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NCAA Basketball: Ranking the nation’s 25 best home-court advantages

By Brian Rauf

LAWRENCE, KANSAS - JANUARY 09: Lagerald Vick #24 of the Kansas Jayhawks pumps up the crowd prior to the start of the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Allen Fieldhouse on January 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KANSAS - JANUARY 09: Lagerald Vick #24 of the Kansas Jayhawks pumps up the crowd prior to the start of the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Allen Fieldhouse on January 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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SYRACUSE, NY – FEBRUARY 23: General view of the Carrier Dome during the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Syracuse Orange in the second half on February 23, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Duke defeated Syracuse 75-65. (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
SYRACUSE, NY – FEBRUARY 23: General view of the Carrier Dome during the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Syracuse Orange in the second half on February 23, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Duke defeated Syracuse 75-65. (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images) /

8) Syracuse – Carrier Dome

What else can you say about the Carrier Dome other than the fact that it is massive. Syracuse converts their football stadium into a basketball arena ever year and fill it without fail.

The 35,642-seat capacity makes it easily the largest college basketball arena in the country and allows the Orange to lead the country in attendance virtually every year. As you can imagine, the size of the Carrier Dome is intimidating by itself – it takes time for players to adjust their sightlines in a place so large – but those 35,000+ fans can hurt your eardrums.

All of those advantages have helped the Orange win well over 80 percent of their games in the Carrier Dome since it opened in 1980, and it has also seen them win 10 regular season conference championships during that time frame.

Still, the Carrier Dome is best known for its size and the records it continues to set. They broke their own NCAA attendance record with an on-campus crowd of 35,642 – full capacity – for a game against Duke in February, setting a new single-game record for on-campus college basketball attendance. How impressive is that? 180 of the 353 teams in Division I had lower season attendance numbers than that. T

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