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First, as to the team and the coach, they did not finish strong, but they are a young group. Since none of these guys are candidates to leave early for the NBA, they should stick together for several years. He has a good class coming in next year too. Give the coach time, he's earned it. This program was way, way down and is coming back. However, we don't see the big time recruits, so it takes time.
Second, as to room on campus for an arena, there is PLENTY. They just bought the old Germantown Hospital and all the grounds, they have the big lot up on chew where the softball field and the parking lot are and they are getting more land back where the Armory is located. On one plan that I saw, there was an arena projected on the corner of Belfield and Penn, which is the back part of the farm property. It isn't land it's dollars. This school's endowment is weak even though there are a lot of wealthy alumni. I just don't understand why they always take a back seat to other schools in the Philadelphia area when it comes to facitlities. Oh well, we have Villanowhere to blame for this. If they didn't build the DuDump Pavillion, we might all still be playing Big 5 games at the Palestra.
Third, as to Brennan, I just don't know. It seems he is not well liked. On the other hand he is doing a lot with a little. Sports have a higher profile on campus now as opposed to when I went there.
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