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Crowd-pleasers
Jackrabbits set to outdraw men's team
By Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
Published: February 13, 2007
It's not a competition that the squad is concerned about winning, but the South Dakota State women's basketball team is on pace to beat the men's team at the gate.
With three regular-season dates left at Frost Arena, including one against rival North Dakota State, the Jackrabbits women (18-5) are averaging an actual attendance of 2,119 per home game. The men (5-19) are at 2,049 with two games remaining.
The SDSU women have never before topped their male counterparts over the course of a season and only five women's teams of the 332 in NCAA Division I did that last year: Texas Tech (11,935 per game), Baylor (7,717), Louisiana Tech (3,079), Maine (1,759) and Hartford (1,503). All but Louisiana Tech are again outdrawing their men's programs this season.
Official attendance statistics for the current season will not be available until its conclusion.
"It's just not a contest to see who can get more between the men and the women," SDSU women's coach Aaron Johnston said. "I'm proud of where we're at compared to the other women's teams, that's the issue."
The Jacks finished 62nd in attendance at 1,905 last year, up from 1,473 and 83rd place the year before. . . . (read more)
Go State!
Crowd-pleasers
Jackrabbits set to outdraw men's team
By Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
Published: February 13, 2007
It's not a competition that the squad is concerned about winning, but the South Dakota State women's basketball team is on pace to beat the men's team at the gate.
With three regular-season dates left at Frost Arena, including one against rival North Dakota State, the Jackrabbits women (18-5) are averaging an actual attendance of 2,119 per home game. The men (5-19) are at 2,049 with two games remaining.
The SDSU women have never before topped their male counterparts over the course of a season and only five women's teams of the 332 in NCAA Division I did that last year: Texas Tech (11,935 per game), Baylor (7,717), Louisiana Tech (3,079), Maine (1,759) and Hartford (1,503). All but Louisiana Tech are again outdrawing their men's programs this season.
Official attendance statistics for the current season will not be available until its conclusion.
"It's just not a contest to see who can get more between the men and the women," SDSU women's coach Aaron Johnston said. "I'm proud of where we're at compared to the other women's teams, that's the issue."
The Jacks finished 62nd in attendance at 1,905 last year, up from 1,473 and 83rd place the year before. . . . (read more)
Go State!
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