Recruiting is always interesting, but the campus visit for new NSU basketball signee Patrick Robinson was more dramatic than coaches and recruit would have liked.
Robinson had an apparent appendicitis attack that struck during his visit for an October home football weekend.
He arrived on campus Friday afternoon, and all was well until the next morning when he told Coach McConathy he had an upset stomach. By early afternoon, after a visit to the training room, it was determined that Pepto Bismol was not the answer.
Assistant coach Jeff Moore sped Robinson back home to Baton Rouge, pausing at every opportunity to ask, "do you think you should go by a hospital, or are you OK to keep heading home?"
Robinson probably spent 16 waking hours of a planned two-day visit on the NSU campus, but still eventually felt good enough about the experience and the Demon program to accept the invitation, and the scholarship, to join the family.
McConathy, Moore and crew couldn't be happier.
BTW, Robinson's coach is Carlo Maggio, who arrived at Christian Life Academy in Baton Rouge late this summer after a successful run at Plainview near Lake Charles. And yes, there is a family tie between Carlo and cousin Dr. Chris (Dean of Students, former NSU athlete and track coach) Maggio.
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