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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Feb 29, 2008 10:45:30 GMT -5
Nice find, drjim.
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Post by RDF on Feb 29, 2008 11:34:49 GMT -5
Loved this Ewing quote from the Times pre-game write-up: "I was looking on the Internet, and even when my dad was here, they never won the regular season or the tournament title two years in a row," senior forward Patrick Ewing Jr. said. "That is crazy because I thought they would have won a bunch of them. He has three Final Fours, and hopefully I'll get two regular-season and tournament titles back-to-back. Then finally I'll have something on him."I hope some of the other guys can get fired up about their chance to make Hoya history by winning out. The fact that our "energy" guy has something to play for is very encouraging Is Pat talking about winning BOTH the regular season and BET? His pops did the back to back BET Titles in '84 and '85 and many don't realize that Hoyas didn't win the Big East in '85 when proclaiming they were a better team in '85 over the '84 team--St. John's won the regular season title, due to Hoyas dropping the Cuse game at the dome in addition to the SJU game in Landover. I just like that Pat is hungry and has a passion for the game--no matter who Hoyas are playing. Nobody should be sleepwalking or need to get inspired to play from here on out--and if they do--maybe CBB is not the sport for them. Hope this attitude is contagious and translates to team playing it's best for rest of season.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 29, 2008 11:45:57 GMT -5
OUr best OOC W's are against West Virginia, Depaul & maybe Old Dominion. That puts this game as a must win as we haven't proven a thing on the road this year.
I see us getting it done.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 29, 2008 11:55:01 GMT -5
RDF he's talking about winning the regular season two years in a row or winning the tournament title two years in a row.
and columbia you mean our best road wins not OOC wins, since WV and Depaul our in our conference.
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Post by Dhall on Feb 29, 2008 12:12:39 GMT -5
OUr best OOC W's are against West Virginia, Depaul & maybe Old Dominion. That puts this game as a must win as we haven't proven a thing on the road this year. I see us getting it done. Agreed, but this is our last road game of the year. We have lost 3 neutral court games over the past 3 seasons: Ohio State, Florida and Cuse in the Big East tourney.
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 29, 2008 13:10:27 GMT -5
Thanks birth. I was shocked to look back and see our road W's are rather pathetic. Part of that is we have only had really legit road games against Memphis, Pitt, & Louisville. Cuse was just a bad L and wouldn't have been that impressive of a W.
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Post by joey0403p on Feb 29, 2008 13:11:40 GMT -5
What is the line for this game?
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Post by capcenterhoya on Feb 29, 2008 14:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by Hoya TMF on Feb 29, 2008 15:28:41 GMT -5
I hate Seth Davis. He's picked agaisnt us for three out of the last four weeks and we keep losing. Can we prove him wrong. For once!
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Post by Boz on Feb 29, 2008 15:32:56 GMT -5
Oooohhh. Seth Davis read two box scores. He is the maestro, is he not?
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Post by dTRAIN on Feb 29, 2008 16:14:45 GMT -5
Thanks birth. I was shocked to look back and see our road W's are rather pathetic. Part of that is we have only had really legit road games against Memphis, Pitt, & Louisville. Cuse was just a bad L and wouldn't have been that impressive of a W. Again, what GREAT road win did we have last year? At Vandy early (no one thought that was good). At Michigan, Fairfield, RU, SJU, Hall or Cin. They all stank. I guess you can say at Louisville (who wasn't playing well at the time) and at Nova. Are those really any better than at WVU this year. Road wins are few and far between for just about everyone. dTRAIN
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Post by hoyafoeva on Feb 29, 2008 16:38:25 GMT -5
Hey don't worry about that guy, first of all the game time is wrong, the game is 2:00, not 4:00, and the game has not been played yet, so how can the score be 75 to 70, imagination's just suck sometimes, don't they! FoEva
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Post by muviking on Feb 29, 2008 19:14:12 GMT -5
Hey Hoya fans... a Marquette fan chiming in here with responses to some of the comments you've made about MU above. Some of them were frustrating to read, but that is what conference rivalries are all about, I guess.
1) In regards to the "Georgetown is evil and must be destroyed" thing on MU Scoop, this is something that started as a joke a few years ago, and now, someone posts "_____ is evil and must be destroyed" before every MU game of the season. Personally, I find it kind of dumb too, but that is the explanation. For better discussion about MU hoops, check out the Scout site, MarquetteHoops.com.
2) Regarding the "National Marquette Day," please take the fact that you are our opponent on NMD as a compliment. National Marquette Day is a tradition that extends back quite a few years. The day almost always coincides with a a Saturday game, and usually, it is against a premier opponent. It is a day in which MU alumni clubs in 50 different cities across the country get together and watch the game. I find it sort of humorous that some fans on here are making fun of this, considering it is such a harmless matter. If roles were reversed and there were a "National Georgetown Day" with GU alumni watching the game across the country, I wouldn't blink an eye about it being unusual.
3) Someone laughed about the fact that Florida Gulf Coast is our final home opponent. The deal there is that a different school crapped out on us at the last second after agreeing to participate in our annual Blue and Gold Classic in the fall. We had to suspend the tournament for a year because all D1 programs had their schedules finalized (or at least that weekend). Instead, we played IUPUI that weekend in November and scheduled in FGCU where there was a legit opening in their and our schedule. IUPUI and FGCU had both signed their contracts for the B&G, and so we honored our games with them.
It isn't ideal, but it works out, because it gives us a game (albeit, a cream puff, as you state) in between Georgetown and next Saturday's matchup at Syracuse, and another win in the last 10 games of the season. Also of note, one of the assistant coaches at FGCU, Nick Bennett, was a grad assistant at Marquette last year, so signing FGCU to a game in the first place was largely done to benefit his team.
4) Someone brought up the fact that MU crapped the sheets against UCONN and twice against Louisville. This is very true, but these losses also occurred after Dominic James had suffered a pretty severe wrist injury against Seton Hall. James is not 100% yet, but is playing a lot better now than he did during those games. I know this comes across as an excuse, but it is factual. It is not just James either-- MARQUETTE is playing a lot better basketball now than we were vs. UCONN and Louisville. That said, Georgetown will be our biggest test since those games, so we'll have to bring our A game to win.
All these things said, I'm expecting a great game tomorrow. The Bradley Center will be sold out and rocking, and it doesn't surprise me that we're slight favorites simply because of this fact. Your team is very tough, and I fully expect this one to be extremely close going into the final couple minutes. Certainly, either team could prevail, but I don't see either team winning big.
Good luck after Saturday, Hoya fans.
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Post by guru on Feb 29, 2008 19:28:30 GMT -5
I hope James' wrist is fully healed. He's more likely to shoot his team out of the game that way. What a chuckah.
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Post by muviking on Feb 29, 2008 19:30:57 GMT -5
I hope James' wrist is fully healed. He's more likely to shoot his team out of the game that way. What a chuckah. Or he could play like he did against Villanova and dominate. You never know...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2008 19:38:22 GMT -5
2) ... I find it sort of humorous that some fans on here are making fun of this, considering it is such a harmless matter. If roles were reversed and there were a "National Georgetown Day" with GU alumni watching the game across the country, I wouldn't blink an eye about it being unusual. Georgetown fans don't need some stupid, manufactured "Georgetown Day" to get together and watch Hoya games. We do it anyway. We're... you know... fans?
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Post by muviking on Feb 29, 2008 19:40:11 GMT -5
Yeah, Marquette fans do as well. This is just a day that the university hypes as having all the major alumni clubs hosting a game watching (and usually a reception) across the country. What's the big deal?
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Post by guru on Feb 29, 2008 19:47:32 GMT -5
I hope James' wrist is fully healed. He's more likely to shoot his team out of the game that way. What a chuckah. Or he could play like he did against Villanova and dominate. You never know... James did have a great game against Villanova - he's a good player, just doesn't have much judgment on what's a good shot and what's not. And he's going to see defense like he hasn't all season tomorrow. But that home court is very tough - should be interesting and more competitive than last season's bashing.
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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 29, 2008 20:20:26 GMT -5
James blows hot and cold. We know he's capable of the Villanova type game; he's had those on more than one occasion. He's also had games where he's guilty of poor shot selection and failing to involve his teammates in the offense. We hope for the latter type game tomorrow - you can hope for the former. You just never know what you're going to get from him.
National Marquette Day is harmless enough, but still sounds amusing. I don't recall hearing of a National Stanford Day, or a National Michigan Day (or any other national school day). It does seem like a day geared toward a good match-up, so we'll take that as a compliment. Feel free to enjoy it, and we'll feel free to make fun of it.
Thanks for the FGC explanation. That's perfectly valid, and we did the same last year by scheduling Savannah State, coached by Hoya alum Horace Broadnax. Nevertheless, the timing of the game invites good-natured ridicule, so you'll just have to grin and bear it.
Good luck to MQ in the NCAA Tournament - but not so much tomorrow, or in the BET.
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 29, 2008 21:55:27 GMT -5
hey muviking nice post pretty fair adn objective so good luck in all your games except sat and maybe the big easy in nyc and maybe if we meet you at some outpost in the ncaas nice post seeems classy to me GO HOYAS GO ROYBEMUCHMEANERTHANEVER beat the golden wariior.... oops that eagles i quess
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