Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament Thread - Regionals are the best weekend of hockey all year
I’m going to throw a bone to Grand Rapids and Van Andel, actually.
For the first three regionals that they hosted in the 16-team format (‘04, ‘05, and ‘07), they averaged 5366 fans per game. That’s better than Allentown, frankly. Is it great? No. But it’s respectable and probably in line with what the NCAA hopes for, numbers-wise.
Of course, those regionals all had either Michigan or Michigan State playing. Plus Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Minnesota sprinkled in there.
The problem are the other two regionals:
- Notre Dame, Bemidji State, Cornell and Northeastern
- Yale, Minnesota, North Dakota and Niagara
With basically just Notre Dame and the prayer of loads of travelers from Minny, NoDak and Cornell, it’s no surprise that those regionals did poorly. No Michigan schools (not even Western or Tech, etc) is going to make attendance tough.
I’m going to throw a bone to Grand Rapids and Van Andel, actually.
For the first three regionals that they hosted in the 16-team format (‘04, ‘05, and ‘07), they averaged 5366 fans per game. That’s better than Allentown, frankly. Is it great? No. But it’s respectable and probably in line with what the NCAA hopes for, numbers-wise.
Of course, those regionals all had either Michigan or Michigan State playing. Plus Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Minnesota sprinkled in there.
The problem are the other two regionals:
- Notre Dame, Bemidji State, Cornell and Northeastern
- Yale, Minnesota, North Dakota and Niagara
With basically just Notre Dame and the prayer of loads of travelers from Minny, NoDak and Cornell, it’s no surprise that those regionals did poorly. No Michigan schools (not even Western or Tech, etc) is going to make attendance tough.
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