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Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie
It was electric inside the arena last night and for a guy like me who grew up watching some great teams play in there....it was special to be able to see another game there.....so much tradition.....you can feel the history. It will probably never happen but I would love to see Ohio State schedule some future games in there.....especially against Michigan State, Indiana and Wisconsin......it is a tough place to play for visiting teams.......I know the Schott holds approx 6,000 more people....but the noise level at the Schott is no where near what it is in St. John Arena......combination of people seating on there hands and the structure of the building......
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I was already grown up  when I started attending games at St. John and the reason that the crowd is like that is because those are best Basketball fans that are there. They should have built a 17,000 seat basketball arena and 10,000 hockey arena. It is just a wonderful place to watch a basketball game and everyone is so close together. The only thing that I wonder about is that if we were still playing in St. John how would it have affected our recruiting those big-time players.
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03-25-2008, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie
It was electric inside the arena last night and for a guy like me who grew up watching some great teams play in there....it was special to be able to see another game there.....so much tradition.....you can feel the history. It will probably never happen but I would love to see Ohio State schedule some future games in there.....especially against Michigan State, Indiana and Wisconsin......it is a tough place to play for visiting teams.......I know the Schott holds approx 6,000 more people....but the noise level at the Schott is no where near what it is in St. John Arena......combination of people seating on there hands and the structure of the building......
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the fans brought some nice energy, it just makes you wonder if the repuation of the place makes people a little rowdy, then at the schott the repuation makes people doze off...
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03-25-2008, 12:49 PM
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it looked like a similar type crowd to me...
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I totally disagree. The people who were at that game last night were true Buckeye basketball fans. They were not there to be seen like quite a few people who are PSL holders. You can almost tell by looking at the crowd that they were very similar to the people who Hank Williams referred to in "All My Rowdy Friends...".
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03-25-2008, 01:32 PM
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The game came on after 1am this morning. I worked straight through and turned off the computer and just watched the game.
I'll be blunt about this. I think St. John Arena is one hell of a lot better place than Value City Arena. As I watched them warming up, I remembered standing under the basket as a kid and getting autographs by players like Ron Sepic and Gary Bradds while the guys warmed up, before being chased away by the team managers. I remembered my Dad chewing me out for taking a picture about three feet away from Fred Taylor during a game in 1967 (think I still have that somewhere).
Watching that game last night and watching the cameras pan through that old lady of basketball, I confess that I felt a shiver now and then as I remembered those times. Those were real fans there last night and I could feel the old lady rocking clear over here in South Africa.
With the game out of doubt, I was hoping for the score to be the same as the national championship win but was happier to see so many benchwarmers get some quality playing time. I hope we win the NIT, but to be honest, I don't care what happens now this season. It was just really special to be a part of that one.
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03-25-2008, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve19
The game came on after 1am this morning. I worked straight through and turned off the computer and just watched the game.
I'll be blunt about this. I think St. John Arena is one hell of a lot better place than Value City Arena. As I watched them warming up, I remembered standing under the basket as a kid and getting autographs by players like Ron Sepic and Gary Bradds while the guys warmed up, before being chased away by the team managers. I remembered my Dad chewing me out for taking a picture about three feet away from Fred Taylor during a game in 1967 (think I still have that somewhere).
Watching that game last night and watching the cameras pan through that old lady of basketball, I confess that I felt a shiver now and then as I remembered those times. Those were real fans there last night and I could feel the old lady rocking clear over here in South Africa.
With the game out of doubt, I was hoping for the score to be the same as the national championship win but was happier to see so many benchwarmers get some quality playing time. I hope we win the NIT, but to be honest, I don't care what happens now this season. It was just really special to be a part of that one.
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Believe it or not, I was just going to say the exact same things, using the exact same words and puncuation.
Nice post Steve.
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03-25-2008, 01:40 PM
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I agree....I feel like I was given a chance to be a part of history in that building once again.....sometimes.....new is not always best......
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03-25-2008, 01:58 PM
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Granted I went to school during the last days of the Randy Ayers era, but the atmosphere at St. John Arena back then was pure [censored]. The atmosphere last night was great, but I'm not sure it had as much to do with the arena as it did the fans that got a chance to go and get good seats.
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