What Hume fails to realize is that the vast majority of the Georgetown student body does not attend a basketball game in order to study the statistics of Georgetown as compared to the rest of the Big East, nor do we attend simply because basketball is a sort of poetry, representative of the great ideals of life. Frankly, we all attend basketball games because we want to be entertained. Not exactly a chance to be on national television or to inflate one's ego. But it was a chance to entertain some fans who would otherwise perhaps be bored by an average Hoyas early-season blowout. Having witnessed these fans first-hand, I can say that they in fact make a game more enjoyable and more entertaining, the reason why I am spending money and taking time to attend a game.
Entertainment comes in many forms.