hoyainspirit
Platinum Hoya (over 5000 posts)
When life puts that voodoo on me, music is my gris-gris.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Feb 15, 2016 22:20:55 GMT -5
Eric Floyd, Wingate, Freddie. I used to like watching Freddie warm up his dribble, cause he hardly ever shot during warmups. As others have mentioned, Eric Smith was extremely valuable for the Hoyas. Did whatever we needed to get done. Loved his game. I liked Broadnax because sometimes the offense would be stagnant, and Horace would enter the game and would immediately be looking to shoot! Also, I liked watching, and beating, the Pearl. Kerry Kittles went to my high school, so I enjoyed seeing him succeed in college after watching him play high school ball.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Feb 15, 2016 22:54:26 GMT -5
I hate nearly every player that we played against that had game. I respected some of them but none would ever approach a "favorite" for me. Kerry Kittles? Ray Allen? Fantastic players. I hope they're miserable somewhere right now. Respected the heck out of their games and I wish them nothing but disappointment, shame, loneliness, and misery.
OK, not really. They were great players and I hated playing against them but all of my favorites would be Hoyas, necessarily. I'm an Alonzo guy myself. Patrick is the easier, sexier pick. Some other great ones have been mentioned too. I'm not sure where "old school" cuts off but AI is a guy I'm surprised wasn't mentioned more. But for me? Alonzo. Some games he was the only concern for the other team and they still couldn't do a think to stop him. He was the better version of Sweetney in that regard.
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AvantGuardHoya
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"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something."
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Feb 16, 2016 11:44:32 GMT -5
Michael Graham was a favorite of mine. I remember reading about him in Eastern Basketball the summer before he arrived at the Hilltop. The incoming class was just him and Reggie Williams. Reggie had a national rep, but Graham was the DC terror out of Spingarn. Academics were a bit of a challenge for Michael and at one point he appeared headed to Maryland, but Big John ultimately snagged him. The magazine comments about Graham got me drooling: “He’s a rebounding machine. Loves to run and dunk”.
During his freshman season I remember going to Philly to see us play Nova. There was a stoppage in play on the floor and the players were momentarily standing around. Graham was on the floor near Ed Pinckney. He casually raised his raised his arm and slowly moved his elbow by Pinckney’s head. A bald, athletic intimidator. Any re-cap of the 1984 Kentucky semi-final dismantling must include mention Graham’s outstanding play. He was in that game for a team high 33 minutes, scored 8 points, added six rebounds and hounded the vaunted Kentucky frontcourt on defense.
Graham was an important part of our championship run. I am convinced that if he had been eligible his sophomore season we would have captured a second straight NCAA title.
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gunny
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Post by gunny on Feb 16, 2016 12:59:22 GMT -5
Graham from the 80's and JYD from the 90's. I just wish JYD would have made that follow up shot in BET finals against Connecticut in 1996. JYD would be a great assistant too. I think he could really be valuable in getting these young pups to work hard.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Feb 16, 2016 14:35:21 GMT -5
Graham from the 80's and JYD from the 90's. I just wish JYD would have made that follow up shot in BET finals against Connecticut in 1996. JYD would be a great assistant too. I think he could really be valuable in getting these young pups to work hard. Could be. JYD had motor for days. Loved him.
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