UNC basketball ranked fourth in average attendance last season, according to recently released numbers from the NCAA.

19,582 fans packed the Dean E. Smith Center on average for the Tar Heels during the 2014-2015 season.

ACC peer Syracuse led the nation in average attendance at 23,854 fans of the Orange.

Kentucky checked in at number one in overall attendance with 447,874 cheering for the Wildcats at home over the entire season.

Louisville joined Syracuse and UNC in the top five. The Cardinals checked in just above Carolina at number three.

NC State ranked 12th in average attendance. But the Wolfpack saw the largest average attendance jump from the previous season in the nation.

The only other ACC team in the top 25 was Virginia at number 23.

As a conference, the ACC saw the largest climb in average attendance, but checked in at second in fans per game behind the Big Ten.

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