The Indiana women’s basketball program is entering postseason play with hopes of hosting in the NCAA Tournament. Why? Because they have one of the best crowds in the entire country.
That was shown with an average attendance number of 10,038 fans per game. Not only was that one of the best in the Big Ten, it was also amongst the top attendance records in the entire country.
According to NBC Sports, Indiana totaled 150,567 fans this season which was fifth in the entire nation. Only one Big Ten ranked higher and that was Iowa.
In total, five Big Ten programs ranked in the top 15.
Indiana women’s basketball rewarded its fans with a 15-0 record inside of Assembly Hall this season. It was also 17-1 the season before.
In the last four seasons, Indiana s 57-5 overall at home.
“We want to be able to host for our fans,” Indiana women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren said last week. “It’s important — they are important to us. We want to give them the opportunity to continue to support our program. They’ve done that, and we are really grateful.”
Indiana is currently ranked 15th in the final AP Poll. The top 16 seeds receive hosting ability come the NCAA Tournament, so these next few days will be ‘wait-and-see’ mode for the Hoosiers.
Indiana finished the season 24-5 overall and 15-3 in Big Ten play.
“I think our body of work speaks for itself,” Moren emphasized. “We’re not healthy by any stretch of the means. I think that has to be part of the criteria or whatever they look at. This is not Indiana at full health right now. It’s not a healthy squad. But I do believe this, that come tournament time in two weeks we will have a much different looking, healthier basketball team.
“The two weeks in between is going to be really, really important for this group to get healthy. I think when the NCAA Tournament gets here, I think we’ll feel a whole lot different and much, much better.”
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