![]() ![]() With 30 minutes before the gates are to open, thousands and thousands of people have joined lines - two at the west entrance and one at the south entrance - that stretch virtually around the entire arena.Ī woman’s recorded voice on the outside loudspeakers says: “and the gates will be closed.”Ĥ:57 p.m. The first “I believe that we will win” chant starts outside Viejas.Ĥ:30 p.m. The line at the SDSU bookstore is still more than 100 people in line.Ĭhula Vista’s Larry and Sonia Rosemann arrived about two hours before the gates open at Viejas Arena to be first in line to watch the team play UConn for the national championship. Walking up the stairs to the second floor there is a staging area with a couple hundred boxes - all full of shirts and other merch.ġ:25 p.m. An endless wave of people, arms filled with Final Four shirts and hats, keep coming and coming, keeping the six cash registers occupied.Ī line 100 deep will not dwindle for the next five hours. The last thing they want to buy is a book. The aisles are clogged with people in the SDSU Bookstore. “I gotta see this history in the making,” he says.ġ1:42 a.m. Mallios is with the Final Four crowd in Houston. “How’s that for perspective on how far we’ve come?” In a text on Sunday, Mallios wrote: “When the San Diego State Normal School men’s basketball program was started in 1910, the team not only lost every game, but they were forced to play the first half of the season in the school’s heavy baseball uniforms, the only available athletic outfits the institution could find. First thing spotted walking into the SDSU Bookstore is a display of SDSU anthropology professor Seth Mallios’ book, “100 Seasons of Aztec Football.”Ī man thumbing through the book says: “Now we’re going to need one for basketball.” A group of people along Centennial Walk, a main campus pedestrian thoroughfare, are handing out books titled “The Case for Easter,” which includes a card for Sunday service that promises “an engaging 1-hour service, a welcoming environment, a safe and fun class for kids. “We have to feed the world,” an arena worker says as she raises her arms to the sky.ġ1:18 a.m. Boxes and boxes of food are offloaded at Viejas Arena. Said Carlos: “You know those kids are going to go crazy tonight.”ġ1:04 a.m. Their concept is asking questions to random people and looking for funny and unusual responses. ![]() “In order to do that, we need 1,000 followers. “Tonight, because it’s such a big game, we want to go live on TikTok,” Yaddy says. “We need 100 more followers to go live,” Carlos said. Yaddy and Carlos Jones, budding social media entrepreneurs on all platforms) are were asking anyone and everyone to follow them on TikTok. The Blood Mobile is parked on southern edge of campus. GUFnheulgI- Kirk D Kenney April 3, 2023ġ1:17 a.m. They’re expecting the full-on crowd scene - including the food lines - at Viejas Arena to watch team in tonight’s national championship game against UConn. “They know how to play together (and play) superb defense,” said Philip, adding. “SDSU’s shown a lot through this whole tournament, (coach) Brian Dutcher knows what he’s doing, so I have confidence in that team.” “I think it’s going to be an evenly-matched game,” Vincent said. communications class - and beat the crowd to the SDSU bookstore. San Diego State students, Point Loma natives and brothers Philip Diana (Class of 2023) and Vincent Diana (Class of 2026) were up on campus at the crack of dawn - Vincent even attended an 8 a.m. Got a couple comments before giving directions to the book store - landmarks are a little different than they were five decades ago - so they could purchase some Aztecs merchandise. John Ernst (SDSU Class of 1977) and wife Allegra are on campus gearing up for the big game. ![]()
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