Syracuse Men's Basketball Attendance in Excess of 30,000 Fans
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The Syracuse Orangemen played their first game in the Carrier Dome on November 29, 1980 versus Columbia University in front of approximately fifteen thousand fans. Since then, there have been 84 games played in the Carrier Dome with an attendance in excess of 30,000. The Orangemen are 54-29 in those games. The first game with 30,000 plus fans was against Georgetown in 1983, with the Hoyas winning 97-92. The attendance record was set February 23, 2019 against the Duke Blue Devils. The Carrier Dome was renamed the JMA Wireless Dome in April 2022.

Syracuse Crowds in Excess of 30k
Date
Opponent
Score
Attendance
1/10/1983
Georgetown
L
92-97
31,327*
1/22/1983
St. John's
L
57-68
32,382*
2/19/1983
Boston College
W
75-73
30,799
12/10/1983
North Carolina
L
64-87
32,235
1/21/1984
Boston College
W
75-73
30,293
1/30/1984
Georgetown
L
67-80
30,758
2/25/1984
Pittsburgh
W
66-65
30,356
1/19/1985
Connecticut
L
68-70
30,136
1/28/1985
Georgetown
W
65-63
32,229
2/1/1985
Villanova
W
92-79
32,520
2/23/1985
St. John's
L
83-88
32,485*
1/11/1986
Pittsburgh
W
78-68
32,064
2/1/1986
St. John's
W
68-64
32,165
2/8/1986
Notre Dame
L
81-85
32,397
2/23/1986
Georgetown
W
64-63
32,474
1/14/1987
St. John's
W
64-63
30,529
2/14/1987
Louisville
W
99-72
30,616
2/22/1987
Georgetown
L
71-72
32,602*
2/28/1987
Boston College
W
87-63
31,110
1/9/1988
Seton Hall
W
84-82
30,554
1/24/1988
Georgetown
L
68-69
32,419
1/31/1988
Michigan
W
89-71
31,621
2/11/1988
St. John's
W
82-68
30,460
3/1/1988
Villanova
W
71-69
30,139
3/6/1988
Pittsburgh
L
84-85
32,492
1/7/1989
Seton Hall
W
90-66
32,037
1/28/1989
Providence
W
100-96
32,096
2/11/1989
St. John's
W
92-69
32,325
2/26/1989
Kentucky
W
89-73
30,695
3/5/1989
Georgetown
W(OT)
82-76
32,683*
1/6/1990
Villanova
L
74-93
32,529
1/10/1990
St. John's
W
81-72
30,407
1/20/1990
Providence
L
86-87
32,401
1/23/1990
Pittsburgh
W
83-74
30,023
2/10/1990
Connecticut
W
90-86
32,820*
2/17/1990
Notre Dame
L
65-66
32,747
3/4/1990
Georgetown
W(OT)
80-78
33,015*
12/2/1990
Temple
W
73-56
30,049
1/5/1991
Villanova
L
66-76
31,992
1/19/1991
Seton Hall
W
78-64
32,633
2/2/1991
Boston College
W
99-87
31,825
2/24/1991
Pittsburgh
W
89-68
32,763
3/3/1991
Georgetown
W
62-58
33,048*
2/1/1992
Seton Hall
W
70-67
30,428
2/15/1992
Notre Dame
L
98-101
30,877
2/23/1992
Georgetown
L
68-72
32,996
2/12/1994
Kentucky
W
93-85
31,560
3/6/1994
Georgetown
W
81-75
30,205
2/12/1995
Connecticut
L
70-77
31,211
2/26/1995
Georgetown
L
78-81
31,143
2/10/1996
Georgetown
W
85-64
32,589
2/28/1999
Connecticut
L
58-70
30,367
2/27/2000
Georgetown
W
67-52
31,009
2/1/2003
Pittsburgh
W
67-65
30,303
2/15/2003
Notre Dame
W
82-80
32,166
3/9/2003
Rutgers
W
83-74
33,071*
1/24/2004
Pittsburgh
L
45-66
31,347
3/7/2004
Connecticut
W
67-56
32,944
2/5/2005
Notre Dame
W
60-57
33,199*
2/26/2005
Providence
W
91-66
32,804
2/18/2006
Louisville
W
79-66
31,190
3/6/2006
Villanova
L
82-92
33,633*
2/17/2007
Connecticut
W
73-63
32,376
2/16/2008
Georgetown
W
70-77
31,327
1/17/2009
Notre Dame
W
93-74
30,021
2/14/2009
Georgetown
W(OT)
98-84
31,841
2/14/2010
Louisville
L
60-66
31,053
2/27/2010
Villanova
W
95-77
34,616*
1/22/2011
Villanova
L
72-83
33,736
2/11/2012
Connecticut
W
85-67
33,430
3/3/2012
Louisville
W
58-49
33,205
2/23/2013
Georgetown
L
46-57
35,012*
3/2/2013
Louisville
L
53-58
31,173
1/11/2014
North Carolina
W
57-45
32,121
1/18/2014
Pittsburgh
W
59-54
30,046
Duke
W
91-89
35,446*
2/16/2014
North Carolina State
W
56-55
31,572
2/24/2015
Miami (F)
L
62-66
30,667
2/14/2015
Duke
L
72-80
35,446*
2/21/2015
Pittsburgh
L
61-65
30,144
2/22/2017
Duke
W
78-75
30,331
3/4/2017
Georgia Tech
W
90-61
30,448
2/23/2019
Duke
L
65-76
35,642*
2/1/2020
Duke
L
88-97
31,458
2/26/2022
Duke
L
72-97
31,803
2/18/2022
Duke
L
55-77
31,063
 
Opponents Played in 30k Games
Opponent
# Games
W/L
Georgetown
17
10-7
Pittsburgh
9
6-3
St. John's
7
5-2
Villanova
7
3-4
Connecticut
7
4-3
Duke
7
2-5
Notre Dame
6
3-3
Louisville
5
3-2
Boston College
4
4-0
Seton Hall
4
4-0
Providence
3
2-1
Kentucky
2
2-0
North Carolina
2
1-1
Georgia Tech
1
1-0
North Carolina St.
1
1-0
Rutgers
1
1-0
Michigan
1
1-0
Miami
1
0-1
Temple
1
1-0
OVERALL
86
54-32
Carrier Dome Syracuse New York
   
Months with 30k Games
Opponent
# Games
November
0
December
2
January
25
February
46
March
12
 
# Games Per Season with 30k
Season
# Games
1980-1981
0
1981-1982
0
1982-1983
3
1983-1984
4
1984-1985
4
1985-1986
4
1986-1987
4
1987-1988
6
1988-1989
5
1989-1990
7
1990-1991
6
1991-1992
3
1992-1993
0
1993-1994
2
1994-1995
2
1995-1996
1
1996-1997
0
1997-1998
0
1998-1999
1
1999-2000
1
2000-2001
0
2001-2002
0
2002-2003
3
2003-2004
2
2004-2005
2
2005-2006
2
2006-2007
1
2007-2008
1
2008-2009
2
2009-2010
2
2010-2011
1
2011-2012
2
2012-2013
2
2013-2014
4
2014-2015
3
2015-2016
0
2016-2017
2
2018-2019
1
2019-2020
1
2020-2021
0
2021-2022
1
2022-2023
1
 

* Indicates game broke the NCAA On Campus Attendance Record

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