Did you know RMU
basketball tips off this Saturday? The countdown is on. All week CTC will list
a rundown of things related to RMU basketball. You can check out yesterday’s
piece here. With three days until game day, here is a list of our three
favorite things about the Charles
L. Sewall
Center
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| When the Chuck is packed, there are few places I'd rather watch a game. (many who watched RMU beat UK there would agree) |
Chris: I’m with you Lee. The interest is there… we’ve sen it
dozens of times before the Kentucky
game. Hell, Lattitude 40 had over 400 people there for the RMU-Providence game.
That was almost as much fun as the Kentucky
game. Does this carry over? Lets hope. Anyway, lets get to our three favorite things about the Chuck...
3) Pack the Chuck: First
of all, what an awesome, awesome saying. I have friends at home who chant this
to me and probably don’t even know why or what a “Chuck” is. Besides that, we
do have a true home court advantage when people, you know, decide to show up to
the games. My favorite memory at the Chuck: My freshman year we hosted Monmouth
in the first round of the NEC tournament and the Chuck was rocking before tip.
I was in the second row and before our row started jumping up and down-- a
normal thing to see at a college basketball game. Until the wooden bench we
were standing on bent so bad we couldn’t stand on it anymore.
Never change, Chuck.
Actually do.
Lee: When it's filled, you won't find many better places to take in a basketball game. It's small, old school (that UK upset looked like a Hoosiers movie set!!!), and a TERROR for visiting teams (RMU is 35-8 at the Sewall Center the past three years). Put 3,000+ in the building and it's as hostile a venue as you will find (I'm not kidding). It gets loud (after all, its small as hell), hot (it had to be 90 something degrees in that first round NIT game), and becomes a fortress. The key is actually packing it, and RMU hasn't been able to do that consistently for some reason (more on that later in the week).
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| ...... (Thanks to the guys at Bar Stool for the photo.) |
Here are a few .gif's for your viewing pleasure
Lee: It's really easy to storm. There weren't many challenges to storming the court when we upset UK (the media table was for a bit until my man Paul Jones flipped it out of the way like it was a small defensive back). I mean right out onto the court you go! God bless this guy who made it onto the National TV for eating ittttt, he probably thinks a rubix cube is easier to solve than get all the way into the mosh pit in the center of the court. But seriously RMU we stormed that court like professionals, and many of you could have a shot at doing it again this March if RMU can win the NEC title at home.
1) The place we call
home: The Chuck is a dump. Moon high has a nicer court setup then we do.
But you know what? The Chuck is our dump.
As many of you know, I am a Mets fan. When the Mets built
the beautiful Citi Field and left Shea Stadium I wasn’t sad… at first. Shea had
horrendous orange seats with nothing in the outfield but a weird “picnic” area.
Shea was a dump, but it was the Mets dump
where so many memories were made.
My point? There will be a time in the near future where
Robert Morris will not be playing in the Sewall Center
Lee: The amenities are awesome!! From the food (which isn't bad, trust me, I've been to a lot more college arenas and had way worse) to the ability to use your freedom card to buy grub, to the hilarious mini bike race, and other timeout games, it has it all. Throw in you almost always get to boo a Colonial Crazy who airballs a half court shot (or cheer one on who makes it *fist pumps* for those that don't know, I nailed two halfcourt shots at RMU basketball events in my four years at RMU) and the awesome tee-shirt toss (guys, Chris finally caught one!!!) + impressive cheer leading squad (heyyyyy, hey babyyyy), and you cant beat it! Oh yea it's a short walk from the dorms, which isn't the case at
Lee Kunkel -- @Kunkel5
Chris Cappella-- @C_Cappella
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