SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -When seventh-ranked Villanova enters the Carrier Dome for Saturday night’s game against No. 4 Syracuse, the Wildcats will be caught in an orange wave bigger than any other in the building’s basketball history.
A crowd of 34,616 is expected, the largest on campus for an NCAA game, and would mark the fourth time in the past seven years that Syracuse has set an attendance record. Fans will be given orange minitowels when they step through the turnstiles.
Capacity for basketball in the Carrier Dome is listed at 33,000. The current record of 33,633 was set in Gerry McNamara’s final home game, also against Villanova, on March 5, 2006. The Orange lost that one, 92-82.
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