Christmas break: time for neutral sites, which help inflate the attendance numbers a bit. But for those schools that aren’t major enough to play in a neutral site rivalry type game, it is hard to draw a crowd. This is reflected in the poor attendance numbers at the bottom of the pile this week.

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 22

The lowest 3 attended games?

3. Iona vs Akron – This one took place in Las Vegas, in an off-the-strip casino’s arena. No surprise that Ionians and Akronians had no desire to fly across the country on the week of Christmas to see the 4-6 Iona Gaels take on the 9-2 Zips. No surprises in this one, as 225 people already knew, the Zips took the win over the Gaels, 78-64

2. St. Peters vs St. Francis (NY edition) – Christmas in the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City was pretty sparse, and even the reported 131 seems to be inflated:

I suspect most of the folks got the memo, the game ended up being terrible, with both teams barely shooting above 35%. Peter beats Francis 56-45 and ten dozen people actively begin questioning what they’re doing with their life.

1. Morgan State vs Rider – Morgan State “wins” again this week, after last week’s miserable showing of 126, they convinced two more friends to attend this week, getting them 128 in attendance against Rider. The Bears ended up getting destroyed by the Rider Broncs, which could harm future Morgan State attendance numbers. We will wait with baited breath.

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: Oakland (vs Michigan State ), 20,228, neutral site game. True-ish home game: Alabama (vs Oregon), 14,508, game was played in Birmingham instead of Tuscaloosa. True on-campus home game: Cincinnati (vs Iowa State), 13,176.

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: St. Peters (vs St. Francis (NY)), 131.

Smallest Power Conference attendance: USC (vs Lafayette), 3,215.

Average attendance this week: 6,080 (up 1,012 (20%) over last week)

And of course, your full attendance numbers by game:

Home team Home score Away Team Away Score Attendance Morgan State 49 Rider 71 128 St Peter's 56 St Francis (BKN) 45 131 Iona 64 Akron 78 225 Akron 84 UCSB 70 250 UCSB 80 Iona 76 250 UC Riverside 63 Denver 54 373 Boston U 78 UNH 74 377 MD-E Shore 115 Central Penn 86 403 Ga Southern 78 Stetson 58 501 Dartmouth 78 Longwood 54 512 Jacksonville 68 Florida A&M 66 537 Lehigh 62 Stony Brook 75 543 Gardner-Webb 75 VMI 76 781 LIU Brooklyn 66 Incarnate Word 59 791 UTSA 73 Cal Poly 88 795 Coppin State 62 E Michigan 73 813 N Illinois 85 Roosevelt 52 823 Fairfield 94 Loyola (MD) 88 826 Winthrop 92 Alabama State 84 909 Northeastern 77 Vermont 65 928 Hofstra 68 FAU 54 961 CSU Bakersfield 78 Portland State 66 1006 Holy Cross 76 Maine 75 1014 Arkansas State 77 Cent Arkansas 67 1040 Air Force 80 Johnson and Wales (Den) 56 1075 Campbell 68 Charleston 86 1124 Navy 62 Furman 49 1131 Radford 123 Central Penn 63 1147 UC Davis 51 Idaho 68 1211 Loyola (CHI) 72 W Illinois 67 1211 Towson 91 UMBC 65 1224 San Jose State 128 Life Pacific 66 1236 Portland 87 Loyola Mary 60 1286 William & Mary 78 High Point 75 1388 Tulane 59 Southern Miss 40 1541 Lamar 86 Texas Lutheran 69 1592 Binghamton 49 FIU 66 1602 UNC Asheville 81 Elon 86 1611 San Diego 81 CS Northridge 63 1634 N Kentucky 88 IU-Kokomo 44 1638 Portland 87 Pepperdine 79 1659 Pacific 73 Santa Clara 72 1705 Cleveland State 47 Bowling Green 62 1725 UIC 91 Purdue-Calumet 74 1814 Georgia State 64 Mid Tennessee 62 1819 UT-Arlington 98 Sul Ross 40 1855 South Alabama 74 Rice 67 1937 Austin Peay 84 Wofford 77 1975 Cornell 69 Monmouth 78 2034 Princeton 89 Bucknell 77 2049 SMU 70 Colorado 66 2154 Cent Michigan 72 Howard 52 2259 JMU 73 Mt St Mary's 53 2291 Hartford 69 Widener 46 2308 Bucknell 91 Fairfield 101 2313 St John's 61 South Carolina 75 2355 Saint Mary's 74 San Francisco 52 2408 Chattanooga 77 Radford 75 2522 Colorado State 89 USC Upstate 61 2658 W Michigan 86 IPFW 89 2676 Drake 87 Abil Christian 70 2701 Montana 75 Montana-Western 43 2709 W Kentucky 79 Detroit 74 3031 Albany 65 Niagara 56 3182 USC 100 Lafayette 64 3215 Indiana State 73 Ball State 61 3256 LA-Lafayette 79 New Orleans 69 3401 USC 70 SIU ED 51 3409 Stanford 70 Sacramento St 60 3436 UAB 116 Hiwassee College 43 3455 FGCU 63 LA Tech 66 3514 La Salle 49 Miami (FL) 95 3582 Stanford 83 Carroll (MT) 38 3607 Rutgers 72 Fair Dickinson 64 3624 Wright State 65 Murray State 49 3708 UCF 101 Bethune-Cookman 96 3734 Toledo 95 NC A&T 62 4006 ECU 98 S Carolina St 71 4145 Missouri State 74 SE Missouri St 78 4189 Illinois State 66 Tennessee St 55 4205 New Mexico St 76 Oral Roberts 61 4315 Arizona State 80 SF Austin 73 4373 UMass 66 Providence 90 4411 Miss St 93 N Colorado 69 4512 Davidson 81 Morehead State 77 4561 Georgia Tech 75 SE Louisiana 62 4563 Georgia Tech 76 Colgate 60 4638 Evansville 91 Alabama A&M 70 4746 Tulsa 90 N Arizona 55 4752 FSU 75 Charleston So 64 4979 George Mason 71 Wagner 60 5039 Ohio 65 AR-Pine Bluff 58 5254 DePaul 82 G Washington 61 5289 Bradley 49 TCU 53 5560 Seton Hall 66 USF 49 5700 Baylor 85 New Mexico St 70 5842 Norfolk State 62 UC Irvine 80 5946 Texas Tech 65 AR-Little Rock 53 5955 Gonzaga 99 Pepperdine 73 6000 Gonzaga 85 Loyola Mary 62 6000 Weber State 99 South Dakota St 95 6053 Richmond 74 Presbyterian 44 6056 Northern Iowa 76 BYU 84 6172 Fresno State 89 Pacific Union 46 6242 Old Dominion 71 URI 65 6298 Northwestern 74 Loyola (MD) 59 6401 Harvard 69 Auburn 51 6437 Charlotte 59 Georgetown 62 6448 UCLA 67 McNeese State 53 6499 Villanova 78 Delaware 48 6500 Northwestern 103 Sacred Heart 67 6574 Siena 73 St Bonaventure 70 6593 Washington 79 Seattle 68 6921 UConn 99 Cent Conn St 52 7123 Butler 88 Southern Utah 52 7128 Harvard 85 BYU 82 7161 Oklahoma 83 Harvard 71 7251 Notre Dame 87 Youngstown St 78 7313 Northern Iowa 63 Washington St 59 7365 VCU 90 Buffalo 69 7637 UTEP 76 Norfolk State 85 7746 Pitt 79 W Carolina 73 8025 West Virginia 84 E Kentucky 59 8121 Utah State 76 North Dakota St 62 8321 Hawaii 68 Northern Iowa 52 8436 Saint Louis 52 S Illinois 65 8758 Florida 89 Jacksonville 65 9083 Ole Miss 83 Troy 80 9289 LSU 79 American U 51 9902 Minnesota 65 Milwaukee 74 10364 Wichita State 98 Nevada 69 10506 Georgia 71 Clemson 48 10523 Memphis 84 IUPUI 48 10655 OSU 64 Mercer 44 11460 Michigan 96 Bryant 60 11491 Marquette 91 Chicago State 74 11937 UNLV 103 South Dakota 68 11990 Utah 105 Delaware State 58 12041 Marquette 84 Presbyterian 66 12226 San Diego State 57 Kansas 70 12414 Kansas State 63 North Dakota 49 12440 Wake Forest 70 Xavier 78 12938 Cincinnati 79 Iowa State 81 13176 Dayton 64 Miami (OH) 63 13206 UVA 63 Cal 62 13265 OSU 73 S Carolina St 57 13506 Iowa 85 Tenn Tech 63 14432 Missouri 63 Illinois 68 14456 Alabama 68 Oregon 72 14508 Arizona 85 LBSU 70 14644 Tennessee 76 East Tenn St 67 14684 Nebraska 81 PV A&M 50 14754 Arkansas 97 North Florida 72 14794 Purdue 68 Vanderbilt 55 14846 NC State 58 UNC Greensboro 52 15716 Indiana 99 Kennesaw St 72 15721 Syracuse 82 Montana State 60 17202 Wisconsin 84 Green Bay 79 17287 Creighton 105 North Texas 82 17518 Maryland 87 Marshall 67 17950 UNC 94 Appalachian St 70 18336 Louisville 98 Utah Valley 68 19146 Louisville 75 UMKC 47 19419 Oakland 93 Michigan State 99 20228 Syracuse 80 Texas Southern 67 21601 Kentucky 75 Louisville 73 24412