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MBB - Dixie State Ranked Second Nationally in D-II 2019-20 Home Attendance


Dixie State University's men's basketball program finished the 2019-20 season ranked second-nationally at the NCAA Division II level in home game attendance. This past season's accomplishment also marked the 11th-straight season overall that the Trailblazer program has closed a season ranked in the top-10 in the nation in home attendance.

The Trailblazers posted the second-highest total attendance number in the country at 34,043 fans in 14 home dates, which was also first in both the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and the NCAA South Central Region. In addition, DSU ranked second nationally in season attendance average at 2,432 fans per home game, behind only Northern (SD) State, which led the nation in both total attendance (49,086/14 games) and attendance average (3,506).

Since the 2008-09 season, Dixie State has been annually ranked in the top-15 in Division II in home attendance, including second-overall in 2012-13 and 2013-14, and third in the country in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2018-19 campaigns. DSU was also ranked fourth-overall in 2016-17, fifth in 2014-15, sixth in 2015-16, ninth in 2009-10 and 2017-18, and 14th in 2008-09.

Dixie State also finished sixth among Utah's eight NCAA member institutions in average attendance in 2019-20, behind Brigham Young (189,392/12,626 per game – 15 games), Utah (147,852/10,561 – 14 games), Utah State (138,737/8,671 – 16 games), Weber State (61,610/4,401 – 14 games) and Utah Valley (31,889/2,453 – 13 games). However, DSU did finish well ahead of both Southern Utah (32,651/2,332 – 14 games) and Westminster College (3,389/226 – 15 games).

Since becoming an NCAA Division II program in 2006-07, Dixie State has played to a 135-29 (.823) record inside the Burns Arena (4,779 capacity) under Head Coach Jon Judkins, including an 12-2 mark this past season. The Trailblazers have posted nine 10-plus win seasons in 14 years of NCAA play, including a perfect 12-0 record in 2009-10, and an 11-1 mark in the 2014-15 campaign.

Dixie State saw its final season of NCAA Division II competition come to an abrupt end this past March 11, after the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring sports championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DSU, which won the 2019-20 RMAC regular season title (17-5) and earned the No. 3-overall seed in the 2020 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball South Central regional, finished the year with a 23-7 overall record.

The 23 wins tied a program record for wins (23-7 in 2017-18), while Dixie State wrapped up its 14-year NCAA Division II affiliation with a 266-122 (.685) overall record. The DSU program won seven conference championships (6 Pacific West, 1 RMAC), two conference tournament crowns (PacWest 2013/2018), and made nine NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament appearances. Dixie State appeared in six-straight NCAA tournaments from 2010-15, and advanced all the way to the "Sweet 16" in 2011.




 
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