My 10 biggest differences between the pro and college basketball game experience

After taking my son to the Wizards game last night, here are my impressions of the main differences between the professional and college basketball game experience.

1. The college game has students and real energy. The pro game feels lifeless by comparison. Of course, the Wizards have been so bad this year, who can blame their fans?
2. The pro game is longer and feels like it.
3. The customer service at Verizon Center was noticeably better.
4. Wizards fans stream in late, walk around in the middle of the game, and generally don't seem to care about the game as much.
5. In Verizon Center, the dress code is far more diverse with ladies in dresses and stilettos, and men in suits, to adults and kids in hoodies and street clothes. College game attire is far more uniformly casual.
6. Verizon Center's Jumbotron is far nicer than Comcast Center's. Heck, Comcast Center doesn't even have a big center screen system.
7. Pro cheerleaders are more about boobs and booty than cheering.
8. Verizon Center marketing efforts are far more sophisticated with in-arena advertising blimps, fancier in-game promos and giveaways.
9. Seats are bigger and more comfortable (and I think they all have cupholders) at Verizon Center. Are the patrons just bigger on average?
10. Verizon Center serves beer.

Georgetown Basketball and Austin Freeman

Georgetown's leading scorer Austin Freeman was recently diagnosed with diabetes. What's interesting was that the Director of Georgetown Hospital's Diabetes Center, Dr. Stephen Clement, is reportedly Austin Freeman's personal doctor. How is it that Georgetown University Hospital's top endocrinologist takes the time to be a lowly basketball player's doctor? Does this say something about Georgetown University's priorities?