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Message: [QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 1923426, member: 548"] The first observation that I can say without reservation is that it was very nice to meet Syracusian! He is a young man who works very hard and is going places. And he LOVES his Orange! We had a great time filling in our stories for each other. It felt to me like 2/3 of the people there were "townies," some of whom may not have cared that much about basketball but just came for the event. It didn't seem the students had a strong presence. Since Quade Green was there, I wonder how that felt for him? Seth Green did a great job as MC but [I]we could barely hear him[/I], or his interviewees. Once again, the sound system was terrible! They had a constant low level boom boom on the sound system that interfered with hearing anyone with a microphone. Joe said he, too, had trouble hearing so it wasn't just me. They introduced the women and some of the men two at a time. Many of the women came out dancing and swaggering, which was fun. The men? Meh, except for the player with the crazy name that I am not going to look up. He danced and he was good. The rapper [I]seemed [/I]reasonable and had good energy, repeatedly calling out that he bleeds Orange. But because of the sound system, we couldn't hear anything he said and if you're rapping, that's a huge negative. The women looked very good, folks! They made so many threes and had a very fluid look about them. I am definitely catching some of their games. The men looked herky jerky for the first 5 minutes, then warmed up. My useless observations built upon vague memory (last night was so long ago!): Battle looked really good. Robey was tuned it; really hustled. The announcer called him Robey. Wonder if that is going to stick? I really liked Gillon as well; he had some confidence handling the ball. Lydon: heyyyyyyyyy, smooth as silk. and definitely bulked up. He now is sporting a light beard. Joe and I tried to come up with some names for it, but couldn't. We will leave that to our able board members. Chukwu had a crowd-pleasing swat, and he finished one alley oop (I think just one). He is really tall, with stork legs. I worry those legs might be vulnerable to injury. DC hit mid-range jumpers and looked so flexible and strong. It was a pleasure to see him. Howard has improved leaps and bounds. White can shoot it for TRUE. He also finished a nice fast break. So, that's it! It was a pleasing way to spend an evening, especially with a new friend. Then I went home and watched "Hamilton's America" on PBS and all was right with my world. [/QUOTE]

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