The unpredictability, talent of teams, hype, and tradition is what makes the college basketball season and March Madness what it is today. Traditions can come in all shapes, sizes, and seriousness. At the University of Duke one tradition throughout the basketball season is for students to tent outside Cameron Indoor Stadium on home games in hope to get free tickets and good student section seats for next day’s game. This tradition is called “Krzyzewskiville”. Named after Duke’s legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, thousands of students participate in this tradition. If you have ever watched or seen a Duke Basketball home game, you would know just how loud and obnoxious Duke’s student section is. In fact, Duke’s student section has been deemed the name “Cameron Crazies”. Krzyzewskiville actually has its own website with its own rules on how this tradition gets played out. Also being the crazy tradition it is, there is even a book written by Aaron Dinin called The Krzyzewskiville Tales (University of Duke, Krzyzewskiville Policy).
Another tradition of college basketball is Taylor University’s Silent Night game. Though not being known as a power-house-like college when it comes to basketball, Taylor University defiantly does not lack tradition. During the beginning of the game the stadium is dead silent, not a peep from anyone, until the tenth point is scored by the Taylor Trojans. Until the tenth point is scored, there is an incredibly awkward silence in the stadium. But after the tenth point is scored, the student section (dressed in costumes and pajamas) and other fans go absolutely nuts (Taylor University, Silent Night). Though not as serious as Krzyzewskiville, the Silent Night game is a hysterical way of getting the fans and the student section unpredictably into the game.
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