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Patrick Filien beams as he is inducted into the College of Saint Rose Athletics Hall of Fame.
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You can smell the butter on the popcorn.
If you’re lucky enough to get your hand on the brass ring, you squeeze it tight, because it comes with a prize.
The job-after-job merry-go-round that college basketball coaches ride is vastly different. You make countless spins without seeing your family, and they don’t see you. While trampled popcorn kernels are being swept off the concrete arena aisles, you’re probably eating cold room service or obsessing over a close loss on a dark bus to anywhere else.