The Peacocks are flying high.
Saint Peter's has been the Cinderella story of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, rattling off wins against No. 2 Kentucky and No. 7 Murray State to reach the Sweet 16 in im Colorado State Rams Jerseys probable fashion.
The Peacocks beat both their first two opponents at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. On Friday, they'll take on No. 3 Purdue at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, just an hour and a half from Saint Peter's home arena in Jers Chaminade University Silverswords Jerseys ey City, New Jersey.
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Their arena doesn't have a major sponsor name. Instead, they play in a 3,200-seat arena known Boston University shirt as the Run Baby Run Arena.
How did it get such an interesting name? The Sporting News dives in.
Why is Saint Peter's gym called Run Baby Run Arena?
In July 2020, the Saint Peter's athletic department announced a $5 million gift from alumnus Thomas Mac Mahon ('68) would go toward renovating The Victor R. Yanitellli, S.J. Recreational Life Center.
The donation would go toward the first step of the renovation process, which was to improve the basketball and volleyball arena. With the donation, Mac Mahon decided the arena should be called the "Run Bab Kentucky vs. Louisville Rivalry Gear y Run Arena."
Why that name? It stems from Mac Mahon's past with the school. During the 1967-68 season, Mac Mahon was part of a Peacocks' team that averaged a whopping 93.9 points per game. He averaged 13.5 points on the team.
That team made a run in the NIT that included stunning Duke in a 100-71 quarterfinal upset.
"It was, up until last night [against Kentucky], the greatest win ever for Saint Peter's," Mac Mahon, told the Wall Str Alabama vs. Auburn Rivalry shirt eet Journal on March 18.
Though the Peacocks lost to Kansas in the semifinals and Notre Dame in t Kentucky vs. Louisville Rivalry shirt he the third-place game, the team earned a nickname: Run Baby Run. According to a 1968 article in the Madera Tribune, the team had "Run Baby, Run" written College Lacrosse Jerseys on the board in the team's dressing room.
Needless to say, after the miraculous run the Peacocks have had in the 2022 Christopher Newport Captains Jerseys NCAA Tournament, expect all 3,200 of those seats to start next season to be packed.
