Final Four by the numbers

As VCU reached the end of its journey in the NCAA tournament, Rams fans reflect on the men’s basketball team’s historic run. Here is a recap on some Final Four figures.

1,331 — miles from VCU to Reliant Park, Houston, Texas

22 — hours from VCU to Reliant Park

$3.40 — the price of a gallon of gas

752 — seating sections in Reliant Stadium for an NCAA tournament game

1.9 million — square footage of Reliant Stadium

71,000+ — seats in Reliant Stadium

664 — tickets available for purchase by VCU students for the Final Four game

75,000 — clicks on VCU’s website on March 27 – the day it defeated Kansas for a trip to the Final Four

1 — VCU’s rank on Google’s list of “Hot Searches” for March 27

1.2 million — the number of times “VCU” turned up in a Google search on March 27

79,983 — the average number of visitors per day to VCU’s website on a normal week in March

158,861 — the average number of visitors per day to VCU’s website this week

32,436 — students enrolled at VCU

12 — VCU’s average winning margin in its NCAA games

6 — arrests made by police after VCU’s loss to Butler

80 — gas canisters deployed into the crowd

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