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A crowd of 35,446 watched Syracuse host Duke at the Carrier Dome on February 14.

(Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- For the second year in a row, Syracuse is the nation's leader in college basketball attendance.

The Syracuse University men's basketball led the nation in attendance during the 2014-15 season, barely out-drawing the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

The NCAA released its official attendance figures for the 2014-15 season on Monday. Syracuse led the way with 23,854 fans per game at the Carrier Dome. Kentucky's average attendance was 23,572 fans per game.

The ACC had three of the top four teams in the NCAA's attendance rankings. Louisville was third at 21,386, while North Carolina was fourth at 19,582.

In 2013-14, Syracuse led the nation in attendance with 26,253 fans per game. That ended Kentucky's 8-year run as the NCAA's attendance champ.

This past season marks the 14th time that Syracuse has led the nation in attendance. Syracuse was No. 1 in attendance 11 straight times from 1985 to 1995. Syracuse was the nation's attendance leader in 2005 as well.

Kentucky actually had the highest total attendance this past season. Kentucky had a total of 447,874 fans at its games in Rupp Arena last season. Syracuse had a total of 429,378 fans. But Kentucky had 19 home games compared to Syracuse's 18 home games.