[alfus21]

I doubt it. The wildest and loudest I have seen was early in the Pitino era. Pitino's first year when a bunch of nobodys beat Shaq's LSU squad was the loudest and wildest I have ever seen Rupp. Maybe in a tie or at least second was the following season when the Unforgettables routed Kansas a year after Kansas beat them by fifty. Those two games are by far the craziest and loudest ever at Rupp.

I'm sure this crowd will be big a pumped up. But I don't think you can top the emotion in those two games. I have seen them play Arkansas when Arkansas was #1 in the mid 90s. I was 5 rows behind the bench for senior day when the Unforgettables beat Tenn. Nothing I have seen at Rupp since can compare to those LSU and Kansas games.

I guess we'll see Saturday. I think the wildest game so far at Rupp ever was the Florida game in 2003 and a lot of people would agree. Record attendance that game, plus the #1 team in the country. Plus a blowout win.

I know it was wild in the games you mentioned, but with Florida being #1, College Gameday being there, and this game being prime time on a Saturday Night. Not to mention the white out that will take place. This one could be something special.

The games you mentioned were as follows on attendance.
LSU 1990 - 23rd all time attendance
Kansas - Not in top 40 attendance at Rupp history

Kentucky played Arkansas 3 times at Rupp in the mid 90's. (1992, 1994, 1996) They rank 5,11,and 14 in all time attendance at Rupp, and Kentucky's only win in those 3 games was in 1996, and Arkansas wasn't ranked. I doubt the two losses were that wild.

The Tennessee game you mentioned was 6th all time, but even the Tennessee game this season was 17th all time.

The ticket prices over on ebay tells how bad people want in for this game.

If Kentucky isn't in the game it may not be close to the best, but Florida is the defending national champ and #1 so if Kentucky plays them well or wins no doubt it will be the best ever.