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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowTuesday night's NCAA women's basketball championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis was a near-sellout, but it was the smallest crowd to see the title game since 1997, according to the NCAA.
Texas A&M University, making its first Final Four appearance, defeated the University of Notre Dame, 76-70, before 17,473 spectators. Capacity at the stadium is 18,666.
The 1997 tournament final in Cincinnati drew a crowd of 16,714.
The last time the game was played in Indianapolis, in 2005, a near-record 28,937 were in attendance, but that game was played at the RCA Dome.
Last year's title game in San Antonio drew 22,936.
Sunday's semifinals at Conseco attracted a total of 16,421 to the two-game session, the least-attended semifinal round since 1994, when the event was played in Richmond, Va., and drew 11,966 spectators.
Tickets to this year's event were priced at $175 for the entire tournament and $87.50 for the final game.
The NCAA conducted its first women's Final Four tournament in 1982. Indianapolis will host the event again in 2016.
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