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IU basketball ranks seventh in the nation in attendance

Freshman center Thomas Bryant celebrates after Maryland's shot clock expired March 6. at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers won 80-62. Bryant will return to IU for his sophomore season.

IU finished the 2015-16 season among the top-10 men’s basketball programs in the nation in terms of attendance. The Hoosiers had the seventh highest average amount of fans per game.

IU averaged 17,106 fans per game this past season. This was an increase of more than 800 fans per game than the 2014-15 season.

The Hoosiers’ attendance has been ranked inside the top 10 in the country for five straight seasons.

IU had 17 home games this past season and had 309,477 fans come through the doors of Assembly Hall.

Since 1971 when Assembly Hall opened, IU has ranked in the top 10 in attendance in 38 of 44 seasons.

The Big Ten led the way among all the other conferences in terms of average attendance. country in 
attendance.

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