Aug. 4, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the second-straight season, the Maryland women's basketball team was ranked in the top 10 in the nation in average attendance. The Terps ranked eighth in the country among all NCAA Division I schools in 2007-08, averaging 7,946 fans at 21 home contests. Maryland's home, road and neutral site games were also the third-most attended in the nation.
The Terrapins have ranked in the top 25 in average attendance over the last four years. The nearly 8,000 average attendance is the second-best in the history of the program. After winning the 2006 national championship, the team ranked a school-record sixth in the nation in average attendance, with over 9,500 attending home games. It was also the nation's best single-season improvement in average attendance from the previous season.
The Terps broke the program's record for actual attendance, as 166,883 spectators made their way into Comcast Center for 21 games, breaking last year's mark of 152,523, the first time ever the team drew over 150,000 fans in a single season.
Only 11 teams in the nation had over 100,000 fans attend home games in 2007-08. Maryland was one of just six to have total attendance of over 150,000 and is the third-highest total mark behind Tennessee and Connecticut.
More than 250,000 people also attended Maryland's 37 games on the season. The figure includes games at Comcast Center, on the road and at neutral site games. The Terps played in front of 10,000+ fans six times in 2007-08, with five of those games coming at Comcast Center. The Terrapins played in front of a near-capacity crowd when they hosted Florida State on Feb. 24, 2008, as 16,135 spectators turned out for the team's final regular-season home game. Maryland's game vs. Duke on Jan. 14, 2008 was the second-highest attended home game at 15,531.
Season tickets for the 2008-09 Maryland women's basketball season are now on sale at www.umterps.com, by visiting the Comcast Center Ticket Office or by calling 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
2007-08 Division I Women's Basketball Attendances
Attendance Leaders
|
Rank
|
School
|
G
|
Attendance
|
Avg.
|
|
1
|
Tennessee
|
15
|
236,940
|
15,796
|
|
2
|
Connecticut
|
19
|
208,405
|
10,968
|
|
3
|
Oklahoma
|
13
|
129,527
|
9,963
|
|
4
|
Iowa State
|
17
|
159,592
|
9,387
|
|
5
|
Purdue
|
16
|
141,931
|
8,870
|
|
6
|
New Mexico
|
19
|
164,124
|
8,638
|
|
7
|
Texas Tech
|
19
|
162,552
|
8,555
|
|
8
|
MARYLAND
|
21
|
166,883
|
7,946
|
|
9
|
Notre Dame
|
16
|
112,253
|
7,015
|
|
10
|
Duke
|
13
|
87,748
|
6,749
|
|
11
|
Minnesota
|
15
|
98,937
|
6,595
|
|
12
|
Louisville
|
12
|
77,480
|
6,456
|
|
13
|
Michigan State
|
18
|
113,708
|
6,317
|
|
14
|
Baylor
|
18
|
112,953
|
6,275
|
|
15
|
Wisconsin
|
16
|
97,245
|
6,077
|
|
16
|
Texas
|
14
|
76,341
|
5,452
|
|
17
|
Vanderbilt
|
17
|
91,278
|
5,369
|
|
18
|
LSU
|
15
|
80,512
|
5,367
|
|
19
|
Penn State
|
16
|
82,549
|
5,159
|
|
20
|
Missouri State
|
14
|
72,218
|
5,158
|
|
21
|
North Carolina
|
18
|
92,565
|
5,142
|
|
22
|
Georgia
|
16
|
78,135
|
4,883
|
|
23
|
Kentucky
|
18
|
85,769
|
4,764
|
|
24
|
Rutgers
|
15
|
71,100
|
4,740
|
|
25
|
Wyoming
|
14
|
61,586
|
4,399
|
Overall Attendance (All Games - Home, Road, Neutral)
|
Rank
|
School
|
G
|
Attendance
|
|
1
|
Tennessee
|
38
|
445,925
|
|
2
|
Connecticut
|
38
|
340,480
|
|
3
|
MARYLAND
|
37
|
250,694
|
|
4
|
Iowa State
|
34
|
240,877
|
|
5
|
Oklahoma
|
31
|
224,950
|
|
6
|
Texas Tech
|
33
|
218,650
|
|
7
|
Duke
|
35
|
215,867
|
|
8
|
Purdue
|
34
|
213,511
|
|
9
|
LSU
|
37
|
212,128
|
|
10
|
New Mexico
|
33
|
204,416
|
MARYLAND'S ALL-TIME HOME ATTENDANCE
Year Games Total Avg. Ranking
2007-08 21 166,883 7,946 8th
2006-07 16 152,523 9,533 6th
2005-06 16 77,010 4,183 21st
2004-05 16 62,542 4,169 23rd
2003-04 15 38,759 2,584 45th
2002-03 14 24,612 2,051 53rd
2001-02 15 25,200 1,681 70th
2000-01 17 21,870 1,286 93rd
1999-00 14 19,701 1,407 82nd
1998-99 15 19,401 1,293 81st
1997-98 13 14,873 1,144 85th
1996-97 13 20,124 1,342
1995-96 13 15,301 1,177 60th
1994-95 16 13,334 833
1993-94 13 17,541 1,349
1992-93 15 32,708 2,181
1991-92 14 35,592 2,542
1990-91 13 11,385 876
1989-90 15 14,083 939
1988-89 13 13,704 1,054
1987-88 13 9,069 698
2007-08 MARYLAND SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
16,135 • Feb. 24, 2008 vs. Florida State
15,531 • Jan. 14, 2008 vs. Duke
12,066 • Feb. 8, 2008 vs. Virginia
11,438 • March 8, 2008 vs. Duke (ACC Tournament)
10,670 • Jan. 20, 2008 vs. Georgia Tech
10,255 • Nov. 30, 2007 vs. Ohio State (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
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