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Post by nycrusader2010 on Oct 14, 2019 16:21:08 GMT -5
I'll start with mine:
Away Gyms
Army (Crystl Arenal) -- just about every year since I graduated, highlighted by our PL semi upset win during our "five games in March" '16 run. Navy (Alumni Hall) -- January 2019, last second loss Lafayette (Kirby Sports Complex) -- conference opener in January 2008, a loss Lehigh (Stabler Arena) - Sat next to HC92 for the Patriot League Championship in 2016!! Harvard (Lavietes Pavillion) - Thanksgiving Week loss my junior year, 30 points for Jeremy Lin Syracuse (Carrier Dome) - lost 72-48 on Black Friday 2014 Fairfield (Harbor Yards) - saw a game at Harbor Yards on a weeknight 2013 or 2014-ish, don't even remember who won. Fairfield (Alumni Hall) - think we lost but don't remember again. Sell out crowd. Sacred Heart (Pitt Rec Center) - Saw us lose here once (and met Bobby V) and also get a win after blowing an 18-point lead in November or December 2012 Columbia (Levien Gym) - Blew 15-point halftime lead in a loss during 12-13 season UMASS (Mullins Center) - we lost in Amherst in early December 2008 American (Bender Arena) - saw us lost in the Patriot League Championship game in '09. SOV was there. 23 hour round trip on student fan bus Siena (Times Union Center) - saw us lose in overtime after Tim Clifford almost single-handedly erased an eight point deficit in final minute
Neutral Sites
TD Garden - lost to Harvard in the 13-14 opener. The following year MB got the W against a RANKED Harvard team. Mohegan Sun - We beat CCSU in the second game of a double-header highlighted by URI-Oklahoma State in the opener DCU Center - Attended games against Dayton (L), UMASS (L) and Boston College (W)
Will add if any other games come to mind...likely I'm missing one somewhere. I'm sure many posters will have to dig deep into the memory bank for this one.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 14, 2019 16:27:51 GMT -5
If we’re going to make a composite list it might be good To track by state?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 14, 2019 16:29:34 GMT -5
Away Games:
Maryland in 2008. Eff the black jerseys. St. John’s in 2012. Believe we were tied at the half. UMass in 2008. Lafayette and Yale a handful of times.
Neutral Site:
MSG in 2004 for the Holiday Hoops Classic (or whatever it was called). We lost to Manhattan in the first game. Had the lead in the final minute, but Louis Flores hit a jumper to win it for the Jaspers. That was the year they beat Florida in a 12/5 game.
Sader81 will put us all to shame with this exercise.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 14, 2019 16:30:35 GMT -5
OK
West Point Harvard Fairfield Sacred Heart NJIT Columbia Siena Mohegan Sun Worcester Auditorium Dartmouth Yale Seton Hall Meadowlands Arena Madison Square Garden Fairleigh Dickinson U.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 14, 2019 16:37:50 GMT -5
Army -- Nope - numerous football games Navy -- Nope Lafayette -- Nope Lehigh - Nope Harvard - Yep - multiple times Syracuse - Yep - DemiDome NIT Fairfield - Yep. Bridgeport and their home court on campus Sacred Heart - Nope Columbia - Nope UMASS - Nope American - Nope Siena - Nope Yale - Yep PC (Dunkin Donuts) - Yep URI (Ryan Center) - Yep Brown (Pizzitola) - Yep Colgate - Maybe. Numerous football games, might have gone to a basketball game or too BU - Maybe, pretty sure yes. Near confirmation from NAD.
Neutral Sites
Nationwide Arena - NCAA game - Yep Dayton’s arena- for game vs Dayton and later for NCAA tourney game - Yep (me too, KY) TD Garden - Yep Mohegan Sun - Yep DCU Center - Yep MSG - Yep multiple times, most memorable vs UCLA
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 14, 2019 17:08:11 GMT -5
Here’s not my total list but,rather, some venues others may not have visited:
@springfield College-hitchhiked there freshman year on a brutally cold day @northwestern U @ Dayton’s arena- for game vs Dayton and later for NCAA tourney game @ Ohio University @ RCA Dome in Indy for NCAA game @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for game vs IU @ Freedom Hall in Louisville for game vs U of L
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Post by Dean Wormer on Oct 14, 2019 17:50:06 GMT -5
moved to mens basketball thread
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Oct 14, 2019 17:52:46 GMT -5
Sorry Dean for originally starting this thread in the General forum. Thanks for moving it here.
What's best way to organize our thoughts here? Maybe if someone wants to post their complete list (if not too much to remember), highlight the road trips in bold purple that haven't been posted yet? Sort of like sader1970 did there going off my list.
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Post by trimster on Oct 14, 2019 18:22:18 GMT -5
Here’s not my total list but,rather, some venues others may not have visited: @springfield College-hitchhiked there freshman year on a brutally cold day @northwestern U @ Dayton’s arena- for game vs Dayton and later for NCAA tourney game @ Ohio University @ RCA Dome in Indy for NCAA game @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for game vs IU @ Freedom Hall in Louisville for game vs U of L How about a couple of oldies. Curry Hicks Cage in Amherst and the Fieldhouse in Storrs CT. Sadly I never made it to Alumni Hall in Providence or the Roberts Center in Chestnut Hill. Been to Conte Forum once, maybe twice. Listened ion when HC snapped Syracuse's very long home win streak at Manley Fieldhouse.
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Post by DiMarz on Oct 14, 2019 18:37:40 GMT -5
BC...Roberts center and current UMass..Cage and Mullins Harvard UNH Maine UConn Assumption Q'Pack BU Lehigh Boston and TD Garden Sacred Heart Madison Sq. Garden Brown Providence, The Dunk Mohegan Sun West Point Siena The Aud. Hartford CC URI
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Post by Ignutz on Oct 14, 2019 18:39:48 GMT -5
Many of the previous mentions plus the following:
SSE Arena, Belfast Cole Fieldhouse McDonough Gymnasium Alumni Hall, Bloomington Memorial Gymnasium, Vanderbilt Roberts Center Athletic & Convocation Center (now Joyce) Curry Hicks Cage (via hitch-hiking out Rt.9)
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 14, 2019 18:45:11 GMT -5
Totally agree but NAD might give him a run for his money. HCFC45 might be a close 2nd or 3rd. Oh, I might add to my list after these guys post because their memories are much better than mine.
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Post by sader81 on Oct 14, 2019 18:59:15 GMT -5
This is a memory test! I’ll start with the home state: Yale - don’t think we’ve won there in a while Sacred Heart - got to go to Joseph’s pregame Fairfield - been to Harbor Yard and on campus UConn at the Civic Center under cmb Hartford at the school & casino Mohegan Sun - think I’ve been to every game; Stoney Brook, Siena, Central CT, Belmont, think there were 2 others Brown - high school gym URI - nice facility Providence at the Dunk Harvard -parking sucks UMass at Mullins - even made the highlight reel TD garden twice vs Harvard - that was a nice tourney Albany - nice but sterile gym Siena had a big crowd at the TU arena, big comeback and lost in OT Marist- not a bad place Fordham- wish we played there more Syracuse at the Dome put me into a-fib St. John’s on campus and at MSG Hofstra twice, once was the bracket buster Princeton- long ride to see a L Duke - played 5 on 8 North Carolina - gave them a bit of a scare Williamsburg tourney - played Maine and William & Mary, iirc Norfolk tourney - played ODU and Texas San Antonio?? Indianapolis vs Marquette Columbus vs so. Illinois Central Fla and met Chu and his wife UNLV - left a red hot crap table to see SK’s team get run out of the gym Belfast for Manhattan and - LaSalle took a few Euros from the local books! Great venue and trip!!
As for the league games, haven’t been to Gate, Lehigh, Bucknell, AU or Loyola. Just not great venues that justify a trip, especially mid week; although now that I’m semi retired, I’ll probably hit the DC area arenas Am looking forward to the Florida games this year, already booked them. I may have missed a couple!
I did: @ BC - when they made our students sit in the nosebleed seats in an empty arena Michigan with HCFC and his grandkids Iona several times Charleston - great city Horse Barn in Md for Bucknell
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Post by bison137 on Oct 14, 2019 19:32:53 GMT -5
Here's my list, although I am probably missing a few. I only included ones where I saw a college game. There are some others where I saw pro hoops or hockey (or concerts).
American Army Boston U (both gyms) Bucknell Colgate Holy Cross Lafayette (two arenas) Lehigh (two arenas) Loyola Navy - - - Penn State (two arenas) Rutgers - - - Syracuse (two arenas) Clemson Boston College Pitt (two arenas) - - - Adolph Rupp Arena - - - Villanova Georgetown (Capital One Center) Providence - - - Temple UConn (two arenas) - - - St. Bona GMU La Salle St. Joes UMass Fordham - - - Yale Princeton Penn Cornell Columbia - - - Hofstra Towson (two arenas) - - - Hartford Albany Binghamton - - - Iona Rider Quinnipiac Siena Canisius Monmouth Marist Fairfield (two arenas) Niagara - - - St. Francis (PA) Sacred Heart Robert Morris Wagner Mount St. Mary's - - - MSG (two versions) Barclay's Center Brendan Byrne Arena Little Caesars Arena KeyBank Center (Buffalo)
Total of 67
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 14, 2019 19:46:37 GMT -5
Cool, but how many has Bison Road Warrior been to?
Did he get to the Diamond Head Classic?
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Post by bison137 on Oct 14, 2019 19:51:38 GMT -5
Cool, but how many has Bison Road Warrior been to? Did he get to the Diamond Head Classic? Yes he did make it to Hawaii. He almost always does the multi-team tournaments and the games with Power Six conferences. Also he has made every NCAA and NIT game Bucknell has played. In total, I might have him however because I don't think he's been to as many midmajor venues as I have. I also gain a few by having seen games in venues that no longer existed by the time he was ten years old, e.g. Lafayette and Lehigh's previous gyms. I will ask him.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 14, 2019 20:13:45 GMT -5
Some that may have not been mentioned St. Francis bklyn Palestra Cole Field House- UMaryland Dartmouth in 1964 Rose Hill -Fordham Brooklyn Armory for St. Francis Nassau Colosseum for HC- Kentucky, NCAA 2001 St. Peter’s Yanitelli Center Bishop Ford HS (Bklyn) for Yeshiva U. Jersey City Armory for St. Peter’s Providence Alumni Hall UConn- 1964 Walsh Auditorium Seton Hall Manhattan College Navy. 1967 Stony Brook—old gym
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Post by CHC8485 on Oct 14, 2019 20:24:49 GMT -5
I thought we were talking about venues where we've seen Holy Cross basketball?
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Post by Tom on Oct 14, 2019 20:34:37 GMT -5
NH UNH Dartmouth
MA HC (Hart, Aud, Centrum) UMass (Cage, Mullins) BC (Conti, Roberts) Harvard Northeastern BU (Roof, Agganis) New Gahden (neutral)
RI Brown PC URI
CT UConn (civic center only) Hartford Yale Sacred Heart Quinnipac Fairfield (Yard, Alumni) Mohegan (neutral)
NY Albany Nassau County (neutral) Knickerbocker Arena (neutral) Army
NJ Meadowlands (neutral)
PA Lafayette
Ohio Nationwide (neutral)
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 14, 2019 20:40:06 GMT -5
I thought we were talking about venues where we've seen Holy Cross basketball? Thank you.
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Post by cmo on Oct 14, 2019 21:28:02 GMT -5
I was at our NIT game at Rutgers. Think it was 1990? Haven’t seen it mentioned.
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Post by CHC8485 on Oct 14, 2019 21:43:38 GMT -5
BTW - not trying to be a jerk about this and I suppose there was some ambiguity in the original post, but was just trying to define the parameters of the thread. I thought it was pretty obvious it was intended to talk about where we’ve seen Holy Cross play, not every place we’ve seen a college basketball game. So with that in mind, bison and any other non-HC posters as always are welcome to contribute.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Oct 15, 2019 4:11:35 GMT -5
Where I have seen HC play:
UMass - Mullins and the Cage BU- The Roof and Agganis BC- Conte and Roberts Ctr Harvard Northeastern - Cabot Gym and Matthews Arena TD Garden UNH - Lundholm. Want to say I also saw them at the Whittemore Ctr once but maybe not Dartmouth URI - Ryan Ctr Providence - The Dunk Brown - curse on them Hartford Civic Ctr - tourney I think in 2002 Univ of Hartford Yale Sacred Heart The Q West Point Fordham - Rose Hill MSG - one day tourney in 2004? Hofstra - awesome game Marist Colgate Knick Arena Albany when HC in MAAC tourney Meadowlands for MAAC tourney Princeton Lafayette Lehigh Bucknell American Dean Dome at UNC Cameron at Duke William & Mary tourney College of Charleston - best 5K arena around imho Columbus for NCAAs Kansas Notre Dame Hoosier Dome Indy NCAAs
I think thats it. For non HC, have been to the Carrier Dome, the Palestra, and UNLVs Thomas & Mack Ctr. I feel really fortunate to have seen HC at many of the historical venues. Going forward (God and pocketbook willing), I would give anything to see the Saders at Hinkle Fieldhouse; also would love to see a lot of the West Coast Conference gyms.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 15, 2019 4:21:26 GMT -5
Nice list, NAD, and helps solidify my memory of being at the BU spots.
Now, as a proud alumnus of Nationwide Insurance having worked across the street when they were building it, I need to put a plug in for the correct name of that site in Columbus- it is in fact the “Nationwide Arena.” Generically calling it “Columbus” when naming other sites defeats the millions of dollars the company spent building the place to get some name recognition. Remember “Nationwide is on your side”
😂
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 15, 2019 6:30:03 GMT -5
I think I forgot putting the Rose Hill gym at Fordham on my list to see HC play...thanks for the reminder (we won the games I saw there).
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