[WBB fan]

Spoiler alert/warning for those who are cheesed off by opposing bands behaving badly: after missed free throws by the other team, the Sacred Heart band yells - with surprisingly good volume and enunciation, I have to admit - “YOU JUST LET YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOWN!” And, in the event of a second miss, it’s “YOU JUST LET YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOWN [pause] AGAIN!”  It was quite noticeable last night, given that their band constituted roughly 20% of the entire building occupancy. Probably not the case tomorrow…

Seems a tiny bit uncharitable for a school named Sacred Heart… of course, I’m expecting to hear the venerable LSJUMB 2x plus 4 cheer many times - and, if all goes as it should, maybe even a 3x cheer as well - as the game progresses.

I was at the other end from the Sacred Heart Band, behind the Southern Bench in section 4, so didn't hear this. But I certainly could hear the Southern band, all brass, cymbals, and a very loud drum. It was the loudest band I've ever heard in Maples, so loud that I had to plug my ears while they played, and it still hurt. And a couple of times, they didn't quite finish playing before action on the court started. After the game, I encountered one of the few other Stanford fans at the game, and we both commented on the Southern band. She said they changed their seats to get farther away from it because it was so painfully loud. That band was enough to make me root for Sacred Heart so I wouldn't have to endure it again on Friday. But now, maybe I'm not so happy with having the Sacred Heart band be there. Contrast that "you let your team down" jeer with how the teammates handle it so often, a pat on the back and encouragement to get the next one after a miss at the free throw line.

[WBB fan]

Spoiler alert/warning for those who are cheesed off by opposing bands behaving badly: after missed free throws by the other team, the Sacred Heart band yells - with surprisingly good volume and enunciation, I have to admit - “YOU JUST LET YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOWN!” And, in the event of a second miss, it’s “YOU JUST LET YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOWN [pause] AGAIN!”  It was quite noticeable last night, given that their band constituted roughly 20% of the entire building occupancy. Probably not the case tomorrow…

Seems a tiny bit uncharitable for a school named Sacred Heart… of course, I’m expecting to hear the venerable LSJUMB 2x plus 4 cheer many times - and, if all goes as it should, maybe even a 3x cheer as well - as the game progresses.

I was at the other end from the Sacred Heart Band, behind the Southern Bench in section 4, so didn't hear this. But I certainly could hear the Southern band, all brass, cymbals, and a very loud drum. It was the loudest band I've ever heard in Maples, so loud that I had to plug my ears while they played, and it still hurt. And a couple of times, they didn't quite finish playing before action on the court started. After the game, I encountered one of the few other Stanford fans at the game, and we both commented on the Southern band. She said they changed their seats to get farther away from it because it was so painfully loud. That band was enough to make me root for Sacred Heart so I wouldn't have to endure it again on Friday. But now, maybe I'm not so happy with having the Sacred Heart band be there. Contrast that "you let your team down" jeer with how the teammates handle it so often, a pat on the back and encouragement to get the next one after a miss at the free throw line.