Madison Square Garden began filling with large patches of fans in red on Sunday afternoon. Restless anticipation became a restless anxiety as the Red Storm entered for early warm-ups. Fans checking the odds websites noted that the odds favoring Villanova were on the rise, and they did not see Mustapha Heron warming up.
Sitting with us was a couple, young lady in red and her friend in blue.
The young lady’s father played on the Villanova NCAA championship team in 1986 NCAA championship victory over Georgetown. But she was now a St. John’s grad student.