The scene inside a couple of blocks of Temple College’s Liacouras Heart in Philadelphia was a multitude. Lengthy strains for varied teams of attendees to get into the arena-general public, VIPs, media-stretched and snaked round a number of metropolis blocks, with heaps of empty plastic water bottles strewn concerning the streets and sidewalks whereas individuals waited, at size, within the warmth. Summer time rain showers got here and went.