Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Ranked Second in NCAA Women's Basketball Attendance
July 20, 2006 | Women's Basketball
July 20, 2006
LUBBOCK, Texas - The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced the national attendance figures for the 2005-06 Division I women's basketball season. Texas Tech finished the year ranked second in the country in home attendance with an average of 11,935 fans per game.
Texas Tech has ranked in the top three in national attendance since the United Spirit Arena opened during the 1999-00 season. The Lady Raiders ranked second in 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2001-02, while ranking third in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.
Tech, which was the highest ranked team in the Big 12, was second behind Tennessee with a 15,356 average, while Connecticut was third at 11,521. Finishing fourth was New Mexico at 10,354, and rounding out the top five was Minnesota at 8,329.
Other Big 12 schools who ranked in the top 10 were Baylor at sixth (7,717), Iowa State at seventh (7,667) and Oklahoma at eighth (7,630).
The Big 12 Conference led the nation in overall attendance with an average of 4,980. The Big Ten Conference was second (4,697), followed by the Southeastern Conference (4,061), Big East Conference (2,869) and Atlantic Coast Conference (2,845).
