College hoops games draw 32.8 million fans

? College basketball attendance across the three divisions has decreased slightly to 32.8 million.

The NCAA announced Tuesday that it still ranks No. 5 all-time.

Div. I schools drew 27.6 million fans, an increase of more than 86,000 over the previous season.

Kentucky led the nation in average home attendance for the 15th time in 16 years. The Wildcats averaged 23,603. Syracuse was second at 22,312.

For the 35th consecutive year, the Big Ten led all conferences in home attendance with 2.4 million.

Brigham Young had the nation’s biggest one-season increase, 4,685 per game. San Diego State was the only other school to have an increase of more than 4,000 fans per game.

Overall attendance for the three divisions dropped by about 0.5 percent from 2009-10.