Fairfield PreGame Discussion Thread

[DanMcQ]

Battle of the Big Men
Hoyas host Fairfield on December 11, marking date of the Ewing vs Sampson game.

guhoyas.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120805aab.html


Interesting way to promote the upcoming game... somehow the anticipation for this game 23 years later is not quite at the same level.


HoyaSaxa.com Fairfield Pre-Game Report

www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/bb-gameday0606.htm


The most important fact about Fairfield is that my freshman floor Jesuit, Fr. Al Kelley, is the recently retired past president. After presiding over us, he was driven away to greater things. ;D

www.fairfield.edu/x2124.xml

[lichoya68]

i think that fairfield will be tougher than people think.. i think they have lost some close ones.. more like the jmu game... so lets get out.. and root for the hoyas.. go hoyas . dehorn the stags

[lichoya68]

wow loyala... i asume of baltimore beat fairfield by five in ot .. and loyola is five and o .. that md assistant coach sounds like hes turned loyola around ..wow if thats the loyola.. go hoyas.. beat the stags.. but looks like they lost another close one..

[CO_Hoya]

Fairfield Stags Hoops Forum link

(Nary a mention of Gtown)

[CTHoya08]

Since my high school team played in Fairfield's gym, and we sucked, I predict a huge win for Georgetown.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

where is fairfield anyway?

[RBHoya]

hoyasincebirth said:

where is fairfield anyway?

Connecticut I think... TBird ordered the venison from there, so it's totally legit.

[GUHoya07]

Yes, Fairfield is in Connecticut, I guess CTHoya08 wasn't enough of a clue, haha.

[RBHoya]

Fairfield gave Providence a pretty decent game earlier this year... And while Providence is probably one of the lesser teams in the conference this year, they are still a Big East team and they still beat us last year (and I know they had Gomes then, but Hanke and a lot of others are still there).

No easy games. Let's be sure to not look past Fairfield or any of our other so-called "cupcakes". Just because a lot of us haven't heard of some of these schools or because they aren't basketball powerhouses doesn't mean they can't shock us. Anyone who's watched college hoops the last few years knows that huge upsets happen some time. Let's not let it be us.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

oops yeah. I don't always read who the poster is but that would've been a dead give away. Although technically you could play in a college gym in another state. but your right i should've seen that.

[RockawayHoya]

Damnit Fairfield. Wish they could have finished the job last night.

[lichoya68]

ct hoya 2008 did you go to fairfield prep?? if so so did i but a few years ago go hoyas beat the stags####

[CTHoya08]

Yes. hoyatalk2.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=football&action=display&thread=1126296660

[jahidihoya]

I am a graduate of Fairfield Prep as well! Go Hoyas!

[Bahstin]

Vegas has the Hoyas -20.

[theEDGEfactor]

we gotta come out shooting- especially wana get bb and wallace some confidence

[hchoya]

Anyone know what the crowd looks like? Noise? Size? Whatever you got.

[RockawayHoya]

Sounds decently loud for a finals' week game, but we can't have more than maybe 200-300 kids there. Great first half all-around for the men in gray. Keep it up!

[GUHoya07]

Definitely more than 200-300 kids. It wasn't the loudest student section but I'd say there were at least 700 students or so comparing it to how it looked at previous games that I know the attendance numbers for.

The lower section behind the basket by the visiting team holds 200 students without the band and the entire lower section behind the other basket was full as well, which brings the total to well over 400 right there, plus there were a decent amount of additional students in the middle section on the visitor's bench side, so 700 or so students would probably be a decent guess.

[RockawayHoya]

Apologies 007. You know how MCI is a sound vacuum.