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Post by 71hoya on Jan 27, 2010 18:37:59 GMT -5
I say we rush the court BEFORE the opening tip and confuse the heck out of the Dukies. They would be mentally defeated before the first point was scored. It would be worth the technical. Maybe a fight would start before the game even starts.
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Post by 71hoya on Jan 25, 2010 12:44:04 GMT -5
G-Town 86 Cuse 74
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Post by 71hoya on Jan 15, 2010 17:14:08 GMT -5
If you can't make it to the game in Philly, it will be televised on WPHL in Philadelphia. (channel 17, and channel 235 on comcast HD)
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Post by 71hoya on Jan 9, 2010 18:03:58 GMT -5
Sorry AggyPryd, but it was not you that won the game. I brought my dogs inside for the second half and made it clear to everyone in the room that the dogs were going to change the hoya's luck. I'm sure you helped, but the hoyas could not have won without my dogs.
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Post by 71hoya on Nov 25, 2009 21:57:26 GMT -5
Does this mean the end of the Georgetown All -Star streak going back to 1986? Bubba Chuck made being a 76er fan enjoyable. I hope he comes back somewhere.
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Post by 71hoya on Nov 14, 2009 16:12:33 GMT -5
This should be a good test for the Hoyas as Temple is coached by Fran Dumphy, who knows how to coach against the Princeton offense. He coached for 17 years at Penn, during which time he had to coach against Pete Carril at least 14 times and JT3 at least 8 times. Temple matches up well with Georgetown's size but lacks depth.
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Post by 71hoya on Oct 30, 2009 16:37:21 GMT -5
I know Chaney has been known to hold practices at 6 am so sounds about right. Chaney? Great coach but he hasn't been at Temple for years. Fran Dunphy, formerly of Penn,and also a great coach is Temple's coach. He was in the running for the Georgetown job that went to JTIII.
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Post by 71hoya on Oct 27, 2009 9:59:29 GMT -5
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Post by 71hoya on Oct 15, 2009 16:02:29 GMT -5
Jordan is trying to teach the sixers the Princeton offense. Maybe that will give Bobo the nod.
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Post by 71hoya on Oct 6, 2009 20:27:53 GMT -5
I agree the bulldog has nothing to do with Georgetown. My class even donated one of the Jacks and I didn't like it then. I would much rather see someone dressed as a rock or better yet a question mark.
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Post by 71hoya on Aug 11, 2009 18:21:18 GMT -5
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Post by 71hoya on May 29, 2009 12:33:32 GMT -5
71hoya, hoya73, I'm going to make the possibly erroneous assumption that those are the years you graduated, which would mean you have much more perspective on the players' value to the "history of the men's basketball program at Georgetown" than I do. I tried ranking the players based primarily on the players that I've known, which is admittedly only the late Esherick and JTIII years. I am curious with your perspective why you rank the players lower than I had thought and don't include Sapp or PEJr. on the list at all? I feel like I am missing something about the older players, but can't seem to rectify it with what I know of guys like Riley, Bowman, Cook, and Owens and their place on here. When I first saw Jeff Green play, I called a friend and told him that Jeff would be the one of the best if not the best to ever play his position at Georgetown. After seeing where I placed Jeff, I got a call from my friend and was reminded of my prediction. I have seen everyone in the top ten play and most in the top 25. Yes, Jeff should be higher. However it's not the 100 best ever, as maybe 25% of the top 100 players would not even make today's team or certainly not start. But that does not mean that they were not great players in their day. But yes, Jeff is a top 10 player. It's just so hard to not get influenced by the more recent players, which is what I was trying to do Roy was blessed with height, a good coach and a good system for his talent. The "big stiff " had a great career at Georgetown but I never saw him dominate or take over a game as I would expect at top 20 to do. He still may get better but I will never think of him as one of the truly great Georgetown centers. After reviewing where other modern day centers are ranked, I will concede that he is better than 45th. I still like Wallace where I put him (30 to 40). Again this is someone that benefited from the system. Not sure if he starts for the teams in the early eighties. I think that Summers is a great player that did not benefit from the system. This though is where coming up with his position in the top 100 is hard. In another system, Summers may have been a top 20. It is hard to separate talent from overall play. He is another player that I would have liked to see take over a game, especially with all of his talent. I believe that he is more talented and gifted than Roy but will concede that Roy meant more to the team than Summers did. Therefore I might have to move Summers down a bit. I absolutely love Patrick. Not putting him the top 100 is just a matter of numbers. It is obvious that the original authors of the top 100, tried to include players of all generations. Overloading with the players of today does not do justice to the players of prior teams and was not the intent of the top 100 list. Sorry, I don't think Sapp belongs in the top 100. This is again because of the numbers and partially because of his senior year. Yes, Jessie is a lot better than a lot of players on the list.
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Post by 71hoya on May 28, 2009 22:32:39 GMT -5
The following disclaimer appears at the top of the list of the top 100.
"Players were selected based on a number of objective and subjective criteria, including statistical records, their impact upon the program at the time of their play, and the individual records set during their career. The overall goal was to honor the efforts of many generations of players for their contributions to the history of the men's basketball program at Georgetown"
With that in mind, here are my picks.
Jeff, between 15 and 20 Roy, between 45 and 50. Wallace, between 30 and 40 DaJuan Summers, between 35 and 45 No one else makes the top 100.
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Post by 71hoya on Apr 28, 2009 15:00:18 GMT -5
This game reminds me of AI's career. He looked great, played great but his team didn't win. Too many times it was about AI and not the team. He had a great team around him. They should have done more.
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Post by 71hoya on Apr 4, 2009 17:36:31 GMT -5
The Philadelphia Alumni Association hosted a game-watch at the Cynwyd Club outside of Philadelphia for both games. Big screen TVs were new and we were able to get one. Big crowd for the Kentucky game. Most incredible 2nd half I have ever seen. After the game I felt very confident because I believed Kentucky was much better than Houston. It's funny because until I just watched the Houston game, I never realized how close the Houston game really was. It seemed that we were always in control and with our great defense. What a great season. Great overtime win against Syracuse at the Garden to win the Big East. Great party after the game also. Big win over St. Johns in the Garden early in the season. The first half was unbelievable. Of course they came back and got us later in the year. But after that loss, we were on a role. Nobody was going to beat us.
We had a great group of fans in Philly that got to watch a lot of games together. Great win and party at the Spectrum against stinking Nova. (They were one of our two loses at home this year)
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Post by 71hoya on Mar 11, 2009 17:50:52 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I am sick of people bringing up the past Big East and Final Four championship to show that the "system" still works and will work in the future. Wake up -- it doesn't. The Big East has figured it out -- in your face defense, expect the cut, trap and protect the passing lanes - or pack in a zone and wait for us to take a bad shot with 1 second on the clock.
When you don't have the players to run your offense, you adjust and go to your strength.
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Post by 71hoya on Feb 9, 2009 18:54:02 GMT -5
Or because he didn't post "lock it up" enough.
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Post by 71hoya on Feb 7, 2009 22:21:33 GMT -5
G town 76 S cuse 58
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Post by 71hoya on Jan 30, 2009 23:05:25 GMT -5
Sapp was very good in the past as the shooting or off guard. In the past he never was able to beat the press, never able to penetrate, never able to direct the offense. He had Wallace to run the offense. At times would give him wide open shots. He would hit them at a good percentage, sometime thank god, at important times. This would endear him to the fans. But he was never asked to lead, because either he didn't have to or JT3 knew what we are finding out this year: that's not Jessie's game. Now it seems that everyone thinks that he is the answer and could now be the leader that is going to get us out of our slump. Why do they think he can do this? Just because he is a senior? Sorry, I just don't see it. I love Jessie's defense. I love Jessie's clutch shooting last year, but I don't see him running the offense.
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Post by 71hoya on Jan 26, 2009 17:24:40 GMT -5
I can't say that I'm disappointed with the posts, because I expected them. This team is very frustrating to watch at times and when they don't meet our high expectations, the worst in all of us comes out.
What I do wonder is if the players read the board and what effect this board could have on them. Especially when folks discuss each player in detail. After the West Virgina game I wrote a long evaluation of Jesse's game. I have to admit it made me feel better. But I didn't send it. I looked at it and thought about what Jesse would think if he read it. Would he realize that it was written in frustration by a total moron who thinks he know basketball but in reality knows very little? Many, many years ago I roomed with a Georgetown basketball player. I know how worked up we got with newspapers articles. (Al Gore hadn't invented the INTERNET yet) I have no idea how someone could read what has been written on this board about them and not be affected by it. These guys, I'm sure, have been reading great things about themselves for the past 4 years or longer. I'm not sure how they handle all of the negative feelings they are now getting on this board. As they get older I'm sure they will realize what a bunch of bull this all is. Not sure if they know it now.
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