FHSU Athletics
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