Good article about the team from Wynoming and the team in 1943 that came to New York. Bakc in the day they played the NCAA and the more prestigious NIT in NY for the championship.
This is how the "Mecca" was born. Not with the knicks. Good story and some history that took place here in the times LIU, ST. Johns and CCNY ruled the landscape.
http://creative.nydailynews.com/jumpshot
