MARIETTA, Ohio — For the tenth straight year, Marietta College is ranked among the nation's leaders in NCAA Division III Men's Basketball attendance. The Pioneers finished fourth this season as the top five schools all came from the Great Lakes Region.
"The continued support that our program receives from our students and the Marietta community is special," said Pioneer head coach
Jon VanderWal. "Ban Johnson has become one of the premier arenas for Division III basketball. Our players feed off the energy in the building and that makes us very tough to beat at home."
The Pioneers averaged 1,250 fans during the 13 games hosted in Ban Johnson Arena. Hope led the nation averaging 2,214 fans per game. Wittenberg (1,392) was second followed by Wooster (1,260), Marietta (1,250) and Calvin (1,246).
Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1,097) finished sixth with Randolph-Macon (950), Saint John's (MN) (907), Whitworth (905) and Augustana (IL) (897) rounding out the Top-10. Mount Union came in eleventh with 842 fans per game.
This is the tenth straight year the Pioneers have ranked in the Top-10. Marietta was third in 2019 averaging 1,261 fans, third in 2018 with 1,243 fans per game, fourth in 2017 (1,251), fifth in 2016 (1,243), seventh in 2015 (1,220), seventh in 2014 (1,082), ninth in 2013 (1,063), tenth in 2012 (1,065) and eighth in 2011 (1,246).
Marietta finished the 2019-20 season with a 21-7 overall record, including an 11-2 mark in ban Johnson. The Pioneers made their sixth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament falling to The College of New Jersey in the first round.
Fans can follow all the Pioneer teams all year long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter and Instagram.
