Complete NCAA Attendance Report

The University of Dayton finished in the Top 30 in men's basketball attendance for the 14th straight season in 2010-11, according to a report by the NCAA.

The Flyers finished 27th in the NCAA in attendance with an average of 12,567 fans a game, after averaging 12,259 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 14th straight season. UD averaged more than 2,400 fans a game better than any other team in the conference. In conference games only, Dayton averaged 12,719 fans a game.

UD Arena has 99 sellouts in its 41-year history. UD's last 188 regular season home games have had attendance of at least 11,000 fans. In the last 16 years, 99 percent of UD's home games have drawn at least 10,000 (426 of 430), including the last 225 regular season games.

New coach Archie Miller returns nine players for the 24-12 team that reached the final of the Atlantic 10 tournament, falling to eventual Sweet Sixteen participant Richmond. Senior forward Chris Johnson is the leader of three returning starters. Johnson was second on the team in scoring (11.9) and rebounds (6.0) while leading the Flyers in minutes played (29.7), FT% (.830, 83-100) and three pointers (77).

NCAA Attendance Rankings
Rank  School   Average
1.  Kentucky  23,603
2.  Syracuse  22,312
3.  Louisville  21,832
4.  North Carolina  19,144
5. Tennessee 18.952
6. Brigham Young 18,714
7.  Wisconsin  17,230
8.  Memphis  16,768
9.  Kansas   16,436
10. Illinois 15,851
11.  Marquette  15,586
12.  Indiana  15,259
13.  Ohio State  15,125
14. Maryland 14, 910
15.  Michigan State 14,797
16. New Mexico  14,570
17. Purdue 13,916
18. Vanderbilt 13,802
19. North Carolina State 13,779
20. Arizona 13,680
21. Texas 13,669
22. Creighton 13,507
23.  UNLV 13,253
24. Minnesota  13,241
25.  Georgetown  12,675
26. Kansas State 12,652
27. DAYTON 12,567
28. Iowa State 12,110
29. Arkansas 11,884
30.  San Diego State 11,635
31. Iowa 11,635
32. UConn 11,569
33. West Virginia 11,529
34. Missouri 11,112
35. Alabama 10,983