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Post by wrestlemania on Jan 16, 2011 1:13:55 GMT -5
Just thought he needed a thread. Carry on.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Jan 16, 2011 11:01:28 GMT -5
Saw him play on a replay of 1985 SJU v. Hoyas game at Cap Center. Worst player on the floor.
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Post by guru on Jan 16, 2011 11:18:44 GMT -5
This made me google Mateen and I found this SI story from early in the 84-85 season. For the older fans on the board, it'll take you back to a Hoya Utopia. The younger ones might be amazed at just how entrenched we were on the throne of college hoops at the time. And the current players could learn something from the description of the fiery, mentally tough players from the glory years. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122966/index.htm |
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 16, 2011 11:48:44 GMT -5
DID GRADY ever go to and graduate from ohio state med school which is one reason he transferred he must not have know bout georgetown med school ??!?!!? just wondering go hoyas beat the halll pleaseeeeeeeeee
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jan 16, 2011 11:49:54 GMT -5
This made me google Mateen and I found this SI story from early in the 84-85 season. For the older fans on the board, it'll take you back to a Hoya Utopia. The younger ones might be amazed at just how entrenched we were on the throne of college hoops at the time. And the current players could learn something from the description of the fiery, mentally tough players from the glory years. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122966/index.htmMan, was that fun to read. Thanx for posting. |
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 16, 2011 11:52:42 GMT -5
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Post by DallasHoya on Jan 16, 2011 11:56:50 GMT -5
I was there as well. The loudest crowd ever at the Cap Centre.
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Post by OldHoyafan on Jan 16, 2011 12:59:34 GMT -5
Wow, does bring back memories when men were men and boys were boys. the Hoyas were the men and the rest of college basketball were boys. JT3 motto when he first smar back home was "Some have forgotten, we will remind them,...We are Georgetown" He may need to be reminded of the physical and mental caliber of the players his father recruited and if they did not have that toughness, like Mateen, they usually realized that they should find another school to play for.
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Post by SSHoya on Jan 16, 2011 13:22:43 GMT -5
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jan 16, 2011 16:22:05 GMT -5
Quick poll of the board...How old were you when Grady Mateen transferred?
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 16, 2011 17:17:06 GMT -5
i was old yup old  |
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Post by lichoya68 on Jan 16, 2011 17:20:52 GMT -5
and re perry some poor guy ...was it backboard breaking jerome lane??? actually tried to fight perry who not only held his own vs centers like ronny siekaly but mr lane or whoever forgot to look at perrys resume from high school...... FORMER GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMP of new orleans... i believe yup ........ watch out who you pick fights with ESPECAILLY hoyas GO OYAS BEAT THE HALL.. WATCH OUT FOR HAZELL ADN THAT THEODORE DUDE... HE LIKES TO PLAY US ...beat the hall..
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Post by HometownHoya on Jan 16, 2011 18:30:02 GMT -5
"The way coach John Thompson's rampaging hordes controlled this alleged showdown between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the polls bordered on the surreal"
I love that description of that team
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Post by nodak89 on Jan 16, 2011 18:54:06 GMT -5
Many of you will of you know about (and some of you were in) "Rejection Row" in 88-89, but who else I remembers "The Grady Bunch" at the Cap Centre?
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Post by ihoya on Jan 16, 2011 19:23:26 GMT -5
google search shows a grady mateen who is in pharamaceutical industry down in Miami. Its close to medical industry plus this is a popular field for ex-athletes.
Perhaps someone knows more.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Jan 16, 2011 21:10:24 GMT -5
41 years old?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 16, 2011 21:13:15 GMT -5
Probably not far off--if he was 16 or 17 as a senior in high school in 1983-84, that would put him around 42 today. He's also listed online as an industry analyst in Indianapolis. Either way, hope all is going well. |
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Post by bicentennial on Jan 16, 2011 21:20:34 GMT -5
I had opportunity to meet him, lived near me in village A. I was class of 1989, he transferred I believe after his sophmore year. Should probably be around 42 or 43. He was as tall as Sims but thinner and less muscular.
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Post by nashvillehoyas on Jan 16, 2011 22:35:26 GMT -5
Mateen actually committed to Ohio St. coming out of highschool. He was a The Sporting News All American. Michigan recruited him hard as well. Some way Thompson persuaded him to come to Georgetown.
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Post by Filo on Jan 16, 2011 23:14:34 GMT -5
I lived in first floor New South with that class. Grady roomed with Kevin Floyd (from So Cal, I think; left after one year) and Perry roomed with Ronnie Highsmith. They were all good guys.
And, yeah Lic, I think it was Jerome Lane who was trying to mix it up with Perry, who was a Gold Gloves boxer. Oh, we so wanted to see Perry take knock his block off.
The good old days. But it should also lend some perspective to some of the current criticisms. I mean, 2 out of 4 recruits from that class were gone early, one of whom was (I believe) the Ohio player of the year who just didn't get the job done. Stuff like that happened in the heyday of Pops' tenure, and it continues to happen. Getting the right talent is a tough tough job.
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