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Mo Money Mo Problems - Michael Scott
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Judging by attendance they don't now except when we play UK. That being said, I recall the last two times we played at home in the NIT we drew maybe 4,000. Given it was general admission, and only the real fans who care showed up, it was really loud.
Our regular season attendance is down but still pretty good for a football school that's had little to cheer for in 3 years.
But yeah, the NIT generates little interest. The MTSU game from 2012 drew 12,000, but I'm sure being MTSU helped that. But the game before that drew about 6500, and the Mercer game the next year drew 4,000. Before that, the last home NIT game was one of Buzz's years against Georgetown and drew 3,000.