Walked up to the box office at the Palestra this morning and bought tickets at the going price. Those ducats entitled us to seats in the 12th row just off midcourt. Others must have been intrigued, or enticed, by the pre-noon tip-off. Decent turnout from both schools, including pep bands and cheerleading squads. More than 7300 fans in attendance. And for the day and evening, more than 30,000 fans in Philadelphia will have watched one of three college basketball games. Removes any doubt over whether this city is still a college basketball town. Other than Syracuse, I'm hard-pressed to name any other city in the US where 30,000 people will watch college basketball over the course of a day.
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Turnover free game, only 14 combined 20 assists for the Owls, and only 8 turnovers. Ramone Moore had an extraordinary floor game, recording 8 assists without a single turnover. Lavoy Allen has now recorded back-to-back double-doubles. The Owls never trailed in the game.
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Spread was 16. Final margin was 18. Oddsmakers right on it again.
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From comments overheard during the game, the St. Joe's faithful are losing patience with Coach Martelli. A talented group of freshmen were on the floor for the Hawks, but they're likely two seasons away from having a large impact.
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Couple of interesting ways to follow Temple basketball. On Twitter, @Owlified and @OwlScoop_com often will provide a running commentary during the game. And there are several live bloggers. Look at the right-hand side of this blog for other blogs you might like to follow. There's a larger community of Temple hoops fans than I realized.
A commentary by season ticket-holder Tim Cousounis on the fan experience of Temple University hoops
1 comment:
hard bleacher seats,only 4 urinals and no beer(thats why the only need 4) but lots of old world Palestra charm make it all worth the trip. Secret parking provided by Tim keeps him King in my book.
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