Through two home games, Kentucky is averaging 19,991 fans in Rupp Arena. For roughly 99.7 percent of the men's basketball programs in the country, that number would be cause for celebration
At Kentucky, it has people asking What the heck?
Just a season ago, UK's average home attendance after two games was 22,346 in the 23,000-seat Rupp Arena.
When you combine the drop in early-season attendance, the fact UK has offered six-game mini-packages from its stock of unpurchased season tickets and the photos of rows of empty seats that were tweeted out from last Friday's season opener against Utah Valley, you have a Big Blue tempest in the making.
Is the attendance drop a fluke, or are we witnessing a fundamental change in the "UK basketball experience?" Let's examine five theories:
