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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
A Danville state of mind
There is a state mental hospital in Danville, Pa., a small town about 15 miles from Bucknell that will have a lot in common with Worcester, Mass. on Friday afternoon.

You clicked expecting some sort of bad taste "madhouse" reference. You should be ashamded for thinking such un-pc thoughts. You probably like Indian nicknames and mascots in feathers, too.

The comparison is one of color schemes. Purple and Orange are the colors of the local high school team, the Ironmen. Same colors that will be on display in Hart.

It won't be even, but anybody who thought hosting the final meant an all-purple atmosphere failed to check the Patriot League rules. The reulebook says the host school must make available one-third of the seats in the building for the visiting team to sell.

Last year, only about 400 Holy Cross fans bought tickets for the final in Lewisburg. The other 1,000 or so were returned unsold, put on sale day of the game to folks at Sojka Pavilion.

Reports out of Lewisburg today indicated Bucknell did not expect to return near that many tickets, demand was running high, both locally and from alums, especially those in the New England area.

By noon, five fan buses were nearly full, the roughly $2,000 per bus cost being picked up by sponsors in the Lewisburg area, giving students and fans a free ride to the game.

Meanwhile in Worcester, tickets for non-students are reportedly sold out. There is no mention in that release of the possibility of additional tickets for non-student fans if Bucknell returns any of its allottment. Also, apparently any student tickets not sold in advance will be available day of the game, but only to HC students, raising the possibility that the game could end up not selling out, despite heavy demand for tickets.

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