The Big Blue Nation is the fan base of University of Kentucky (UK) athletics programs, particularly the men's basketball team, the women's basketball team and the football team.
 The Big Blue Nation is a reference to both the signature color of UK athletics (blue) and the fact that when the Wildcats play at a neutral site, the school's fans frequently make up a disproportionate majority of the crowd.
 For example, Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde, a resident of Kentucky's largest city of Louisville, remarked after the 2014–15 men's basketball team finished its regular season undefeated,The Southeastern Conference tournament is in nearby Nashville, and you can expect the seats to be 90 percent blue when the Cats play.
 Then they'll start the NCAA tournament in Louisville's home area, the Yum Center ("sic"), in a city where about 40 percent of the population roots for UK.
 The following weekend assuredly will be spent in Cleveland, a manageable drive from the Bluegrass State, and the Final Four is in Indianapolis, which is 114 miles up I-65 from the Ohio River that separates Kentucky and Indiana.
 You could put NCAA tourney sites in Kabul, Marrakesh and Reykjavík, and Kentucky would have the most fans in the gym.
 But when you make the commute this easy, the Big Blue occupation will be overwhelming.
 Fans sometimes range beyond the borders of their nation, with anecdotal evidence suggesting the Wildcats men's basketball team once even drew a sizable horde of blue-clad supporters at an exhibition game in Japan.
BC Lietkabelis (Lithuanian: "Krepšinio klubas Lietkabelis" ) is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League.
 BC Techasas had many financial problems at the 2011–2012 season start, they even boycotted a LKF Cup game.
 Because of that Darius Gaudiešius sold the basketball club to Algirdas Kriščiūnas, Antanas Kazys Liorentas and Kazimieras Antanynas.
 Due to the club owner changes, club got back his legendary name Lietkabelis.
John W. "Jack" Eskridge (January 21, 1924 – February 11, 2013) was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Chicago Stags and the Indianapolis Jets (1948–49).
 Eskridge was born on January 21, 1924 in Independence, Missouri.
 He attended William Chrisman High School where he played on the school's basketball team.
 After graduating high school he began attending Graceland University where he played on the football and basketball teams.
 He was later inducted into the college's athletic hall of fame.
 He joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II where he served in the Pacific Theater.
 After Eskridge was relieved of duty he started attending the University of Kansas and played on the school's basketball team.
 Once his professional playing career was over he coached the Atchison High School (Kansas) basketball team to win a state championship before he joined the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team as their equipment manager and assistant coach under "Phog" Allen from 1954–59.
 During his tenure, he recruited Wilt Chamberlain.
 In 1959, he joined the Dallas Cowboys football team as their equipment manager.
 He was credited with designing the Cowboys' star logo.
Darius Lukminas (born February 9, 1968) is a Lithuanian former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas.
 He was a shooting guard; his weight was listed as 90 kilograms and his height as 195 centimeters.
Darius Paul (born April 8, 1994) is an American former college basketball player who most recently played for Robert Morris University in the NAIA.
 He also played college basketball for Western Michigan University and was a member of the University of Illinois basketball team, but never appeared in a game.
The Lithuania men's national basketball team (Lithuanian: "Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė") is the representative for Lithuania in FIBA's competitions of basketball.
 Despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of just almost 2.9 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe.
Darius Songaila (born February 14, 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and currently assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas.
 He has represented the Lithuania national team.
 He played at the power forward and center positions.
The 1995–96 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
 The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Sydney Johnson.
 The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
 The team was the champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they were seeded thirteenth in the Southeast Region.
 This was the final year that Carril coached the men's basketball team.
 He would be succeeded by assistant coach Bill Carmody.
 Carrill retired as the Ivy League's winningest coach in terms of overall victories, conference victories and conference championships.
 By the end of the decade, Princeton achieved a 76.1% (210–66) winning percentage, which was the eighth best in the nation.
Darius Jamar "D. J." Covington (born August 5, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Phoenix Hagen of the Basketball Bundesliga.
 He finished his collegiate career with the VMI Keydets basketball team, also finishing as the NCAA's 24th leading scorer in his senior year and won the Big South's Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.
Darius Dimavičius (born April 8, 1968) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Question: Darius Songaila was a member of the basketball team from a nation with what population?
Answer: 2.9 million