College Basketball Season Ticket: The Ultimate Fan Guide
College basketball doesn’t claim to be the best That’s what the National Basketball Association NBA and Women’s National Basketball Association WNBA are for But college offers passion and traditions that the pros can’t match Players represent their schools Students fill the arenas and cheer loudly for the entire game And with only four years of eligibility for athletes every moment counts The moments in the single-elimination NCAA Tournament however might count just a little bit more Rivalries are a huge part of college basketball And no men’s rivalry can quite match that of Duke and North Carolina This one has it all The schools are only 10
miles apart on Tobacco Road Duke is a private university whereas North Carolina is public And both teams are among the most successful in the sport’s history So when Duke is preparing to host North Carolina the home fans camp out for days just to get tickets Though it’s one of the most famous arenas in the sport Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium seats only 9,000 fans Those students lucky enough to get into the join the Cameron Crazies fan stadium section Dressed in all blue they make the arena one of the most difficult places to play On the women’s side Connecticut and Tennessee defined the sport for years
These schools don't have much in common on paper Instead they're bound together by excellence Duke fans ensure North Carolina players never get comfortable when visiting Cameron Indoor Stadium
Tennessee coach Pat Summitt set the standard for a successful women’s program during the 1980s and 1990s Then UConn’s Geno Auriemma built a program that could match it Their games captivated fans around the country From 1995 to 2007 the schools met 22 times During those years for nine NCAA titles they combined Though Tennessee took a step back after Summitt retired in 2012 power programs such as Stanford and Notre Dame have stepped up to challenge the Huskies in recent years While games between the nation’s top programs always attract attention it’s the regional rivalries that really drive the sport all across the country There’s Duke-North
