Gamecocks Lead NCAA in Attendance Again
COLUMBIA, S.C. – For the 11th-consecutive season, South Carolina women’s basketball led the nation in attendance average, drawing a program-record 16,437 fans per home game at Colonial Life Arena for the 2024-25 season. The Gamecocks out-drew the second-place team by nearly 1,500 per game and surpassed 16,000 fans per game for the second time in as many seasons.
South Carolina’s 2025-26 season included a program-record seven sellouts, which helped bring the season average to nearly NCAA-record levels. Tennessee’s 1998-99 team narrowly held onto its record of 16,565. Gamecock fans bought season tickets in program-record numbers this season, setting the new mark at 13,152. For the season, South Carolina played in front of the nine largest crowds with just the NCAA National Semifinals and Championship Game seeing more fans in the stands than the Gamecocks’ seven home sellouts.
Gamecock fans have led the nation in attendance since 12,293 showed up per game in the 2014-15 season. The jump from a 6,371 average the previous season marked the biggest increase in average attendance in NCAA history (+5,992). The current streak of 11 seasons includes the 2020-21 campaign during which attendance was limited by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the NCAA not officially calculating attendance figures. That decision leaves South Carolina one season shy of Tennessee’s NCAA-record streak of 11 seasons (2004-14) as the official attendance leader. The Lady Vols have been the NCAA attendance leader a total of 19 times.
Fans interested in purchasing season tickets for 2025-26 can place a deposit at: https://am.ticketmaster.com/gamecocks/buy/wb26dep. Current season ticket holders will receive information about renewals and deadlines at a later date.
Continue to check GamecocksOnline.com and the team’s social media accounts (@GamecockWBB) for the most up-to-date information on the women’s basketball program.
