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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 3653930, member: 7920"] I have a list but I’ll keep this to Big East. I have gone to most BETs. In 1986 I was a bit underage drinking in the pub that is part of MSG but opens to the outside sidewalk. Charley’s I think it was. The quarter finals just ended and BC was eliminated, and Gary Williams, his wife, and another couple came in and sat in a booth. Our group of 5 or 6 Nova students scraped together cash to buy his table a round of drinks. The waitress delivered them, pointed to us at the bar, and we air toasted across the room. We expect that’s the end of it, and we don’t go over and harass them. About 10 minutes later he walks over to us and taps us on the shoulders and buys us a round. We chat for 5 to 10 minutes. He said that he loves tournament week in NYC and the whole Big East vibe. He is tickled that a bunch of Nova students would buy the BC coach’s group a round. We mostly talked BET and hoops. At the time he was rumored to be going to Ohio State. I asked if he was going and he politely said “no comment” and smiled. I said “if you like this tournament so much why are you leaving?” He laughed and didn’t answer, taking the press comfortably. He was super nice and personable. He didn’t have to come over and chat us up, leaving his table and group. He genuinely loved the interaction though and was full of energy. Nice memory. I was happy he won a title at Maryland. [/QUOTE]