Smallest D1 crowd ever?

[Lawrinson14]

Rutgers had 392 fans at their game last night. 392!

http://www.scarletknights.com/ck/stats/basketball-men/2013/rusc1125.htm
(control : attendance)

*Sorry, should have marked OT. Would have posted anyway even if the team wasn't Rutgers.

 

[SUfaninAZ]

That many? Good for them.

 

[PoppyHart]

Siena during the measles outbreak would be tough to beat.

 

[two3zone]

How is that even possible?

 

[MSOrange]

It's not the smallest D1 ever. I went to a small D1 school that would sadly rival some of those crowds when we had a couple really bad seasons my junior and senior year. But now we usually get 1500-2000 a game now. That might be one of the smallest for a BCS school though. Boston College might argue if it's the smallest though from what I have heard

 

[zeekay]

Next year the revenues from those 392 tickets will go into the BigTen coffers to be split among the other schools. They're gonna make that conference rich I tell you!

 

[StopCoolio]

The funniest thing is on their board, they were laughing at how inflated the number was. Someone was saying he thought it was as low as 160.

 

[Zippy1808]

This was an added home game after they lost in the preseason NIT and did not advance to the Garden.
I wonder if 392 Rutgers fans even bought tickets for either of the 2 nights at MSG before they lost.

Plenty of good seats available at the RAC tonight, by the way. $10 tickets and $10 parking!

 

[RandygoCuse]

If you get up to get a hot dog, do they stop play for you until you get back?

 

[Dave85]

If you get up to get a hot dog, do they stop play for you until you get back?

Too funny. I mean it's kind of tragic. But I can't help myself from smiling at your post.

 

[bryanradams]

That's a good crowd. I live in Teaneck, so I try to go to Fairleigh Dickinson games. If there were 392 in attendance every once in awhile, they would give out gift certificates to Boston Market. Think about winning 2 games a year for the last 7 years = no crowd.

 

[jekelish]

That's not bad for an intramural team, though.

 

[orange79]

True story - 187 of the 392 were televisions.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I didn't know that Stillman College traveled that well.

 

[cuseincincy]

Boy I don't know. I'm not sure there were 100 people at Barclays last night for the Stanford - Houston game. I guarantee there were more people there working or playing at that game than attending that game.

 

[JarHeadJim]

RutGirls

 

[Zippy1808]

Rutgers game on campus: 392 fans (generously)
Syracuse game 3,500(?) miles from campus: no doubt at least 393 fans.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Siena during the measles outbreak would be tough to beat.

That would have an asterisk by it, though. The RU record would stand.

 

[SUFan44]

Definitely not the smallest D1 crowd ever - has anyone ever seen St. Francis Brooklyn's gym? 392 is just about max capacity.

That being said, why list it as 392? Even if it is only 392 - you can't list it as higher? I know for a fact other schools around the country fudge the numbers.

Bad job by the stats crew and the SID. Equally bad job by the "Rutgers fans".

 

[orange79]

That would have an asterisk by it, though. The RU record would stand.

Apathy > illness for this kind of record.

 

[Madbiker]

Those 392 showed up because they thought Ohio State was playing.

 

[pfister1]

Rutgers had 392 fans at their game last night. 392!

http://www.scarletknights.com/ck/stats/basketball-men/2013/rusc1125.htm
(control : attendance)

*Sorry, should have marked OT. Would have posted anyway even if the team wasn't Rutgers.

Just think what that crowd would be like if they weren't capable of delivering the NY market.

 

[PoppyHart]

That would have an asterisk by it, though. The RU record would stand.

My high school in NJ was actually effected by the outbreak. Our hockey team had advanced to the state finals and was all set to play in what the Star Ledger deemed the (hockey) "Game of the Century". Alas, the game was canceled due to the outbreak. Twenty one years later, in 2010, a bunch of 37 year olds from each team suited up and played for charity. We eventually prevailed 3-2.

 

[doc05]

It's not the smallest D1 ever. I went to a small D1 school that would sadly rival some of those crowds when we had a couple really bad seasons my junior and senior year. But now we usually get 1500-2000 a game now. That might be one of the smallest for a BCS school though. Boston College might argue if it's the smallest though from what I have heard

Yeah - I went to a similar D1 school. It's not D1 per se, the better comparison would be for a BCS school (as noted above).

 

[Cusefan95]

I was working on a Masters taking night classes at UAlbany in the first couple years Will Brown was coaching...and the team was terrible. I used to leave class and head over to the gym to catch the second half of the games - I would just walk in without a ticket, join the players girlfriends and parents, and watch UAlbany get blown out. If those games had paid attendance in triple digits I'd be shocked (and certain the numbers were massaged).