Originally Posted by
SoCalPat
There's nothing that can be done nationally to cure this. There's plenty that can be done at the individual school level to change that. In 2014-15, our game against Wichita State drew over 14K on a Wednesday night in December with a 9 p.m. start. With the Pac-12 regular season title on the line and a more ideal start time (Saturday, 7 p.m.) against Arizona, we drew about 800 more fans.
Your more-conference games solution is not only impossible due the economic realities and the calendar, it's pointless when countless examples exist that fans will show up en masse for December games against quality competition. College basketball will always take a backseat in December to the NFL and college football on SportsCenter, and nothing will change that. In Salt Lake City, where the former doesn't exist and the latter is often 2-3 weeks away from playing another game, it doesn't have to be the case.