He climbed the steep cement stairs in his paint-flecked jacket, as high as they go, lay his backpack down in the sparse overflow press box stowed behind Section110, Mackey Arena’s crow’s nest, and assembled his supplies.
His fellow commentators wouldn’t go that far, but they did fully acknowledge the Cyclones (9-0) put the nation on notice via an 81-58 blowout of the Boilermakers (8-1) before a flummoxed sold-out crowd at Mackey Arena.
But he's never seen anything quite like Mackey Arena... Kampe called Mackey Arena the "loudest environment I've ever been in, and that includes the Breslin, and Phog Allan (sic) at their best," Kampe posted.