CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Mar 13, 2013 3:09:58 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts on the BE court? Normally they leave the normal Garden floor with the orange lane and the NBA 3pt line. This has blue lanes and only the mens college 3 on the court. Didn't even notice it at first but it's definitely odd not the same Garden. I mostly don't like the slanted "Big East" on the baselines. It just looks... weird. Lots of empty space. Haven't they filled that with something like "The Championship" in the past? Other than that, everything looks about right. I guess the blue key with the Big East logo is different than it usually is, but it reminds me of Verizon Center so I'm OK with it, haha.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Mar 13, 2013 6:57:42 GMT -5
I miss Raff and Mike Gorman and Len Berman. I miss Bucky Waters
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HoyaChris
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Post by HoyaChris on Mar 13, 2013 7:42:02 GMT -5
I miss Raff and Mike Gorman and Len Berman. I miss Bucky Waters I miss the Marv Albert and Bucky Walters broadcast team. Marv's quote from the first time that the Hoyas were on the ECAC game of the week, "Georgetown, a small Jesuit university nestled snugly against the rolling banks of the Potomac." And another Marv favorite. We beat Syracuse in the 1979 ECAC playoff to get into the NCAAs despite serious foul trouble to our entire starting front line behind the play of reserves Jeff Bullis and Ed Spriggs a formal Postal worker. After Spriggs emphatically rejected a Syracuse shot, Marv exclaimed "Mark that one returned to sender, Bucky."
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Mar 13, 2013 7:50:24 GMT -5
This is great stuff! Keep it coming.
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Post by wahoohoya on Mar 13, 2013 8:21:49 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts on the BE court? Normally they leave the normal Garden floor with the orange lane and the NBA 3pt line. This has blue lanes and only the mens college 3 on the court. Didn't even notice it at first but it's definitely odd not the same Garden. I mostly don't like the slanted "Big East" on the baselines. It just looks... weird. Lots of empty space. Haven't they filled that with something like "The Championship" in the past? Other than that, everything looks about right. I guess the blue key with the Big East logo is different than it usually is, but it reminds me of Verizon Center so I'm OK with it, haha. Agree. Don't like the baseline, but glad to get rid of the NBA 3 point line as historically it seems we tend to shoot further back when that line is there. Or maybe that was just Jason Clark.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Mar 13, 2013 8:21:51 GMT -5
What are people's thoughts on the BE court? Normally they leave the normal Garden floor with the orange lane and the NBA 3pt line. This has blue lanes and only the mens college 3 on the court. Didn't even notice it at first but it's definitely odd not the same Garden. I mostly don't like the slanted "Big East" on the baselines. It just looks... weird. Lots of empty space. Haven't they filled that with something like "The Championship" in the past? Other than that, everything looks about right. I guess the blue key with the Big East logo is different than it usually is, but it reminds me of Verizon Center so I'm OK with it, haha. Is it just me or is the slanted "Big East" painted on the baseline intended to give the 3D optical illusion of a folded tent sign sitting along side the court. If so, weird, and I don't like.
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Post by wahoohoya on Mar 13, 2013 8:22:30 GMT -5
Ranch - not you. It is weird and I don't like it either.
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Post by Ranch Dressing on Mar 13, 2013 8:24:10 GMT -5
Every time a player or ref steps on it you think they are going to knock over the sign.
Do NOT like.
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PhillyHoya
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Post by PhillyHoya on Mar 13, 2013 8:38:59 GMT -5
Definitely noticed it was harder to discern the sidelines and baselines without the paint there. Seemed like some of the players did as well.
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Mar 13, 2013 9:55:49 GMT -5
I mostly don't like the slanted "Big East" on the baselines. It just looks... weird. Lots of empty space. Haven't they filled that with something like "The Championship" in the past? Other than that, everything looks about right. I guess the blue key with the Big East logo is different than it usually is, but it reminds me of Verizon Center so I'm OK with it, haha. Is it just me or is the slanted "Big East" painted on the baseline intended to give the 3D optical illusion of a folded tent sign sitting along side the court. If so, weird, and I don't like. The crew made note of this intended effect during the DePaul game.
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Mar 13, 2013 9:56:35 GMT -5
Btw - I find it funny that my phone tries to auto correct DePaul to despair...
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Post by johnnysnowplow on Mar 13, 2013 10:06:35 GMT -5
I must have passed out last night trying to force myself to sit through the whole Seton Hall-USF game. Just came to now. Boy was that brutal.
Anyway, I'd rather see Cincy personally. I want to continue to stomp all over every non-BE team on our way to the title. Cincy, Pitt (for revenge, so much revenge), and Louisville.
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sleepy
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Post by sleepy on Mar 13, 2013 10:06:37 GMT -5
Hoya Chris I miss the days when Bucky would hold court in the old front bar at the Hotel Penn till the wee hours of the morning back in the mid 80s.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Mar 13, 2013 10:31:09 GMT -5
Btw - I find it funny that my phone tries to auto correct DePaul to despair... aw ... that's kinda sad. poor DePaul. So, Seton Hall and Rutgers advance. What was up with USF's uni's? Eesh.
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This Just In
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Post by This Just In on Mar 13, 2013 10:43:36 GMT -5
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Mar 13, 2013 11:04:31 GMT -5
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DoctorHoya
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Post by DoctorHoya on Mar 13, 2013 11:06:40 GMT -5
Cinci's uniforms are sooooo ugly
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Mar 13, 2013 11:14:31 GMT -5
Too bad the Redmen and ND couldn't have swapped places. (Or 'Nova and ND, which I guess was more likely)
We could have even more Big East vs. Quisling match ups today.
Go Provy, Go Pirates, Go Johnnies, Go Meteor!
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dense
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Post by dense on Mar 13, 2013 11:17:38 GMT -5
Cincy playing full court man and playing tough Cronin D. Hopefully this tuckers them out for tomorrow.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Mar 13, 2013 11:19:51 GMT -5
Wow, I was expecting a better start from Providence (1-11 FG), and certainly not 6-8 from the field from Cincy.
13-2 Bearcats at the 14:22 mark in the first half.
(Edit) and it hasn't gotten any prettier, 20-6 Cincy, at the 7:45 mark. It looks like a lot of Big East schools are trying to match Cuse's offensive futility mark from Saturday.
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