Getting all emotional about basketball doesn't equate to knowing about basketball. I'm certain I know as much about the sport as you do, likely more since I've been around for many more years, but I don't wish to upset you.
No doubt I haven't gotten to as many basketball games as you since I graduated IU in '83 (when I didn't miss a home game). I wish I could because I enjoy attending, but I don't live in Bloomington. I spent 26 years living in places like Japan, California, Hawaii, Bahrain, Rhode Island, etc. so it was hard to get back. Now that I live in Ohio I try to get to two to three games a year at IU and when they play at OSU or in Indy, which are reasonably close, but I never miss them on TV. I rarely even missed them when I lived overseas because if they weren't on AFRTS (TV) someone in my family was on tap to record them for me and send them to see me in batches of two or three games at a time. I already knew the scores, but it was good to see them anyway. Sometimes you have to adapt and overcome.
Good for you that you go to so many games.
Incidentally allying with Birnk/Mary on anything isn't a good look.