While we're on the topic of fans behaving badly ...
... we should grant equal time to N.C. State's neighbor, North Carolina.
After UNC's loss to Maryland, on the ABC broadcast you can clearly hear an unidentified female yelling "Go back to the Ghetto!" at the Maryland players - most likely Greivis Vasquez, who had been jawing with the UNC students.
You can click on the audio of it through this link.
(As the Sporting News blog notes, please don't assume that the person in the video is the one who made the comment)
As I said, it does appear that the Maryland players, and Vasquez in particular, were woofing with the UNC students after the game, but c'mon, the "ghetto" reference is over-the-line.
And don't think Duke is exempt from this either. A few years ago when the Blue Devils were playing Temple, a student behind me yelled "This ain't the hood!" at an Owls player with a bit of flash to his game.
You'd think after years of sitting and listening to home fans heap abuse on visiting teams I would be numb to this sort of thing, but I'm still stunned by how vile the heckling can get. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that fans behave very differently in that mob-type setting than they would in the rest of their lives.
At least, I hope that's the case.
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