WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Midwestern State completed its successful run through the Lone Star Conference and the NCAA Division II's South Central Region with its first trip to the Elite Eight.

That success bolstered by consecutive sellouts at the 2010 South Central Regionals at D.L. Ligon Coliseum resulted in great fan support throughout the Wichita Falls and North Texas Area as the Mustangs boasted the eighth-best attendance in all of NCAA Division II.

"My excitement for our local support is two-fold," MSU coach Grant McCasland said. "They have an understanding of basketball and that is tough to find in a state dominated by football. To have that is a blessing, and on top of that, they are excited about MSU basketball."

MSU supporters spun the Ligon Coliseum turnstiles 38,805 times for an average of 2,425 fans over 16 home dates to outdraw Lone Star Conference foes by a substantial rate as Tarleton State, 30th in NCAA Division II with a 1,516 average, was the next best draw.

"Our fans truly made a difference this season," McCasland said.

The Mustangs extended their home court winning streak to 29 games after completing their seventh undefeated season under the dome with a 16-0 mark.

Midwestern drew more than 3,000 fans on seven dates including sellouts in each of the sessions of the South Central Regional featuring the home standing Mustangs.

MSU would have also been second in the NCAA Division I Southland Conference in attendance trailing only Lamar (2,970), but outdrawing other top schools Stephen F. Austin (2,419), UTSA (1,553), Sam Houston State (1,434) and UTA (756).

The Mustangs also eclipsed the Conference USA's Rice Owls (1,996) and compared favorably to other regional NCAA Division I one programs falling just behind SMU (2,668) and North Texas (2,716).

A limited number of reserved seats remain for the 2010-11 season and maybe reserved by calling the MSU Athletics Office at 397-4044.
  

2010 NCAA Division II Home Attendance Leaders

Rank	Team	Dates	Attendance	Average
1	Northern State (S.D.)	15	51,207	3,414
2	Elizabeth City State (N.C.)	12	38,089	3,174
3	St. Cloud State (Minn.)	18	56,574	3,134
4	Central Missouri	14	40,638	2,903
5	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	15	43,511	2,901
6	Morehouse (Ga.)	14	40,600	2,900
7	Benedict (S.C.)	14	34,668	2,476
8	Midwestern State (Texas)	16	38,805	2,425
9	Dixie State (Utah)	12	27,747	2,312
10	Virginia State	11	25,129	2,284
11	Augustana (S.D.)	17	37,966	2,233
12	Kentucky Wesleyan	19	41,700	2,195
13	Washburn (Kan.)	15	31,708	2,114
14	South Carolina-Aiken	16	33,352	2,085
15	Emporia State (Kan.)	14	27,341	1,953
16	Valdosta State (Ga.)	15	28,353	1,890
17	Missouri Western	13	24,254	1,866
18	Southern Indiana	16	28,476	1,780
19	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	14	24,531	1,752
20	Minnesota State-Mankato	18	31,521	1,751
21	Alaska-Anchorage	15	25,655	1,710
22	Augusta State (Ga.)	18	30,477	1,693
23	Fort Valley State (Ga.)	15	24,923	1,662
24	Southwest Minnesota State	15	24,843	1,656
25	Northern Kentucky	14	22,591	1,614
26	Colorado State-Pueblo	11	17,512	1,592
27	West Georgia	14	21,954	1,568
28	Central State (Ohio)	12	18,402	1,534
29	Tarleton State (Texas)	17	25,772	1,516
30	Mary (N.D.)	13	18,945	1,457

2010 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Conference Leaders

Rank	Conference	Teams	Dates	Attendance	Average	Change
1	MIAA	11	156	263,817	1,691	-16
2	NSIC	14	203	290,945	1,433	-267
3	CIAA	11	128	163,308	1,276	-147
4	SIAC	13	172	214,990	1,250	89
5	GLVC	15	222	214,568	967	-125
6	GSC	14	193	178,937	927	70
7	PBC	13	194	173,184	893	-46
8	LSC	14	195	172,160	883	17
9	GNAC	9	121	99,996	826	-99
10	RMAC	14	170	137,391	808	42

Texas Collegiate Basketball Home Attendance Leaders

Division I/II Institutions

Rank	School	Dates	Attendance	Average
1	Texas	17	248,697	14,629
2	Texas A&M	16	158,222	9,889
3	Texas Tech	19	176,510	9,290
4	Texas-El Paso	17	147,854	8,697
5	Baylor	16	119,305	7,457
6	TCU	17	62,656	3,686
7	Houston	15	48,033	3,202
8	Lamar	18	53,469	2,970
9	North Texas	14	38,022	2,716
10	SMU	17	45,694	2,668
11	Midwestern State	16	38,805	2,425
12	Stephen F. Austin	15	36,284	2,419
13	Rice	17	33,924	1,996
14	UTSA	14	21,746	1,553
15	Tarleton State	17	25,772	1,516
16	Sam Houston State	14	20,081	1,434
17	Texas Southern	11	14,981	1,362
18	West Texas A&M	13	14,958	1,151
19	Angelo State	12	10,891	908
20	Texas-Arlington	16	12,099	756
21	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	9,490	678
22	Abilene Christian	16	9,303	581
23	Texas-Pan American	10	5,133	513
24	Incarnate Word	13	6,113	470
25	St. Mary's	19	8,400	442
26	St. Edward's	15	5,651	377
27	Dallas Baptist	14	4,945	353
28	Texas A&M International	11	3,686	335
29	Texas A&M-Commerce	12	3,640	303
30	Texas-Permian Basin*	---	---	---

Note: Mary Hardin-Baylor led Texas NCAA Division III schools with an average attendance of 894.

* - Failed to report home attendance.