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Post by professorhoya on Dec 10, 2020 18:41:53 GMT -5
Poor Coach K, has a mediocre team and bad coaching so what does he do? Calls for the season to be cancelled cause of Covid. What an entitled snowflake.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 10, 2020 18:55:38 GMT -5
Hard to believe they had another positive test. More likely GU not ready to play as the original 14 day quarrantine ends today or tomorrow. Either way, it's a mess. I believe they have fewer returning players than the Men's team has, between transfers and graduations. The Women are so far under the radar even DFW is not talking about them. It's really difficult to follow Georgetown women's basketball with the comparatively little effort GU puts in to promoting them and the lack of fan base they engender. In no particular order: - The team had six transfers from last season, six. Not a single press release announced when any or all had left.
- There is no schedule posted on GUHoyas.com. Not even a list of games postponed. None: guhoyas.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
- Just five team-specific press releases have been posted since March.
- Georgetown is consistently last or next to last in the Big East in attendance in each of the last three seasons and games aren't well promoted. Last season's teams averaged 494 a game.
- If you think Patrick Ewing is keeping a low profile with his record, see James Howard. He's coming off a 5-25 season. His three year record is 40-57, no NCAA appearances.
Women's basketball is the second largest budget in the athletic department, $3.1 million, even above football. It deserves more coverage, but with coverage comes attention, and Georgetown is not a place that pushes for attention.
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 10, 2020 20:12:03 GMT -5
Hopefully their paths don’t cross often Hopefully the two teams have switched practice facilities. The men’s team needs the most time possible at McD. They already have separate practice facilities - the women’s court is on the first floor of TAF and the men’s is on the second floor. The courts are one above the other.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 10, 2020 20:16:52 GMT -5
Hopefully the two teams have switched practice facilities. The men’s team needs the most time possible at McD. They already have separate practice facilities - the women’s court is on the first floor of TAF and the men’s is on the second floor. The courts are one above the other. Great! (shooting practice should be at McD, pls)
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Post by prhoya on Dec 10, 2020 23:55:34 GMT -5
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Dec 11, 2020 9:09:01 GMT -5
Hopefully the two teams have switched practice facilities. The men’s team needs the most time possible at McD. They already have separate practice facilities - the women’s court is on the first floor of TAF and the men’s is on the second floor. The courts are one above the other. Ugh, they had just come off of a 14-day pause and looks like they're starting a new one.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Dec 11, 2020 9:11:23 GMT -5
Hard to believe they had another positive test. More likely GU not ready to play as the original 14 day quarrantine ends today or tomorrow. Either way, it's a mess. I believe they have fewer returning players than the Men's team has, between transfers and graduations. The Women are so far under the radar even DFW is not talking about them. It's really difficult to follow Georgetown women's basketball with the comparatively little effort GU puts in to promoting them and the lack of fan base they engender. In no particular order: - The team had six transfers from last season, six. Not a single press release announced when any or all had left.
- There is no schedule posted on GUHoyas.com. Not even a list of games postponed. None: guhoyas.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
- Just five team-specific press releases have been posted since March.
- Georgetown is consistently last or next to last in the Big East in attendance in each of the last three seasons and games aren't well promoted. Last season's teams averaged 494 a game.
- If you think Patrick Ewing is keeping a low profile with his record, see James Howard. He's coming off a 5-25 season. His three year record is 40-57, no NCAA appearances.
Women's basketball is the second largest budget in the athletic department, $3.1 million, even above football. It deserves more coverage, but with coverage comes attention, and Georgetown is not a place that pushes for attention. Is that six confirmed transfers to other programs, or 6 players not on the roster that would have been expected? I heard from someone connected to the team that several team members decided to sit out the season do to COVID concerns.
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Post by calhoya on Dec 11, 2020 9:58:42 GMT -5
It's really difficult to follow Georgetown women's basketball with the comparatively little effort GU puts in to promoting them and the lack of fan base they engender. In no particular order: - The team had six transfers from last season, six. Not a single press release announced when any or all had left.
- There is no schedule posted on GUHoyas.com. Not even a list of games postponed. None: guhoyas.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
- Just five team-specific press releases have been posted since March.
- Georgetown is consistently last or next to last in the Big East in attendance in each of the last three seasons and games aren't well promoted. Last season's teams averaged 494 a game.
- If you think Patrick Ewing is keeping a low profile with his record, see James Howard. He's coming off a 5-25 season. His three year record is 40-57, no NCAA appearances.
Women's basketball is the second largest budget in the athletic department, $3.1 million, even above football. It deserves more coverage, but with coverage comes attention, and Georgetown is not a place that pushes for attention. Is that six confirmed transfers to other programs, or 6 players not on the roster that would have been expected? I heard from someone connected to the team that several team members decided to sit out the season do to COVID concerns. Yes the Women's team has been a disaster under Howard. Time for a reset.
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Post by bostonfan on Dec 11, 2020 10:14:29 GMT -5
Is that six confirmed transfers to other programs, or 6 players not on the roster that would have been expected? I heard from someone connected to the team that several team members decided to sit out the season do to COVID concerns. Yes the Women's team has been a disaster under Howard. Time for a reset. It really is a shame about the woman's program and their current state. They had things going in the right direction with the previous coach before she left for another school. They had one good year after she left(with the players she had recruited) but have really struggled since. I don't know anything about the dynamics involved in recruiting and building a woman's program, but I would think a school with what Georgetown has to offer a student athlete should be able to have a consistently competitive program if they had the right staff leading the program. They have certainly found a way to make the women's soccer program and consistent national power. I am sure that did not happen overnight, but I think it shows it is possible at Georgetown.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 11, 2020 11:19:12 GMT -5
Is that six confirmed transfers to other programs, or 6 players not on the roster that would have been expected? I heard from someone connected to the team that several team members decided to sit out the season do to COVID concerns. The six transfers, below. Five of the six played in 2019-20 and two went to schools that aren't even playing in 2020-21. No one is sitting out at Georgetown unless you're referring to other players currently on the team, and that's a whole other story. 1. Olivia Snyder (Freshman): Georgetown's highest recruit in a number of years #135 nationally), she scored 2077 points in high school and was the Pennsylvania 5A player of the year. She left in December after just four games and a hand injury. She told the Allentown Morning Call "I loved the girls at Georgetown, but how the program was run just wasn’t for me," a quote that is awkward no matter the sport. Listed as one of the top 15 available transfers nationally, she enrolled at Cornell. 2. Cassandra Gordon (Sophomore): Second team all-CIF in California, she played in 28 games last season, started, five, averaged 3.4 ppg. Announced a transfer in April, enrolled at Loyola-Marymount. 3. Nikola Kovacikova (Sophomore): Four year member of the Slovakian Under-18 national team, she had 12 starts in 27 games with a 7.9 ppg average. Announced a transfer in April, enrolled at Penn. 4. Tayanna Jones (Sophomore): Started three games out of 27, 3.1 ppg average. Announced transfer to Colorado in April. 5. Tatiana Thompson (Junior): Started three games out of 25, 4.0 ppg. Announced transfer to North Florida in May. 6. Morgan Smith (Senior): Started 20 of 28 games as a junior, averaged 4.1 ppg. Decided not to play as a senior. Enrolled at James Madison in the summer. Ok, the average student was at home this spring and wouldn't have heard about these. Maybe a HOYA or Voice reporter on the women's basketball beat might have been to send some texts around and write a story, but they didn't. (The Voice never mentioned the six transfers in their season preview.) The quote from coach Howard in that article is coach-speak x 10: "I think we figured that without a team of 15 players or however many players you may have, together towards that common goal, it will make it difficult to have any success in the Big East Conference." Either way, this team and its transfer issues is all but unknown outside the college basketball recruiting circles Georgetown must compete among.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Dec 11, 2020 11:21:29 GMT -5
That is a brutal list, as it covers almost everyone who played significant minutes last season and still had eligibility left.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Dec 11, 2020 11:30:55 GMT -5
Wow, something’s rotten with the women’s program and may require change. Unfortunately, the pandemic buys incompetent people time.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 12, 2020 13:47:48 GMT -5
Hopefully, Keyonate is alright. This may put a pause on all college sports though if the myocarditis is linked to COVID. This was the big worry that the Big Ten had in initially cancelling their football season. "Like most of his teammates, Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 during the summer. Although the cause of Johnson’s ailment was not immediately known, the coronavirus can lead to myocarditis, a viral infection of the heart muscle. At its most severe, myocarditis can lead to sudden cardiac arrest and has been a documented cause of death for young, otherwise healthy athletes." apnews.com/article/tallahassee-florida-gators-mens-basketball-florida-mike-white-keyontae-johnson-92955cac3a11402172df366384b89ff3
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Post by hoya95 on Dec 12, 2020 15:08:11 GMT -5
Obviously, hope the kid from Florida State will fully recover. But if this was caused by COVID, shut the season down tonight and wait until we can vaccinate the players.
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 12, 2020 15:28:16 GMT -5
Obviously, hope the kid from Florida State will fully recover. But if this was caused by COVID, shut the season down tonight and wait until we can vaccinate the players. They really aren't sure if covid can lead to myocarditis. So it would be based on speculation if the season were shut down. On the one hand, you would have a nba lottery pick who would no longer play basketball for fear of a Reggie Lewis/Hank Gathers situation but on the other hand the players are probably safer in the somewhat sports bubbles and are just as likely if not more so to pick up COVID if they went home. Also the school medical care would be alot better being with the team rather than playing pickup basketball or working out at a gym in your hometown. Could end up being nothing but could be a developing story.
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Post by DanMcQ on Dec 13, 2020 11:48:13 GMT -5
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 14, 2020 10:56:11 GMT -5
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Post by guru on Dec 14, 2020 12:14:46 GMT -5
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Post by prhoya on Dec 27, 2020 16:57:05 GMT -5
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Post by professorhoya on Dec 27, 2020 21:34:44 GMT -5
They really should have bubbled the whole Big East season. Kids are visual learning anyway. NBA proved that the bubble works.
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