The first-division teams of the inaugural B. League season raised their average attendance numbers in the regular season by 32 percent from last year (based on figures from bj-league and NBL, which merged to form the B. League), the top men's basketball circuit revealed on Wednesday, a few days before the postseason tips off this weekend.
The first division had 2,777 fans per game in the inaugural season, which kicked off last fall and wrapped up last Sunday.
The Chiba Jets led the entire 18-team division with an average of 4,503 fans per game, up 126 percent from last season, when the club played in the now-defunct NBL. The Tochigi Brex and Ryukyu Golden Kings followed with 3,356 and 3,322, respectively.