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Post by BeantownHoya on May 24, 2005 11:49:05 GMT -5
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lichoya68
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
OK YOUNGINS ARE HERE AND ARE VERY VERY GOOD cant wait GO HOYAS
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Post by lichoya68 on May 24, 2005 12:32:05 GMT -5
EVEN VITALE THINKS WERE BACK AND WE AINT DUKIES GOHOYAS WEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BACK ;D
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Post by DuddingtonHoya on May 24, 2005 13:26:55 GMT -5
The title of the article is incredibly annoying: "5 teams that flopped"
Flopped!!??!! We may not have made the tournament, but last year was no flop. Not sure if the classlessness belongs to Vitale or the editors at ESPN.com. Either way it's lame.
Also there's no way that ND dances next year. Or ever again.
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HoyaNJ5
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Post by HoyaNJ5 on May 24, 2005 14:16:11 GMT -5
Vitale's column is still the most amateur looking column in all of sports. Its pathetic. A third grader could produce a better column. He provides no insight, and the background design looks ridiculous.
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NCHoya
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Post by NCHoya on May 24, 2005 21:15:05 GMT -5
The title of the article is incredibly annoying: "5 teams that flopped" Flopped!!??!! We may not have made the tournament, but last year was no flop. Not sure if the classlessness belongs to Vitale or the editors at ESPN.com. Either way it's lame. Also there's no way that ND dances next year. Or ever again. That article title is just to get people to click on the story link, it seems so much more important if phrased that way. Those other team may have flopped but we totally overachieved, and I think we probably have the best chance of the bunch to make the NCAAs. |
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Eurostar
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Post by Eurostar on May 24, 2005 21:40:55 GMT -5
I think we are forgetting that we lost our last 5 regular season games... it isnt so off base to say we "flopped" at the end of the season. Though I agree that the season as a whole needs to be looked at as an extreme positive.
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JimmyHoya
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
Hoya fan, est. 1986
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Post by JimmyHoya on May 24, 2005 21:56:28 GMT -5
We did overachieve for 2/3's of the season, but we flopped in the end.
We either played to our potential...then flopped. Or played way above it as pretenders and then were shown for our true abilities in the end. There's no "nice" way to look at the whole season and stay honest.
...not that i'm disappointed or anything. I loved last year's team, but overconfidence isn't something we need.
Cheers to the twerps never making it to the NCAA's again. The only things that would give me a bigger smile would be the Hoyas winning it all or the Hoyas actually kicking them/their eligibility for the tourney out.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on May 25, 2005 12:11:38 GMT -5
I honestly don't think that we did flop - given all of the pre-season expectations and a new coach we definitely OVERachieved - it is nice to be on this list - eventhough the reporting is of low quality with no insight and shows a strong regional bias ...
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JimmyHoya
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
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Post by JimmyHoya on May 25, 2005 12:52:30 GMT -5
Uh, our preseason expectations were mostly around a 6-10, 7-9 BE record with maybe one or two upsets and a couple awful losses and a few more wins over the truly dreadful teams.
Our MID-season ones were the NCAA's and then some.
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Post by StPetersburgHoya (Inactive) on May 25, 2005 13:59:59 GMT -5
well said, my post should say overachieved, editing as needed
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