Eight interesting figures from the NCAA’s attendance report

Skim through the NCAA's attendance report for the 2010-11 college basketball season, and you may notice some similarities from previous years.

For the sixth straight season and 15th time in 16 years, Kentucky led the nation in average home attendance at 23,603 fans per game. Syracuse and Louisville were second and third, just as they were a year ago.

Overall attendance for 2010-11 was down about one-half percent from the previous year but still ranked fifth all-time. Here's a look at some other attendance figures that stood out from the NCAA's report:

? Highest per game attendance: 1. Kentucky (23,603), 2. Syracuse (22,312), 3. Louisville (21,832)

? Lowest per game attendance: 1. New Orleans (322), 2. New Jersey Institute of Technology (455), 3. Centenary (531)

? Highest per-game attendance among non-BCS schools: 1. Brigham Young (18,714), 2. Memphis (16,768), 3. New Mexico (14,570)

? Lowest per-game attendance among BCS-conference schools: 1. South Florida (4,230), 2. USC (4,691), 3. Miami (4,763)

? Highest per-game attendance among non-Division I schools: 1. Northern State (3,016), 2. Hope (2,818), 3. Benedict (2,785)

? Largest average attendance increase from last year: 1. Brigham Young (+4,685), 2. San Diego State (+4,441), 3. Louisville (+2,435)

? Best average attendance per conference: 1. Big Ten (12,826), 2. Big East (11,323), 3. Southeastern (11,187)

? Best average attendance per non-BCS conference: 1. Mountain West (9,122), 2. Missouri Valley (7,187), 3. Conference USA (5,679)

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