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Article: Brother Rice Basketball Goes `Mad'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 8, 1994
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It's five minutes to midnight Sunday night, but the parking lot
at Brother Rice is full, the gym is crowded and Brother Rice mascot
Matt Thurn, a guy who looks like he's going to have a lot of fun in
college, is in midseason form.
In full dress as the Brother Rice Crusader, Thurn hurls himself
into the crowd of Brother Rice students, who pass him up the stands
and then back down again, where a group of hearty fans hold him over
their heads and carry him onto the court, the crowd of more than 600
cheering wildly.
The high school basketball season can now begin.
Moments later, after a countdown to midnight, senior guard Dan
Lotito leads his teammates onto the floor, senior Britt Booker ...