As the men's professional basketball team returns to the third round in the 2023-2024 season, the hot topic of conversation is KCC in Busan. The central players of Song Kyo-chang, Lee Seung-hyun, and Ra Gun-ah are recovering the power of the "super team" by overcoming injury and difficulties in physical condition. Since December, the team has won nine games and lost one, and has won seven consecutive games.

KCC's advancement has also brought about a boom in the overall basketball scene. Despite this, KCC is famous for having a large number of popular players. It became a gathering place for popular stars as Heo Woong, the most popular man who topped the All-Star fan voting list for three consecutive years, moved to free agency and properly joined the military service. This is also evident on the All-Star fan voting ranking board for this season. Having produced three All-Stars after Changwon LG with four, KCC put all three of them in the top five in the list of 24 All-Star votes. Including Heo Woong, Choi Joon-yong ranked fourth, and Song Kyo-chang ranked fifth. Even if the scope is expanded to the top 10, it is the only team among the 10 teams that includes all of its players. All four of LG's All-Stars are outside the top 10 list. 스포츠토토

Changwon Indoor Stadium, where the LG-KCC match was held, sold out on Monday. 

Fans began to go crazy because such popular players had good performances. As a case in point, KCC played consecutive away games during the Christmas holiday, giving away the record for the most spectators to the visiting team. The 5,769 people who gathered at the LG-KCC match held at Changwon Indoor Stadium on the 24th were the first sell-out since "Basketball Youngshin" on December 31, 2018 and the second largest number of spectators this season.

The next day's away game in Daegu, held on Christmas Day, attracted 3,218 spectators, the largest number since the foundation of the Korea Gas Corporation team. The previous record of Daegu Gymnasium used by the Korea Gas Corporation from the 2021-2022 season was 3004 for the opening game against Changwon LG this season, which far exceeded this time. Although it had the peculiarity of the Christmas holiday, considering that the Korea Gas Corporation has been at the bottom of the regular league average spectator rankings, it is possible to analyze that KCC's "fandom effect" has played a role. In fact, Changwon and Daegu Gymnasium attracted a large number of fans cheering for KCC players, including "National Football Star" Heo Woong.

According to the interim tally of attendance including home and away games of 10 teams as of Thursday, KCC ranks first with 3,481 people. It is about 300 more than the Seoul SK Wyverns' 3,155 popular baseball team based in Seoul. "In terms of home games, SK Wyverns' Jamsil Student Gymnasium ranks first, but the fact that the ranking changes to the top spot when including away games means that the team has excellent capacity to induce success of the game," a basketball source said.