One of the best experiences at any university is cheering on your school's football or basketball team with all your friends. I can say with certainty, that joining together as a community and showing off your school spirit is simply a college must.
1. School Spirit
While there are schools all over the country that focus primarily on different things, having sports is one thing that seems to bring a lot of people together. When you are at your first college game, you can see how much the students and even alumni pride themselves about being a member of that community or group.
At Syracuse University, the expression is you "bleed orange" or in other words, you are a part of the orange family for life.
2. Tailgates
Ok so clearly these are fun. They get you so excited for the game and it makes you even more pumped to hang out with your friends and just forgot about school for a few hours. Not to mention a big bonding experience for freshman.
3. Athletes
Once you start going to games, you can recognize familiar faces on campus, of people you saw playing on the court. It makes you start to feel sort of special or like you know a celebrity or something. It's awesome to be so close to the people that are helping your own team make it all the way
4. March Madness
This is by far one of the biggest reasons its fun to attend a sports school. You can follow your college through your very own bracket and actually be invested in every game. In high school, I didn't really care about basketball, but now that our team actually has a shot, I am more into sports than I have ever been!
man running in forestPhoto by 
