Kentucky basketball fans have once again laid claim to having the most passionate fan base in college sports. For the fifth consecutive season and the 14th time in the last 15 years, the UK men’s basketball team led Division I in total home attendance and average home attendance. In 2009-10, 433,989 fans packed Rupp Arena in 18 home games, an average of 24,111 fans a game. Kentucky’s total home attendance was the best for a school since Syracuse had 460,752 fans in the 1991-92 season.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.