The other March Madness is the NIT and in 2005 a friend of mine, who is a U of Maryland Alumni, got tickets to the final day of the tournament and off we when to the Garden. The Turtles were making a run at the championship but fell short with a loss to South Carolina [...]

Georgetown v. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden – story is – Hoyas and probably still called the Redmen at this point -for Hoya fans and Alumni at this point trying to get back the magic of the early to Mid- 1980s and with Iverson at the point, shooting guard and pretty much everywhere else, [...]

The Joy of Beating Syracuse This self-titled Stubstory defines what Big East basketball used to mean. Back in the days when these college freshmen were in diapers, and the real rivalries where formed. But hey, any day our un-ranked team beats what I think was a top ten “Orange” is a story work remembering. For [...]

The first thing I thought of when I saw this ticket was “Wow, the Pitt Panthers, I’ve got a friend and business associate who played ball for them, gotta tell him he’s about to be in a Stubstory.” So, Willie Kelly, power forward for the 74, 75, & 76  Panthers, this one’s for you – [...]

Coming off the win over Syracuse – going up against UConn – really before they began to establish themselves as the power they become was expected to be a solid game – but as usual being 18 and a Hoyas meant expecting a win. With a 74 – 53 finish it looks like this was [...]

Coming off the loss in the biggest game of the year – “Ewing vs Sampson” (a ticket  they must have sold separately cause I can’t find it and know I was there), we were ranked 5th – and they were American. So this was gonna be a walk in the park. Bang down a bunch [...]

Freshman year continued to roll along. After a squeaker on the road against Mighty Kentucky – OK Western Kentucky – it was home against perennial powerhouse Alabama State. In this pre-internet era – the first thing that popped up on Google was some information on a solid Hoya power forward I remembered named – Billy [...]