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15 Things That You Will Never Forget If You Grew Up In A College Town Obsessed With Basketball

March Madness is one of the town's greatest holidays.

Ally Miller

Feb 28, 2019

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15 Things That You Will Never Forget If You Grew Up In A College Town Obsessed With Basketball

Ally Miller

College basketball is one thing, but college basketball in a small town is a totally different story. From diapers to high school, we grew up LOVING going to games. Here are 15 things you can't forget if you grew up in a small basketball college town.

1. There's tanned summer skin, pale winter skin, and painted basketball season skin.

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2. March Madness is a town holiday.

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3. The best date night is a basketball date night.

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4. There's nothing more calming than the smell of overpriced popcorn and personal pizzas.

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5. The players are practically royalty.

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6. You're pretty much willing to join any club at school if it means you get to perform during a half-time show.

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7. It's impossible to go to a game and not run into 20 people you know.

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8. You can never have enough basketball t-shirts.

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9. You are always willing to stick a pom-pom in your hair even if it means you poke YOURSELF in the neck every 10 seconds.

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10. The best day ever is the day players visit your school.

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11. The friends with season tickets are always the best friends to have.

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12. Running into your teacher at a game is the most awkward encounter of all.

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13. Basketball jokes exist everywhere from church to the classroom.

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14. Your middle school teachers LOVED to write math problems with players names in them.

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15. No matter what college you go to, you will ALWAYS cheer for your home school.

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March Madness has arrived and that means pure excitement. All of us small-town basketball lovers consider THIS the best time of the year.

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March Madness is one of the town's greatest holidays.

1. There's tanned summer skin, pale winter skin, and painted basketball season skin.

2. March Madness is a town holiday.

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4. There's nothing more calming than the smell of overpriced popcorn and personal pizzas.

5. The players are practically royalty.

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13. Basketball jokes exist everywhere from church to the classroom.

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