I was at SU when Ewing played for Georgetown. This was 84/85 when Georgetown/SU were battling for the Big East.
I remember standing next to Ewing. I am 5’10”. He was a monster. I mean he was an incredibly large human being. He pushed Rony Seikaly(6’10”) around like a toy.
I worked in events production at the Carrier Dome in my junior and senior year @ SU. This happened after I had worked 24 hours straight. We set up for the Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour. I set up for the concert Weds, Thursday. They did sound checks Thursday night. He played to 40K Friday night and Saturday night. I went to the Saturday night show.
After the show was over(11pm), we took everything down and turned the dome into a basketball arena for 37m people. The Orangemen played the Hoya’s on Sunday @ 2pm. I went to the game. Oh, to be 21 again.
I stood next to Bob Lanier at a wedding once....talk about a big guy....