bballnut90
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Hadn't seen this discussed on here in much detail so I thought it was worth mentioning. Here are the attendance figures from 2008-present. Every year from 2000-2008 had attendance between 12,000 and 16,000 on average:
2008: 15,796...coming off a National Championship and it was the last year with arguably the best class in school history (Parker/Hornbuckle/Anosike/Bobbitt/Auguste)
2009: 13,999...Ended up being the worst season of Pat's career, but attendance stayed strong coming off another National Championship and the incoming #1 class.
2010: 12,896....attendance dropped after disappointing season previously. Still far and away #1 in country.
2011: 12,599...attendance remained steady, slight dip.
2012: 14,414....boost in attendance with the probability that it was going to be Pat's last year coaching. Team also has loaded senior class.
2013: 11,390...officially the start of the Warlick area. No surprise that attendance is down with Pat no longer on the bench and losing a lot to graduation.
2014: 11,038...attendance dips a bit after Tennessee put together a better than expected 2013 season and managed to get a 1 seed in the tournament in 2014.
2015: 10,375....noticeable drop off from 2014. Not sure of the reason why other than guessing it's due to Final Four drought and mediocre quality of play despite having good results
2016: 10,412...attendance holds well. Guessing much of this is due to the addition of Diamond Deshields and the anticipation of having a good season. Season ends up being a disaster.
2017: 9,184....noticeable drop in attendance after a dreadful 2016 season. Results are still disappointing.
2018: 8,778...another dip despite having hype of strong freshman class and 2 very good seniors on the roster.
Since Holly's first season, attendance is down 23% and steadily declining. This year, Holly has, on paper, her weakest roster ever and the program is coming off its 3rd straight disappointing season...how low will attendance drop and how far does the program need to sink before anyone in the AD does anything?
2008: 15,796...coming off a National Championship and it was the last year with arguably the best class in school history (Parker/Hornbuckle/Anosike/Bobbitt/Auguste)
2009: 13,999...Ended up being the worst season of Pat's career, but attendance stayed strong coming off another National Championship and the incoming #1 class.
2010: 12,896....attendance dropped after disappointing season previously. Still far and away #1 in country.
2011: 12,599...attendance remained steady, slight dip.
2012: 14,414....boost in attendance with the probability that it was going to be Pat's last year coaching. Team also has loaded senior class.
2013: 11,390...officially the start of the Warlick area. No surprise that attendance is down with Pat no longer on the bench and losing a lot to graduation.
2014: 11,038...attendance dips a bit after Tennessee put together a better than expected 2013 season and managed to get a 1 seed in the tournament in 2014.
2015: 10,375....noticeable drop off from 2014. Not sure of the reason why other than guessing it's due to Final Four drought and mediocre quality of play despite having good results
2016: 10,412...attendance holds well. Guessing much of this is due to the addition of Diamond Deshields and the anticipation of having a good season. Season ends up being a disaster.
2017: 9,184....noticeable drop in attendance after a dreadful 2016 season. Results are still disappointing.
2018: 8,778...another dip despite having hype of strong freshman class and 2 very good seniors on the roster.
Since Holly's first season, attendance is down 23% and steadily declining. This year, Holly has, on paper, her weakest roster ever and the program is coming off its 3rd straight disappointing season...how low will attendance drop and how far does the program need to sink before anyone in the AD does anything?