HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State women's and men's basketball led NCAA Division II nationally in attendance in 2025-26. The FHSU women led the nation for the second-straight year, while FHSU men's basketball moved to the top of the list last season thanks to the consistent yearly support of Tiger fans. A new season at Gross Memorial Coliseum starts up on Monday, November 9 when the women play host to Tabor College. First home action for the men will be on Saturday, November 21 against South Dakota Mines.
Since the 2013-14 season, Fort Hays State women's basketball has ranked among the top-three programs nationally in attendance, which covers 13-consecutive seasons. The FHSU women have been the national leader three times officially, but also led during the COVID-19 season of 2020-21. In that same span of time since 2013-14, the Tiger men ranked among the top-5 nationally in 12 of 13 seasons, with the one exception being sixth. The men were second three times before breaking through to the top spot last year.
Both teams led the nation in attendance convincingly last year with the men leading by an average of more than 300 fans per game, while the women led by 500 fans per game on average. The FHSU women averaged 2,349 per game and the men averaged 2,307 per game. FHSU was the only school with both genders averaging more than 2,000 fans per game in 2025-26.
Another exciting season of action awaits with 15 home dates at Gross Memorial Coliseum between the teams this year. The men have 14 home games, while the women have 13.
Below are the average attendance numbers and ranks for FHSU since the 2013-14 season.
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Women |
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| Year |
Avg. Home Attend. |
National Rank |
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Year |
Avg. Home Attend. |
National Rank |
| 2025-26 |
2,307 |
1st |
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2025-26 |
2,349 |
1st |
| 2024-25 |
2,110 |
2nd |
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2024-25 |
2,084 |
1st |
| 2023-24 |
2,249 |
3rd |
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2023-24 |
2,146 |
2nd |
| 2022-23 |
2,016 |
4th |
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2022-23 |
1,987 |
2nd |
| 2021-22 |
2,000 |
2nd |
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2021-22 |
2,184 |
1st |
| 2020-21 |
797 |
2nd |
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2020-21 |
778 |
1st |
| 2019-20 |
2,350 |
3rd |
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2019-20 |
2,296 |
2nd |
| 2018-19 |
2,325 |
2nd |
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2018-19 |
2,518 |
2nd |
| 2017-18 |
2,264 |
6th |
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2017-18 |
2,053 |
2nd |
| 2016-17 |
2,558 |
4th |
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2016-17 |
2,222 |
2nd |
| 2015-16 |
2,472 |
5th |
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2015-16 |
2,293 |
2nd |
| 2014-15 |
2,656 |
4th |
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2014-15 |
2,168 |
2nd |
| 2013-14 |
2,717 |
3rd |
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2013-14 |
1,851 |
3rd |
