Iowa's attendance Tuesday dwarfs other NIT venues

Take a bow Iowa fans who attended Tuesday's NIT game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa's attendance for its 84-75 win against Dayton was astounding when compared with other NIT games. In fact, no other arena was within 4,600 fans of Iowa in the NIT's first round.

"It was a great atmosphere and it was something that I'll always remember," Iowa senior Matt Gatens said. "We appreciate that."

Iowa's announced attendance was a legitimate 13,190. Next best was Arizona, which lost to Bucknell, at 8,433. Third was Savannah State at Tennessee (6,289) and fourth was LSU at Oregon (5,158).

Then it dips dramatically. Check out the attendance at the other sites:

Texas-Arlington at Washington, 2,801

UMass at Mississippi State, 2,507

Stony Brook at Seton Hall, 1,674

Cleveland State at Stanford, 1,339

Marshall at Middle Tennessee State, N/A

Akron at Norhwestern, 2,319

Minnesota at LaSalle, 3,023

Northern Iowa at St. Joseph's, 2,851

Central Florida at Drexel, 1,821

Valparaiso at Miami, 1,229

Illinois State at Ole Miss, 3,010

Nevada at Oral Roberts, 2,474