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Post by billvol on Jun 13, 2015 23:17:01 GMT -5
Thought some might enjoy this video containing clips from the exhibition game between Georgetown and the Chilean National Team. It took place on November 5, 1972. This was John Thompson's first game coaching Georgetown. Thanks to Mex Carey, GU SID, for help getting this video. Mex also provided a ton of pics and a copy of the game program. Still looking for a box score. My dad was coach of the Chilean team.
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Post by kghoya on Jun 14, 2015 0:26:47 GMT -5
I like that mid court logo better than the new one
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Post by sleepy on Jun 14, 2015 10:17:11 GMT -5
I had forgotten what kind of contributions Mike Stokes brought early on.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Jun 14, 2015 15:58:09 GMT -5
Thanks billvol for this. Was the no dunking rule in place when this game was played? I saw several opportunities for dunks, which were not taken. Who won?
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Post by SirSaxa on Jun 14, 2015 16:05:56 GMT -5
I had forgotten what kind of contributions Mike Stokes brought early on. It was also fun remembering how athletic Merlin Wilson was before his back-injury Sleepy, do you remember why Stokes left the team? And where he went? Mike was one of 5 recruits who arrived at GU with JT in his first class. |
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Post by billvol on Jun 14, 2015 19:15:52 GMT -5
I am pretty sure the no dunk rule was in effect. Seems like it didn't come back until later than you might think. Maybe '76?
On their tour of the US, Chile had a couple of games in which they performed over their heads combined with the other team not playing well. GU was one of those games. Marquette was another (also on YouTube). Marquette wound up winning by around 17. Chile was also inspired by a good number of Chileans in attendance along with the Chilean ambassador, Orlando Letelier, who had a lot of charisma and charmed everyone at a lunch at the ambassador's residence.
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Post by lichoya68 on Jun 14, 2015 20:23:22 GMT -5
Was that the ambassador who was killed at AU circle just wondering the name sounds familiar
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Post by sleepy on Jun 14, 2015 20:45:09 GMT -5
I had forgotten what kind of contributions Mike Stokes brought early on. It was also fun remembering how athletic Merlin Wilson was before his back-injury Sleepy, do you remember why Stokes left the team? And where he went? Mike was one of 5 recruits who arrived at GU with JT in his first class. I believe he went to the Third Edition for a few years. For some reason i think he went back to school his father was a professor at GU for quite some time. |
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Post by billvol on Jun 14, 2015 21:19:42 GMT -5
Was that the ambassador who was killed at AU circle just wondering the name sounds familiar Same one. Agents from Chile's DINA (I think like the CIA) planted a bomb in his car. Two Americans were in the car with him (one died). Everybody with the Chilean team loved meeting him. I was a kid but remember meeting him at this lunch. He was really a great guy. I don't understand the politics behind it all, but it was not a political event that day of the game. |
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Post by billvol on Jun 14, 2015 21:29:45 GMT -5
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jun 14, 2015 22:50:13 GMT -5
I was at the game. My sophomore year. There were a number of Chilean students there and I remember their distinctive chant.
Some nice takes to the basket by Jon Smith. Looked like some significant minutes by Magee holdovers Tim Lambour, Mark Gallagher and Vince Fletcher.
Was interesting to note the number of jump balls. No alternate possession rule then for tie-ups
Great footage. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Post by billvol on Jun 15, 2015 12:04:27 GMT -5
2ndRyan, I'm sure that was the great "Ceachei" cheer. They've been doing it forever. It starts out with one person shouting "C-H-I," which phonetically, in Spanish, sounds like "say-ah-chay-ee" (or how they write it in Chile, "Ceachei"). And everybody then says, "CHEE." Then the one person says "L-E" (sounds like "elay-ay"). Followed by everyone saying, "LAY." Then everybody together says, "CHEE-CHEE-CHEE; LAY-LAY-LAY; VI-VA CHEE-LAY." It is really awesome to hear in person. You can hear it at the end of this commercial.
BTW, GU won, 71-66.
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Post by billvol on Jun 17, 2015 22:02:13 GMT -5
A friend who reads this board emailed me the box score. Some of the Chilean names are butchered. I'm going to add them to the video, spelled correctly. I'll go to one of the Georgetown media guides to get spellings and first names for the Hoyas. Do these names for the Hoyas in the box score look correct? If not, let me know, please. Tim Lambour, Billy Lynn, Vince Fletcher, Merlin Wilson, Mark Edwards, Mark Gallagher, Greg Brooks, Jonathan Smith, Ron Lyons, Rick Kentz, Mike Stokes.  |
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jun 17, 2015 22:53:44 GMT -5
You have the Hoya names correct, billvol. Thanks for the background on the cheer.
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Post by bklyn on Jun 21, 2015 23:58:51 GMT -5
Stokes went to the Tombs were he played for years and I don't think he was a Thompson recruit.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jun 22, 2015 9:24:22 GMT -5
I believe Stokes was part of Thompson's first class. Merlin Wilson. Greg Brooks and Jon Smith played for Thompson at St. Anthony's. Mike Stokes was from St John's. Billy Lynn was from Springarn (sp?)a public high school in DC.
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