2019-20 Home Attendance Predictions Summary

[Obadiah]

The Dayton game was a sellout with announced attendance of 7,895. That brings the total attendance to 92,156 and the 15 game average to 6,144. With these results the winner of the attendance bonus contest and prize of a $50 Mews gift certificate based his prediction of 6,146 is......

Seawrightspostgame

[Seawrightspostgame]

I am really starting to take pride in winning this. 2 times now!

I brought 4 people to the Dayton game and texted 2 others to go.

Go Rhody!

[Seawrightspostgame]

Thanks for running the funnest thing on the internet obi.

Any relation to obi toppin?

[Obadiah]

No relationship to Toppin. I always fashioned myself as a prophet, but in my modesty I chose the name of one of the lesser prophets.

P. S. Check your private messages, seawright

[RF1]

There is now no possibility of further men's basketball home games for teams since the NCAA has shut the sport down. URI drew attendance of 92,156 to its fifteen home games for a season average of 6,144 (80% capacity). This mark will make it the 2nd highest average in the eighteen year history of the Ryan Center behind only the 6,217 in the 2017-18 season. The venue has now drawn a total 1,442,053 to 281 URI men's basketball games for an average of 5,132 (67% capacity).

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2019-20
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
LIU | 4,258 | 4,258 | 4,258 | 5,010 | (752) | -15.0%
Alabama | 7,021 | 11,279 | 5,640 | 5,252 | 388 | 7.4%
Nicholls State | 4,520 | 15,799 | 5,266 | 5,173 | 93 | 1.8%
Manhattan | 4,434 | 20,233 | 5,058 | 5,087 | (29) | -0.6%
Providence | 8,052 | 28,285 | 5,657 | 5,346 | 311 | 5.8%
Western Kentucky | 5,325 | 33,610 | 5,602 | 5,352 | 250 | 4.7%
Richmond | 5,325 | 38,935 | 5,562 | 5,390 | 172 | 3.2%
Davidson | 5,095 | 44,030 | 5,504 | 5,450 | 53 | 1.0%
LaSalle | 6,323 | 50,353 | 5,595 | 5,526 | 69 | 1.2%
Duquesne | 6,007 | 56,360 | 5,636 | 5,699 | (63) | -1.1%
VCU | 7,896 | 64,256 | 5,841 | 5,750 | 92 | 1.6%
UMass | 6,328 | 70,584 | 5,882 | 5,733 | 149 | 2.6%
St Joe's | 6,673 | 77,257 | 5,943 | 5,709 | 234 | 4.1%
St Louis | 7,004 | 84,261 | 6,019 | 5,797 | 222 | 3.8%
Dayton | 7,895 | 92,156 | 6,144 | 5,797 | 347 | 6.0%


RYAN CENTER URI HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE
SEASON | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
2017-18 | 16 | 99,466 | 6,217
2019-20 | 15 | 92,156 | 6,144
2007-08 | 15 | 88,731 | 5,915
2018-19 | 14 | 81,153 | 5,797
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 | 281 | 1,442,053 | 5,132

[RF1]

Per the statistics maintained by each team, URI has once again ranked 4th in the A-10 for 2019-20 average home attendance. Dayton, for what I believe to have been the case every season since it has joined, led the league with a mark of 13,364 this past season. St Joe's had the biggest change in attendance with a drop of near 43% providing evidence that a team's W/L performance is a big factor at the gate.

ATLANTIC 10 HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE 2019-20
TEAM | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE | LY AVERAGE | DIFF
DAYTON | 17 | 227,186 | 13,364 | 12,957 | 3.1%
VCU | 18 | 137,466 | 7,637 | 7,637 | 0.0%
ST LOUIS | 17 | 114,564 | 6,739 | 6,890 | -2.2%
URI | 15 | 92,156 | 6,144 | 5,797 | 6.0%
RICHMOND | 16 | 96,013 | 6,001 | 5,730 | 4.7%
ST BONAVENTURE | 14 | 61,020 | 4,359 | 4,274 | 2.0%
GEORGE MASON | 17 | 68,634 | 4,037 | 4,335 | -6.9%
DAVIDSON | 13 | 47,889 | 3,684 | 3,800 | -3.0%
UMASS | 16 | 43,477 | 2,717 | 2,792 | -2.7%
GW | 16 | 41,941 | 2,621 | 2,382 | 10.1%
DUQUESNE | 14 | 32,285 | 2,306 | 2,308 | -0.1%
ST JOE'S | 14 | 29,513 | 2,108 | 3,692 | -42.9%
LASALLE | 15 | 29,757 | 1,984 | 2,113 | -6.1%
FORDHAM | 18 | 34,040 | 1,891 | 1,864 | 1.4%
TOTAL | 220 | 1,055,941 | 4,800 | 4,743 | 1.2%

[RhowdyRam02]

There is now no possibility of further men's basketball home games for teams since the NCAA has shut the sport down. URI drew attendance of 92,156 to its fifteen home games for a season average 6,144. This mark will make it the 2nd highest average in the eighteen year history of the Ryan Center behind only the 6,217 in the 2017-18 season. The venue has now drawn a total 1,442,053 to 281 URI men's basketball games for an average of 5,132 (37% capacity).

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2019-20
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
LIU | 4,258 | 4,258 | 4,258 | 5,010 | (752) | -15.0%
Alabama | 7,021 | 11,279 | 5,640 | 5,252 | 388 | 7.4%
Nicholls State | 4,520 | 15,799 | 5,266 | 5,173 | 93 | 1.8%
Manhattan | 4,434 | 20,233 | 5,058 | 5,087 | (29) | -0.6%
Providence | 8,052 | 28,285 | 5,657 | 5,346 | 311 | 5.8%
Western Kentucky | 5,325 | 33,610 | 5,602 | 5,352 | 250 | 4.7%
Richmond | 5,325 | 38,935 | 5,562 | 5,390 | 172 | 3.2%
Davidson | 5,095 | 44,030 | 5,504 | 5,450 | 53 | 1.0%
LaSalle | 6,323 | 50,353 | 5,595 | 5,526 | 69 | 1.2%
Duquesne | 6,007 | 56,360 | 5,636 | 5,699 | (63) | -1.1%
VCU | 7,896 | 64,256 | 5,841 | 5,750 | 92 | 1.6%
UMass | 6,328 | 70,584 | 5,882 | 5,733 | 149 | 2.6%
St Joe's | 6,673 | 77,257 | 5,943 | 5,709 | 234 | 4.1%
St Louis | 7,004 | 84,261 | 6,019 | 5,797 | 222 | 3.8%
Dayton | 7,895 | 92,156 | 6,144 | 5,797 | 347 | 6.0%


RYAN CENTER URI HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE
SEASON | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
2017-18 | 16 | 99,466 | 6,217
2019-20 | 15 | 92,156 | 6,144
2007-08 | 15 | 88,731 | 5,915
2018-19 | 14 | 81,153 | 5,797
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 | 281 | 1,442,053 | 5,132

That 37% of capacity over the Ryan Center is offf

[RF1]

That 37% of capacity over the Ryan Center is offf

Thanks. Typo (3 is just below 6 on the numbers pad). Should be 67%. Fixed above.

[RF1]

Per the statistics maintained by each team, URI has once again ranked 3rd in New England for 2019-20 D1 men's basketball average home attendance. Providence led the region with a mark of 10,064 this past season with UConn next at 9,199. In a change from recent years, Vermont surpassed UMass-Amherst for 5th place. The Minutemen, completing their 5th straight losing season, continued to see their attendance decline recording an average of just 2,717 in the 9,493 seat Mullins Center (29% capacity).

NEW ENGLAND MEN'S BASKETBALL D1 HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE 2019-20
TEAM | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE | LY AVERAGE | DIFF
PROVIDENCE | 16 | 161,029 | 10,064 | 9,542 | 5.5%
UCONN | 17 | 156,389 | 9,199 | 8,652 | 6.3%
URI | 15 | 92,156 | 6,144 | 5,797 | 6.0%
BOSTON COLLEGE | 18 | 97,527 | 5,418 | 5,243 | 3.3%
VERMONT | 16 | 48,501 | 3,031 | 2,693 | 12.5%
UMASS-AMHERST | 16 | 43,477 | 2,717 | 2,792 | -2.7%
FAIRFIELD | 13 | 21,714 | 1,670 | 1,357 | 23.1%
HARVARD | 12 | 17,678 | 1,473 | 1,550 | -5.0%
YALE | 11 | 16,073 | 1,461 | 1,597 | -8.5%
BROWN | 14 | 19,110 | 1,365 | 1,224 | 11.5%
HOLY CROSS | 14 | 19,019 | 1,359 | 1,361 | -0.2%
QUINNIPIAC | 14 | 17,647 | 1,261 | 1,225 | 2.9%
CCSU | 13 | 15,555 | 1,197 | 1,005 | 19.1%
NORTHEASTERN | 13 | 15,419 | 1,186 | 1,117 | 6.1%
MERRIMACK | 12 | 12,473 | 1,039 | - | -
BRYANT | 14 | 14,229 | 1,016 | 752 | 35.1%
UMASS-LOWELL | 17 | 16,368 | 963 | 1,203 | -20.0%
HARTFORD | 17 | 16,131 | 949 | 850 | 11.7%
MAINE | 12 | 10,711 | 893 | 1,009 | -11.5%
DARTMOUTH | 12 | 10,480 | 873 | 827 | 5.6%
BU | 15 | 11,734 | 782 | 735 | 6.4%
SACRED HEART | 13 | 8,140 | 626 | 648 | -3.3%
UNH | 13 | 7,185 | 553 | 383 | 44.3%
TOTAL | 327 | 848,745 | 2,596 | 2,590 | 0.2%

*Note that this was Merrimack's first year competing as a provisional member of D1.

[Rhodyhooopz]

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
2018-19 | 14 | 81,153 | 5,797
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 | 266 | 1,349,897 | 5,075

Anyone want to predict next years average attendance now?

[section(105)]

.......sure, why not?.......4,000

[RF1]

It was already sure to decrease with the loss of Cyril and Jeff. The reality is that the level of play was going to drop and that was certain to affect interest.

[LoveThoseRams]

Let's wait...its going down by the day, or hour...so it seems.

[luke]

No way would I want to predict attendance or anything else about next year's team at this point . we have no idea who is even going to be on the team .
for all we know , we could end up with a tremendous freshman class coupled with some of the best transfers we have ever had and end up with a better team than we had this season . But with a nod to the pessimists , we could have a depleted roster , very thin and no key replacements. Probably only
the coaching staff knows how this thing will go and even they may have some uncertainty about it . Maybe they can surprise us with moves we haven't
even heard about yet . my thoughts are : Don't panic , there are players looking for playing time out there and right now URI can certainly offer it .
This can attract under the radar transfers like Dayton got in Ibi Watson and Rodney Chatman . Also coaching changes sometimes bring about the opportunity to pick up recruits who end up having the coach who recruited them leave them in the lurch . We need to be patient and wait and see how
it all plays out . And if nothing good comes our way , we have plenty of time to panic in August. It will be very interesting to see where Martin ends up ,
which might give us a clue why he transferred.

[Billyboy78]

If the 2nd wave of the virus hits when Fauci has predicted, October or November, it might be zero.

[RamStock]

If the 2nd wave of the virus hits when Fauci has predicted, October or November, it might be zero.

Going to be an empty arena next year no matter what the circumstances are.

[NYGFan_Section208]

If the 2nd wave of the virus hits when Fauci has predicted, October or November, it might be zero.

Going to be an empty arena next year no matter what the circumstances are.

Not necessarily. If Scotty beams up the right players through the portal, could be awesome.

[LoveThoseRams]

Let's wait...its going down by the day, or hour...so it seems.

Or up!