Home Court Advantage
The arena has become exceptionally difficult for opposing teams to play in, especially in men's basketball, helped in part by the student section known as the Grateful Red. At the end of the 2008–2009 season, the men's basketball team had achieved a record of 153–16 at the Kohl Center, with only six losses between 2001 and 2007. The arena garnered attention when the men's basketball team compiled a 38-game home winning streak, which came to end during the 2004–2005 season at the hands of the No. 1 ranked University of Illinois. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, the men's basketball team has achieved a record of 155-12 at the Kohl Center under Coach Bo Ryan.
The Kohl Center boasts the nation's highest attendance in men's and women's college hockey.
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—Dorothy Hamill (b. 1956)
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—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)