The Vols athletic program had no trouble showing up for games this year. After once again reaching the Top 10 in football attendance despite a 4-8 season, Tennessee basketball reached the Top 10 in men’s and women’s basketball.
Rick Barnes’s work bringing back interest into the program got the men’s program to hold up its end, and that’s exactly what it did. The Vols finished No. 8 on the year in attendance.
According to Grant Ramey of GoVols247, Tennessee basketball averaged 16,210 fans per game this year at Thompson-Boling Arena, a jump from the 13,636 fans the previous year.