College basketball arena sits nearly empty for an actual Division 1 game in jarring scene

Anyone?...Bueller?Okeedokee! Never mind ...The Fresno State men's basketball team is currently 2-1, and coming off an overtime win at home over Georgia State.

Why Georgia State was playing an actual game all the way out west is beyond me, but that's neither here nor there.The point is, the Bulldogs won, and sent the hometown crowd home happy ...All 14 of them who bothered to show up!USC FOOTBALL RIPPED FOR PATHETIC CROWD AT HOME OPENER: 'ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING'Goodness gracious.That's just a jarring visual, isn't it? I know I write these stories a lot, but this one hit especially hard.

There was nobody at this game for the opening tip.Nobody.ARKANSAS CAMPUS RESEMBLES A GHOST TOWN AS NO ONE SHOWS UP TO WATCH RAZORBACKS GET BEATEN DOWN BY GEORGIAFresno State Bulldogs guard Leo Colimerio makes a layup in front of Utah State Aggies guard Josh Uduje in the second half at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., on Feb.

27, 2024.(USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con)When all was said and done, the official attendance was listed at 2,754.

I'm not sure I buy that, but whatever.That's not the point.Look at that "crowd" for the opening tip.

This was a Division I matchup, by the way.I realize Fresno State isn't a basketball powerhouse — the Bulldogs last made the tournament in 2016 — but still.

Georgia State is no slouch, either, having made the tournament four times over the past 12 years.TEXAS TECH HEAD COACH BLASTS USC, LINCOLN RILEY, FOR POOR ATTENDANCE AT LA COLISEUM IN WEEK ZEROBastien Rieber No.21 of the Fresno State Bulldogs drives against Uriah Tenette No.

4 of the New Mexico Lobos during the first half of a game at The Pit on Jan.21, 2026, in Albuquerque, N.M.

(Getty Images)CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEAnd by the way, I'm not totally crushing the fans and students here for not spending their Tuesday night at an early November game between Fresno State and Georgia State.It's certainly not a choice I would make.

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