NCAA Basketball: 10 teams that will be hurt most from fan-less games

Kentucky Wildcats

As the all-time most winningest collegiate basketball team, Kentucky naturally attracts viewers by the thousands each year, building up a massive fanbase that always makes their presence known both inside and outside Rupp Arena. But even once moving on from their size, Big Blue Nation brings the intensity as well, gladly helping spur positive momentum and to establish a general environment primed to help Kentucky basketball win.

Located within a state who’s university often comes as the first thing to one’s mind upon its mentioning, most Kentucky fans see the Wildcats as not just a team to support, but something truly constituted within their identities. Having likely grown up wearing Kentucky colors, this team’s fans truly run blood deep.

Due to these strong ties, every fan who gleefully storms into the country’s second-largest arena before each home persistently enjoys rooting against all those aiming to take down their beloved Wildcats, cheering almost with a vengeance and refusing to cease no matter the game’s situation. Also with the color often painted over their skins, nobody fits the “bleed blue” slogan, meant to express their dire commitment to the team, better than Wildcat fans.

With an equation that includes a colossal fanbase, a more than adequate arena to house said fanbase, and an everlasting energy supply coming on their behalf, very few team environments stack up better than Kentucky’s, making its potential loss a serious issue.