The college basketball season has begun, and with it brings plenty of random tournaments nationwide. Some of these, like the Maui Invitational, bring the best teams together and have no problem selling out. Others, well… we’ll get to those. Let’s take a look:

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 89 (Season total: 89)

Here are the 3 lowest attended games of last week:

3. SIU-Edwardsville vs Texas State – This one took place in the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu and had the prestigious title of being the lowest attended game as a percent of stadium capacity, as only 110 showed up in the 10,300 seat arena to see these two regional powerhouses square off thousands of miles from their nearest fans. Though I will say from the one sliver of a crowd shot I was able to find, it seems the attendance might’ve been a bit higher (For those who care, the Bobcats beat SIU-E 86-58):

2. Bethune-Cookman vs Trinity Baptist – Editor note: After publication, it came to our attention that BCU’s home arena, Moore Gymnasium, was damaged in a recent hurricane and games are being played an hour or so away in St. Augustine, partially explaining the lower attendance. Original comment follows: Our first sub-100 attended game of the season took place on the 18th as Bethune-Cookman hosted Trinity Bible College. SIXTY SEVEN people showed up, and from the looks of it, most of them didn’t hang around for the prayer circle after the 82-52 B-C win:

1. LIU-Brooklyn vs Maine – Fifty two fans. That’s it. The teams dressed 21 players, plus a couple of head coaches and assistants. That gives you roughly twice as many fans as participants watching this game, part of the Steve Wright Classic, an early season tournament hosted by Boston University. Apparently not many cared to drive up from New York, or down from Orono to see these two heavyweights battle it out. Those who were in attendance were at least treated to a close game: LIU-B won by 5.

And now, as always, the miscellany:

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: BYU (vs Princeton) 15,926.

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week (including neutral sites): LIU-Brooklyn (vs Maine), 52.

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week (on campus): Bethune-Cookman(vs Trinity Bible), 67.

Smallest Power Conference attendance (including neutral sites): Washington State (vs Loyola (Chicago)), 224.

Smallest Power Conference attendance (on campus): Stanford (vs Weber State), 1,232.

Average attendance this week: 4,867.

And as always, your full attendance numbers for the week: