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[QUOTE="steve deberg, post: 464220, member: 2856"]
I'm on your side in this but I am not sure if the basketball team proves your point, or refutes it. (Assuming your point was the importance of media perception vs. winning in fan attendance.)
 
About 45% of a basketball schedule is OOC, compared to football where it is usually 33%. For teams in top conferences, most of those OOC games are going to be home game where the home team is favoured. This may also be the case with football but a greater percentage of basketball OOC games will be "sure fire wins".
 
You can be a team in a top conference with an overall winning record that still usually misses the dance. A football team with an overall winning record, regardless of conference record, will always go to the dance (bowling). Basically, I believe simply having a winning record goes a lot further in football than in basketball. 
 
Should that increase in attendance between 2002 and 2005 be more attributed to actually winning the national championship (winning at a higher level), or the increased positive pub we got because of it (better perception in the media)?
 
Obviously they go hand in hand, just not sure if this proves your point or not.
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