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TMH
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The attendance #s were fascinating. Thank you.
What I gleaned is that Lehigh typically outdrew Bucknell prior to 2005. The one exception was 2003 B 1,841 L 1,646. Of course that was the year Stojka was dedicated and they brought in Wake Forest. The change came the year following Bucknell’s win over Kansas (3/2005) 2004 1,578 2005 2,402 2006 3,706 2007 3,668 2008 3,399 before beginning to taper off.
At the same time Lehigh’s attendance has dropped almost annually. My sincere hope is that the win over Duke plus some judicious promoting will bring the attendance up which will lure better teams to come here. In the meantime I like how the OOC schedule has been upgraded to help showcase CJ and Company.