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1 Iowa NIT crowd > 2 NIT Final Four crowds
Mar. 22, 2013 4:49 pm
Let's say Iowa beats Stony Brook in tonight's second-round NIT game in Iowa City, wins its third-round game, and goes to New York's Madison Square Garden for that version of the Final Four.
It's entirely possible, and perhaps likely, that tonight's sold-out second-round NIT game at 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena will out-draw the two sessions in the Garden combined.
Last year, the NIT semifinals of Minnesota-Washington and Stanford-Massachusetts drew 7,574 fans. The championship game, a 75-51 Stanford win over the Gophers, was held before a gathering of 5,494.
The Garden seats 19,033 for basketball. The New York Knicks have sold out each of their 33 home games played so far this season.
Madison Square Garden (AP photo)
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