2018-19 Average Home Attendance Prediction Summary

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Like I said, don't go by the green dots.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago Like I said, don't go by the green dots.

You are so ever right. But why is that display so off?? Nice crowd but disappointed in the size especially with that many students there. I understand holidays and weekend games versus weekday games, but how can an unfamiliar and bad Middle Tennessee team outdraw a conference rival like VCU???

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

Maybe the hangover from the Mason loss still lingers in the casual fan's mind.

This win though should bring some of them back, hopefully.

Would also help a lot if we take care of business Sunday.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Obadiah wrote: ↑5 years ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago Like I said, don't go by the green dots.
You are so ever right. But why is that display so off?? Nice crowd but disappointed in the size especially with that many students there. I understand holidays and weekend games versus weekday games, but how can an unfamiliar and bad Middle Tennessee team outdraw a conference rival like VCU???

I posted this in the VCU thread when people thought it was close to being sold out. So, I'll just copy and paste it here..................................... The seats at the top of the 300 sections are not sold, even though they are not available for purchase. The ticket office tries to sell the seats closest to the court first. If the seats in the front parts of the 300 sections, that are now green dots, are sold, then the back parts of these sections will open up and become green dots. There are tons of seats available in the 300 sections right now.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

To answer the Middle Tenn compared to VCU question it is one simple - the Middle Tenn games is part of the 5 game plan and the VCU game wasn’t a part of any mini plan.

Other mini plans games thst should have a good crowd
Dayton
Fordhan
Davidson
UMassu

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 5 years ago

I equate the VCU win to last year's win against pc......we needed that win last year to convince local basketball fans that Rhody was good enough to go watch in person....I'm talking casual type Rhody fans......not our hard core base of 4000 or so.....and also college bball fans with no connection to Rhody.....

Not on the same level but close due to the national reputation VCU has built.....they may not be the VCU of the past but casual fans don't know that.....it makes you notice the win.....

....now if we lose our next 2 or 3 games the value of that win gets flushed.....we are entering a very important stretch of games for purposes of attendance......leading up to the home White-Out game versus St. Louis.....

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

We will get a good crowd for the 4 games left in the mini plans. I think Rhody would need to win the next four that will put them near or at the top of the A10. Winning the next two will attract some. A 7 game winning streak and a chance for the NCAA’s again would bring the casual fan from last year back to the RC. That is a tall order - @ UMass, @ Duquense, SLU & @ Davidson. For some reason URI excluded SLU from the flex game of the mini plans. Maybe they were expecting a big crowd without that bump.

Also undetermined is what we get for students for weekend games. We have 4 weekend games and 3 weekday games left.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Saturday games normally mean more paying customers but less students than weeknight games.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago Saturday games normally mean more paying customers but less students than weeknight games.

Unless it's PC.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 5 years ago

Students don’t go home like they did back in the day. If marketing keeps their good job this year going the weekend games should have a decent student turnout.

Team needs to continue strong play obviously

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

hrstrat57 wrote: ↑5 years ago Students don’t go home like they did back in the day. If marketing keeps their good job this year going the weekend games should have a decent student turnout.

Team needs to continue strong play obviously

Student attendance was lower last year on weekends when compared to weekdays.

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago
hrstrat57 wrote: ↑5 years ago Students don’t go home like they did back in the day. If marketing keeps their good job this year going the weekend games should have a decent student turnout.

Team needs to continue strong play obviously
Student attendance was lower last year on weekends when compared to weekdays.

I agree with hrstrat. Not that I disagree with you 83, but have we really had that many weekend homegames with students being on campus? February is bang bang bang for home games every weekend.

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 5 years ago

Marketing has raised their level. I’ve no reason to expect we can’t get a decent student turnout. You’ll never get the same amount of students as a game during the week but I think a good team will bring em out.

Free food or swag always helps.....

We’ve come light years forward with marketing in my opinion.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

hrstrat57 wrote: ↑5 years ago Marketing has raised their level. I’ve no reason to expect we can’t get a decent student turnout. You’ll never get the same amount of students as a game during the week but I think a good team will bring em out.

Free food or swag always helps.....

We’ve come light years forward with marketing in my opinion.

Last year Rhody had a 13 game win streak and a top 20 ranked team. I think marketing, Dan & the players did a great job last year with the students. Very similar to this year. Players going around campus, free donuts, pizza etc.

Edit: Last year after the students returned Rhody had five home games with the attendance in all five 7,000+. Four of the five were weekday games. This year there are 7 games after return (the season goes a week later) with three of seven being weekday games.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

Rhody83 wrote: ↑5 years ago Last year Rhody had a 13 game win streak and a top 20 ranked team. I think marketing, Dan & the players did a great job last year with the students. Very similar to this year. Players going around campus, free donuts, pizza etc.

Edit: Last year after the students returned Rhody had five home games with the attendance in all five 7,000+. Four of the five were weekday games. This year there are 7 games after return (the season goes a week later) with three of seven being weekday games.

The same dynamics that existed with the performance of last year's team (nationally ranked, long winning streak, headed for certain NCAA bid, etc...) do not exist for this season end run. We will not see crowds over 7k for all 2nd semester games like we did in those five games last year. We will see strong attendance with healthy crowds like VCU but most probably won't approach sellout levels. The lack of a bandwagon effect will mean less near or on same day game ticket sales.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

^ and winning the next two games, on a 5-0 roll to host STL on a Saturday afternoon, might will create some bandwagon effect.

rhodysurf · Unread post by **rhodysurf** » 5 years ago

SLU Attendance?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

A crowd of 6,129 witnessed URI beating St Louis on Saturday. The season average to date through nine games is now 5,526. This is just slightly ahead of last year (5,505) at this mark. I however expect that the average will eventually drop below the prior season as URI averaged 7,132 in the final seven games last year. While attendance should continue to be strong, Rhody will likely not get numbers like last year for its remaining five games. Regardless, this season is shaping up to be one of the highest averages in the seventeen year history of the Ryan Center.

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2018-19
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
Bryant | 5,010 | 5,010 | 5,010 | 6,367 | (1,357) | -21.3%
Harvard | 5,494 | 10,504 | 5,252 | 5,338 | (86) | -1.6%
Stony Brook | 5,016 | 15,520 | 5,173 | 5,054 | 120 | 2.4%
Brown | 4,828 | 20,348 | 5,087 | 5,780 | (693) | -12.0%
Middle Tenn State | 6,382 | 26,730 | 5,346 | 5,776 | (430) | -7.4%
George Mason | 5,383 | 32,113 | 5,352 | 5,544 | (192) | -3.5%
St Bonaventure | 5,616 | 37,729 | 5,390 | 5,516 | (126) | -2.3%
VCU | 5,874 | 43,603 | 5,450 | 5,624 | (174) | -3.1%
St Louis | 6,129 | 49,732 | 5,526 | 5,505 | 21 | 0.4%

RYAN CENTER URI HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE
SEASON | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
2017-18 | 16 | 99,466 | 6,217
2007-08 | 15 | 88,731 | 5,915
2003-04 | 17 | 97,762 | 5,751
2002-03 | 17 | 96,194 | 5,658
2014-15 | 16 | 86,461 | 5,404
2008-09 | 14 | 74,196 | 5,300
2009-10 | 17 | 88,853 | 5,227
2016-17 | 16 | 82,761 | 5,173
2005-06 | 16 | 76,150 | 4,760
2015-16 | 17 | 80,198 | 4,718
2004-05 | 14 | 65,227 | 4,659
2010-11 | 16 | 72,598 | 4,537
2006-07 | 15 | 67,293 | 4,486
2013-14 | 16 | 71,058 | 4,441
2012-13 | 15 | 64,368 | 4,291
2011-12 | 15 | 57,428 | 3,829
TOTAL | 252 | 1,268,744 | 5,035

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

URI is poised to possibly have the fourth highest average attendance in the A-10 this season (behind Dayton, VCU, SLU). Rhody is currently averaging a number just slightly behind Richmond. The Spiders had the 4th best conference average last year but their numbers have since dropped due to a disappointing season thus far. I expect that URI will eventually surpass the Spiders average.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

The best we could ever do is 3rd.....will never surpass Dayton and VCU for attendance...but could pass St. Louis if they go back to sucking......which could happen the way they are trending. Ford is likely to be there for a while...they don't fire coaches very quickly.

And Mooney is on his way out at Richmond.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: ↑5 years ago The best we could ever do is 3rd.....will never surpass Dayton and VCU for attendance...but could pass St. Louis if they go back to sucking......which could happen the way they are trending. Ford is likely to be there for a while...they don't fire coaches very quickly.

And Mooney is on his way out at Richmond.

I would agree that Dayton and VCU will always be out of reach. St Louis, however even in bad years, typically also always has better attendance than URI. Being right downtown in a big city with an arena that seats over 10k contributes to that.

At this time, SLU is averaging 6,905 and Richmond is at 5,570. URI is presently at 5,526 but I expect it will rise as it usually does with more league games. Richmond had three more home OOC games and I do not think they will see their average rise to the degree likely to happen with URI. Rhody actually has a higher average for its first four league games than does the Spiders and I expect this trend to continue.

Interestingly, George Mason, currently second in the A-10 standings does not have a high average attendance (4,068). The Patriots disappointing poor early start to the season has hurt their draw despite having a large venue (10K) and good A-10 record. Their average right now is even below SBU (4,141) though that will probably soon change.

A-10 Last year:

ATLANTIC 10 HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE 2017-18
TEAM | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
DAYTON | 16 | 207,950 | 12,996
VCU | 18 | 137,466 | 7,637
RICHMOND | 15 | 97,379 | 6,491
ST LOUIS | 18 | 112,237 | 6,235
URI | 16 | 99,466 | 6,216
ST BONAVENTURE | 14 | 60,007 | 4,286
DAVIDSON | 13 | 55,600 | 4,276
GEORGE MASON | 17 | 69,491 | 4,087
ST JOE'S | 13 | 47,946 | 3,688
UMASS | 17 | 50,901 | 2,994
GW | 17 | 45,019 | 2,648
LASALLE | 14 | 26,755 | 1,911
DUQUESNE | 19 | 34,464 | 1,813
FORDHAM | 17 | 26,638 | 1,566
TOTAL | 224 | 1,071,319 | 4,783

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

The biggest crowd to date (which may possibly end up as the largest of the season) of 7,259 came out on Saturday to see a putrid performance by the home team versus Dayton. Nearly all of it was already long gone before the final seconds ticked off. Would not think this game will help future attendance. The season to date average is now at 5,699. URI has typically averaged more than this number for its A-10 games in recent years. I however think the downward trend of play will have an effect on the gate in the last four weeks. The athletic department is however fortunate in that only one of its remaining games occurs on a midweek (GW). The other games are Fordham on a Saturday, Davidson on a Friday, and UMass on a Saturday which should help drive up the numbers. Another helpful factor is that all of these future FRI/SAT games are part of the 3 and 5 game mini plans. I think given that many tickets have already been sold will help maintain decent numbers for the upcoming games. I do however anticipate that student attendance will see a drop which will affect the atmosphere in the Ryan Center (numbers and excitement wise). In the end, I think average attendance will likely end up close to where we presently are (maybe worst case a few hundred less).

The performance of the team may not have its biggest impact on attendance this season given many tickets were sold far in advance. It may ultimately have much more of an effect on attendance with ticket plan sales for next season.

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2018-19
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
Bryant | 5,010 | 5,010 | 5,010 | 6,367 | (1,357) | -21.3%
Harvard | 5,494 | 10,504 | 5,252 | 5,338 | (86) | -1.6%
Stony Brook | 5,016 | 15,520 | 5,173 | 5,054 | 120 | 2.4%
Brown | 4,828 | 20,348 | 5,087 | 5,780 | (693) | -12.0%
Middle Tenn State | 6,382 | 26,730 | 5,346 | 5,776 | (430) | -7.4%
George Mason | 5,383 | 32,113 | 5,352 | 5,544 | (192) | -3.5%
St Bonaventure | 5,616 | 37,729 | 5,390 | 5,516 | (126) | -2.3%
VCU | 5,874 | 43,603 | 5,450 | 5,624 | (174) | -3.1%
St Louis | 6,129 | 49,732 | 5,526 | 5,505 | 21 | 0.4%
Dayton | 7,259 | 56,991 | 5,699 | 5,662 | 37 | 0.6%

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

As RF1 stated, home attendance is now running slightly ahead of last year, 5,699 versus last year 5,662. This is likely to change significantly because the four remaining games this year will draw crowds below last year's record last four games which included crowds of 7,743, 7,019, 7,880. and 7,186. My guess is total average attendance will be in 5600-5700 range. Given the reduced number of games this year, the total draw will be down about 20,000 fans.That means a revenue loss of about $250K to the Athletics Dept.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

Since games are in mini plans I think we get up to about 5800 in average

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

It's the age old question. Is attendance the amount of tickets sold or the amount of people in the seats? I'm guessing there could be quite a few no shows for tickets already purchased, starting with Fordham this Saturday.

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 5 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago It's the age old question. Is attendance the amount of tickets sold or the amount of people in the seats? I'm guessing there could be quite a few no shows for tickets already purchased, starting with Fordham this Saturday.

People in seats

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 5 years ago

Taylor Swift wrote: ↑5 years ago
Billyboy78 wrote: ↑5 years ago It's the age old question. Is attendance the amount of tickets sold or the amount of people in the seats? I'm guessing there could be quite a few no shows for tickets already purchased, starting with Fordham this Saturday.
People in seats

I believe the attendance numbers that URI reports are tickets sold. One of the early OOC games this year the stands were very sparce and the reported attendance was over 5,000.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

It's tickets sold

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 5 years ago

In Baron's last season I attended the Texas-URI game, part of the Legends Classic, in Austin, TX. Next morning reading the game story, I noticed that the box score listed attendance, but also had "turnstile" attendance number which was a lower figure. That stuck in my mind because I had never seen that done before. I checked the current season Texas box scores and noticed that they no longer follow that practice.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

A very strong crowd of 6,258 came out see another putrid home performance versus Fordham yesterday. This raises the season to date average attendance to 5,750. Per first hand reports, there was a noticeable drop in student attendance at the game. This is not surprising given team performance is tanking having now lost five of the last six games. Students do not put out any additional direct money for games as their payment was indirect through general fees paid along with tuition. They do not therefore feel as if they are throwing away money by not going to games. The fans that are still coming out to games are the general public that directly paid for tickets by choice, mostly via plans, many months ago. Very few new sales have likely taken place since January. The numbers for this season will likely remain decent but large student turnout should not be expected save for maybe the late Friday night ESPN game versus Davidson. The good attendance for this season will be the direct result of plan sales that were derived off the performance of the previous two successful years of the program. This year's team is probably driving very little in ticket sales. The problem for URI going forward is that many that bought plan tickets previous to the start of this season may not do so in the same numbers for next year. There could be a very big drop off in attendance next year especially if the team did not perform very well from early on.

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2018-19
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
Bryant | 5,010 | 5,010 | 5,010 | 6,367 | (1,357) | -21.3%
Harvard | 5,494 | 10,504 | 5,252 | 5,338 | (86) | -1.6%
Stony Brook | 5,016 | 15,520 | 5,173 | 5,054 | 120 | 2.4%
Brown | 4,828 | 20,348 | 5,087 | 5,780 | (693) | -12.0%
Middle Tenn State | 6,382 | 26,730 | 5,346 | 5,776 | (430) | -7.4%
George Mason | 5,383 | 32,113 | 5,352 | 5,544 | (192) | -3.5%
St Bonaventure | 5,616 | 37,729 | 5,390 | 5,516 | (126) | -2.3%
VCU | 5,874 | 43,603 | 5,450 | 5,624 | (174) | -3.1%
St Louis | 6,129 | 49,732 | 5,526 | 5,505 | 21 | 0.4%
Dayton | 7,259 | 56,991 | 5,699 | 5,662 | 37 | 0.6%
Fordham | 6,258 | 63,249 | 5,750 | 5,655 | 95 | 1.7%

rhodysurf · Unread post by **rhodysurf** » 5 years ago

The comments on student attendance are not really 100% correct.... it’s a long weekend and URI students are notorious for going home normal weekends, never mind for long weekends. That’s a big influencer.

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

It will be very interesting when season ticket renewal time rolls around. It was reported that the number of season ticket holders went up this season- also helping the attendance #s. They will not have an increase next season and will most likely lose some.

GansettSummer · Unread post by **GansettSummer** » 5 years ago

rhodysurf wrote: ↑5 years ago The comments on student attendance are not really 100% correct.... it’s a long weekend and URI students are notorious for going home normal weekends, never mind for long weekends. That’s a big influencer.

It's not a long weekend for URI, students have classes on Monday.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 5 years ago

Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago It will be very interesting when season ticket renewal time rolls around. It was reported that the number of season ticket holders went up this season- also helping the attendance #s. They will not have an increase next season and will most likely lose some.

That is just the wrong philosophy. Stay engaged and hold them accountable. Dooley and Thorr are probably the best tandem President and AD this school has ever had. Ever. Keep the faith, root for the team, and if change is needed I think change will come swift.

Rhodyram · Unread post by **Rhodyram** » 5 years ago

theblueram wrote: ↑5 years ago
Rhodyram wrote: ↑5 years ago It will be very interesting when season ticket renewal time rolls around. It was reported that the number of season ticket holders went up this season- also helping the attendance #s. They will not have an increase next season and will most likely lose some.
That is just the wrong philosophy. Stay engaged and hold them accountable. Dooley and Thorr are probably the best tandem President and AD this school has ever had. Ever. Keep the faith, root for the team, and if change is needed I think change will come swift.

Not a philosophy- just what I expect to happen. I’m keeping my seats, but can you expect a first year season ticket holder to automatically renew? The product was not good this season and not looking very encouraging for next.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

We're keeping our seats...probably at least until we're chosen as "Season Ticket Holders of the Game", or hit that 50/50 thing so we can retire to someplace warm.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

I also expect a drop off as well next year

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

reef wrote: ↑5 years ago I also expect a drop off as well next year

I expect advance ticket sales via the plans to drop as well. I however think the fact that having PC at home will help minimize it somewhat as that game is always a tough buy. Another quality OOC game with Alabama should be a plus as well. I however expect that the conference schedule will not be as attractive as in recent years. The conference does not appear poised to send a lot of teams to the tournament this year. Furthermore, it will be less likely to see as many of the top A-10 teams at the Ryan Center next season as the league will not pair them with URI for home and homes for fear it will hurt other team's NCAA chances next year.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

I have both mini-plans, but the people sitting near me are season ticket holders. They said they're not renewing. I don't know how long they've had them.

ram1980 · Unread post by **ram1980** » 5 years ago

I just hope there's not another significant bump in season ticket prices like last year. Paid a good amount more for less games. Might be a bad idea to try that again.. my wife and I enjoy going to games and will continue as long as we are able.. I just hope they realize they need to keep their loyal base...

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 5 years ago

RF1 wrote: ↑5 years ago
reef wrote: ↑5 years ago I also expect a drop off as well next year
I expect advance ticket sales via the plans to drop as well. I however think the fact that having PC at home will help minimize it somewhat as that game is always a tough buy. Another quality OOC game with Alabama should be a plus as well. I however expect that the conference schedule will not be as attractive as in recent years. The conference does not appear poised to send a lot of teams to the tournament this year. Furthermore, it will be less likely to see as many of the top A-10 teams at the Ryan Center next season as the league will not have pair them with URI for home and homes for fear it will hurt other team's NCAA chances next year.

Except PC is in last place in the BE and if we flop and lose 5 or all 6 of our next games plus the A10 tournament game then excitement for next season will be way down.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 5 years ago

Sure, but the PC game always sells out not matter how good or how bad the teams are.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 5 years ago

It's possible that some people who have season tickets may not renew but instead just get a 5 game mini plan ???

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

Correct. People on my account are planning to do just that. I think our full season ticket base takes a good size hit but our mini plans stay about the same

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 5 years ago

reef wrote: ↑5 years ago It's possible that some people who have season tickets may not renew but instead just get a 5 game mini plan ???

Not here. Live too close to not go to every game, no excuses. Plus...good group of people around us.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 5 years ago

If we continue to suck, attendance and the resulting revenue will tank....that tends to get the attention of the bean counters most places.....

Next season, looks like there will be plenty of good seats available.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

A crowd of 5,543 came out to see a Friday night prime time ESPN2 televised game versus Davidson. There was a weak student turnout and very little energy in the crowd. It seemed as if most didn't really want to be there but had made the trip because they had long ago purchased the tickets and did not wish to waste them. In an ominous sign for future attendance, this game (#12) was the first since late November versus Brown (#4) that drew less than the average going in. I think given the trend on the court and in the stands, it is safe to assume that average has reached its high and is now in decline sitting at 5,733. I do not expect big turnouts for the remaining two games. My thinking is the game this Tuesday night versus GW could end up being the least attended (less than the 4,828 for Brown) game of the season. Umass to close it out at year end won't be a whole lot better.

The last two months of this season will have a strong negative impact on future ticket package sales. The Athletic Dept will have to work far harder than last year to sell tickets for next season. I expect, even with a much more attractive home OOC schedule, the numbers will drop.

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2018-19
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
Bryant | 5,010 | 5,010 | 5,010 | 6,367 | (1,357) | -21.3%
Harvard | 5,494 | 10,504 | 5,252 | 5,338 | (86) | -1.6%
Stony Brook | 5,016 | 15,520 | 5,173 | 5,054 | 120 | 2.4%
Brown | 4,828 | 20,348 | 5,087 | 5,780 | (693) | -12.0%
Middle Tenn State | 6,382 | 26,730 | 5,346 | 5,776 | (430) | -7.4%
George Mason | 5,383 | 32,113 | 5,352 | 5,544 | (192) | -3.5%
St Bonaventure | 5,616 | 37,729 | 5,390 | 5,516 | (126) | -2.3%
VCU | 5,874 | 43,603 | 5,450 | 5,624 | (174) | -3.1%
St Louis | 6,129 | 49,732 | 5,526 | 5,505 | 21 | 0.4%
Dayton | 7,259 | 56,991 | 5,699 | 5,662 | 37 | 0.6%
Fordham | 6,258 | 63,249 | 5,750 | 5,655 | 95 | 1.7%
Davidson | 5,543 | 68,792 | 5,733 | 5,803 | (71) | -1.2%

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 5 years ago

A fairly decent crowd of 5,423 came out last night for the game versus GW. This occurred despite the fact that URI had lost five straight games going in and the opponent was not an attraction. Turnout was likely helped by students as it was the greeks game which typically has good representation from all the frats and sororities. While this was a respectable crowd given recent play on the court, it was the second straight game below the season to date average (all be it both were not all that far below). I would minimally expect a somewhat similar sized crowd for the last game on next Saturday versus UMass. That would probably mean that the current average attendance of 5,709 will likely not be that far off from the ending number. If URI exceeds 5k for the UMass game, the 2018-19 season will end up at worst being the fourth best average in the 17 year history of the Ryan Center. It however will likely be some 500/game off from last season's best ever average (decline of about 8%).

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2018-19
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
Bryant | 5,010 | 5,010 | 5,010 | 6,367 | (1,357) | -21.3%
Harvard | 5,494 | 10,504 | 5,252 | 5,338 | (86) | -1.6%
Stony Brook | 5,016 | 15,520 | 5,173 | 5,054 | 120 | 2.4%
Brown | 4,828 | 20,348 | 5,087 | 5,780 | (693) | -12.0%
Middle Tenn State | 6,382 | 26,730 | 5,346 | 5,776 | (430) | -7.4%
George Mason | 5,383 | 32,113 | 5,352 | 5,544 | (192) | -3.5%
St Bonaventure | 5,616 | 37,729 | 5,390 | 5,516 | (126) | -2.3%
VCU | 5,874 | 43,603 | 5,450 | 5,624 | (174) | -3.1%
St Louis | 6,129 | 49,732 | 5,526 | 5,505 | 21 | 0.4%
Dayton | 7,259 | 56,991 | 5,699 | 5,662 | 37 | 0.6%
Fordham | 6,258 | 63,249 | 5,750 | 5,655 | 95 | 1.7%
Davidson | 5,543 | 68,792 | 5,733 | 5,803 | (71) | -1.2%
GW | 5,423 | 74,215 | 5,709 | 5,952 | (244) | -4.1%

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 5 years ago

A Saturday afternoon game against a regional rival, it will be over 5k

RamIt! · Unread post by **RamIt!** » 5 years ago

RF1 wrote: ↑5 years ago Turnout was likely helped by students as it was the greeks game which typically has good representation from all the frats and sororities.

Yes, they were certainly filled in by greek promo... anyone else notice the lack of the ruckus? Their section was EMPTY.

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