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Bennet Hayes is an RTC columnist. He can be reached @HoopsTraveler.

The NCAA released attendance information from the 2012-13 season this week, with findings ranging from the very interesting — how about those Creighton Bluejays! — to the entirely irrelevant – I don’t think anyone was wondering how many fans came out to watch Fairmont State last season. But amid all the triviality were a few important nuggets.  Yahoo.com came up with a few interesting tidbits from the data earlier in the week, but here are three more observations worth noting.

NIT Be Damned, Big Blue Nation Packed, On Average, 23,009 [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/08/16/three-more-thoughts-digging-deeper-with-the-ncaa-annual-attendance-report/feed/ 0 Morning Five: 11.21.12 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/21/morning-five-11-21-12-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/21/morning-five-11-21-12-edition/#respond Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:31:04 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=80269

With Maryland having already committed to play for the Big Ten, the announcement that Rutgers would be following them was merely a formality. Yesterday, Rutgers made it official that it would be leaving the Big East for the Big Ten and the riches of its upcoming college football contract. With both schools brushing aside exit fees that were in the not too distant past considered exorbitant it raises the question of how high these fees will have to get to become a legitimate deterrent to schools considering an exit from their conference. Clearly $50 million isn’t enough — so with the size of these [...]]]>
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