Louisville fans prove yet again how they are among the best in the country in supporting their basketball programs. According to the official NCAA numbers just released The Louisville men’s Basketball program finished 3rd in the nation in college basketball attendance, averaging 21,386 fans per game. The Louisville women’s Basketball program finished third with 9,515. The two programs combined had a total average attendance of 30,901 and that puts Louisville at #1 in the country. Our attendance for women’s basketball was better than eight ACC men’s programs.
U of L spent most of the 2000s fourth or fifth in average attendance until the KFC Yum Center, with a 22,090 capacity, opened in 2010. The Cardinals have finished third every year since. Freedom Hall officially seated 18,865.
Louisville was one of the schools that had the most people watch them with 640,947 in 36 games last season in home-away-neutral settings and was one of just three schools to average at least 20,000 fans per game.
In Division I, attendance totaled 27,422,615 for the year. Although it was down slightly from a season ago, the attendance is the ninth highest total in history. However, the NCAA tournament total attendance increased. The tournament earned its third-highest attendance in history with 739,798 fans. The record-setting total of 800,377 came in 2012-13.
Kudos to the Cardinal Nation for showing up last season. Lets do it again this season. Go Cards!