My Boneyard colleague, DefenseBB, did some serious research on how the NCAA Tournament and found that it is, indeed, up. Way up.
One of his key findings was that "There were 11 identical sites in 2024 to 2023 and these 11 sites had an increase of 30,207 led by ND who had 8,516 more fans attend (17,031 vs. 8,515)."
As Maddy said in some interview, yes, she can feel it on campus, with people recognizing her and coming up to wish her luck.
Take a look at the attached article and table DefenseBB compiled and thanks to all the season ticket holders who give reports and insight from Purcell.
Lastly, all the Benchers who have been on this sport for awhile....take a bow.
It is really captures the feel of the arena on Saturday and Monday!