Central Michigan University Athletics
Chippewas Win Second-Straight "Pack the House" Award
3/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Central Michigan University women’s basketball program was named the Mid-American Conference winner of the NCAA “Pack the House” Challenge for the second-consecutive year.
A program-record 5,195 fans flooded Rose Center for the Chippewas’ second-annual “Recess at Rose” promotion against Georgetown on Nov. 25. CMU invited schools from across the mid-Michigan area to spend the afternoon with the Chippewas.
“Pack the House” is a national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance at women's basketball games. NCAA Division I women’s basketball marketing staffs selected a home game and designated that date as a “Pack the House” game with the goal of setting an attendance record. One winner from each of the 32 conferences and one from a group of independent institutions were named. Selections were based on marketing plan creativity and attendance criteria. The NCAA will award prizes and donate $500 to the nonprofit organization of each winning institution’s choice.
Events at Central Michigan, Army, Duke, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville, Long Beach State, Marist, Middle Tennessee State, Niagara, Prairie View A&M and Xavier produced sell-out crowds. Sixty programs surpassed their single-game attendance highs from last year.
“We believe this initiative has served as a catalyst to increase attendance, create excitement and enhance exposure for our women’s basketball programs,” NCAA Vice President of Division I Women’s Basketball Sue Donohoe said. “Institution personnel committed a great deal of time, effort and resources to this program and the results were extremely positive. This program provides great ‘best practices’ and examples of success for institutions that are seeking to ‘grow’ women’s basketball and these success stories will continue to strengthen efforts in the future.”
Below is a list of the winners of the 2009-2010 NCAA “Pack the House” Challenge:
American East - Hartford
Atlantic Coast - Virginia
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 - Xavier
Big East - West Virginia
Big Sky - Weber State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Ohio State
Big 12 - Nebraska
Big West - Long Beach State
Colonial - Deleware
Conference USA - Tulsa
Great West - North Dakota
Horizon - Youngstown State
Ivy - Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic - Marist
Mid-American - Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern Maryland-Eastern Shore
Missouri Valley - Illinois State
Mountain West - TCU
Northeast - Bryant
Ohio Valley - Eastern Illinois
Pacific-10 UCLA
Patriot - Army
Southeastern - Kentucky
Southern - Appalachian State
Southland - Sam Houston State
SWAC - Prairie View A&M
Summit - Oral Roberts
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee State
West Coast - San Francisco
WAC - Louisiana Tech
Independents - Longwood
A program-record 5,195 fans flooded Rose Center for the Chippewas’ second-annual “Recess at Rose” promotion against Georgetown on Nov. 25. CMU invited schools from across the mid-Michigan area to spend the afternoon with the Chippewas.
“Pack the House” is a national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance at women's basketball games. NCAA Division I women’s basketball marketing staffs selected a home game and designated that date as a “Pack the House” game with the goal of setting an attendance record. One winner from each of the 32 conferences and one from a group of independent institutions were named. Selections were based on marketing plan creativity and attendance criteria. The NCAA will award prizes and donate $500 to the nonprofit organization of each winning institution’s choice.
Events at Central Michigan, Army, Duke, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville, Long Beach State, Marist, Middle Tennessee State, Niagara, Prairie View A&M and Xavier produced sell-out crowds. Sixty programs surpassed their single-game attendance highs from last year.
“We believe this initiative has served as a catalyst to increase attendance, create excitement and enhance exposure for our women’s basketball programs,” NCAA Vice President of Division I Women’s Basketball Sue Donohoe said. “Institution personnel committed a great deal of time, effort and resources to this program and the results were extremely positive. This program provides great ‘best practices’ and examples of success for institutions that are seeking to ‘grow’ women’s basketball and these success stories will continue to strengthen efforts in the future.”
Below is a list of the winners of the 2009-2010 NCAA “Pack the House” Challenge:
American East - Hartford
Atlantic Coast - Virginia
Atlantic Sun - Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 - Xavier
Big East - West Virginia
Big Sky - Weber State
Big South - Winthrop
Big Ten - Ohio State
Big 12 - Nebraska
Big West - Long Beach State
Colonial - Deleware
Conference USA - Tulsa
Great West - North Dakota
Horizon - Youngstown State
Ivy - Dartmouth
Metro Atlantic - Marist
Mid-American - Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern Maryland-Eastern Shore
Missouri Valley - Illinois State
Mountain West - TCU
Northeast - Bryant
Ohio Valley - Eastern Illinois
Pacific-10 UCLA
Patriot - Army
Southeastern - Kentucky
Southern - Appalachian State
Southland - Sam Houston State
SWAC - Prairie View A&M
Summit - Oral Roberts
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee State
West Coast - San Francisco
WAC - Louisiana Tech
Independents - Longwood
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