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"title": "Prairie View A&M Wins NCAA/SWAC ‘Pack the House’ Challenge"
"description": "Prairie View A&M was one of 33 winners in the NCAA Division I “Pack the House” Challenge. “Pack the House” is national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance. NCAA Division I women’s basketball marketing staffs selected a home game and designated that date as a “Pack the House” game with the […]"
"date": "2010-03-23"
"authors":
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    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2010/03/23/prairie-view-am-wins-ncaaswac-pack-the-house-challenge/"
"categories":
  - "Basketball"
"tags":
  - "Prairie View"
---

# Prairie View A&M Wins NCAA/SWAC ‘Pack the House’ Challenge

[![](http://www.tspnsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/pvlogo.gif "pvlogo.gif")](http://www.tspnsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/pvlogo.gif)Prairie View A&M was one of 33 winners in the NCAA Division I “Pack the House” Challenge. “Pack the House” is national effort in which conferences and institutions compete to build attendance. NCAA Division I women’s basketball marketing staffs selected a home game and designated that date as a “Pack the House” game with the goal of setting an attendance record. One winner from each of the 32 conferences and one from a group of independent institutions were named. Selections were based on marketing plan creativity and attendance criteria. The NCAA will award prizes and donate $500 to the nonprofit organization of each winning institution’s choice. And pack the house, they did. More than half of the Division I membership – 181 institutions – participated in the effort that attracted more than 511,000 fans. The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers hosted 5,500-plus fans at its women’s basketball game on February 6th against rival Texas Southern. Events at Army, Central Michigan, Duke, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville, Long Beach State, Marist, Middle Tennessee State, Niagara, Prairie View A&M and Xavier produced sell-out crowds. Sixty programs surpassed their single-game attendance highs from last year. “We believe this initiative has served as a catalyst to increase attendance, create excitement and enhance exposure for our women’s basketball programs,” said NCAA Vice President of Division I Women’s Basketball Sue Donohoe. “Institution personnel committed a great deal of time, effort and resources to this program and the results were extremely positive. This program provides great \`best practices’ and examples of success for institutions that are seeking to \`grow’ women’s basketball and these success stories will continue to strengthen efforts in the future.” **CONFERENCE WINNERS** America East – Hartford Atlantic Coast – Virginia Atlantic Sun – Jacksonville Atlantic 10 – Xavier Big East – West Virginia Big Sky – Weber State Big South – Winthrop Big Ten – Ohio State Big 12 – Nebraska Big West – Long Beach State Colonial – Delaware Conference USA – Tulsa Great West – North Dakota Horizon – Youngstown State Ivy – Dartmouth Metro Atlantic – Marist Mid-American – Central Michigan Mid-Eastern – Maryland-Eastern Shore Missouri Valley – Illinois State Mountain West – TCU Northeast – Bryant Ohio Valley – Eastern Illinois Pacific-10 – UCLA Patriot – Army Southeastern – Kentucky Southern – Appalachian State Southland – Sam Houston State SWAC – Prairie View A&M Summit – Oral Roberts Sun Belt – Middle Tennessee State West Coast – San Francisco WAC – Louisiana Tech Independents – Longwood **OVERALL WINNER** Virginia – Atlantic Coast Conference