NCAA Basketball: 17 Annoying Types Of Fans Everyone Encounters
By Connor Hope
The “Football is King” Crowd
Notable Fans: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State…
One of the most annoying fans to those who view college basketball as the greatest sport, the “Football is King” Crowd makes it their mission to remind everyone which sports makes the most revenue. These fans don’t necessarily dislike basketball, but their first love is football and it shows in their approach to college hoops.
For starters the “Football is King” fan will place a premium on football success, completely disregarding basketball in a debate over which school has a better basketball program. Their school is generally one of the best teams in the country, and this leads them to have an easy time winning the argument if they can successful shift the focus off basketball.
These fans hibernate for most of the nonconference slate, and often don’t join the basketball discussion until early-to-mid January. As a result, you can hear these individuals frequently utter the phrase, “basketball doesn’t matter until March anyway.”
Perhaps most annoying of all, these fan bases will make it a point to use football success to lessen the fact that their basketball team lost. Ohio State may have broken the mold during the middle of the Thad Matta era, but their fans were just as guilty when things didn’t go well.