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Gamecocks and Tigers rank among nations top drawing baseball teams
Posted: 01.07.2010 at 6:25 PM
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The University of South Carolina Gamecocks' inaugural season at the new Carolina Stadium was quite good from an attendence stanpoint.  The Gamecocks ranked No. 4 in the nation for average and overall attendence according to spokesman Andrew Kitick.

The Gamecocks attracted 231,360 fans over 34 home contests, averaging 6,804 fans per game.  Both figures are new USC records according to Kitick.  This is the 10th consecutive year that USC has ranked among the Top 15 schools in the nation for baseball attendance.

Clemson also made the Top 10 drawing a total of 170,150 fans over 36 home games.  That was good for a 4,727 fans per game average and No. 7 rank.

2009 NCAA Attendance Top 10 Rankings

RankTeamDatesAttendanceAverage
1LSU41394,0689,611
2Arkansas31245,0927,906
3Ole Miss39273,1117,003
4South Carolina34231,3606,805
5Mississippi State25157,5306,301
6Texas35217,6376,218
7Clemson36170,1564,727
8Florida State39184,2274,724
9Texas A&M35142,6604,076
10Alabama29116,2944,010

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