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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 22, 2007 11:42:42 GMT -5
"The emergent" Jessie Sapp lived up to his nickname. Wow DaJuan, I knew you were unselfish, but in a thread about who's going to step up you make no mention of yourself? Take some pride in your accomplishments son!
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 21, 2007 9:54:46 GMT -5
Art Long, alleged puncher of police horses - 61
Dikembe Mutombo, confirmed builder of hospital in Africa - 82
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 15, 2007 20:05:59 GMT -5
We're also one of Oregon's signature wins, definitely ODU's signature win, one of Nova's signature wins, and believe it or not Pitt's signature win too.
Pretty solid when all five of our losses (with the possible exception of Oregon) could be considered that team's signature win.
JTIII! JTIII! JTIII!
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 15, 2007 16:49:57 GMT -5
We're a tourney lock!! Yes!! I can sleep again!
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 15, 2007 16:14:05 GMT -5
Question: what is the power 16? Is it just another poll but instead of ranking 25 teams it ranks only 16? Is it another bracketology but instead of ranking 64(5) teams it only ranks 16? Or is it supposedly power rankings of the top 16 teams in college basketball right now? If it is the third variety, no way are the Hoyas a "3 seed" right now. We are playing as well as any team in the country right now.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 15, 2007 13:57:24 GMT -5
There is only 1 reason to storm the court: You feel like it. Let the students have some fun. I'm gonna be the wet blanket here, bahstin. There are many games where I feel like going onto the court to celebrate the W. In fact, I would be willing to go mingle with the players after most every victory. But that is different than a legitimate court storming, which is what DaJuan is asking about here. I have pretty high standards here, but I think that an unranked team's victory over a #12 team during the regular season with nothing special on the line is at the outermost limit of a 'warranted' court storming. ESPN did a piece about this last year in January sometime I think (don't have insider so I can't get back to it) and concluded much of the same.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 15, 2007 16:49:18 GMT -5
I still think you are just trying to cause problems. Comparing what you all say about whether or not Green and Hibbert should/will leave early to what you said about players from another team in the exact same situation in the context of the discussion that you all started should not be viewed as some sort of flame. I looked back and reread the entire thread and I don't see any way a sane person would conclude that I said something baiting, egregious or uncalled for at any point. These were my first words: I think you are a might hypocritical on this one. Last year when I told you that our group of projected #1 picks were going to stay, to a man you all said I was crazy and that they would and should leave. Now when its your potential #1's you are dreaming up all kinds of reasons they should stay in school. Now which is it? Oh, I see. Standards are subject to what's better for the Hoyas. Is that out of line, and if so how? Then in response to a first slew of personal insults I clarified the position with respect to the particular players "in question." I really am somewhat amiss as to exactly what I did that was wrong here. From the board rules:The majority of the board posters here are Georgetown fans. You repeatedly post about Florida players here. Your disclaimers notwithstanding, your post above (which you have now made twice in this thread) is intended to elicit a negative response from the other posters. Move on.For the record, not all Georgetown fans unequivocally support every player staying for as long as possible and are quite capable of looking at a given situation and evaluating it based on its specifics. For example, when Michael Sweetney left in 2003 after his junior year, most Hoyas felt like he had made a good personal decision and did not harbor grudges against him. He represented the University well while he was here, saw that he had little chance to improve his draft stock by staying for his senior year, knew that he was a first round choice, and decided not to stay for his senior year. That is a rational thought process on many levels. This year, on the other hand, Jeff and Roy are not yet at that same level. They could both gain more exposure by sticking around for another year, taking their team to another level, and growing into even better players. Also, it is arguably not as certain that they would both be first round choices. Both of these factors make it a good decision to stay for another year. You see, Jesuit educations teach us to look at those pesky "details" and "facts" that are easy to ignore when every argument consists of only two sides. In some cases (Sweetney's) it is better to go while in others (Hibbert & hopefully Green) it is better to stay.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 14, 2007 15:44:17 GMT -5
If there is one thing I regret about the 2006 tournament, it is that Owens' shot didn't fall. Consider that a backhanded compliment if you are insecure, but I know I am not alone in that belief. That shot falls, Nova is in the finals against UCLA. That is not an insult towards your team. Nova beat you guys pretty bad that year, and they worked G-Town the previous year in DC. G-Town won the first match of the 2005 season, in a game where Nova led by as many as 13 and didn't trail until about 4 minutes left in the game (and I think Nova learned their lesson from that second half, similar to if you guys roll us this Saturday you will have demonstrated that your team learned their lesson from last month's game). You don't regret losing to Florida with a final four brith on the line? Anyways, back on topic. The Hoyas are now a tourney lock.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 14, 2007 9:03:05 GMT -5
Nova's best win was against us. And that was a damn good win for them. Teams like Duke, Oregon and ODU too are going to get huge points for beating us earlier in the year. I think we really can start to claim to be an elite team again when beating us makes another team's season or plays a large role in their postseason resume. I think we can start to claim we are an elite team when we don't have those bad losses (losing games we should win). Only half-serious, since I know that there are always going to be unexpected losses... Would just like to see a few less of them! We've lost five games so far this year... I can live with that. I would much rather watch us progress over the course of the season from a pretty average looking team at the beginning of the year- which will by definition lose some games- to a nasty looking team come February (and hopefully March).
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 14, 2007 9:33:52 GMT -5
#14/16 - 69 #43/40 - 59
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 13, 2007 9:46:24 GMT -5
Pope: Do you wear the shirt that reads "Fear is Next"? If you do, you don't really understand it. I don't wear that shirt. Don't personally like the design of it. Do you wear it? If you do then you don't really understand it. You see, the fear jtiii is referring to is NOT the fear of being physically assaulted. It is the fear of having to play against an offensively unstoppable and defensively relentless team that executes perfectly. Its the fear of facing michael jordan not michael tyson. The fear was what wvu had for the first 25 minutes of the game. They really wanted to get out of verizon and were embarrassed by the asswhooping they were getting. Alexander did what he did out of fear. I bet you wvu fears and dreads having to play us again. That's the fear jtiii speaks about. He is a prophet. Unfortunately, that fear was ruined by The Bump. If it weren't for The Bump I'd say we would have won by 40 and all the shows would be announcing our arrival from the rooftops. And samardo samuels would be calling jtiii to be a part of it. But alas, I guess we can try to do it against nova, pitt or at the bet. Pope, players bump into each other all of the time. Rough play is very much a part of Men's basketball, especially between in-conference rivals. In fact, rough play happens so frequently, that an entire category of fouls (technical) was created for fouls more egregious than just hitting someone's arm during a shot. What does not happen all of the time is a coach coming onto the court and making contact with an opposing player. I honestly can't believe you are more upset at Ewing than Beehind. [Sarcasm]To be fair, I can understand if you are that worried about Ewing's technical foul situation. He is now on pace for a whopping 1.2 technical fouls this year! He is tied for the team lead with fellow hot-head Jeff Green. If we could only get Ewing and Green to settle down, we could have beaten both Navy and West Virginia by comfortable margins.[/Sarcasm]
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 12, 2007 23:07:29 GMT -5
I think Beilein(sp) just got emotional and confronted Ewing. I don't know what he said, but I'd like to believe it was nothing more than letting Pat know that what he did wasn't called for. Still have much respect for him. There are more appropriate (and classier) ways to let a player know what he did wasn't called for. For example, NOT stepping onto the court and NOT grabbing the other player. He lost his cool and I hope he is as embarassed about it as he should be. If only Sports Center replays clips of this non-stop like they would if Bobby Knight had done it.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 12, 2007 23:01:15 GMT -5
What Beilen did was completely unacceptable in a college game. Equivalent to Ron Artest punching a fan. He should have been ejected -- if the Big East doesn't suspend him following the game, it will be a disgrace. I think a public apology (or at least publicly stating he's apologized to Ewing) and a suspension would be a minimum. Coaches lose jobs for laying hands on opposing players and this situation didn't even warrant a technical?!? Get real refs, you made some dicey calls were cowards when it mattered most.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 12, 2007 22:47:39 GMT -5
consequences of THE BUMP 1. beilein jersey grab ---> 2. ewing hand slap ---> 3. causes a ruckus ---> 4. georgetown scoring drought 5. 2 ticky tack fouls on hibbert as the refs try to regain control sending him to the bench theres got to be a better way to send a message and accomplish the same ends. either that, or lets invade iraq again. now im really going to bed. I was sitting six rows away from this when it happened and I am offended that people aren't calling for Bee Line's head. He grabbed an opposing player! You can't do that in any sport much less a college sport. I don't care what the grabee did, you cannot initiate contact like that. He was not defusing the situation; the situation had already defused. Defending your player? BS. Let the refs do that. As a head coach, you have no place going onto the court to make contact with another player. A classless act from what I had thought was a somewhat classy guy. I lost complete respect for him. And PopeJohn, if you want to call out someone for having a temper, call out Bee Line for grabbing Pat.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 13, 2007 8:48:37 GMT -5
Really? It looks to me like it's only the Alabama Rainmaker. There are definitely not six Hoya legs in that picture. Sapp & Rainmaker are there, maybe PEjr is off to the side.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 12, 2007 10:16:15 GMT -5
This guy instantly lost credibility with me when, for Villanova, he said "Computer numbers remain excellent, but there's still no real marquee win to shop around. Beating G'town or Marquette would be nice."
Ummmm. They already did beat Georgetown.
(It has since updated it to say "Computer numbers remain excellent, but there's still no real marquee win to shop around. Beating G'town (for the sweep) or Marquette would be nice.")
What is this, amateur hour!?
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 12, 2007 9:30:47 GMT -5
Hoyas favored by 9 1/2. Yikes. Vegas has finally acknowledged that the Hoyas just don't like winning games by less than 10 points. Basically, the two choices for spreads are thus WVU by 0.5 or Hoyas by 9.5. I'm glad they picked the latter.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 10, 2007 18:24:38 GMT -5
But it's stupid to guess randomly without taking a look at how the teams above us did. Apparently you don't know how these polls are constructed. Randomly guessing is exactly how most voters, especially coaches, fill in their ballots each week.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 10, 2007 18:09:06 GMT -5
Under, coming it at #17. Majerus will still refuse to admit we have a quality win. (I guess I mean "over" although we will appear under the #15 ranked team ;D) Not sure whether it's under or over, but I think we will be somewhere around #18/19. We had a great week, but voters are usually slow to acknowledge good weeks (and quick to punish teams for bad weeks).
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Feb 10, 2007 17:29:58 GMT -5
Did anyone else see the cheerleaders collide at midcourt during their flipping routine?
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