We’ve moved into basketball season, and the funky competitions have been put to rest. From here on out, most teams are playing at home, or in a relatively large neutral site (see: Crossroads Classic). So let’s take a look at last week’s attendance in NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball, shall we? As always, numbers are announced attendance (and if the team didn’t report an attendance, their game is excluded).

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 13

The lowest 3?

3. UNH vs Worcester State – A 6-4 New Hampshire team hosted Division III Worcester State University (the Lancers!) and the crowd was a bit thin:

Those 427 UNH Wildcat fans that did show up were treated to a 100-66 UNH victory.

2. Southern vs Ecclesia College – The talent of the away team drops to another low as Southern took on Ecclesia College. They’re a non-NCAA member, questionably accredited under the “Bible College” exemption, and has fewer than 200 students. I suspect that a large portion of its income comes from playing these basketball games Either way, a not-terrible 7-2 Southern team drew a whopping 319 (that’s 80% more people than the full enrollment of Ecclesia!) and it looks like the place was rocking as Southern took the 96-69 victory:

As a side note, the problem might be that the Ecclesia defender is completely facing the wrong way.

1. Bryant vs Army – This one is a little baffling. Bryant is a bad basketball team (2-9) but is located in a decent sized metro area (outside of Providence). Army is 8-2 and has a decent “brand,” yet only 294 showed up to see the Knights take it 77-55. No crowd shots were available, theoretically because there were so few people there and nobody had thought there would be anything filmworthy (even in a digital age).

Here are some more stats for you, your weekly miscellany:

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: UConn (vs Maryland), 19,812

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: Southern (vs Ecclesia College), 319.

Smallest Power Conference attendance: Boston College (vs Maine) 1,411.

Average attendance this week: 5,433

Full attendance numbers by game: