Ben McCauley, Center, NCSU Men's Basketball Team, on 3.16.07 in Reynolds Coliseum. Photo Credits for this and the photo below, Ethan Hyman, Raleigh News & Observer.Last night was retro night in Raleigh, NC as the NC State Wolfpack played the second semifinal round of the NIT in Reynolds Coliseum, the barn that Everett Case built to house the Dixie Classic, a basketball match-up that eventually became the great ACC Tournament. Coach Sidney Lowe and the Wolfpack have led what's being called a "Red Coat Revival" in Raleigh, in honor of the late Jimmy Valvano's tradition of wearing a red jacket for big Wolfpack matchups. After last night, Coach Lowe's red-coat is 5, 1, and 1.My husband Richard and I were lucky enough to get tickets and sit in the tiny, cramped, hot, loud building affectionately known as "the Red Hell" and during time-outs, if the band wasn't playing, a very familiar song that accompanied another underdog tournament team was often played. So in honor of my still-fighting, still-ticking Wolfpack and Ben McCauley's sixth double-double of the year, I give you . . . Duran Duran. Proof that basketball makes for some damned strange bedfellows. But if the music works, you use it, baby. Go Pack!
Augusts1 says
It's amazing we're twins when you love b.ball so, lol! Love Duran Duran & even I have to admit they go w/pretty much anything. Glad you had fun in the Red Hell!
Ben McCauley, Center, NCSU Men's Basketball Team, on 3.16.07 in Reynolds Coliseum. Photo Credits for this and the photo below, Ethan Hyman, Raleigh News & Observer.Last night was retro night in Raleigh, NC as the NC State Wolfpack played the second semifinal round of the NIT in Reynolds Coliseum, the barn that Everett Case built to house the Dixie Classic, a basketball match-up that eventually became the great ACC Tournament. Coach Sidney Lowe and the Wolfpack have led what's being called a "Red Coat Revival" in Raleigh, in honor of the late Jimmy Valvano's tradition of wearing a red jacket for big Wolfpack matchups. After last night, Coach Lowe's red-coat is 5, 1, and 1.
My husband Richard and I were lucky enough to get tickets and sit in the tiny, cramped, hot, loud building affectionately known as "the Red Hell" and during time-outs, if the band wasn't playing, a very familiar song that accompanied another underdog tournament team was often played. So in honor of my still-fighting, still-ticking Wolfpack and Ben McCauley's sixth double-double of the year, I give you . . . Duran Duran. Proof that basketball makes for some damned strange bedfellows. But if the music works, you use it, baby. Go Pack!
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