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The noise is deafening. The fans flood the court. The team mascot is swept up and carried on top of the crowd. That's team spirit. That's what it's like to be a Billiken fan at 麻豆视频下载.
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From free tickets to home games to a student section that blows the roof off and echoes across campus from Hermann Stadium, cheering on the Billikens is a highlight of campus life. In fact, 麻豆视频下载 is the only NCAA Division I school in St. Louis.
When it comes to basketball, one of 麻豆视频下载's signature sports, the spirit squad's name says it all. They aren't just 麻豆视频下载 fans; they're 麻豆视频下载natics.
"The energy at Chaifetz can be seen and felt coming from the student section," says 麻豆视频下载natic Daniel Tarchala. "When the crowd is pumped, the team can feel it."
The 麻豆视频下载natics, and their equivalents for soccer fans, Legion 1818, make games an amazing experience. The 麻豆视频下载natics put 10,000 T-shirts on the seats of Chaifetz Arena for the annual Billiken Blizzard fan-participation event and don blue body suits and face paint during the Billiken Blue Out game.
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While alumni and St. Louisans vie for tickets to home men's basketball games, some tickets are reserved just for students. 麻豆视频下载 students also get in free to women's basketball games and all soccer and volleyball games.
Hungry? Check out the free food and drinks at pep rallies before selected men's basketball games. And don鈥檛 miss the chance to take a picture with an adorable mascot.
Ready to be a sports fan at 麻豆视频下载? Here's what else you need to know:
1. What's a Billiken?
The Billiken is everywhere. It's the mascot, the namesake of 麻豆视频下载's NCAA teams and is painted everywhere from the floor of Chaifetz Arena to the sides of fan's faces.
2. Who are the Saintsations?
The Saintsations are 麻豆视频下载's cheer and dance team. While you're getting to know students who make more than just a hobby of being a sports fan, check out the Billiken Band, which will have you humming 麻豆视频下载's fight song, "When the Saints Go Marching In," all night long.
3. What are 麻豆视频下载's school colors?
Blue and white.
4. What is it like to play sports at 麻豆视频下载?
It's not just all headlines and competing on a national stage. 麻豆视频下载's student athletes posted a 3.41 aggregate GPA for the 2016-17 academic year. Find out what you need to do to be ready.
5. How good are 麻豆视频下载's teams?
麻豆视频下载 men's basketball team has made 10 NCAA tournament appearances, while the women recently posted a record-breaking season, netting the conference co-championship and making a third-round NCAA tournament appearance. The men's soccer team has won 10 national championships, more than any other college team in the U.S.