If you attended a men’s basketball game this season at Value City Arena it probably felt as if it were more empty, and more quiet, than usual. The reason for this is, well, because it was.
Attendance at Ohio State’s men’s basketball home games this season was the lowest since 1998, averaging just 12,284 per game. It was the first time the average home attendance dipped below 13,000 since 1998 and it marked the third-straight year in which average home attendance declined for the Buckeyes. Ohio State’s average home attendance without its NIT games — the two games this year with the lowest attendance — was still just 12,899.