At my high school — albeit, a small high school in central Illinois — most of the town would attend basketball games. While that’s somewhat normal for a little farm town, our teams were spoiled because of the home court advantage the crowd created.
When I came to Loyola last year, I expected a similar atmosphere. My parents went to a fellow Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) school, Illinois State University, so I knew MVC basketball had quite a large following.
When I went to the home opener last season, I was shocked by how few students showed up.