The Sixth Man
There's the good and the bad in college basketball fandom, and I've heard or seen a bit of both this week.
The good: San Diego State.
Fans at Cox Arena hung enlarged Utah parking passes from their necks, teasing Utah senior forward Bryant Markson for his possession of a stolen parking permit earlier this year. Whenever Markson was at the free-throw line they chanted ''No Free Parking!''
The Mountain West Conference player of the week was 5-for-6 from the line, seemingly unruffled by the Aztecs' best effort. They weren't on just Markson.
Somehow -- ''We have our ways,'' an Aztec fan said -- SDSU supporters found and blew up a picture of freshman Shaun Green's girlfriend at the prom. Sitting on some other guy's lap. "Not your girlfriend!" SDSU fans said.
Green, and his teammates, couldn't help but laugh when they came out of the locker room for warmups. Good-natured ribbing, in my opinion. But that wasn't the case in Spokane, Wash., where Gonzaga fans chanted "Brokeback Mountain" at St. Mary's players in a recent win.
Apparently they were suggesting certain St. Mary's players were gay. Faculty advisors to the "Kennel Club," the school's cheering section, asked them to stop.
It seems to me there's not a whole lot going on in Spokane. Didn't the students have ample time to be more creative? San Diegans, with their surfing and their shopping, went the extra mile.
Shame on the 'Zags.
The good: San Diego State.
Fans at Cox Arena hung enlarged Utah parking passes from their necks, teasing Utah senior forward Bryant Markson for his possession of a stolen parking permit earlier this year. Whenever Markson was at the free-throw line they chanted ''No Free Parking!''
The Mountain West Conference player of the week was 5-for-6 from the line, seemingly unruffled by the Aztecs' best effort. They weren't on just Markson.
Somehow -- ''We have our ways,'' an Aztec fan said -- SDSU supporters found and blew up a picture of freshman Shaun Green's girlfriend at the prom. Sitting on some other guy's lap. "Not your girlfriend!" SDSU fans said.
Green, and his teammates, couldn't help but laugh when they came out of the locker room for warmups. Good-natured ribbing, in my opinion. But that wasn't the case in Spokane, Wash., where Gonzaga fans chanted "Brokeback Mountain" at St. Mary's players in a recent win.
Apparently they were suggesting certain St. Mary's players were gay. Faculty advisors to the "Kennel Club," the school's cheering section, asked them to stop.
It seems to me there's not a whole lot going on in Spokane. Didn't the students have ample time to be more creative? San Diegans, with their surfing and their shopping, went the extra mile.
Shame on the 'Zags.
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