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Should Syracuse Basketball Fans 'Simmer Down' About Attendance?

Dana O'Neil thinks Orange fans should 'simmer down' about the attendance crown because Kentucky fans would fill a 600,000-seat arena if they had one in Lexington. OK ...

Dana O'Neil decided to have some fun with attendance numbers this week, and boy was it FUN! Most of it was just a blogger trying to fill space during the summer by combing through a press release and some statistics - meaning it was pretty useless.

But there was one nugget that might be of interest here, in regards to Syracuse's claim to the top spot in the per-game attendance rankings once again:

Now before Orange fans get too full of themselves and start gloating at the Big Blue Nation of runner-up Kentucky, realize that Carrier Dome seats 35,000-plus for hoops.