College Tourney Attendance Notes: Big East Draws Well At MSG

Several conference basketball tournaments wrapped up yesterday, with the Big East drawing its highest attendance number in five years of the current 10-team format at MSG. The tourney drew capacity crowds in three of the five sessions this week, including yesterday's Villanova-Providence title game at 19,812. Overall, the tourney averaged 18,789 fans, up from 17,556 last year. Other attendance notes: 

• Last night's Virginia-North Carolina ACC Championship game drew 18,157 fans to Barclays Center. Last year's Duke-Notre Dame title game at Barclays drew 18,109 fans.
• Yesterday's Kansas-West Virginia Big 12 title game drew 17,718 fans to Sprint Center in K.C. Last year's Iowa State-West Virginia finale drew a crowd of 18,972 at the same venue.
• The Arizona-USC Pac-12 championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas drew 16,501 fans. Last year's Arizona-Oregon title game at T-Mobile Arena had a crowd of 18,927 (THE DAILY).