Do the Students Get Really Involved in Basketball Games?

Back in the summer, you asked

 
 



Do UTC Students Get Really Involved in Basketball Games?

You know what? Back in the summer, I wouldn't have known how to answer that question. Our two new coaches (Will Wade and Jim Foster) had just been hired, and we weren't sure how the seasons and their crowd support were going to look. But with the Women just beating Appalachian State in overtime to push their win streak to 10 and the Men going 5-0 in the Southern Conference and confidently holding first place in the SoCon, our students are figuring out just how much fun it can be to support these teams.

Our teams travel this weekend to Wofford, and we're of course hoping for another win. Road trips are fun, and you should make the drive and continue cheering on your Mocs. If you can't go, you can watch the games live on gomocs.com. Tweet about it, and use the hashtags #6thfan and #CHAT to vote for UTC in the 6th Fan competition. We could win a bunch of stuff, and it would probably be another source of support for our teams. So tweet away, or go to that 6th Fan link to vote for UTC.

Winning is good, but I'm a firm believer that you should go to the games even if your teams aren't winning. Your presence makes a difference both to the current team playing its heart out on the floor or field but also to the recruits who might be sitting in the stands nearby wondering the same thing you were wondering back in the summer. The answer to that question might mean the difference between someone signing for us and signing for a school with a stronger student section. You can't control how the team plays, but you can control the noise you make, the signs you hold up, the creative ways you serve to support your teams.

Need some ideas? Here's a video from TYT Sports on the Best College Basketball Chants of All-Time:




Do you have a video of the UTC Student Section? We're looking for a good one. Email us with the link, and we'll post it.

Cheers,

Dr. Y