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Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 8:45 PM
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Nothing like home attendance to demonstrate fan interest in the program. A few highlights: 1) Range is from low of 6781 to high of 11,107, 2) Six seasons over 9000 per game between 1979-2020 (4 of 6 due to Barnes era), 3) Top attendance by far in Barnes' last year, 4) Top Purnell attendance also in his last year.
2020 - 6832
2019 - 7015
2018 - 7743
2017 - 7261
2016 - 8703
2015 - 7635
2014 - 7486
2013 - 7743
2012 - 7828
2011 - 8289 (Brownell era)
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2010 - 9465
2009 - 8476
2008 - 8609
2007 - 7329
2006 - 7086
2005 - 6960
2004 - 7681 (OPP - u know me era)
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2003 - 7094
2002 - 8156
2001 - 8331
2000 - 8269
1999 - 9736 (Shyatt era starts)
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1998 - 11,107
1997 - 9801
1996 - 9366
1995 - 7688 (Barnes era starts)
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1994 - 7172
1993 - 6938
1992 - 7094
1991 - 6993
1990 - 8753
1989 - 7671
1988 - 7328
1987 - 8428
1986 - 7616
1985 - 8134 (Cliff Ellis era)
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1984 - 7154
1983 - 6781
1982 - 7969
1981 - 8856
1980 - 8727
1979 - 9033 (Foster since 1975)
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 8:55 PM
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Was at Clemson from 1977-1981
Students filled our seats and in aisle. Especially ACC games. Most games were sold out as far as I knew. (Ones where students were gone might have reduced number. Or a few crummy games to start season.)
Would be interesting to see how many students go for each of those years. Students have more than doubled since then. I think it was about 12k then and 25k now.
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 11:12 PM
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I matriculated in Aug., 1973, and the student body at the time was 9K(+). Just to say off topic, we had 115 in my freshman class (Architecture) with 7 girls... we graduated 55 students, including all 7 girls. On topic, I remember Skip Wise and Tree Rollins... awesome games.
Go Tigers!!!
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 9:12 PM
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Note that only 2 of Brownell’s 10 seasons are better than Shyatt’s average. Should tell anyone all they need to know about the Brownell era.
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say what you want, but...
Mar 21, 2021, 10:03 PM
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the football teams success has a lot to do with those #'s
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 11:32 PM
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Tells me. I was in that late 70's early 80's era too and it'd get rocking loud... Tons of support. We went to everything. Football doing so good has zero to do with it. You have an exciting product that's nationally ranked, contends year end and year out, you won't find any tickets. Students would be 10 deep camping.
Look for FB attendance to go down too. Survey of gen z population and only 53% said they care about or follow any sports. Less than that said they'd ever go to a game. FYI
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 10:17 PM
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What was the capacity of Littlejohn prior to the 2016 renovation?
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 10:19 PM
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You should go ahead and forward these figures to D-Rad. I heard the attendance numbers this year were the worst of all time!
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 21, 2021, 10:19 PM
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You should go ahead and forward these figures to D-Rad. I heard the attendance numbers this year were the worst of all time!
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Re: Clemson Home Basketball Attendance 1979-2020
Mar 22, 2021, 12:49 AM
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I agree to a point that attendance is related to interest in the basketball program, but you have to consider other factors as well. Brad Brownell has had to compete with the Covid virus, an Elite Football program. Some may not be attending basketball games now because of the additional cost to attend football games, or the Covid virus, basketball tickets cost more, women’s softball is new, politics, among other factors.
I don’t think you can put it all on Brad B. I know one or two seasons they had to play in Greenville. Coaches Barnes, Ellis and Bill Foster did not have deal with social media. IMO Brad Brownell has had to deal with more social media than any other Head BB coach.
Just another opinion on Coach Brownell.
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Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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Mar 22, 2021, 7:52 AM
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I remember students camping out during the Barnes years, at least for all of the ACC games it seemed.
Imagine that...
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