Attendance For The 2022 PCL Basketball Finals Among The Top Championship Events Nationally

April 22, 2022

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - The 2022 Philadelphia Catholic League Girls' & Boys' Basketball Championship doubleheader at The Palestra had a higher attendance than a large majority of the Division I Men's Basketball Conference Championship games this season.

Wins by Cardinal O'Hara (girls) and Neumann-Goretti (boys) on Feb. 28 in the PCL Championship Doubleheader were witnessed by a sellout crowd of 8,722, which was higher than 22 Division I Men's Basketball Conference Championship Games in 2022.

For information on how to become a corporate partner for the 2023 Philadelphia Catholic League Girls’ & Boys’ Basketball Championships, please contact Daniel DiBerardinis, Director of Athletics at St. Joseph’s Preparatory High School, at ddiberardinis@sjprep.org

2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Conference Championship Game Attendance

Big East - 19,812	Missouri Valley - 5,164
ACC - 17,764	Southern - 5,023
Big 10 - 17,732	Conference USA - 4,697
SEC - 16,643	Big Sky - 4,134
Big XII - 16,344	WAC - 3,697
PAC-12 - 14,158	Sun Belt - 3,528
Summit - 10,072	America East - 3,266
Mountain West - 9,096	MAAC - 2,691
Philadelphia Catholic League - 8,722	Big South - 2,425
Atlantic 10 - 8,452	Northeast - 2,650
Mid-American - 8,361	Patriot - 1,879
West Coast - 7,210	Colonial - 1,869
Ohio Valley - 6,491	Ivy League - 1,350
Atlantic Sun - 6,251	Southland - 1,252
Horizon - 6,000	SWAC - 776
MEAC - 5,637	AAC, Big West - Not announced