<p>You’re guaranteed admission into every Duke basketball game as long as you show up 15 minutes before tipoff basically (except UNC). And the tickets are free and the best seats in the house. At Michigan, as a student you are eligible to purchase season tickets for $200+ in seats that are in the endzone. I’ve been to 10 or so Michigan football games (some in the student section) and 50+ Duke basketball games. Personally, I’d say for the game itself, the Duke basketball experience is superior in the student section of Michigan football (although all the Michigan games I’ve been to have basically been blowouts, so it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison). </p>
<p>However, the pre-game hoopla/tailgating/campus atmosphere prior to a Michigan football game on a Saturday during the day is far superior to the pre-game atmosphere on a Thursday night Duke basketball game. Although Duke used to have a pretty racous “tailgate” prior to football games, but that got abolished by the administration. Michigan football is certainly awesome though - seeing 110,000 people in a huge stadium on a sunny Saturday afternoon is pretty special, but the intensity of the crowd at Duke basketball with people stuffed into a tiny gym for a big game can’t be beat in my opinion. (Although, again, I haven’t been fortunate enough to attend a highly anticipated Michigan-Ohio St football game or the like.)</p>