What goes around, goes around.
Have you ever been to McDonough Arena on campus at Georgetown University?
The men’s basketball team once played all of its games on campus. When I was a student, I would go to all of the games there. It was wild. It was so small; got so hot and steamy; and it was so much fun. It only seats 2,500 people but I swear they would make the noise of 20,000 students in Verizon Center of which I now own a minority position.
I used to tutor some of the basketball players my senior year on campus. I would get good seats in return. I once - and I have to get this off of my conscience - stole a St John’s player’s warm up jacket just to mess with his mindset. I think his name was Frank Allaire and we would parade the jersey around on campus in the following weeks.
I saw Bruce Springsteen play at McDonough Arena. We would play our intramural basketball games there, too. My team’s name was “The Cereal Killers.” I once dropped 32 points in a game. Don’t laugh, I could and still can shoot the rock.
There is a game on campus today as Georgetown plays Old Dominion. There is a major snow storm here in DC. Some students are stranded on campus. What a perfect set of circumstances. I am so nostalgic! Hoya Saxa.
Tags: Georgetown University, McDonough Arena, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
I remember going to see The Kinks play McDonough around 1979 or so while I was a student @ GWU
Hey Ed, I saw the Kinks there too in 1979!! I probably would not have even remembered had it not been for you.
Ended up marrying that guy who took me to that show.