If so, can someone explain to me why SJU spent millions to turn it's old high school gym into a new high school gym with a nicer scoreboard? Why not just move the major games to the Palestra? I would ask the same two questions of LaSalle fans, except there aren't any.
Temple likes to play in the Hood. I get that. Nova fans are a bunch of collars-up queers who are better off out in that crypt of theirs on the Main Line anyway. But LaSalle and St. Joe's have no excuse.
It's worth your life to try and get to LaSalle (don't get lost ), and Gola Arena might be the most ridiculous gym that any team in a conference anyone has ever heard of plays in. [true story: my first time in the place, which was then called Hayman Hall, I peed right next to a first-team all-american (Michael Brooks) because the men's room was also LaSalle's locker room]. My high school gym seat about 700 fewer than the Hawks new (old) gym; and, the last time I checked, my high school was not in the A-10 (lots of whte guys; we wouldn't stand a chance ).
Anyway, thet Palestra is the best place on Earth to watch a college basetball game. Is there some reason why we can't get a few more teams to play games in there? There's only so much Penn/Yale you can take.
End of rant.