2022-23 season, marking the primary time this system led the convention because the 2013-14 marketing campaign.
Right here’s the total launch issued on Monday afternoon by IU media relations:
For the primary time since 2013-14, the Indiana males’s basketball program has led the Huge Ten Convention in attendance and completed eighth within the nation with 273,721 followers clicking the turnstiles at Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor in 17 house video games. IU averaged 16,101 followers per contest and listed a capability of 17,222 throughout 12 common season matchups and two preseason exhibitions.
“Our program is grateful to the numerous followers who make up Hoosier Nation,” stated second-year Coach Mike Woodson. “I’ve by no means wavered from my perception that now we have the perfect followers within the nation. I’ve been part of this program since 1976 and we’re blessed to have one of the loyal and supportive fan bases in school basketball yr in and yr out.”
In Woodson’s first season in 2021-22, IU completed ninth within the nation and 2nd within the league giving IU prime 10 finishes in consecutive years for the primary time since 2016 and 2017. This yr, the Hoosiers had been the Huge Ten chief in followers drawn for the primary time since 2014.
Because the facility opened in 1971-72, IU has completed among the many prime 10 packages 39 occasions and led the Huge Ten in that class 23 occasions. The Hoosiers led the nation in attendance at 16,892 throughout its undefeated nationwide championship season in 1976. IU’s highest common whole got here in 2012-13 when 17,412 attended 19 house video games for a group which was ranked No. 1 within the nation the vast majority of the season and received the Huge Ten outright title. The Hoosiers rated fifth nationally in attendance that yr.
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