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Post by Ranch Dressing on Sept 6, 2020 18:31:55 GMT -5
There were 102 freshman recruits for Thompson from 1972-99, net of inbound transfers, JC's and walk-ons. A majority (54 of the 102) played within an hour of campus. Another eight were from Louisiana. Just 40 recruits in 27 years were from outside one of those two destinations. Eight of those 40 were within the original Big East footprint: NY: 6 (M. MacDermott, F. Brown, D. Edwards, R. Gibson, S. Jones, J. Watkins) MA: 1 (P. Ewing) NJ: 1 (A. Perry) PA: 0 CT: 0 RI: 0 Very interesting. Nice work, DFW. If Nevada produced much better talent I would guess it would easily have beaten out Louisiana for that #2 spot.  Demetrius Hunter? Who else? |
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Post by jwp91 on Sept 6, 2020 18:50:19 GMT -5
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Post by MCIGuy on Sept 6, 2020 18:50:45 GMT -5
Very interesting. Nice work, DFW. If Nevada produced much better talent I would guess it would easily have beaten out Louisiana for that #2 spot. Demetrius Hunter? Who else? I was making a joke about Thompson's affinity for Vegas. That was a place he didn't mind getting on an airplane for. Btw wasn't Hunter an Esherick recruit? |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Sept 6, 2020 19:25:44 GMT -5
Demetrius Hunter? Who else? Jason Burns (1999-00), from Durango HS. Three games, two points. His last appearance was the second home game of the year (0-3 vs Howard) and he was DNP thereafter. |
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Post by BigmanU on Sept 7, 2020 12:48:37 GMT -5
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Post by lichoya68 on Sept 7, 2020 18:07:29 GMT -5
ok according to those old hoyas on the hoya locker tribute which was wonderful i decided i wasn't a close friend of big coach when he'd see me he'd just call me doc not MF !!!! kinda sad ps when i told captain smith that he said better than 50-50 as soon as he walked away he did call me MF so just maybe!?!?!!?! rest in peace coach THE oneheckofahoya and remember its almost february! go hoyas
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Post by lichoya68 on Sept 7, 2020 18:27:43 GMT -5
ps one of the greatest stories in the locker room was kurt kuall played baseball passion was baseball and how coach helped him in many ways that kurt didn't know he got him at the last minute to the cape cod summer league THE premier league for college bball prospects kurt worked hard became all league then back in dc led the dc summer league while at gu with a 670 batting average then coach bought him a tix the night before maybe the cuse game and told him why you here you wanna play baseball the manger will drive you to the airport with a plane tix to join hoya baseball in florida where all the major league scouts were yup there he was scouted and that led to his being drafted by the st louis cardinals that was coach knew EVERY player and helped them realize and work for their passions EVERY PLAYER even the white baseball player from suburban chicago who idolized and played derrick jackson and who wanted to follow him to gu because of that and that coach said he could play both sports one of many great stories on hoya locker room RIP coach EDUCATOR who knew how to push people ps mike frazier after coming back from healing and working at home came to campus very overweight he told him he'd have to wORK OUT AND PAY HIS OWN FIRST SEMESTER TUITION which he did knew people he knew how to push them to the limit to reach their potential yup EDUCATOR MOTIVATOR we will miss you coach RIP
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Sept 8, 2020 17:23:07 GMT -5
ps one of the greatest stories in the locker room was kurt kuall played baseball passion was baseball and how coach helped him in many ways that kurt didn't know he got him at the last minute to the cape cod summer league THE premier league for college bball prospects kurt worked hard became all league then back in dc led the dc summer league while at gu with a 670 batting average then coach bought him a tix the night before maybe the cuse game and told him why you here you wanna play baseball the manger will drive you to the airport with a plane tix to join hoya baseball in florida where all the major league scouts were yup there he was scouted and that led to his being drafted by the st louis cardinals that was coach knew EVERY player and helped them realize and work for their passions EVERY PLAYER even the white baseball player from suburban chicago who idolized and played derrick jackson and who wanted to follow him to gu because of that and that coach said he could play both sports one of many great stories on hoya locker room RIP coach EDUCATOR who knew how to push people ps mike frazier after coming back from healing and working at home came to campus very overweight he told him he'd have to wORK OUT AND PAY HIS OWN FIRST SEMESTER TUITION which he did knew people he knew how to push them to the limit to reach their potential yup EDUCATOR MOTIVATOR we will miss you coach RIP Been quite awhile since I saw a reference to the Hoya on whom my board name is based! |
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Post by hoya73 on Sept 8, 2020 19:59:07 GMT -5
ps one of the greatest stories in the locker room was kurt kuall played baseball passion was baseball and how coach helped him in many ways that kurt didn't know he got him at the last minute to the cape cod summer league THE premier league for college bball prospects kurt worked hard became all league then back in dc led the dc summer league while at gu with a 670 batting average then coach bought him a tix the night before maybe the cuse game and told him why you here you wanna play baseball the manger will drive you to the airport with a plane tix to join hoya baseball in florida where all the major league scouts were yup there he was scouted and that led to his being drafted by the st louis cardinals that was coach knew EVERY player and helped them realize and work for their passions EVERY PLAYER even the white baseball player from suburban chicago who idolized and played derrick jackson and who wanted to follow him to gu because of that and that coach said he could play both sports one of many great stories on hoya locker room RIP coach EDUCATOR who knew how to push people ps mike frazier after coming back from healing and working at home came to campus very overweight he told him he'd have to wORK OUT AND PAY HIS OWN FIRST SEMESTER TUITION which he did knew people he knew how to push them to the limit to reach their potential yup EDUCATOR MOTIVATOR we will miss you coach RIP Been quite awhile since I saw a reference to the Hoya on whom my board name is based! I'll never forget the comeback from 8 points down with 56 seconds left against BC (before there was a 3 point shot) and Mike Frazier's winning bucket that capped it. |
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Post by SirSaxa on Sept 8, 2020 22:44:48 GMT -5
Been quite awhile since I saw a reference to the Hoya on whom my board name is based! I'll never forget the comeback from 8 points down with 56 seconds left against BC (before there was a 3 point shot) and Mike Frazier's winning bucket that capped it. As I recall, it also included brilliant use of fouling, offense/defense substitutions, and time outs on the part of JT. |
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Post by AvantGuardHoya on Sept 9, 2020 11:35:08 GMT -5
Been quite awhile since I saw a reference to the Hoya on whom my board name is based! I'll never forget the comeback from 8 points down with 56 seconds left against BC (before there was a 3 point shot) and Mike Frazier's winning bucket that capped it. Thanks for the reminder, hoya 73. I was living in the Boston area when I saw that game on cable TV. The Hoyas' miracle comeback was my introduction to GU basketball. When I moved back home to DC in 1980 I immediately became a Hoya season ticket holder and thoroughly enjoyed watching Big John's teams up close and personally. Not just good times... GREAT times! |
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Sept 9, 2020 11:46:46 GMT -5
The comeback against Kentucky in the 1984 semifinals is stuff of legend.
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Post by Lethal_Interjection on Sept 9, 2020 19:10:30 GMT -5
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Post by hoyas315 on Sept 9, 2020 19:36:51 GMT -5
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Post by professorhoya on Sept 9, 2020 20:03:16 GMT -5
When was the last time we saw AI, Patrick, Zo and Dekembe together. |
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Post by professorhoya on Sept 9, 2020 20:11:59 GMT -5
Agree. Olympia Fields was designed to be a very affluent community but the north and west suburbs won out. An Olympia Fields address is not unequivocal signal of affluence. Back in the early nineties, I worked with Kendall Gill's cousin. We worked at a bank together for years. He never told me that his cousin was rich, never. Gill didn't grow up with a silver spoon. Did he tell you Kendall was poor? It's all relative but I've always heard he was well off. He would travel from the suburbs into inner city Chicago to hone his game and play against the best players just like junior high kid Chris Mullin and Michael Rappaaport went up to Harlem to improve his game. |
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