Two weeks ago, I wrote a column providing five theories on why University of Kentucky men’s basketball attendance was down through the first two regular-season home games.
We’re now through six UK home games in Rupp Arena, and the Wildcats have averaged 20,092 fans so far in 2017-18. That is down 2,533 fans from the average attendance through six home games (22,625) last season.
A consistent complaint I heard from Kentucky fans who replied to the original column was the perceived lack of quality opponents on Kentucky’s home non-conference schedule.
That interested me because, from my perspective, UK’s home, non-SEC slate is not that bad.