PHILADELPHIA -- When Villanova officials first contacted Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry about making a $1 million donation to his alma mater, he was skeptical.
"A million dollars?" Lowry recalled saying.
When he found out the money would be used for upgrades to the Pavillion, the facility where he spends the offseason working out, he quickly came around.
"If I wasn't there every day, if I wasn't around the players and using the facilities as much as I do, it would be a little different," Lowry said. "But this place I call home. I'm literally here all summer, so it was easy.