The DMV has some dedicated fans

With the DC Metro region getting obliterated by two feet of snow on Friday night and into Saturday, both the Villanova and North Carolina basketball teams, who were playing at Georgetown and Maryland, respectively, made their way into town early to avoid the problems of traveling in a blizzard.

How bad was it?

Well, a number of games were postponed, as was the television broadcast for the Pitt-Seton Hall game.

Seriously, the area hasn't seen a snow flake in over 36 hours, and no one will be going to work or school today.

But a little snow storm couldn't keep away Georgetown or Maryland fans this weekend, as both crowds were praised after the game.

The Hoyas got 10,387 fans, the majority of whom were students, that were rowdy enough to make the Verizon Center seem full.

Yes, the two dudes on the left are wearing kilts. Seriously.

"It was unbelievable," Georgetown Coach John Thompson III said of the fan support for the sold-out game. "For everyone to come out, it's truly appreciated. We feed off of our crowd. For everyone to make the effort to get down here, on behalf of our team, our institution, we want to thank them."

Georgetown's campus is about a three mile walk from the Verizon Center, and many of the students simply threw on their snow boots and got to hiking.

The story was much the same for Maryland, who got back to campus early Friday morning after playing a Thursday night game against Florida State. The Terps, who were expecting many of their season ticket holders to be unable to make it all the way to campus, invited anyone with a student ID to attend the game for free.

Smart move.

Maryland already has one of the most raucous student sections, and by opening the doors to 3,000 more students that were hyped for free tickets to the North Carolina game, it created an atmosphere that was the "Loudest I’ve ever seen it since I was here", according to Greivis Vasquez.

That is how student sections are supposed to be.