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Men's Basketball All-Time Attendance At Desert Financial Arena

Below is a list of Arizona State's annual attendance figures at Desert Financial Arena, opened in 1974-75.

TOP AVERAGE SEASON ATTENDANCE MARKS (HEAD COACH)
2017-18: 10,603 (Bobby Hurley)
2018-19: 10,538 (Bobby Hurley)
1995-96: 9, 514 (Bill Frieder)
2008-09: 9,354 (Herb Sendek)
1994-95: 9,333 (Bill Frieder)
2019-20: 9,251 (Bobby Hurley)
2003-04: 9,003 (Rob Evans)

TOP SUN DEVIL STUDENT CROWDS
5,213 vs. UCLA (Jan. 19, 2023)
4,361 vs. USC (Jan. 20, 2024)
3,949 vs. Arizona (Feb. 7, 2022)
3,391 vs. Oregon (Jan. 11, 2018)
3,843 vs. Arizona (Feb. 28. 2024)
3,313 vs. Arizona (Jan. 31, 2019)
3,243 vs. Arizona (Jan. 25, 2020)
3,229 vs. Oregon (Feb. 20, 2020)

LET’S GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK
Everyone knows the 2020-21 hit the Sun Devil program hard in terms of momentum. In addition to a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance getting canceled in 2020 -- which would have been a first for the program since the early 1960s -- the Sun Devil had turned the corner on attendance.

Desert Financial Arena had averaged 10,140 fans in a three-year span starting with the 2017-18 season, with 496,872 fans attending 49 Sun Devil home games, as ASU racked up a 39-10 record. In the three previous seasons in 51 home games ASU averaged 6,087 fans (310,459).

YEARLY ATTENDANCE AT DESERT FINANCIAL ARENA (51 SEASONS)
YEAR RECORD ATTEND. AVG. HI GAME
2024-2025 5-9 121,021 8,644 13,544
2023-2024 10-5 124,572 8,317 14,129
2022-2023 10-5 121,058 8,071 13,363
2021-2022 9-6 119,596 7,973 13,233
2020-2021 7-6 N/A N/A N/A
2019-2020 13-3 148,019 9,251 13,500
2018-2019 13-3 168,602 10,538 14,731
2017-2018 13-4 180,251 10,603 14,233
2016-2017 9-7 104,011 6,501 10,176
2015-2016 11-6 98,718 5,807 8,044
2014-2015 15-3 107,730 5,985 10,876
2013-2014 16-1 113,680 6,687 10,699
2012-2013 16-4 122,860 6,143 10,900
2011-2012 7-10 91,993 5,411 7,864
2010-2011 8-7 101,576 6,772 10,189
2009-2010 16-4 150,510 7,526 13,966
2008-2009 12-3 140,314 9,354 14,123
2007-2008 15-5 160,152 8,008 13,947
2006-2007 7-11 124,756 6,931 13,244
2005-2006 8-9 114,435 6,731 12,782
2004-2005 13-5 149,650 8,314 14,141
2003-2004 7-8 135,041 9,003 14,518
2002-2003 12-3 126,2777 8,418 14,421
2001-2002 10-5 105,689 7,046 13,581
2000-2001 10-7 120,782 7,105 13,440
1999-2000 14-3 152,570 8,975 14,203
1998-1999 9-7 102,473 6,405 13,404
1997-1998 14-4 119,298 6,628 14,198
1996-1997 9-9 86,790 4,822 13,055
1995-1996 8-8 152,228 9,514 12,529
1994-1995 14-3 158,633 9,333 14,305
1993-1994 11-4 110,479 7,365 14,292
1992-1993 13-3 108,092 6,756 13,438
1991-1992 13-5 136,689 7,594 13,481
1990-1991 14-4 154,590 8,588 14,287
1989-1990 10-8 111,104 6,994 13,646
1988-1989 8-7 70,946 4,730 13,195
1987-1988 7-7 81,138 5,796 12,785
1986-1987 5-7 57,980 4,832 9,019
1985-1986 13-2 67,664 4,511 13,898
1984-1985 8-5 64,954 4,996 8.521
1983-1984 8-5 67,482 5,191 7,547
1982-1983 12-4 110,081 6,880 12,286
1981-1982 9-4 67,316 5,178 8,658
1980-1981 14-1 139,252 8,703 14,384
1979-1980 14-3 135,644 7,996 14,468
1978-1979 11-5 128,619 8,039 14,301
1977-1978 9-6 105,694 7,046 11,633
1976-1977 10-3 87,749 6,750 14,586
1975-1976 13-2 96,411 6,427 14,375
1974-1975 14-0 119,856 8,561 14,733*
 

TOP ATTENDANCE MARKS AT DESERT FINANCIAL ARENA
14,733 vs. Alabama, March 15, 1975 (NCAA Tournament)
14,731 vs. Arizona, January 31, 2019
14,592 vs. Kansas, December 22, 2018
14,586 vs. Arizona, March 5, 1977
14,518 vs. Arizona, January 3, 2004
14,469 vs. Ohio State, March 9, 1980 (NCAA Tournament)
14,421 vs. Arizona, February 22, 2003
14,384 vs. UCLA, January 16, 1981
14,375 vs. Arizona, March 8, 1976
14,305 vs. Arizona, January 5, 1995
14,301 vs. UCLA, January 30, 1979
14,301 vs. Arizona, January 27, 1994
14,292 vs. Arizona, March 12, 1994
14,287 vs. UCLA, January 21, 1995
14,287 vs. Arizona, January 17, 1991
14,233 vs. Arizona, February 15, 2018