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The Mountaineers held the fourth-highest attendance numbers within the BIG EAST Conference, behind league-leading Louisville, Connecticut and Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, WVU had the fifth-largest per game increase nationally from the 2010 season as it went from an average of 1,947 fans to 3,103 in 2011, an increase of 1,156 fans. Helping to attain their record attendance, the Mountaineers had six of the top 20 crowds in WVU Coliseum history.<\/p>\n<p>Of 31 conferences and seven independent teams, the BIG EAST Conference recorded the fourth-highest attendance figures with a conference record 889,026 fans attending women\u2019s games this year. 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