I visited Providence College this weekend along with University of Rhode Island. It was my first trip as I start this long college process. Anyways I like providence a lot but the main thing I'd like to share is how nice their alumni hall was. They had this "Hall of Fame" where you walk down this hallway and it has all their great players and coaches on the wall, it had their alumni who made the nba uniforms hung on the wall (Croshere's Pacers uniform, Marshon Brooks nets uniform, and some other players that are before my time). It was really cool and I think St. John's should do something similar with their rich history (maybe they do, I've only been to CA once didn't see anything but didn't see every part of the place). It is a good tool for recruiting I think for players to be able to see a rich history and want to be a part of it.
Try to get your parents to come up for a weekend. She would really be amazed at the transformation from your father's time here. The dorms are nice and culturally, nothing beats New York. The subway ride to Manhattan is about 30 minutes.
Another thing, their actual arena (not the dunk, their alumni hall arena) SOOOO much nicer than CA. And there's a reason. It's just simpler. Just simple seating both sides of the court, nothing insane. That's where CA gets really uncomfortable, the seats changing in each section and stuff it's just really annoying. PC's arena just had regular MSG-like seats all the way to the roof, instead of switching it up with bleachers and those stupid benches, it just looks better, and is more comfortable. And I don't even think the men play any games there either, just midnight madness is there and all the women's games. We actually play probably 10 games at CA a year, so ours should be nicer, but it is not.
Also, PC does a cool thing that I think if St. John's did it could get more students to games. PC has a "student season pass". It costs 99 dollars and if you buy it you have free access to every Providence home game. But, if you make it to every single home game (you get a card, you swipe the card before every game, it keeps record of how many games you make) you get all your money back. That's a neat idea IMO, gives the students extra incentive to make every game, even the ones that may not be so appealing, so they can get their 100 bucks back at the end of the season. It's just a creative idea that can get students to games, an aspect that I think St. John's really should address.
Anyways I just thought I'd share some of the things I noticed on my trip to a fellow big east campus, and ill let you guys know if I visit any other Big East school.
