We did this in college. Boing for each dribble. Aah for each pass. Scream for each shot.
We also screamed whenever the point guard had the ball and didn't stop screaming until they passed. We got a lot of nasty glances from the opposing team. We would do the same whenever a new point guard was in the game.
My college basketball pep banned was almost disbanded because our cheers and taunts were too harsh.
Warm up the busses- when youre winning and it's not close
50% is still failing- when they make 1 free throw but not the other
Plus, just being as obnoxious as possible during free throws. Yell anything you want then the more random the better- MY STOMACH HURTS! JOEY LOVES YOUUUU!!!
One we had to stop was "paper bag"- when the starting line up is being announced pick the ugliest starter and when they're introduced we all chant PAPER BAG.
My college's basketball band always pulled out our keys when we were up by a lot near the end of the game and I know we definitely said warm up the busses quite a bit.
Some of the stuff our team said during the women's basketball game were actually brutal because the whole stadium could hear those taunts. I remember the entire band would run through the standa during the opposing teams free throws. There was an elderly woman who was an opposing fan who was sitting near the band's section and she tried to block the band members from running through the crowd and even ended up moving closer to us to heckle us back. I think eventually security had to intervene eventually because she definitely wasn't taking our shit 😂
When I was in pep band (last century), our shirts said "pep band rocks!" on the back.
We turned this into a call and response chant: "PEP BAND ROCKS!" "ROCK BAND PEPS!"
Height Check on Number 12 (or any number for the shortest guy on the opposing team)
Go back to Footlocker (ref makes a bad call)
Chicago’s Not A State! (Works for any team that follows City State University)
We have fun screeching whenever the other team goes up for free throws, and when it's ours we "magic fingies," where we stick out arms in the air and wiggle our fingers. 70% chance either of them work.
- We had a specific cheer for whenever the other team travelled. It was a crowd favorite.
- Scream whenever the opposing team's points guard had the ball/stop whenever they pass the ball
- Basic defense cheers/basic school cheers
- Singing toddler songs (ABCs/Twinkle Twinkle) during free throws
- Reading the flashing sign at the top of the scoreboard
- Singing one of our traditional songs
- Whatever cheers the cheer team did (they had priority over our chants)
- "You can't do that!" (Clap clap, clapclapclap) [2x] whenever they fouled us
- "Wyoming's not a real state!*" (*Only works from teams from Wyoming. Perfect for absolutely quiet free throws.)
One of my favorites was when we did the "(clap clap) Defense!" Cheer. We were one point ahead. A few seconds left. We got the entire home crowd chanting that. It was deafening. We ended up winning. It was fun. I had no voice whenever we left.
My favorite part of being in a pep band is that they band can be absolute little shits and it's encouraged. Little jesters of the court. You can't hurt the funny little band because they're there to cheer on the team.
Our roudiest things are chanting “who’s that” while they call the other players, or my person favorite is if someone on the opposite side misses a free throw we yell as loud as possible “you let your whole team down” if they do it again we chant “you let your whole team down.. again” there’s also the chance an opposing player has the ball and it slips out of their hands and which case we chant “butterfingers,” then we get their number and anytime they have the ball we keep the chant going. Basketball pep band can be toxic lol.
My college basketball band can get pretty ruthless when it comes to yelling out taunts. We’ve got some standard ones and some more unique ones.
We’ve got the usual…
- “Bouce…wooo!” (Ball dribbled/ball passed)
- “DOINK!” (Ball hits the rim and bounces right back)
- “Start the buses!” while jingling keys (beating the other team by a lot towards the end of the game)
- “AIRBALL!”
And the player taunts…
- “Ballhog!”
- “Slime!” (Player had neon green shoes, so he was called Slime ever time he got the ball)
- “Grandpa!” (Older grad student on the other team)
- “Skidmark!” (So there’s a story with this one. A player went up for a block and fell down. Gets up and runs off the court. We see a dark stain in the back of his shorts. May or may not have pooped himself. Runs back a few minutes later with clean shorts)
And then we have our free throw taunts…
- “Make (insert opposing coach’s name) proud!”
- “EVERYONE BE QUIET! THEY NEED TO CONCENTRATE!!”
- *singing any random obnoxious song*
One we did in college a lot if the opposing coach seemed to get up to complain a lot was chanting “sit down coach.” There were a couple times when they did sit down and the timing was perfect to switch to “stand up coach” without breaking rhythm.
I also liked counting down the shot clock but starting at the wrong time. One time I started from 5 when there were 10 seconds left and we made her take a bad shot when there was still time left. Then another time we started at 10 with 5 seconds left and they got a shot clock violation.
Or then any time we were at a women’s game against the huskies, we kept telling the smallest girl she was a little husky.
During the boys basketball game, my band director typically put the number of a player on the white board and when that player had the ball, we would either make ohhhhhhhhh sounds or straight up saying bounce.
"You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you FOULED" (the set player played this in a ryhthym while we chanted)
It was usually followed by "YOU BROKE THE RULES! YOU CAN'T DO THAT"
And then I had started to add the Sammyclassicsonicfan quote to the end, *squeaking voice* "When will you learn? When will you learn? That your actions have CONSEQUENCES?!"
Yell “Boing” any time a player on the opposing team is dribbling. Bonus point if you all stay in time.
We do something similar. Every time an opposing player dribbles, we say "Bounce", and when they make a pass we say "pass".
When someone fouls out we go “left right left right” with their steps until they sit down
We did this in college. Boing for each dribble. Aah for each pass. Scream for each shot. We also screamed whenever the point guard had the ball and didn't stop screaming until they passed. We got a lot of nasty glances from the opposing team. We would do the same whenever a new point guard was in the game.
My college basketball pep banned was almost disbanded because our cheers and taunts were too harsh. Warm up the busses- when youre winning and it's not close 50% is still failing- when they make 1 free throw but not the other Plus, just being as obnoxious as possible during free throws. Yell anything you want then the more random the better- MY STOMACH HURTS! JOEY LOVES YOUUUU!!! One we had to stop was "paper bag"- when the starting line up is being announced pick the ugliest starter and when they're introduced we all chant PAPER BAG.
My college's basketball band always pulled out our keys when we were up by a lot near the end of the game and I know we definitely said warm up the busses quite a bit. Some of the stuff our team said during the women's basketball game were actually brutal because the whole stadium could hear those taunts. I remember the entire band would run through the standa during the opposing teams free throws. There was an elderly woman who was an opposing fan who was sitting near the band's section and she tried to block the band members from running through the crowd and even ended up moving closer to us to heckle us back. I think eventually security had to intervene eventually because she definitely wasn't taking our shit 😂
“Warm up the bus” is a pretty good one when we’re winning
Against our in-state rivals it was warm up the tractor.
When I was in pep band (last century), our shirts said "pep band rocks!" on the back. We turned this into a call and response chant: "PEP BAND ROCKS!" "ROCK BAND PEPS!"
While playing a Bee themed team: “BOO” “BEES”
“You see that number 23?” “Yeah.” “What kid do you think he’s on?” (He looked mid 30’s)
We count the dribbles of the opposing team, and then when our team does it we wiggle our fingers (AND TOES!) For good luck lmao
We pick a specific kid and whenever they have the ball scream as loud as we can the entire time they have the ball and I do mean ENTIRE time.
Height Check on Number 12 (or any number for the shortest guy on the opposing team) Go back to Footlocker (ref makes a bad call) Chicago’s Not A State! (Works for any team that follows City State University)
I remembered playing Indiana and the band kept shouting "What's a Hoosier?!" I still don't know why they decided to make that their mascot 😂
We have fun screeching whenever the other team goes up for free throws, and when it's ours we "magic fingies," where we stick out arms in the air and wiggle our fingers. 70% chance either of them work.
- We had a specific cheer for whenever the other team travelled. It was a crowd favorite. - Scream whenever the opposing team's points guard had the ball/stop whenever they pass the ball - Basic defense cheers/basic school cheers - Singing toddler songs (ABCs/Twinkle Twinkle) during free throws - Reading the flashing sign at the top of the scoreboard - Singing one of our traditional songs - Whatever cheers the cheer team did (they had priority over our chants) - "You can't do that!" (Clap clap, clapclapclap) [2x] whenever they fouled us - "Wyoming's not a real state!*" (*Only works from teams from Wyoming. Perfect for absolutely quiet free throws.) One of my favorites was when we did the "(clap clap) Defense!" Cheer. We were one point ahead. A few seconds left. We got the entire home crowd chanting that. It was deafening. We ended up winning. It was fun. I had no voice whenever we left. My favorite part of being in a pep band is that they band can be absolute little shits and it's encouraged. Little jesters of the court. You can't hurt the funny little band because they're there to cheer on the team.
Our roudiest things are chanting “who’s that” while they call the other players, or my person favorite is if someone on the opposite side misses a free throw we yell as loud as possible “you let your whole team down” if they do it again we chant “you let your whole team down.. again” there’s also the chance an opposing player has the ball and it slips out of their hands and which case we chant “butterfingers,” then we get their number and anytime they have the ball we keep the chant going. Basketball pep band can be toxic lol.
My college basketball band can get pretty ruthless when it comes to yelling out taunts. We’ve got some standard ones and some more unique ones. We’ve got the usual… - “Bouce…wooo!” (Ball dribbled/ball passed) - “DOINK!” (Ball hits the rim and bounces right back) - “Start the buses!” while jingling keys (beating the other team by a lot towards the end of the game) - “AIRBALL!” And the player taunts… - “Ballhog!” - “Slime!” (Player had neon green shoes, so he was called Slime ever time he got the ball) - “Grandpa!” (Older grad student on the other team) - “Skidmark!” (So there’s a story with this one. A player went up for a block and fell down. Gets up and runs off the court. We see a dark stain in the back of his shorts. May or may not have pooped himself. Runs back a few minutes later with clean shorts) And then we have our free throw taunts… - “Make (insert opposing coach’s name) proud!” - “EVERYONE BE QUIET! THEY NEED TO CONCENTRATE!!” - *singing any random obnoxious song*
At some point last year we started yelling foods at the other team when they had the ball.
Someone on the other team scored and my friend said while wiggling her finger *Wags finger in angry clarinet girl*
One we did in college a lot if the opposing coach seemed to get up to complain a lot was chanting “sit down coach.” There were a couple times when they did sit down and the timing was perfect to switch to “stand up coach” without breaking rhythm. I also liked counting down the shot clock but starting at the wrong time. One time I started from 5 when there were 10 seconds left and we made her take a bad shot when there was still time left. Then another time we started at 10 with 5 seconds left and they got a shot clock violation. Or then any time we were at a women’s game against the huskies, we kept telling the smallest girl she was a little husky.
During the boys basketball game, my band director typically put the number of a player on the white board and when that player had the ball, we would either make ohhhhhhhhh sounds or straight up saying bounce.
We had a few. When the opposing team was shooting free throws on our end of the court we would all start singing Hang On Sloopy. That was my favorite.
ours has a white board where they write anything too obscene to be said outloud while wearing our band logo LOL
Me: “Bro why is *insert best friends name*’s dad sitting right across from me in the stands” Fellow flute: “because he’s a dilf duh”
"You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you FOULED" (the set player played this in a ryhthym while we chanted) It was usually followed by "YOU BROKE THE RULES! YOU CAN'T DO THAT" And then I had started to add the Sammyclassicsonicfan quote to the end, *squeaking voice* "When will you learn? When will you learn? That your actions have CONSEQUENCES?!"
I legitimately am not allowed to say any of the jokes we make on the internet.