Everybody knows that the Carrier Dome is the largest on-campus arena in college hoops, capacity 34,000+. But Carrier is also the Syracuse football stadium.
So my question is, what is the largest on-campus, basketball-only arena in college hoops?
Nope. Wrong for two reasons: First, Rupp has been downsized from 23,000 seats to 20,500; they took out bleacher seats in the upper deck and put in chairbacks. Second, Rupp is in downtown Lexington, not on campus.
Louisville is indeed downtown. Rupp is only like a mile and a half from campus but it’s still not on campus. Georgetown, UNC Greensboro, Villanova and NC State also play in large (i.e. bigger than BWA) off-campus arenas.
Largest on-campus, hoops only:
UNC
Tennessee
The Bud
BYU (19,000; used to be listed as 22,700)
Ohio State