College basketball season begins in full force at midnight. It’s time to lace up your sneakers, brush up on the 2-3 zone and put on your dandiest diaper. ESPN continues to do the Lord’s work of airing 24 consecutive hours of basketball for us to enjoy. Whether you’re able to watch a full day’s worth or just a few brief moments, we can all agree the experience would be greatly improved with an alcoholic beverage.
To that end, here is our College Hoops Marathon Drinking Game. Be responsible. And drunk.
One drink for each:
- Three-pointer
- Dunk
- Promotion for upcoming game in the marathon – LOOK OUT
- Tattoo-less player
- Blocked shot
Two drinks for each:
- Turnover
- Offensive foul
- Time a player is said to have “great length”
- No-look pass
- Traveling violation
- Player on the court wearing a headband
- Time a team is categorized as “young” or “veteran”
Three drinks for each:
- Time a player misses the front end of a one-and-one
- Time you realize you should be in class
- 10-second violation
- Goaltending
- Tie-up
- Time you remember the possession arrow is stupid
Four drinks for each:
- Time a player is referred to as a “wing”
- Alley-oop
- Time an announcer uses the term “upside”
Finish your drink if:
- There’s a game-winning buzzer-beater
- A ranked team loses to an unranked squad
- Any fan base storms the court
- You’re playing before 8 a.m.
