Colorado men's basketball averaged 7,772 fans per game during the '16-17 season, marking the team's lowest figure since coach Tad Boyle's first season in '10-11 (7,014). This season's figure is down from 8,540 fans per game last season at the 11,064-seat Coors Event Center in Boulder, and down from a Boyle-era peak of 10,392 fans per game in '12-13, which was one season after CU won the Pac-12 Tournament (Brandon McClung, Research Associate). In Boulder, Pat Rooney noted Colorado AD Rick George "conceded the dwindling attendance numbers witnessed at CU men's basketball games this season has been a disappointment." George will address the situation with Boyle in addition to members of CU's athletics and marketing departments over the spring and summer in "hopes of reversing the trend." The "disappointing season" on the floor also "hasn't helped attract fans." But even an 0-7 start in Pac-12 play "doesn't explain the generally thin turnout all year in the student section, or the less-than-expected attendance for marquee early-season matchups like Colorado State (8,715) and nationally-ranked Xavier (7,743)" (Boulder DAILY CAMERA, 3/4).
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COLORADO MEN'S BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE TREND
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SEASON
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AVG. ATTENDANCE
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'16-17
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7,772
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'15-16
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8,540
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'14-15
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9,135
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'13-14
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9,635
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'12-13
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10,392
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'11-12
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7,804
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'10-11
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7,014
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