The Vig

The Beavers men’s basketball team drew an announced crowd of 4,017 for their game against Stanford last night.  The Corvallis Gazette-Times’ Brooks Hatch says it was probably less than that.

Some quick, cursory inspection of the OSU media guide determined that’s the smallest crowd for a current Pac-10 opponent since 3,532 showd up for a Dec. 16, 1961, game against the Cardinal.

Anyone remember that game? Was there a snowstorm or something, because virtually every other crowd that season was considerably larger.

The Beavers are now averaging 3,555 through seven home games, and that’s not pretty, especially in a year when it’s charging a ticket surcharge ro raise money to refurbish the joint.

It’s last in the Pac-10 by more than 3,000 per game; USC was ninth at 6,699 heading into the weekend and the Trojans drew 10,000 on Thursday night for the Cougars.

Yikes.