Comments on: SEC Lands 2 In Hoops Attendance Top 5

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By: Southern_Guy

Southern_Guy — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:27:23 +0000

People who want to push Vanderbilt out of the conference believe basketball is not a real sport. If Franklin can make Vanderbilt competitive it could cause some hand ringing in the conference. Can you imagine a Vanderbilt upset that takes an SEC out of the title race. You are right I don't think the anti Vandy crowd wants a Georgia Tech or Florida state keeping there team out of the national championship game every year.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:06:16 +0000

You're right, stansbury is lucky to have a job. Hopefully it gets better this year.

By: HoustonVol

HoustonVol — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:09:28 +0000

This is one reason why I don't understand the whole boot Vandy arguement. While Vandy may not field the best football team and does not compete with the same resources, Vandy is in the top half of the league in every other sport. The SEC does not need another football team that expects to win championships every year. There are already 6 programs that their goal every year is to win the SEC, and anything short of that is considered a down year. Those programs are UF, UT, UGA, Bama, Auburn and LSU. Then you have SoCar and Ark that are trying to get into that mix. Basically you have 6-8 schools that want the championship each year. If all 8 schools won a championship in a decade, that would leave only two schools with a 2nd title in ten years. Name one of those programs where a coach can coach for 10 years and not win a SEC Championship and keep their job. It did not happen at UT. Look at the heat at LSU and UGA, two successful coaches that are feeling pressure because they did not win last year. So the SEC needs the Vandy's in football in order to keep the big 6-8 happy.

By: johnmrsec

johnmrsec — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:41:05 +0000

Mike…

In our view, there is no reason for any SEC school to be outdrawn by the likes of Siena. Nor is there a reason for first-place (in the East) Florida to draw fewer fans per game than sixth-place (in the East) South Carolina.

Just our take.

Thanks for reading,
John

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:26:33 +0000

The numbers change drastically when one consders capacity;

SEC Rank CapacitySEC Rank #sNational Rank School Games Avg. Attendance Capacity % Capacity
11 1 Kentucky 15 23,603 24,000 98.35%
23 18 Vanderbilt 17 13,802 14,168 97.42%
32 5 Tennesse 18 18,952 21,678 87.43%
47 42 Florida 17 10,186 12,000 84.88%
58 60 Georgia 16 8,250 10,523 78.40%
65 35 Alabama 19 10,983 15,383 71.40%
710 82 Ole Miss 17 6,390 9,061 70.52%
811 83 Auburn 20 6,324 9,600 65.88%
94 29 Arkansas 19 11,884 19,200 61.90%
106 41 S. Carolina17 10,427 18,000 57.93%
119 74 LSU 18 7,153 13,47253.10%
1212 94 Miss. State 17 5,710 11,000 51.91%

Total 133,664 178,085 75.06%