Hawks will win this by 9 or so. Penn's terrible, and no more "at home" than SJU will be.
JFEN, can you explain to me why SJU spent a fortune to turn its high school gym into a somwhat nicer, and only nominally larger, high school gym? They should have moved back to the Palestra for good (LaSalle should too) and only playewd up on Hawk Hill against the Albrights and Riders of the world.
Good question. The gym was only part of the renovation though. They also completely gutted all of the offices and built a state-of-the-art practice facility with NBA-style locker rooms and video rooms. The gym itself didn't change much and I think only seats about 1000 more than it used to. I think we're still playing 3-4 games a year at the Palestra because Martelli insists on preserving "tradition."
). The scoreboard had so many lights missing that it was literally unclear what the score was for most of the night, and I think the lighting came from five 100-watt bulbs in the ceiling. Plays at the other end of the court were just rumors. 
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