the most used sports venue is the dee glen smith spectrum, where basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics events are held. tv and radio announcers visiting the smith spectrum for the first time commonly state that the spectrum is one of the loudest basketball venues in the country with one of the most enthusiastic crowds in the country, rivaling cameron indoor stadium at duke university. it is a tradition that near the beginning of games the crowd chooses one player from the other team who commits a blatant foul, taunts the crowd, etc., and every time that player touches the ball the entire crowd boos loudly until he passes the ball. this pressure on opposing players created by this tradition has cut many outstanding players down to below average while at the spectrum.