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[QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 2017574, member: 469"]
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"North Carolina’s problem has not always been attendance, although consistent sellouts do not occur at the 21,750-seat Dean Smith Center. The average crowd through six home games this season is only 15,028, down from 18,326 last season, which ranked fourth nationally.

The Tar Heels are coming off an appearance in the national title game. They own five national championships. This is a program with eight Hall of Famers, including coach Roy Williams, Dean Smith, Bob McAdoo, Michael Jordan and James Worthy. Despite all of that, the Smith Center has been filled to only 69 percent capacity this season.

Williams’ beef with the Smith Center crowd is more about the apathy that is shown by those who attend the games. The “Wine and Cheese Crowd” at the Smith Center, as it is called, consists of older-generation wealthy donors sitting courtside with the student section further up in the stands.

The atmosphere does not compare to what rival Duke offers at the quaint 9,314-seat Cameron Indoor Stadium with students occupying one complete side of the court and the area behind both baskets.

After North Carolina’s loss at Indiana on Nov. 30, Williams lamented – as he has done several times about the Smith Center atmosphere – that he wished his team had similar vociferous support the Hoosiers enjoyed from fans at Assembly Hall.

“Gosh, I’d like to play in front of a crowd like that in the Smith Center every night other than the frickin’ Duke game,” Williams said."
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