SALUTATIONS!!
No Joaquin Phoenix-like meltdowns from Sunflower State … just all the news that’s fit for print cyberspace! Come on, though, why isn’t he acting anymore? He can really do it all, which you know if you saw Walk the Line. Anyways, back to the grind.
So I stumbled across the rankings for NCAA Division II football attendance. Impressive stuff — Pittsburg State (11), Central Mo. (13) and NW Mo. (15) were all up there as far as MIAA schools. I’m putting the rankings below, the first number after the school’s name is the number of home games, followed by total attendance and then average attendance per game. I put all the rest of the MIAA in there, just for fun. And some of those numbers are kind of sad. Check it out:
NCAA Division II Top Attendance
Rank School G Attendance Average
1. Tuskegee 5 60,400 12,080; 2. West Tex. A&M 7 83,271 11,896; 3. Grand Valley St. 7 73,639 10,520; 4. Virginia St. 5 49,426 9,885; 5. North Ala. 6 57,832 9,639; 6. Abilene Christian 7 61,575 8,796l; 7. Clark Atlanta 5 42,625 8,525; 8. Morehouse 3 23,968 7,989; 9. Tex. A&M-Kingsville4 31,796 7,949; 10. Colorado St.-Pueblo 5 39,263 7,853; 11. Pittsburg St. 6 46,290 7,715; 13. Central Mo. 7 51,584 7,369; 14. Northwest Mo. St. 8 55,588 6,949; 15. Neb.-Omaha 5 31,467 6,293; 32. Emporia St. 6 26,969 4,495; 33. Washburn 5 22,312 4,462; 38. Mo. Western St. 5 20,479 4,096; 44. Mo. Southern St. 7 26,924 3,846; 65. Fort Hays St. 6 19,191 3,199; 80. Truman 7 18,333 2,619
NAIA RANKINGS
So here’s the thing about the Sterling men’s and women’s basketball teams this year: they’re both really good. I bet that campus is a pretty fun place to be right now. The women stayed put at No. 7 in the latest NAIA Division II poll — fellow KCACer Kansas Wesleyan also didn’t budge from its spot at No. 14, and the two teams are tied for first in the KCAC right now. I’ll have to look at where that tourney bid goes if they end up tied, which is a definite possibility right now. On the men’s side, Sterling is in first in the KCAC and jumped up two spots to No. 18.
I’M OUT.
One Comment
Just curious if you noticed that Barton county’s men’s team is ranked 11th, and the women are 16th…considering they are just down the road from Sterling and you have written about them non-stop. Coffeyville is close to having both ranked as well.