The lady gamecocks of South Carolina are leading the action in total attendance in women's basketball, averaging over 12,000 per game. The baseball gamecocks have been in the top 4 or 5 in total attendance for years, averaging over 7,000 per game.
These facts show that the excitement of college sports doesn't have to be limited to just two sports ( football and men's basketball.) The special atmosphere of college sports can be transferred to other sports as well. Commentators never fail to exclaim over the high level of excitement and fan participation at South Carolina in these two sports, that are "minor" so many places.
Womens' basketball is a different game from men's version: More passing and strategy, and more opportunity for gifted athletes of average height to complement tall players on a team.
A cultural aside: The lady gamecocks, with their great fan following, are 100 per cent African-American, despite playing only a half- mile from the notorious Confederate flag that prevented their hosting an NCAA round in past years. That flag is only 50 yards from a monument to African-American history that depicts the evils of slavery and segregation. Both are on the Capitol grounds, but national news networks regularly only show the flag, not the monument. I've spoken to a CNN reporter about this, but got nowhere with him. Both stories are being told in these changing times.
These facts show that the excitement of college sports doesn't have to be limited to just two sports ( football and men's basketball.) The special atmosphere of college sports can be transferred to other sports as well. Commentators never fail to exclaim over the high level of excitement and fan participation at South Carolina in these two sports, that are "minor" so many places.
Womens' basketball is a different game from men's version: More passing and strategy, and more opportunity for gifted athletes of average height to complement tall players on a team.
A cultural aside: The lady gamecocks, with their great fan following, are 100 per cent African-American, despite playing only a half- mile from the notorious Confederate flag that prevented their hosting an NCAA round in past years. That flag is only 50 yards from a monument to African-American history that depicts the evils of slavery and segregation. Both are on the Capitol grounds, but national news networks regularly only show the flag, not the monument. I've spoken to a CNN reporter about this, but got nowhere with him. Both stories are being told in these changing times.
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