<p>I disagree – I wouldn’t be surprised at all in the math team example.</p>
<p>And anyway, it’s not the actual knowledge or lack of knowledge that bugs me. I mean, I’m sure most people haven’t thought much about whether a certain school has or doesn’t have anything in particular. It’s the presumed hilarity and oddity of it, as if you couldn’t be smart and interested in playing basketball (or, in my case, interested in wearing a short skirt and throwing people up in the air). It’s fine if people want to be mocking like that, but I don’t want to be involved in the conversation.</p>