Welcome to the Pavilion, which is a sea of white tonight thanks to the free t-shirts that were placed on on every seat for the usual sellout crowd.
But unlike the Bucknell game, where there was a significant amount of orange in the stands, there are almost no Penn fans here at all. Maybe two rows at the very top of the north end, including the Penn band. I'm surprised a visiting band would be let in, even though it is a Big 5 game.
As for the game I was just at, I left the Palestra just as St. Joe's made its big run to start the second half, and the Hawks held on from there for a 79-67 win.
I could only follow Drexel from my computer, though, and was surprised to see yet another terrible offensive performance -- only 18 made field goals in the game and 27 turnovers.
So we're off and running here on the Main Line... and Villanova is already out to a 18-4 lead just over five minutes in.
