Issue date: 9/17/09 Section: Sports

Aren Dow [Click to enlarge]

Walking into the Vadalabene Center freshman year, I was pumped to get the first glimpse of my collegiate basketball team. Football and basketball are the two staples of college sports, and since SIUE unfortunately did not have a football team, I expected a packed stadium that night.

I arrived about 10 minutes early with a buddy of mine and hoped we could still get decent seats on short notice. Lets just say I was surprised when I walked in and found a quarter full stadium.

The student section consisted of about 40 die-hard fans under the opposing hoop. The rest of the arena was made up of students who were not as rabid, and a couple hundred supportive family members and alumni.

We won handily against a small school I had never heard of before. I chalked up the experience as a fun one, but left slightly disappointed because of the small crowd.

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