Early Season Ticket Renewal a Success
June 5, 2006

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma women’s basketball has remained a hot commodity during the offseason.

The OU athletics marketing department recently completed the Women’s Basketball Early Season Ticket Renewal Campaign on May 20. The campaign allowed any fan that purchased a ticket in 2005-06 to reserve or renew season tickets before the seats officially went on sale.

OU received a total of 3,404 requests for season tickets with 903 of those being new requests. The remaining 2,501 requests were renewals.

“We are very encouraged by the high level of response,” said OU director of marketing Matt Roberts. “We set a program record with 4,013 season tickets last season and we approached that number during the summer months. Fans recognized the success of Sherri Coale’s team and they want to be a part of that excitement.”

Spurred on by a top-10 ranking and perfect run through the entire Big 12 season, OU set a number of attendance records in 2005-06, including three of the top four single game attendances in program history. Additionally, the per game average of 7,630 trumped the previous best of 6,606 set in 2001-02. The average turnout was also the ninth best mark (unofficially) in the NCAA.

All 13 of OU’s regular season home games were attended by 5,000 or more fans, which is a program first. OU also recorded two sellouts, giving the program three capacity crowds in its history.

For the Feb. 12 game against Baylor, OU set a state record for a women’s basketball game with a turnout of 12,112. The home season finale crowd of 12,003 was the third best mark in history. Against Texas A&M on Feb. 18, the fourth largest crowd in OU history (11,689) was on hand to watch OU clinch the Big 12 Regular Season Championship despite snowfall and outdoor temperatures of below 20 degrees.

Article published courtesy of SoonerSports.com
Release: 06/05/2006

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