TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Feb 21, 2006 12:26:28 GMT -5
Hey yall,
I'm writing something for the Hoya about the Cuse rivalry, and I wanted to make sure I remembered this correctly:
Was it Cuse fans that threw the bananas at Patrick Ewing?
Also, what other classless things have their fans done (I know the list is long)
Thanks
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Feb 21, 2006 12:53:13 GMT -5
i believe it was BC... when Ewing came to the line they would wave a pole that had bananas attached to it.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 21, 2006 13:16:41 GMT -5
I'll give Syracuse (and particularly Jim Boeheim) some credit, though. In 1983, someone threw an orange in the direction of Ewing at the free throw line, whereupon Jim Boeheim quickly got on the microphone and said that he would ask the referees to issue multiple technical fouls against his team if that happened again. It didn't.
BC was the source of a lot of the anti-Ewing antics. The fans never got over the fact that the greatest high school basketball player of his era from Boston chose not to go there.
As to The HOYA, it may be best not to write about such incidents without some documented source. A search of some articles from that era may prove helpful.
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 21, 2006 13:26:48 GMT -5
Hey yall, I'm writing something for the Hoya about the Cuse rivalry, and I wanted to make sure I remembered this correctly: Was it Cuse fans that threw the bananas at Patrick Ewing? Also, what other classless things have their fans done (I know the list is long) Thanks Just make sure you include JT's quote about "Manley Field House is Officially Closed" or something to that effect! |
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Post by Filo on Feb 21, 2006 13:27:43 GMT -5
DFW Hoya is right -- you are going to need some serious fact-checking. There is a lot of false info out there (one published editorial says it happened at Duke. GU did not play Duke during the Ewing era). Check this out first --(can't believe what Pitino allegedly said while at BU! -- I never knew this.). www.hoyabasketball.com/features/hist16.htmOn a separate note -- if you are going to talk about the rivalry, you have to include this game: Georgetown 69, Syracuse 68; Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY • The Hoyas upset the Orangemen twice this season on last second wins. The most memorable came in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse had taken the lead with :08 left. "Charles Smith will take it all the way!" pronounced CBS' Billy Packer, and that is precisely what the 6-0 guard did, weaving right through the Orange defenses for a finger roll lay-up at the buzzer. www.hoyabasketball.com/features/classic.htmAn early veriosn of Hoya Blue, called Hoyamotion, organized a trip to the Dome -- The Roam to the Dome. Lots of Hoyas fans made the trip. Probably the best sporting event / experience I have ever had in my life. |
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Post by SSHoya on Feb 21, 2006 14:36:11 GMT -5
Maybe twenty or thirty students went to the last game at Manley Field House. AFter our victory leading to JTII's statement that "Manley Field House is officially closed!" the 'Cuse fans broke out the windows of the student bus.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Feb 21, 2006 14:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2006 14:55:13 GMT -5
Boeheim once threatened to eat JT's babies... including our current head coach.
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Post by fsohoya on Feb 21, 2006 14:55:55 GMT -5
Yeah, St. John's is the one I know about.
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 21, 2006 15:35:19 GMT -5
Boeheim once threatened to eat JT's babies... including our current head coach. DID he really?? or are you just making that up? Whatever the case, they ultimately ended up respecting one another and Boeheim pushed (for several years) for JT's admittance to the HOF. IMHO, rivalry stories are great... but personal attacks are unncessary. |
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Post by Filo on Feb 21, 2006 16:05:05 GMT -5
Maybe twenty or thirty students went to the last game at Manley Field House. AFter our victory leading to JTII's statement that "Manley Field House is officially closed!" the 'Cuse fans broke out the windows of the student bus. That's awesome. Really doesn't get better than that. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2006 16:41:26 GMT -5
DID he really?? or are you just making that up? He totally did. Here's what happened: It was a week or so before #1 G'Town played #12 SU-cks at the Cap Center in March of '85. Boeheim And His Ugly Bunch had just come off a big win, and were travelling to DC for the big game. The day before departing Syracuse for The District, Boeheim held a press conference where he said, and I quote: "John Thompson, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My zone defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah!"[/i] |
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Post by HoyaSox04 on Feb 21, 2006 16:49:59 GMT -5
Did Boeheim actually bite JT2's ear off as well, or is that more of an urban legend?
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2006 16:55:01 GMT -5
Did Boeheim actually bite JT2's ear off as well, or is that more of an urban legend? No, that is an actual fact. All the prior posts though are just urban legend. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2006 17:03:21 GMT -5
Did Boeheim actually bite JT2's ear off as well, or is that more of an urban legend? C'mon, Sox. You know that's urban legend. Although he did say the following: - While on the march to the championship loss to Kentucky a few years back, Boeheim was asked which individuals he emulated in leading his team. He replied, "I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage."[/i] - Before the 2000-2001 season, he was asked what he hoped to accomplish that year. He replied, "I just want to conquer people and their souls."[/i] - When asked after winning the national title how good his team actually was, Boeheim replied: "All praise is to Allah. We'll fight any man, any animal. If Jesus were here we'd fight him too." |
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2006 17:04:46 GMT -5
I was also told Boeheim also had a pet pigeon named Julius.
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Post by HoyaDestroya on Feb 21, 2006 17:10:22 GMT -5
and he has sought control of all U.S. ports on behalf of unnamed Arab country.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2006 17:12:06 GMT -5
and he has sought control of all U.S. ports on behalf of unnamed Arab country. Huh? And I thought I was talking this thread totally off topic... |
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Post by RockawayHoya on Feb 21, 2006 17:17:38 GMT -5
and he has sought control of all U.S. ports on behalf of unnamed Arab country. Huh? And I thought I was talking this thread totally off topic... I was also confused by that post. |
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Post by HealyHoya on Feb 21, 2006 17:29:15 GMT -5
scary when a Mike Tyson quote attributed to someone else regarding a topic different than originally intended still remains one of the clearer posts in a thread.
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