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Message: [QUOTE="cto, post: 212613, member: 412"] For those who were not at the Hardwood Club dinner tonight, that was how Scoop Jardine (final speaker of the evening) began his remarks. Probably 99 percent of the 1000 folks there had no idea what (or whom) he was talking about, but since everyone here seems to know my name is Joyce, I decided to sort of share the story. "Love Him or Hate Him"... the headline on Mike Waters lead story in the PS basketball preview edition last fall...sort of summed up the fans' feelings about Scoop at the time (including the fans here). No one quite knew what to make of the team at the time, but Mike's points were 1) Scoop was the team's heart and soul and 2) the team would go as Scoop went. So here we are, 31 games later, with a 30-1 record, a potential #1 seed, and a point guard who doesn't care whether or not he scores a single point as long as the team wins. (See Bud P's column in the Sunday paper). Scoop's had a rocky road at SU, at least at the beginning, and I'm not telling stories out of school because he has publicly discussed it. He was almost kicked out school twice his freshman year, he didn't like redshirting during what would have been his sophomore year, he was accused of point-shaving last year by a bunch of s who chose to believe a jokester on a Missouri poker site (!!!!), and he had some personal issues as to whether he would return for a 5th year after graduating last June. Due to an odd combination of circumstances (and I do mean odd) I was sort of "with Scoop" during all of the above (except for the redshirt year question). Anyhow, I sat next to Scoop tonight at the Hardwood Club dinner. It was a very emotional evening for him as he listened to speaker after speaker discuss the team and what it has meant to them. Then it was Scoop's turn. As he left the table to go to the stage, I mumbled something to him, including "try not to cry." Hence... the beginning of his unwritten, unscripted, emotional remarks which went on to describe his five years here... and his hopes for the next month. Okay, for those not there... he came sort of close to crying but he didn't. And he had hugs for everyone at the table when he returned. And for those who asked for a report on the dinner, I will leave the details to others who were there (and there were a lot of posters there; for example, see Tomcat's report). I will just say this: It was a remarkable evening of love all around by the starters, the reserves, the walk-ons, the managers and the coaches. And a lot of talk of "on to New Orleans.' FUN NIGHT. More of you should try to attend these events. [/QUOTE]

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