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Originally posted by Scrub
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So, the local Yinzers gets St. Patrick's Day all to themselves.
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It's actually next weekend (they are on Spring Break right now).
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That's right. Didn't the admin try to purposefully schedule spring break over St. Pat's to quell the storm? (Only to have it pop up a week later)Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostComment
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It's actually calmed down a lot the past several years. They turn the town in to a militarized zone with horseback patrols, helicopters flying all weekend and a really ramped up police presence. Add to it this socially awkward current generation would probably prefer the event be virtual.Originally posted by Scrub View Post
Remember, per the President of IUP, it's "not an IUP event" and because it's (mostly) off-campus it's not their problem.
The event still exists but it's nothing like it was several years ago. It was insanity in the early years.Comment
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James Patterson, the PF from St. Thomas Aquinas who smoked IUP this past year, has entered the Portal.
I remember that game ... thinking that dude should be in the P5 (Joe said the same).
He's going to be highly coveted (and not end up at Towson or similar).
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Re: IUPattys, the university -- after the "riot" incident of 2014 -- should have taken over ownership of the IUPattys name. Copyright it. It instantly becomes lame and sterile.
Also, former New Castle High School all-stater Jonathan Anderson, Mercyhurst true freshman, entered the portal yesterday. He played about every minute of every game his senior year -- wonder if Joe knows that? (also clanked a few free throws late in the MU OT win over IUP this year.)Comment
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Stewart would have been a nice luxury as a 6th or 7th man next year but it's understandable he wouldn't want to come off the bench as a senior.
Word was he and the Big Guy weren't on the best terms so this is probably a mutual break-up.Comment
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It became lame and sterile years ago. If it wasn't in the newspaper most wouldn't even realize it was going on.Originally posted by hawks16 View PostComment
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That's how these alternate drinking holidays started. The students collude with the bars to have another day that isn't St Patricks Day when the students are around.Originally posted by Scrub View PostComment
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That entire event - thankfully - had a short shelf life. At least in terms of it being to the level that it was. Basically 2013-2016. It hit its crescendo in 2014, which would have been my junior year. That was the "riot" year.Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
I vividly recall the 2013 edition when the PSAC tournament fell that weekend. That was back when they played the semifinals on Friday night and the championship on Saturday - which I'm personally partial to. There have been a lot of big games in the KCAC. Not sure that any quite have had the "juice" that the Saturday night PSAC championship game against Slippery Rock on IUPatty's weekend had. No marketing was needed to get people there. It was Slippery Rock. It was a Saturday night. It was IUPatty's and the students were hammered. The student section was also FULL.
It's funny how time kind of morphs how you view things. I fortunately never took part in the chaos that ensued in 2014 on South 7th Street. But I remember being 21 and laughing at the videos. You look back and you realize it was an elderly couple in one of those cars that got stopped in that madness. That could have gone wrong in a hurry. I remember coming back for that weekend in 2016 the year after I graduated. I looked around at what were likely underaged high school students walking on the street heavily intoxicated and thought to myself, "What am I doing here?" The next year they turned it into a police state and it's been dead ever since. That was a negative light on the school and I'm glad that's been cleaned up.Comment
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IUPatty’s was a complete nothing burger this year. The only items making the Gazette crime and punishment section were the usuals and not linked to the event. As a resident, all I can report is a few more kids than usual wearing green and being visible for longer portions of the day. On Sunday morning more than 400 of the hooligans got together and cleaned up.
Apparently a guy from Florida ended up here driving while whacked out on meth and apparently hadn’t slept for five days! A little chase ensued and he’s now in the county clink. Nothing to do with IUPatty’s but that takes going on a bender to a whole new level.
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Maybe he was in a hurry to watch Tort Spring Ball '24 ?Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View PostComment
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Stewey is back up to 6'5" in the portal. He was 6'5" when he got here. His Junior year he shrunk to 6'3" and it looks like he's grown again for his upcoming senior year.
The only thing better than basketball height/weight listings is football height/weight listings.
Cobo ranged from 6'9" to 6'7" during his four years in Indiana. Side note I think he was actually 6'8".
Joe's had a lot of 6'4" guards who weren't even 6'1".Comment
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Wow, an over 3-inch exaggeration is really doing it up right. Usually, two inches seems to be the sweet spot. I've seen a lot of 6-6 guys grow to 6-8 on programs.Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View PostComment
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Having stood right beside Stewey I can tell you if he’s 6’3” he’s counting the length of his hair too.Originally posted by Ship69 View PostComment
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