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Attendance Records and Sites

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17,014—Nebraska vs. UCLA/Stanford vs. , 31,729 2008 Largest Crowds Dec. 14, 2006 (semifinals) 29,833 2012 16,448—Oregon vs. Texas, Dec. 15, 2012 (championship) 29,775 2013 SESSION, CHAMPIONSHIP 14,975—Wisconsin vs. Texas/Penn St. vs. Washington, 26,679 2007 17,561—Nebraska vs. Texas, Dec. 19, 2015 Dec. 19, 2013 (semifinals) 26,123 2010 SESSION, SEMIFINALS 14,779---Penn St. vs. Wisconsion, Dec. 21, 2013 (cham- 25,521 1998 17,551—Texas vs. Minnesota/Nebraska vs. Kansas, Dec. pionship) 24,272 2011 17, 2015 (semifinals) 14,299—Penn St. vs. Stanford, Dec. 20, 2008 (champion- ship) TOP 10 FINALS SESSION ATTENDANCE 14,032—Penn St. vs. California, Dec. 18, 2010 (champion- 17,561—Nebraksa vs. Texas, Dec. 19, 2015 (champion- ship) ship) 17,551—Texas vs. Minnesota/Nebraska vs. Kansas, Dec. 17, 2015 (semifinals) TOP 10 FINALS TOTAL ATTENDANCE 17,430—Texas vs. Stanford/Nebraska vs. Penn St., Dec. 18, 2008 (semifinals) 35,112 2015 17,209—Nebraska vs. Stanford, Dec. 16, 2006 (champion- 34,223 2006 ship)

Championship Finals Attendance History (1981-2015) Year Host City Arena Semifinals Championship Total Average 1981 uCLA Pauley Pavilion # 3,500 6,289 9,789 4,895 1982 Pacific Stockton, Calif. Alex G. Spanos Center 2,603 4,126 6,729 3,365 1983 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. Memorial Coliseum 1,785 2,000 3,785 1,893 1984 uCLA Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion N/A 4,285 4,285 4,285 1985 Western Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. 6,941 7,876 14,817 7,409 1986 Pacific Stockton, Calif. Alex G. Spanos Center # 6,500 # 6,500 # 13,000 6,500 1987 Purdue Indianapolis Market Square Arena 6,226 6,885 13,111 6,556 1988 Minnesota Minneapolis Williams Arena 7,329 9,107 16,436 8,218 1989 Hawaii Honolulu Blaisdell Arena 4,920 5,639 10,559 5,280 1990 Maryland College Park, Md. Cole Field House 4,273 5,314 9,587 4,794 1991 uCLA Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion N/A 7,177 7,177 7,177 1992 new Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. university Arena 6,661 4,693 11,354 5,677 1993 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. UW Field House 10,270 11,114 21,384 10,692 1994 texas Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center 7,077 8,312 15,389 7,695 1995 Massachusetts Amherst, Mass. Mullins Center 6,932 7,364 14,296 7,148 1996 Cleveland St. Cleveland Convocation Center 7,209 8,009 15,218 7,609 1997 Washington St. Spokane, Wash. 10,294 10,792 21,086 10,543 1998 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. UW Field House 12,327 13,194 25,521 12,761 1999 Hawaii Honolulu Stan Sheriff Center 10,252 10,252 20,504 10,252 2000 VCU Richmond, Va. Richmond Coliseum 7,783 8,444 16,227 8,114 2001 San Diego St. San Diego Cox Arena 9,586 10,067 19,653 9,827 2002 new Orleans N new 6,160 6,451 12,611 6,306 2003 Dallas Reunion Arena 6,805 7,261 14,066 7,033 2004 Long Beach St. Long Beach, Calif. Long Beach Arena 8,339 8,826 17,165 8,583 2005 utSA San Antonio Alamodome 7,931 8,482 16,413 8,207 2006 nebraska Omaha, Neb. Qwest Center 17,014 17,209 34,223 17,112 2007 Sacramento St. Sacramento, Calif. ARCO Arena 13,048 13,631 26,679 13,340 2008 nebraska Omaha, Neb. Qwest Center 17,430 14,299 31,729 15,865 2009 South Fla. Tampa, Fla. St. Pete Times Forum 7,197 12,087 22,333 11,167 2010 uMKC Kansas City, Mo. Sprint Center 12,091 14,032 26,123 13,062 2011 utSA San Antonio Alamodome 10,525 13,747 24,272 12,136 2012 Louisville Louisville, Ky. KFC Yum! Center 13,385 16,448 29,833 14,917 2013 Washington Seattle, Wa. Key Arena 14,975 14,779 29,755 14,877 2014 Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chesapeake Arena 9,824 11,009 20,833 10,416 2015 nebraksa Omaha, Neb. Centurylink Center *17,551 *17,561 *35,112 *17,294 ATTENDANCE AND SITES AND ATTENDANCE

Note: Semifinal attendance and average attendance are per session. Third-place match was played 1981-85. Attendance for third-place match and championship match were included in champi- onship session attendance. #-Attendance estimated. *-Record

Future Championship FINALS 2016 (36TH ANNUAL) Dates and Sites DEC. 17-19 , Columbus Ohio REGIONALS Ohio State and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, co-hosts 2016 (DEC. 9-10) Lincoln, Nebraska Madison, Wisconsin Austin, Texas Minneapolis, Minnesota