Oh damn. Every year Gtown plays one game in the old gym on campus and I have always wanted to go to that game. And this is it and I missed it. Going to see them at the big Verizon Center downtown is so boring. Generally this is the "Salute to Big John's Scheduling of Cupcakes Game," but last year they brought in ODU and got beat. They ratched it down a bit this year with Radford from the Big South. And it is the blowout as expected 46-19 with 5 minutes left in the first half. This isnt really a game as much as it is an open scrimmage. 77-40. The final is 110-52, hardly worthy of being on the smallest auxillary tv.
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St Johns doesnt play this one in the Garden, but at Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica, Queens. Man, will St Johns ever get back to a level of respectable basketball? or has Mike Jarvis destroyed it to the point that it is on par with CCNY? This game is tied at 64 with 4 minutes left. 66 with 3 minutes to play. Niagara up 3 with 80 seconds to play. Niagara up 5 with 20 seconds left, the Johnnies come down and nail a 25 footer. Niagara makes the front end free throw. St Johns down 3 comes down and goes for the tie. Niagara prevails 77-73 for there first win at St Johns since 1963.
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