(3-20-23) The 2023 overall attendance numbers for the OHSAA boys basketball state tournament Final Four at UD Arena this past weekend show a downward trend from the past several seasons.

The D I semifinal game on Saturday night had the largest reported crowd of the weekend with 8,517 fans…thanks in part to Dayton area school Centerville playing.

When D III Ottawa-Glandorf played they had the #2 and #3 highest attendance figures during the weekend with crowds of 6,439 and 5,980.

This weekend was the NCAA’s men’s Final 32 games were being played, causing some competition of the finals.

March 17, 18 and 19th (Fri-Sat) – UD Arena
Friday

D II – 5,262
D II – 4,078

D IV – 4,472
D IV – 4,265

Saturday

D III – 6,439
D III – 3,641 – Cleveland Heights Lutheran East vs.  Canal Winchester Harvest Prep

D I – 8,517 – Pickerington Central vs., Centerville
D I – 4,392

Championship Sunday

D II – 4,135
D IV – 4,370
D III – 5,980
D I – 3,925

A Look Back….

UD Arena

2022 State Finals – Sunday

2022 OHSAA State Final Games (Sunday, 3-20-22)

4,520  – D IV – Tri-Village vs Richmond Heights
7,105 – D III – Cincinnati Taft vs Ottawa-Glandorf
3,845 – D II – Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs Gilmour Academy
8,561 – D I – Centerville vs. Pickerington Central

2022 State Semifinal Games (Friday and Saturday)

Friday – 3-18-22

D III – 5,273 + 3,717 = 8,980
D II – 5,131 + 5,194 = 10,325

TOTAL = 19,305

Saturday – 3-19-22

D IV – 3,750 + 5,883 = 9,633
D I – 4,721 + 8,452 = 13,173