Sep 29, 2022

🏀 FHSU men second in Division II attendance

Posted Sep 29, 2022 12:23 AM
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INDIANAPOLIS – Fort Hays State Men's Basketball ranked second in NCAA Division II for home attendance during the 2021-22 season. The Tigers averaged 2,000 fans per game at Gross Memorial Coliseum. A total of 32,000 fans attended 16 home games for the FHSU Men in 2021-22.

Northern State (S.D.) led Division II in attendance, averaging 2,357 fans per game. Fort Hays State and Northern State were the only two schools to average at least 2,000 fans per game for the season. Northern State led Division II for the 14th consecutive year, going back to 2008. Official attendance figures were not recorded in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 restrictions on several venues.

Fort Hays State helped the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association lead Division II as a conference in attendance for the 12th straight year. The Tigers led the MIAA in attendance for the fifth-straight year. The MIAA was the only Division II conference to average more than 1,000 fans per game (1,035). The MIAA had six schools in the Top 15 for attendance.

The Tigers ranked in the top five nationally for attendance in seven of the last eight years and this is the 12th-straight year the Tigers have been inside the top 10.

Fort Hays State moved to 406-72 (.849) overall inside Gross Memorial Coliseum since joining NCAA Division II. FHSU has achieved at least 10 wins at home in 42 of its 49 seasons overall inside Gross Memorial Coliseum, which opened in 1973. The Tigers have had winning seasons at home in 47 of the 49 years inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Below is the NCAA Division II Attendance Top 25 for 2021-22.

Rank   School   Games   Attendance   Average
1. Northern State (S.D.) 16  37714  2357
2. Fort Hays State (Kan.)  16  32000  2000
3. Black Hills State (S.D.)  14  26868  1919
4. Indiana (Pa.)  22  31536  1433
5. Washburn (Kan.)  14  19919  1423
6. Augustana (S.D.)  17  2389 1  1405
7. Emporia State (Kan.)  14  19627  1402
8. Drury (Mo.)  13  17914  1378
9. Southern Indiana  13  17577  1352
10. West Virginia State  13  17195  1323
11. Central Missouri  15  19346  1290
12. Northwest Missouri State  14  17714  1265
13. West Texas A&M  18  20939  1163
14. Missouri Western  16  18170  1136
15. Midwestern State (Texas)  14  15543  1110
16. Ferris State (Mich.)  16  17068  1067
17. South Dakota Mines  14  14744  1053
18. Georgia College  13  13449  1035
19. Southwest Minnesota State  11  11164  1015
20. Lincoln (Pa.)  12  12103  1009
21. Alaska Anchorage  11  10852  987
22. Adams State (Colo.)  11  10794  981
23. Colorado State-Pueblo  15  14628  975
24. Northwest Nazarene (Idaho)  10  9605  961
25. Eastern New Mexico  11  10465  951