Note: The following is attendance figures for each of the 16 NCAA Division III playoff games played Saturday (Nov. 19) The first number is Saturday's attendance. The second figure in perentheses is the venues 2011 regular season per game attendance average)
(Whitewater Bracket)
Christopher Newport at Kean Attendance: 3943, (1812)
Western New England at Salisbury Attendance: 1183, (1699)
Thomas More at Franklin Attendance: 2850, (2820)
Albion at Wisconsin-Whitewater Attendance: 1211, (8040)
(Delaware Valley Bracket)
St. Scholastica at St. Thomas Attendance: 2350 (in snow storm), (4596)
Monmouth at Illinois Wesleyan Attendance: 2150, (1996)
St. John Fisher at Johns Hopkins Attendance: 1501, (1230)
Norwich at Delaware Valley Attendance: 1476, (2160)
(Mary Hardin-Baylor Bracket)
Redlands at Mary Hardin-Baylor Attendance: 1962, (2956)
McMurray at Trinity (TX) Attendance: 1373, (2022)
Cal Lutheran at Linfield Attendance: 1552, (2432)
Hobart at Wesley Attendance: 1531, (1738)
(Mount Union Bracket)I
llinois College at Wabash Attendance: 1359 (rain), (4509)
Dubuque at North Central Attendance: 1576, (2646)
Hampden-Sydney at Centre Attendance: 1312, (964)
Benedictine at Mount Union Attendance: 1823, (4043)
- Five of the sixteen 1st round playoff games exceeded regular season per game attendance average.
- Three of the sixteen 1st round playoff games drew attendance figures less than half the venues regular season per game attendance. The two locations – Mount Union and Whitewater
I agree with you Tom, the lack of support during playoff games has always confused me. I've been in Houston for the last two years and was pleased, when I came back, to see that regular season games were always well attended (attendance doesn't equal cheering, but that's a different story). I guess that hasn't translated to the postseason however. I hope that this week the Franklin game draws better. No way 7,000 people are deer hunting.
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