believe that was Haynes/Wilson senior night in which KK stole the show. A few points:
- First off want to thank a couple of the posters that helped me get tix. very much appreciated and you made my kids vacay. They love Nova hoops and had a great time.
- Not much to say about the game. I don't think X had a chance even with Sumner in there but they totally checked out with him hurt. He is the main reason they are so improved; has had a Lowrly like impact on the. without him, they are very much like last year's team. nonetheless, great win by our guys.
- Said it before, as good as Arch is and was yesterday, Hart impressed me so much. Totally put the game away with an unreal 4 minutes of play. He is not just going to be a pro; he is going to be a good pro!
- Fans were very good yesterday. Very classy, at least the ones around me, during the Sumner injury, and very loud, knowledgeable and passionate throughout. Was very good atmosphere.
- Tried to go to Connolly after the game but was closed so I left my fam there while I ran to my car in the main lot to drive back to Connolly and pick them up( had a 3 yr old with no stroller plus two tired kids and they were tired). The point of my story is that I made i from the main lot to the back of cannily to pick them up in under 3 minutes. All this talk about such bad traffic and and all the complains from Radnor residents is such BS. If that is what they are complaining about for about a half hour roughly 15 times a year.....give me an F'in break.
- The Pavilion: Ok, this is the main point I wanted to make with this post. The redo of this place really should be a priority. First off, I am in the camp that I like the fact that it is small. I don't think we need 9k or 10k and even if we went down to 6,200, I would be ok with that. In my opinion, there is a real mystique and class about Villanova basketball; the history of our program, our fanbase, the fact that there is a waiting list for seats, our consistency. We are probably a top 15 all time program right now and are very poised for long term success. We are not the rowdiest fanbase but again, there is just a mystique and class with us. These are all very good things and I felt yesterday. Off topic a little: I am a Jets fan an have no love for the G-men but whenever I go to a Giants game, I can feel the class and mystique of the organization. Its not as rowdy of a crowd as many NFL stadiums but you feel the stature of the Giants. And I believe the same applies to Nova hoops. We are not the rowdiest crowd nor do we need to be. But what we do need is a facility that shows Nova being the amazing program that we are. And we clearly do not have that. It really is dumpy and I certainly understand that we haven't really done anytying to it in a while and are waiting for a renovation but this really should happen soon. I think the architecture s actually really cool and again, shrinking it is not the worst thing in the world. But it really needs an upgrade in terms of layout, space, materials etc. I'll conclude by saying Duke is as good as anyone in terms of mystique and class and while there arena is beyond old and pretty small, everything in there is pristine and top notch and we should really follow suit. We put $40 MM in that building and we will have a really nice home that we deserve.
