Besides, even the worst Division I basketball team has 12 of the top 4,000 players in the country. He had a full recruiting class and a 15-man roster. Aggers didn't have to take any walk-ons this year. The team is also competing in what may be the best mid-major conference in the country. They haven't had the best record over the last few years, but it's still a Division I program that has shown improvement every season since head coach Steve Aggers took over. Okay, there might be some people who think that walking on to the LMU men's basketball team is like landing a supporting role in "Speed 2." Not quite. I did it, but it was kind of overwhelming."
"I had a real hard time containing my smile. "When told me, we talked for a good 15 minutes afterwards," said Madigan. So it's easy to imagine how he felt when he found out that he had earned a four-month honeymoon with his sweetheart. He used to work in Gersten Pavilion to help run the events and would shoot volleyballs on the side courts during games. He speaks about the love he has for the game and how when he has the ball in his hands nothing else really seems to matter. He says that if it wasn't for school he'd be in the gym all the time. Madigan is a man with a passion for basketball. So when Madigan and his 6'2" frame walked on to the LMU men's basketball team last week after trying for four years, there were a lot of people who wanted to be the first to congratulate him. The thing is that afterward, he would also be the first to shake your hand, the first to invite you to play again, the first to forget about the game and the last to talk about himself.
"Come on Notre Dame, come on Notre Dame," he would say tauntingly referring to where I played high school ball. If you were lucky enough to have him hit a jumper in your face or blow by you for a lay-up, he'd usually be the first to let you know about it. LMU senior Patrick Madigan always seemed to be a little bit cocky on the basketball court.
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