The Kentucky Wildcats will not have the highest attendance numbers in college basketball this season for the first time since 2005.
Syracuse has already locked up the attendance crown.
Here is more from Syracuse.com:
The Orange has clinched college basketball’s attendance crown for 2013-14, knocking off Kentucky for the first time since 2005, making the only remaining question just how far up its own all-time list the Orange will climb.
With weekday games remaining against Boston College and Georgia Tech, Syracuse currently sits sixth on its all-time list in average attendance and 12th on its total attendance list. The Orange are enjoying their best attendance in 22 seasons.
Syracuse has brought in 423,868 fans in 16 home games with two games remaining. Kentucky’s attendance in 17 home games with three remaining is 341,694. Even if the Wildcats sold out Rupp Arena for their final three games, their total would reach just 412,194, and Kentucky’s average would fall well short of Syracuse.
If the Orange average 31,993 fans over its final two games, a highly unlikely occurrence, it would match the fifth-best average attendance in school history.
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