{"id":268949,"date":"2025-10-01T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268949\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:41:10","slug":"rupp-arena-left-off-ranking-of-the-best-college-basketball-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268949\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupp Arena left off ranking of the best college basketball venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Katz, the longtime NCAA reporter and analyst, included venues such as Allen Fieldhouse, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Mackey Arena, Madison Square Garden, and Bud Walton Arena, while highlighting history, atmosphere, and fan energy as key factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yet somehow, Rupp Arena, which has hosted four national championships, 12 NCAA Tournaments, and countless SEC showdowns, was left off entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Opened in 1976, Rupp Arena has been home to nearly 90% of Kentucky\u2019s victories and currently holds 20,500 fans. While some critics occasionally say the arena isn\u2019t loud enough, when Kentucky gets on a roll or needs added motivation, the crowd can get rowdy and create a truly electric environment that can throw opponents off their game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">From championship teams to unforgettable Final Four runs, Rupp Arena has been a cornerstone of college basketball for decades. The absence of Rupp Arena from Katz\u2019s list is a shocking oversight, given its history, atmosphere, and the passionate Wildcats fanbase that fills it to capacity time and again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To see his full list of rankings and why he placed which arena in each spot, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2025-09-30\/top-10-college-basketball-arenas-ranked-andy-katz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also if you want to hear some of the loudest moments, you can watch below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katz, the longtime NCAA reporter and analyst, included venues such as Allen Fieldhouse, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Mackey Arena,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":268950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,140017,1541,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-268949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kentucky-wildcats-news","10":"tag-kentucky-wildcats-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115298493408945949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}