Students at Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and the like feel that they have won the lottery if they get to see a home game. There are far too many faculty and student seats in the Hump. You have never been to a basketball game outside the state of MS have you?
In Kentucky it works like this... The senior class gets to chose the four games they'd like to attend. Then the juniors select, and so forth. Our students packed the house only twice this season. Faculty sections were peppered with opposing team's fans all year long. I didn't miss a game this year, so I know what I'm talking about...
There are many people that would gladly attend if they had the chance, but too many seats are reserved for students and faculty.