That's a great piece of writing. Thanks for writing it.
Speaking for me personally, while I am a huge sports fan, Seton Hall basketball is the one thing the brings out passion in me. Even though I am a near lifelong fan of the Mets, Giants and Nets, I don't have the same connection to those teams that I do with Seton Hall. It's been years since I've been to a Nets game (they were still in NJ I think) and I go to one or maybe two Mets games a year but I drop thousands annually on Seton Hall basketball between season tickets, nearby road games, Big East Tournament tickets and Pirate Blue. That doesn't include anything else I might do for the University independent of basketball.
Seton Hall brought me education, a path to pursuing a livelihood and most importantly lifelong friends. We're all a great big family and thus it has a personal connection that watching the transient pros doesn't provide.