The Missouri Southern men's and women's basketball programs ranked among the nation's best this year when it comes to filling up the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center each game.
Both men's and women's programs ranked in the top 13 nationally in attendance this year.
The Southern women ranked 11th nationally, as more than 21,000 fans watched the Lions at home this year. The team averaged 1,359 fans per game which ranked fifth in the MIAA as the league had four of the top ten teams nationally.
The men ranked 13th nationally as 24,000 fans went through the turnstiles at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center for an average of 1,858 per game. The team ranked fourth in the MIAA as Fort Hays and Central Missouri ranked third and fourth, respectively and Nebraska-Kearney was ninth.
It is the seventh-straight time the MIAA has led the way on the women’s side and sixth-straight time the MIAA has been a top the men’s. The MIAA women's teams averaged 1,172 per game which was more than 22 Division I conferences, while the men averaged 1,514 fans per game.
In comparison with other conferences in Division II, the MIAA men played a total of 194 games and had more than 293,000 fans at its games, while the Great Lakes Valley Conference played 40 more games and had nearly 100,000 less fans. On the women's side, the MIAA women played 192 games and saw 224,000 fans at its games, while the GLVC women played 202 games and had 113,000 less fans.
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