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Amazing, Incredible weekend in DC. Drinking since about 7 pm, so I will probably forget half of what I want to post, but so be it.
1). SU turnout was great. Once again we owned the Verizon Center. What a perfect place to solidify our trip to the Final Four. Not a Georgetown fan in sight.
2) One of the coolest things about the game was that Sean McDonough was there on his own nickel. As a fan. Nothing to do with his day job. Just there as a fan. He even did the pre-game scene at Clyde's. I suspect Mike Tirico will also be in Atlanta (as he was in New Orleans in 2003.
3). The turnout of former players was extraordinary. Don't know what they showed on tv, but among those I saw were Derrick Coleman, Billy Owens, John Wallace, Lawrence Moten, Sherm Douglas, Pearl Washington and
Carl Vernick. I am sure there were others.
4). Once we took the lead at 4-3, I don't think we ever trailed. Oddly, at the under-16 timeout on Thursday, he score was 4-3. At the under-16 timeout today, the score was 4-3. A beautiful symmetry there.
5) Until proven differently, I will say we have the best D in the country. These two games were just amazing. A tenacious hard-nosed (thank you Scott Shafer) defense that never gives up. It was so much fun to watch. In both games, the refs seemed blind to all the traveling violations caused by our D. Before the start of the next game, maybe JB should tell the refs to look for traveling violations.
6) It was good to see so many old friends from syracusefan.com there...and to meet so many new friends. A special thank-you to Sutomcat for buying us all so much food and drink at Clyde's --even though he himself drinks only ginger ale. For those who don't know tomcat, he is a treasure of a human being (and a treasure of a SU fan)
7). Now I can admit I bought my airline tix to Atlanta last Sunday night. (I really was that confident). Now my major question is: Do I take this sweater to the cleaners on Monday morning -- or do I wear it to games five and six without cleaning it? Most folks here said "no cleaner." Decisions, decisions.
8) On to Atlanta!!
1). SU turnout was great. Once again we owned the Verizon Center. What a perfect place to solidify our trip to the Final Four. Not a Georgetown fan in sight.
2) One of the coolest things about the game was that Sean McDonough was there on his own nickel. As a fan. Nothing to do with his day job. Just there as a fan. He even did the pre-game scene at Clyde's. I suspect Mike Tirico will also be in Atlanta (as he was in New Orleans in 2003.
3). The turnout of former players was extraordinary. Don't know what they showed on tv, but among those I saw were Derrick Coleman, Billy Owens, John Wallace, Lawrence Moten, Sherm Douglas, Pearl Washington and
Carl Vernick. I am sure there were others.
4). Once we took the lead at 4-3, I don't think we ever trailed. Oddly, at the under-16 timeout on Thursday, he score was 4-3. At the under-16 timeout today, the score was 4-3. A beautiful symmetry there.
5) Until proven differently, I will say we have the best D in the country. These two games were just amazing. A tenacious hard-nosed (thank you Scott Shafer) defense that never gives up. It was so much fun to watch. In both games, the refs seemed blind to all the traveling violations caused by our D. Before the start of the next game, maybe JB should tell the refs to look for traveling violations.
6) It was good to see so many old friends from syracusefan.com there...and to meet so many new friends. A special thank-you to Sutomcat for buying us all so much food and drink at Clyde's --even though he himself drinks only ginger ale. For those who don't know tomcat, he is a treasure of a human being (and a treasure of a SU fan)
7). Now I can admit I bought my airline tix to Atlanta last Sunday night. (I really was that confident). Now my major question is: Do I take this sweater to the cleaners on Monday morning -- or do I wear it to games five and six without cleaning it? Most folks here said "no cleaner." Decisions, decisions.
8) On to Atlanta!!
