Athletics aims to break record

Friday, April 3, 2009

In Kansas’ first and second round NIT match-ups, the total attendance for each game never topped 2,000 fans.

This wasn’t the case for Wednesday night’s semifinal victory against the Illinois State Redbirds. Kansas’ attendance, 8,360, vaulted it into the No. 5 spot on the Allen Fieldhouse single-game attendance record list for women’s games.

The expectations for attendance numbers at Saturday’s 1 p.m. WNIT championship game against South Florida at 1 p.m. were set high, said Jim Marchiony, associated athletics director.

“Our goal is to break the attendance record, which is 13,352,” Marchiony said. “I see it as a realistic goal.”

Wednesday’s game was the first KU basketball game to be played in the Fieldhouse in April, Marchiony said. He also said that the WNIT championship would mark the first time a national championship game was held in the Fieldhouse.

“I think this is great for the women’s basketball program because of the attention it receives,” Marchiony said. “It is also good for the athletic department and University as a whole with positive publicity generated by the success.”

— — Edited by Liz Schubauer

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