The Big Ten Conference led the country in men’s college basketball attendance for the 39th consecutive season with an average of 12,781 fans per game for the 2014-15 season, according to a release from the conference.
The figure includes attendance from all regular season home games and the Big Ten Tournament, adding up to 3,195,137 fans, the second-highest total for any conference in NCAA history.
Last season was the first time the Big Ten exceeded three million fans across its regular season and conference tournament games.
Wisconsin led the Big Ten in attendance and ranked fifth nationally with an average of 17,279 fans per game. With an average of 16,288, IU was second in the conference and eighth nationally. It was the fourth straight season IU ranked among the top 10 in average home attendance and the 37th time in the 43 years at Assemby Hall.
Andy Wittry
