The University of Dayton finished in the Top 30 in men's basketball attendance for the 13th straight season in 2009-10, according to a report by the NCAA released Wednesday.

The Flyers finished 28th in the NCAA in attendance with an average of 12,259 fans a game, after averaging 12,765 a year ago. Since UD Arena opened in 1969, Dayton has been in the NCAA`s top 35 in attendance every season.

The Flyers led the Atlantic 10 in attendance for the 13th straight season. UD averaged more than 2,100 fans a game better than any other team in the conference. In conference games only, Dayton averaged 13,031.

UD Arena has 96 sellouts in its 40-year history. UD's last 169 regular season home games have had attendance of at least 11,000 fans. In the last 15 years, 99 percent of UD's home games have drawn at least 10,000 (407 of 411), including the last 206 regular season games.

Dayton returns nine letterwinners from last year’s NIT championship team, including team MVP Chris Wright and NIT MVP Chris Johnson.

A First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, Wright averaged 13.7 points and 7.3 rebounds in leading the Flyers to a 25-12 overall record. UD’s team MVP and a First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, Wright also led the team in minutes (28.6), dunks (a school-record 68), blocked shots (a school-record 53), free throws attempted (185) and free throws made (125). He led UD with 29 double-figure games in 2009-10.

Johnson was second to Wright on the team in scoring (11.9) and rebounding (6.9) and led UD in FT% (.848, 84-99). He averaged 14.8 points and 8.4 rebounds in the NIT, and was the Atlantic 10’s Chris Daniels Memorial Most Improved Player Award winner in 2010.

NCAA Attendance Rankings
Rank  School   Average
1.  Kentucky  24,111
2.  Syracuse  22,152
3.  Louisville  19,397
4.  Tennessee  19,168
5.  North Carolina  17,786
6.  Wisconsin  17,230
7.  Maryland  16,792
8.  Memphis  16,498
9.  Kansas   16,433
10.  Marquette  15,617
11.  Indiana  15,296
12.  Illinois  14,870
13.  Michigan State  14,759
14.  Texas   14,629
15.  Creighton  14,495
16.  Ohio State  14,181
17.  Brigham Young 14,029
18.  UNLV   13,917
19.  Arizona  13,815
20.  Purdue   13,681
21.  Vanderbilt  13,623
22.  New Mexico  13,595
23.  Minnesota  13,453
24.  NC State  13,184
25.  Arkansas  13,182
26.  Iowa State  12,491
27.  West Virginia  12,375
28.  DAYTON   12,259
29.  Georgetown  12,040
30.  South Carolina  11,994