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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 7, 2007 15:12:31 GMT -5
Lots of teams have games today. Nova is not associated with DC except for the fact that their star player is from the area. Our 'star' player is also from the area and won a bigger deal award. I see Tbird's point here.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 7, 2007 13:37:52 GMT -5
Though it'd be nice to get some local recognition, I'm much more interested in getting attention from national newspapers like the NYT and USAToday. You know, as in a cover story on "Georgetown Hoyas: 06-07 National Champions." [anti jinx voodoo dance] Though in this case I agree, I wonder how many times someone has dismissed coverage from the reputable Washington Post and actually sought coverage from the runt of the litter, the USA Today. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 6, 2007 14:46:26 GMT -5
I vaguely recall running into some players in Times Square last year, so I think it's perhaps the Renaissance Hotel in Times Square. Casually. It was very casual of you to ask a question you already knew the answer to. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 6, 2007 12:51:34 GMT -5
His stock can't get any higher than it is right now unless he averages 30 next year which won't happen. Look at Joakim Noah...he has quite possibly played himself out of the lottery this year and I would hate for that to happen to Jeff. Why can't his stock get any higher? Remember, he still hasn't officially won POY yet and he hasn't led his team anywhere this postseason yet. I would hope his stock could get significantly higher with some great performances this March. Also, Hoyatalk grammar policeman BubbRubb seems to be on vacation, so I will have to fill in. The title of this thread suggests that you are in need of a return to school. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 6, 2007 11:52:58 GMT -5
Every GM who would take McRoberts over Green: good luck with that. That kind of decision would probably move you up in Forbes' list of the best GMs in sports ;D I can't wait for Isiah Thomas to take McRoberts with the #3 pick. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 6, 2007 12:26:54 GMT -5
Well not quite 1972 ... Doc was at Marquette in the early 1980s, he left in '83 for the NBA and eventually graduated in '85. Got his bachelor's in Terrible Coaching if I'm not mistaken. Marquette must have a really strong undergrad program if all he has is a Bachelor's degree. Often reaching the pinnacle of one's profession requires a Master's or Ph.D. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 5, 2007 14:24:33 GMT -5
Seems like the inertia of being a top-ten team (coaches take a long time to bump a team up through the rankings and often a long time to send them down the rankings too), coupled with the fact that our loss was on a Monday (hard to remember things that happened a whole week ago!!) worked in our favor.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 5, 2007 16:33:27 GMT -5
GP, I am not sure if that is a barb in my direction or not. In any case, I see your reasoning at least it if is taken to its logical extreme. Still, I think it is reasonable to give more awards when you have more participants. Think of it like a poker tournament. Typically, tournaments pay out something like 2 or 3 spots at a table of 6-10 people. But with multi-table tournaments they will pay out more spots. However, they still probably average a lower percentage of people making it to the money. Something like one in 9 or 10 people make the money in most multi-table tounaments, even though typically 2 or even 3 people win money in a single table tourny. I guess I'd never really paid attention to it until this year but I was surprised to know that a team doesn't consist of five guys. It means a lot more to be named first team all conference if there really is only one center, two forwards, and two guards. I thought second- and third-team all big east were ways to honor more than just the top one or two players at each position. I'm glad lots of people get honored as all Big East every year, but this is DI basketball, not tee-ball where everyone gets an award and its certainly not MLB where every team gets an all star. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 5, 2007 14:09:00 GMT -5
I want to play the following teams:
Quarterfinal: Villanova
Semi-final: Syracuse
Finals: Pitt
Thus avenging all conference losses.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 5, 2007 14:30:30 GMT -5
Today's bracket is considerably better than the last version. Today we play Washington State (or Butler?) in the sweet 16, with a potential OSU rematch to get to Atlanta. This is considerably better than being in a region with Kansas & UNC.
Also, re: #2 vs #3 seed. It isn't a big deal in terms of seeding, but it has the potential to be a big deal in terms of matchup. If we're a #2 seed, we play the #3 seed (the Pitts, Wash Sts, & Memphises of the world) whereas a #3 seed plays the UNCs, Wisconsins, & Texas A&Ms of the world). That is, of course, barring upsets which almost always end up screwing things up anyways.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 7, 2007 13:52:54 GMT -5
That's actually indicative of my point. The alumns stay in the area for a few years, then head off, never to go to another Hoyas home game in their life. The number of alums in the area is not as large an issue as people sometimes make it out to be. There are over 50,000 GU alums within an hour of DC. If 15% of them would buy season tickets, we'd be in pretty good shape. 15% of alumni would be great, no doubt, but it's almost certainly overly ambitious. Consider the current student section at, what, 2,000+? That represents roughly 1/3rd of the entire student body. So only about 30% of students are even interested enough in the team to show up to games as a student (when it is far easier & cheaper to go). That means that we need to convince 1/2 of the people who come to games as students to buy season tickets following graduation. Doable? Maybe, but given the percent of gradutes who move away, you're essentially looking at needing nearly every recent graduate living in or near DC to purchase season tickets. That's a tough sell. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 7, 2007 16:39:19 GMT -5
Just checked the stats from Cuse-Uconn on espn.com and saw the following:
With 7 minutes left, Syracuse
3-pointers - 8/18 (44%)
FTs - 8/17 (47%)
Something is going wrong when your FT shooting is approaching your 3 point shooting.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 3, 2007 18:38:26 GMT -5
I also saw a guy wearing a John Carroll HS jacket who must have been at least 7'4". The guy was simply enormous.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 3, 2007 18:48:15 GMT -5
The DC Board of Health should check the Verizon Center. Everybody gets the flu when they play the Hoyas. Let's hope it spreads to the Garden next week. It's gotta be from the resident birds that have made Verizon center their home. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 3, 2007 18:33:18 GMT -5
Dyson had the flu? I guess we tend to bring that out in people after a loss. According to the AP, not only did Dyson have a 'virus', he was also distracted: "Jerome Dyson was limited to nine points on 4-for-13 shooting. Calhoun said the freshman was ill with a virus and also was distracted by playing near his hometown of Rockville, Md." If playing near your hometown is a bad thing, Jeff & Roy would have been amazing Pac 10 players. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 3, 2007 10:01:08 GMT -5
Our great nation has never had a 7'2" President..... and I'm just not sure some parts of the country are ready for one yet.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 2, 2007 16:59:47 GMT -5
Luke Winn's questions show a remarkable amount of knowledge about our program for a national reporter. Considering glowns like Gottlieb and Glockner still grudingly accept that we are even nationally ranked, Winn's familiarity (or ability to read a freaking media guide/wikipedia page) is refreshing.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 2, 2007 13:46:03 GMT -5
It kind of surprised me to see that the Big 12 was #7 in rpi (behind the 6 power conferences and the Missouri Valley) and that their median rpi was 70 (no other power conference has a median team rpi higher than the Big East's 59). In the end, the SEC has a pretty legitimate gripe that they aren't up there while the Big 12 is. Correct me if I'm wrong ExcitableBoy, but if the Big 12 is behind 6 Power Conferences and the Missouri Valley, wouldn't that put them in 8th? Oh, you can count. Good for you. (And by "6 power conferences", of course, I mean "5 other power conferences" - edited to reflect this.) |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 2, 2007 12:59:54 GMT -5
And I won't say the SEC is good, but they have a claim to be listed there as much as the Big 10 or Big 12. They've got 2 ranked teams and 4 guaranteed tournament teams. He's absolutely right. According to Ken Pom, the SEC has the #2 RPI, only two thousandths of a point lower than the ACC. It seems that despite their western members, the SEC has managed to play its way into respectability. It kind of surprised me to see that the Big 12 was #7 in rpi (behind the 5 other power conferences and the Missouri Valley) and that their median rpi was 70 (no other power conference has a median team rpi higher than the Big East's 59). In the end, the SEC has a pretty legitimate gripe that they aren't up there while the Big 12 is. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Mar 3, 2007 18:35:45 GMT -5
Michigan and Vandy both lost today. Hope Oregon can hang on against Oregon St. At this point, every little bit helps because if we can take care of business in NYC, we have a very legitimate claim to a #1 seed.
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