NCAA Attendance

[MUfan12]

Someone at MU should check on this- https://twitter.com/MarquetteMBB/sta...274752/photo/1

The NCAA counted that game at the Al, which dipped the average below 14K, and took MU out of the top 20.

http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/defau...attendence.pdf

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

@mikebroeker: @brewcity77 we were told last summer it would be a home game for RPI purposes only. Currently re-connecting w. @NCAA

[Markedman]

@mikebroeker: @brewcity77 update. NCAA says miscommunication last summer, game is a HOME game for all purposes. We'll be back in top 10 this year! #mubb

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

And there go any future games at the Al.

[MUfan12]

And there go any future games at the Al.

Thank God.

[TedBaxter]

Don't know why they would have thought it would only be for RPI purposes.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Don't know why they would have thought it would only be for RPI purposes.

Because that's what the NCAA told them when they first proposed the game. We were playing in a gym 25% the size of our normal venue, of course that will have an adverse affect on overall attendance. My guess is what the NCAA calls "miscommunication" is probably closer to being misleading information.

Of course, Broeker can't outright say that...

[The Reptile]

The NCAA has a rule book almost as thick as the tax code. No doubt the rules can be interpreted different ways by different people. That's what happens in any bureaucracy.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

The NCAA has a rule book almost as thick as the tax code. No doubt the rules can be interpreted different ways by different people. That's what happens in any bureaucracy.

Very true, but I remember this being a question that was specifically asked of the NCAA when the game was proposed because of Marquette's attendance rankings and perennial place in the top-20. Not sure they'd have played that game if they were given the correct information.

[Nukem2]

In the end, a home game is a home game is a home game.