The University of Idaho stepped in and made the trip to Spokane, where Yale pulled off the upset of Auburn.
SPOKANE, Wash. — For this weekend, the University of Idaho marching band has adopted a new name.
It’s not the Vandal Marching Band. It’s the “Van-Dogs Marching Band” after becoming the adopted band for the Yale basketball team during its run in the NCAA Tournament.
Yale’s band was unavailable to join its team in the Pacific Northwest for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament because it’s spring break on campus and pulling together a traveling group wasn’t possible.
But the school found some willing stand-ins in the form of the Idaho band, which quickly became a viral sensation on social media following 13th-seeded Yale’s upset victory against No. 4 seed Auburn on Friday.
“We want to help out another university. We want to help out another band,” said Spencer Martin, director of athletic bands …
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