When the text message arrived at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Justin Talavera had to be the one to deliver the disappointing news to his team: DePaul’s flight into New York had been delayed, and that night’s game had been forfeited.
Not the real game between St. John’s and DePaul, mind you; that was still on schedule to be played at Carnesecca Arena a day later.
But the St. John’s student managers had been looking forward to their rematch with the visiting managers from DePaul. When Talavera, a senior, went down to the court to tell his side what had happened, there were 12 student-managers, two graduate assistants, a strength coach and a guy from the equipment room already lacing up their sneakers. So they divvied up teams and played anyway.
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The scoreboard glowed and a crowd — O.K., three members of the lacrosse team — began to form. But Greg St. Jean, a St. John’s assistant coach who also stuck around to watch, began referring to the contest as a civil war. Before halftime, he dialed the Red Storm’s coach, Chris Mullin, to fill him in on the action.
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Not the real game between St. John’s and DePaul, mind you; that was still on schedule to be played at Carnesecca Arena a day later.
But the St. John’s student managers had been looking forward to their rematch with the visiting managers from DePaul. When Talavera, a senior, went down to the court to tell his side what had happened, there were 12 student-managers, two graduate assistants, a strength coach and a guy from the equipment room already lacing up their sneakers. So they divvied up teams and played anyway.
Continue reading the main story
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The scoreboard glowed and a crowd — O.K., three members of the lacrosse team — began to form. But Greg St. Jean, a St. John’s assistant coach who also stuck around to watch, began referring to the contest as a civil war. Before halftime, he dialed the Red Storm’s coach, Chris Mullin, to fill him in on the action.
source By: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/sports/ncaabasketball/team-managers-games-take-on-a-new-importance.html?ref=sports&_r=0
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