The Dome has seen many of NCAA basketball 's largest crowds . On February 1 , 2014 , the attendance record for an NCAA men 's basketball on-campus game was broken by a few hundred spectators in the Duke vs. Syracuse ACC matchup . Attendance was announced as 35,446 , as Syracuse went on to win 91-89 , in dramatic fashion in overtime . This win marked the 21st straight win of the season for the Orange , breaking a school record for the longest unbeaten streak to start a season . The previous attendance record was set February 23 , 2013 ( 35,012 ) , the final game vs. long-standing Big East Conference rivals Georgetown Hoyas , as a member of the Big East . The Orange were defeated 57-46 , ending the Orange 's home win-streak at 38 games . Prior to the Georgetown Hoyas attendance record , Syracuse University held the previous attendance record also . On February 27 , 2010 , an announced attendance of 34,616 came to see the Orange beat the Villanova Wildcats 95-77 . University officials briefly considered moving the basketball court to the middle of the football field for the 2014 regular season game with Duke - a move that could have pushed the attendance over 50,000 . It was decided , to appease season ticket holders , that the court would stay in its usual location . However , the university did reconfigure the Dome to hold a new record capacity of 35,446
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