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Post by dungeon ball on Dec 2, 2008 17:03:41 GMT -5
What drives me crazy is being forced to watch ABC's Dancing with the Star's highlights in the top 10 plays. If that isn't shameless cross-promotion, I don't know what is.
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 24, 2008 13:54:04 GMT -5
i just checked out Memphis' upcoming schedule and noticed that they only play one game (against Marist) prior to playing us on 13 December. Memphis has to shut the program down for exam period. Is that the reason a lot of teams have played so many games by now? I know a lot of this has to do with early season tourney's, but I was surprised to see that Duke had already played 6 games, while we have only played 2.
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 24, 2008 13:28:49 GMT -5
Since this thread has totally gone off the rails, I'd also like to throw in a vote for Len E. I remember his game calling of our game vs. ND during the BET when Jeff was around being spectacular. Even when ND went up big at the beginning by draining ridiculous 3's, he was saying "Watch out. Live by the 3, die by the 3." And indeed they did.
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 21, 2008 15:14:20 GMT -5
Ho was one of the nicest guys on the team, could hit from long distance and had more hops than any gu guard I can remember outside of AI. Go work HoBro!!! I was too young to see Horace play, but did any guard (including AI) have more hops than Demetrius Hunter?
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 18, 2008 9:42:33 GMT -5
I was more concerned with the fouls being against Austin. From the stands, it looked like he couldn't catch a break. There was a charge call where it looked like the defender was definitely back peddling. Then he had blocking foul called where he looked pretty damn established to my (unbiased, of course) eyes. And then another call around the three point line where the ball handler shoved off on Austin, and Austin got called for the block. No wonder he was frustrated.
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 13, 2008 11:24:26 GMT -5
I can't believe duke is preseason #5. Other than Henderson, and maybe some of the freshman, they don't have great athletes. I saw them lose to WVU last year in person, and as Joe Alexander stated after the game, playing Duke was easy after going through a big east schedule. That post game press conference was awesome. Alexander was just so matter of fact about how Duke was nothing special compared to Big East teams they played all season..
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Post by dungeon ball on Nov 12, 2008 10:08:01 GMT -5
Good article, although he left out Freeman on the list of McDAA's (right?).
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 31, 2008 7:50:52 GMT -5
Not that it matters, but the track for the Monroe video isn't The Beatnuts, it's gangstarr.
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 27, 2008 16:46:01 GMT -5
Really guys? Of all the Knicks poor management decisions over the past decade, you want to flip out over their choice to cut the least expensive player on their roster who was likely to spend the season in the NBDL? This talk of lost ticket sales and jersey sales is absurd- he was not going to be playing at the Garden even if he made the 15 man roster. I like Pat Jr. and I still think he may have a future in the NBA, but he is very undersized to be a 4 and has not yet demonstrated the consistency needed to be a shooting threat as a 3. Let him continue to hone his offensive game and maybe someday he becomes a poor mans Bruce Bowen, but lets not go overboard impugning the Knicks for having the gall to cut Prince Patrick- it was the least risky move they could make, and he could still end up back there if a roster spot opens up. I admittedly was being melodramatic about jersey sales (a little bit tongue in cheek(, but it would be pretty damn cool to own a Knicks Ewing Jr. jersey. And you sure as hell can't say that about Roberson.
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 27, 2008 16:25:50 GMT -5
So what is the estimate for the lost revenues of this decision? Ok so its the 400k difference in salaries, but is it really? Roberson is likely going to never help the knicks win a game and therefore never help them put butts in the seats. It cost 400k more to keep Ewing but hes young, hes popular, hell put some amount of butts in seats this year and as he gets better hell get more popular. Ans as evidenced by his last game, he CAN help the knicks win games right now. C2C, when you go to that OCK game you should hold up a big sign that says "IF EWING JR WERE HERE ID GOT TO MORE THAN ONE GAME A YEAR" or something to that effect. ditto to all hoya NYers who are going to a game, i doubt you will be the only one who feels that way. Ewing Jr. jersey sales alone would've covered the difference. Well, maybe not... definitely would've sold mroe than Roberson, though.
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 17, 2008 11:36:40 GMT -5
this is laughable. the guy puts up monster numbers every year and busts his ass on the court for 40 minutes. fact is, if he played for us, you'd love him. What is the point of this argument? Of course we'd like the guy if he was a Hoya--BUT--you can't bring that up without realizing if he was a Hoya--he'd be seen for what he actually is and not treated as one of the great players of all time. I mean he was dominated on the court by Cole Aldrich---that doesn't happen to one of the greatest players ever. Aldrich was a bench player at Kansas and dominated the game. Why? Because he's a legit 6'11, physical, and they knocked the Edited out of a guy who is a "tough guy" in the pansy ACC. Agreed. Imagine if Harangody was a Tar Heel. Same deal.
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 17, 2008 9:30:11 GMT -5
NIKITA! Loved his support for him (didn't they go to a couple years of high school together?). I'm looking for Nikita to bring some quiet but solid support of the bench this year.
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Post by dungeon ball on Oct 7, 2008 7:59:32 GMT -5
I think Bubba Sparxxx (sp?) performed at MM when I was a student. Oh far we've come.
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Post by dungeon ball on Aug 29, 2008 8:09:00 GMT -5
I also think Georgetown students have better things to do than getting up early and spending the day with Digger.
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Post by dungeon ball on Aug 14, 2008 8:53:44 GMT -5
What channel did they end up showing it on? I couldn't find it this morning.
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Post by dungeon ball on Aug 12, 2008 17:16:43 GMT -5
this scenario has finally reminded me that next year we are all blessed with a Devendorf'ed Syracuse again! (right?) Can't wait.
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Post by dungeon ball on Aug 11, 2008 18:58:12 GMT -5
Basically all the flaws you pointed out come down to decision making, which I think we all realize is a problem for Wright, but to make those judgements based on a summer league game is a little crazy. If it were a game and he is making the same exact decsions than yes, it will be a major problem, but in all the games I saw him play on TV (small sample size I know), we were better with him on the court and he didn't make many (yes there were a few) bad decisions. But I guess if he makes bad decisions in Kenner League, we should consider giving his scholarship back to Rivers, maybe Crean would agree to a swap. yeah... all you really need to look at is that first game wright played in the BET. He made an immediate impact distributing the ball. And I'll definitely take a few bad choices on his part if it means we have an aggressive guard who isn't afraid (and is athletically capable) of taking it to the rack.
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Aug 11, 2008 10:28:01 GMT -5
Post by dungeon ball on Aug 11, 2008 10:28:01 GMT -5
As for (2), I suspect that freshman are assigned numbers and can request them to be changed at their sophomore year (In recent years, Cheikh Dia, Rhese Gibson, Kevin Braswell, Courtland Freeman, and Ashanti Cook all changed numbers after their freshman year.) I'm impressed that anyone knows that Rhese Gibson changed his number after freshman year.
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Post by dungeon ball on Jul 25, 2008 10:27:26 GMT -5
Ryan Kelly--nice numbers--but really has had one strong game--and most of his success was attributed to how dominant John Wall is as a player. Kelly has one move down pat--a herky, jerky pump/step back jumper where he fades from defender and then a catch and shoot jumper. He can't post a lick, he's not smooth enough with ball to take anyone off the dribble either and defensively--he's awful. He'll get come cheap blocked shots against smaller/non prospects, but he has zero defensive ability that can handle anyone at the Big East level. Pretty good passer though--and seems like a team oriented kid who works hard--just awful defensively and not strong in terms of posting or taking his man off dribble. Based on these repeated assessments (albeit from the same source), Kelly sounds like a Dookie to me.
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Post by dungeon ball on Jul 24, 2008 17:30:42 GMT -5
Louks's comment on the chat about UNLV seemed to indicate that their ranking might be surprising. Although they may not have been a power since the mid-90s, he indicated that they weren't as bad as you might think. Considering that this was in response to a guess that UNLV would be slotted in at 8 or 9, I took it to mean that they will be even higher than that. I think we will be #10. UNLV did have the good fortune to pick up one high flying transfer from us: (reminds me so much of his dunk on Eddie Griffin... except there was no charge on that one)
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