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Message: [QUOTE="UConNick, post: 4737564, member: 3806"] I think it’s easier to put them into tiers for me. UConn (anything really, but obviously basketball tops the list, baseball not far behind) has such an emotional hold over me, I plan my life around their game days. I get stressful butterflies when watching them. It tugs at my innards, on a deep emotional level, in a way not every sport does. They’re clearly in the top tier. The teams I feel similarly emotional about, where I’ll plan my life around their games and have that guttural, emotional feel while watching them are the US and Ukraine national soccer teams. Probably because all three of those are linked to me beyond “rooting for laundry.” I’m from Connecticut. I went to UConn. I feel their successes and failures at incredibly personal levels. And of course, I’m American. We have that chip on our shoulder in soccer, and I want us to be successful more than anything. That said, if there was ever a WC final between the US and Ukraine, I’d root for Ukraine. That’s where my family’s from, and even though I’ve never been (my mother’s already promised my brothers and I a trip once the war’s won) and don’t speak the language, it’s again a huge part of my identity. The Yankees are similarly important to me, but I think the sheer number of games calms the emotional highs and lows (until the playoffs - then it’s firmly in that top tier). After that, it’s teams I root for and teams I obviously want to succeed more than just about anything, but I’ll miss the occasional game (or many games in the case of hockey and NBA, don’t really watch eithe regular season) or won’t let losses sting me nearly as deep. This would be the Giants, Knicks, Rangers, and Man City. Giants definitely lead the tier. Although I fully get sucked in when any of those teams make the playoffs. If you didn’t bother reading that whole essay this unintentionally became, I don’t blame you. This is the tl; dr ranking based on how much of an emotional impact the wins and losses have on my life: Tier 1 (gargantuan impact) 1. UConn men’s basketball 2. Ukraine NT 3. USMNT 4. UConn baseball Tier 2 (big impact) 5. Yankees Tier 3 (some impact) 6. Giants 7. Man City 8. Rangers 9. Knicks [/QUOTE]

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