Ahhh March, time of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments. And ever-present at the games are the college pep bands. 30 musicians are allowed, no amplification, and the brass section rules. As the NY Times notes, the song sets have a heavy helping of the oldies. Along with the usual crowd-pleasers (“Louie, Louie” one more time, anyone?), UCLA has hung onto “Build Me Up Buttercup” (tuba solo!), and USC will likely never retire “Tusk,” the Fleetwood Mac hit that featured their own marching band (and has become their anti-UCLA fight song). New songs are added to freshen things up, but the mainstays are reminders that cheering for the alma mater is a tradition that connects back into the alumni years.