DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 10, 2021 19:32:50 GMT -5
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 11, 2021 0:18:42 GMT -5
I'd be coming from the east on the LIRR. So happy for rhe team just sucks we cannot support in person.
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tgo
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Post by tgo on Mar 11, 2021 9:52:50 GMT -5
I have been to 23 of these weekends, 96 (my sr year, watching from the second row beneath our basket as the fouls on Jerome went uncalled and the USUCK faithful went into their nauseating chants) and 06 (sitting next to Ralph Dalton who couldn't bear to watch the final buzzer and left when cuse took the lead with 8 seconds to play) stand out as particularly painful memories. Also 2001, which doesn't get mentioned often. It was the first time we had ever lost in the first game. I had high expectations, it felt like we were back after 3 years of playing in the NIT. I thought we were coming together - and they mostly played well until losing in the Sweet 16 so I was right and this game would be an embarrassing blip. It was one of those years where some friends were waiting until Friday to get in to town since they were sure we would still be playing. Then Seton Hall, who we had beaten twice that year, held the Hoyas to 40 points in a game where we were never close. Megafan & I left the garden after the afternoon session in a shocked daze. While it is human nature to spend more time mourning the losses than celebrating the victories, there have been some great moments: I always look forward to running in to the same people year after year at Cafe 31 and other places, people whose names I don't know, although many of them I know their Hoyatalk name. 96 after beating Nova in the semi's found myself at Niles - the bar on the ground floor of the hotel at 31st and 7th - and the entire place started chanting Let's Go Hoyas and it felt like being in the pit of a concert for a little while. 2000 when Cuse was the top seed and we beat them in the quarters, I was sitting right by the bench and could feel the excitement and joy from the players, I remember Scruggs in particular, I felt strangely close to the players in a way I hadn't since I had been a student myself and haven't since. Talking to people from other schools in random bars all over the city is always a joy, every school has good fans except for Cuse. Hard to find a good USUCK fan but I have. As an undergrad in 95, taking a big group of my friends who weren't from NYC to McSorely's after a game, one of my friends disappeared on a bathroom trip for a while, he comes back with a story that there were two Pitt fans by the bathroom, he asks if they are waiting, they see his hoya shirt and say "hoya fan?" - yes. Ok, then you need to chug a beer before you can use the bathroom. He obliges and this exchange repeats 1 or 2 more times and they let him pass and then talk hoops like best friends for a couple of minutes afterwards. 2010, the semi-final win over Marquette, the team was flat out dominant, seemed to firing on all cylinders and was a joy to watch for those three games. I also remember making friends with the students I sat with each day that year were a lot of fun too. I had to miss the finals vs WVU in person due to a death in my family - I got a call during the first half of the first game that my sister in law had heart attack and the funeral was on Saturday. Watched the finals after the wake in a hotel room with my brother. MEGAFAN, what year was it that, after our game, some USUCK fans were being rude and either misogynistic or racist (or both) to a fan of another school and you got kicked out for defending the young lady? 2003 maybe? I have a tradition that I have attempted to carry out every year, where I ask around in the student section until I can find a freshman, and then I buy them a beer to welcome them to their first BET. I should have known the force was unbalanced last year when I could only find 2 freshman and they both said no thank you to the offer of a free beer. I will have to give out at least two next year to make up for it. Can't wait to be back next year. Hoya Saxa!
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Mar 11, 2021 14:33:26 GMT -5
Ok, now I really miss the BET! Anyone got a line on tix for Friday night? Checking the Chinatown bus schedule right now.
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 11, 2021 14:48:18 GMT -5
Shots for the whole bar!
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rhw485
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Post by rhw485 on Mar 11, 2021 16:41:20 GMT -5
I haven't commented on this thread yet because I can't always get to the early round games.
But I always, always, go to Big East Friday night. Doesn't matter who's playing. I buy the tickets, pray the Hoyas will make it, but go either way.
It's the best value doubleheader you can get. Now that we're actually making our return, it hurts all the more to watch from home.
Lets keep the good times rolling
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CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Mar 11, 2021 18:23:56 GMT -5
Hear hear: boy these past two games have me missing attending the BET at the Garden like crazy. I've been three times: 2007 when we won it all, 2010 when we lost in the final to West Virginia, and 2014 when we lost painfully in the first round to DePaul, killing our NCAA Tourney chances that season.
I also remember first going to Cafe 31 a couple times as an undergrad ~2005-07 before regular season games against St. John's. It was great for my 20-22 year old self to meet some loyal, old-time Hoya fans there. I then remember celebrating there with a ton of my classmates after destroying Pitt in the 2007 final, hanging out with Jeff Green's parents, and having Jeff Green's mom talk on the phone with my Hoya friend in California who was missing the celebration. I also remember going there after the 2010 final, encountering a bunch of WVU fans, outcheering them at the bar with the loudest "Let's Go Hoyas" I've ever heard, only to decide to leave when members of the WVU team started showing up.
All in all though, great times. Today's win brings back many of those memories. Chances are if I had attended today, right now I'd be stumbling around outside Cafe 31 or Stout, probably already with a much greater booze-induced headache than I would have felt in my early 20's.
Keep the good vibes going. Go Hoyas. Beat Seton Hall.
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Gammo
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Post by Gammo on Mar 12, 2021 7:46:58 GMT -5
It has been a few years since I made it to MSG, but I have my fair share of awesome memories. I miss all you regulars and I wish you all the best and Hoya Saxa!!!
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kghoya
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Post by kghoya on Mar 12, 2021 7:48:59 GMT -5
It has been a few years since I made it to MSG, but I have my fair share of awesome memories. I miss all you regulars and I wish you all the best and Hoya Saxa!!! Yeah Gammo! Good to see you post hope all is well
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Gammo
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Post by Gammo on Mar 12, 2021 8:15:24 GMT -5
Hey KG!! All great on my side - how are you!
So excited about the amazing last few weeks!
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Post by wildhoya on Mar 12, 2021 13:19:52 GMT -5
Hey Hey Hoyas!
We're gonna DO IT!
HOYA SAXA!
Wildhoya
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Post by wildhoya on Mar 12, 2021 20:22:20 GMT -5
DID IT! (Happy to return for this. Let's go Creighton!)
HOYA SAXA!
Wildhoya
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jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Mar 12, 2021 20:25:12 GMT -5
I would totally be opening my wallet and buying a few rounds after that one!
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 12, 2021 21:41:14 GMT -5
I would totally be opening my wallet and buying a few rounds after that one! Shots for all Hoyas!!
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 12, 2021 23:39:06 GMT -5
So surreal. First time not at MSG since 1990 and we are in the final.
I'll still take it!
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kghoya
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Post by kghoya on Mar 13, 2021 15:15:25 GMT -5
It's been so long since last we meet
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Post by FHillsNYHoya on Mar 13, 2021 15:24:09 GMT -5
Lie down forever lie down
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 13, 2021 17:07:57 GMT -5
Or have you any money to bet
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 13, 2021 21:19:59 GMT -5
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 13, 2021 21:23:44 GMT -5
Bring me the nicest scotch!! Emptying the bank account in spirit for all the Hoyas
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