Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse fans are about to take back the NCAA attendance title.

After finishing second to Kentucky for each of the past three years, Syracuse seems set to lead the nation in attendance for the 2018-19 college basketball season.

Syracuse played its final home game of the season on Monday. The Orange played No. 2 Virginia in front of a crowd of 29,052 fans at the Carrier Dome. The crowd brought Syracuse’s average attendance for its 19 games this season to 21,992 per game.

Two weeks ago, Syracuse broke its own NCAA record for an on-campus crowd as 35,642 fans packed the Carrier Dome as the Orange hosted No. 1 Duke.

Syracuse appears to have an almost insurmountable attendance lead over Kentucky, which is currently second in the nation this season.

Kentucky has drawn an average crowd of 21,533 fans through 17 regular season games this year. The Wildcats have one more regular season game remaining. Kentucky will host Florida this Saturday.

Even if Kentucky draws a crowd similar to the 24,467 that packed Rupp Arena two weeks for the Wildcats’ highly-anticipated showdown with then-No. 1 Tennessee, the average attendance for the season will only go up to 21,695.

That’s roughly 300 fans per game shy of Syracuse’s mark.

This would mean that Syracuse will lead the nation in attendance for the first time since the 2014-15 season. Syracuse also led in attendance in 2013-14.

Overall, this will be the 15th time that Syracuse has led the nation in attendance since the opening of the Carrier Dome in 1980.

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