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Post by tgo on Mar 12, 2024 14:09:14 GMT -5
One member of my crew had to cancel their trip so i have an extra seat. Section 3 row 9, let me know if you know anyone who needs it.
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Post by tgo on Mar 11, 2024 13:43:30 GMT -5
Landing at JFK on Wednesday morning and will be at the worlds most famous arena in person on Wed nite with MEGAFANWho else will be at the BET this year? This will be my 26th time, I know several of you have got me beat Anyone going to the HHC reception? 4-530p Tailor Public House, $25 at the door.
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Post by tgo on Dec 20, 2023 0:42:03 GMT -5
And, Syracuse has been our biggest rival for over 40 years. So, maybe it doesn’t actually matter at all. Did you actually attend Georgetown? He did. And so did I, and i don't think the rivalry with Cuse - one of the best rivalries in the sport - would somehow become better if they started requiring that people be able to write with something other than a crayon to be admitted to "study" at their campus in southern Canada.
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Post by tgo on Sept 28, 2023 15:32:51 GMT -5
Means there is a very slim chance the hoyas could be playing in Los Angeles which would be incredibly awesome in my world.
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Post by tgo on Aug 29, 2023 10:43:11 GMT -5
That said, the latest variants have caused less severe disease but there is early evidence that some of the new variants are not so kind, especially to our immune compromised and elderly populace. then help those who need protection and are at high risk and stop using stats that cherry pick data to make it seem like the damage done by pandemic policies were worth the cost to the other 95% of our population.
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Post by tgo on Aug 28, 2023 16:27:10 GMT -5
Is "involving" the same as "caused by" or "as a result of?" Sounds very different to me. There may be a distinction, but does it really matter? Suppose the language was "contributed to by", which could well be similar to involving. Aren't these results still extremely alarming? COVID is much more contagious than the flu correct? If i was in a car accident during one of the peaks of transmission there is a very high chance that I had it without knowing it. If i then went to the hospital for 4 days before dying, there was then a much much higher chance that i would now have it. I would then be listed in the column of this chart as a covid death. i am not going to take the time to go back and find them but i saw incredible stats about the percentage of people in hospital care who had covid active in their system, what percentage of them went to the hospital for that as opposed to their appendix bursting? i dont recall, but that is a key data point. Obviously a lot of people died from COVID, how many more than the flu? probably a lot but this stat doesn't tell me that. Similarly, the post further up the thread about the people who were and are still not ok with the crimes committed against the education and development of the generation in school at the time should be ok with it because life expectancy dropped and without these draconian policies it would have been worse. The stat used to make this spurious claim is also suspect since - as far as i can tell - it is not taking in to account the increase in suicides due to the lock downs and increases in things like cancer that might not have been deadly if caught earlier but because fear mongers did what they do best, people skipped dr's appointments and check ups etc or the diminished life expectancy that today's children have due to the impact on their education among other things. If people want to find stats that help them to clear their consciences for what they did to children and society at large in response to the COVID Pandemic then in my book they need to do much better. I remember what they did and do not forgive them. In all policy discussions both sides exaggerate and lie and then get busy with patting themselves on the back. This makes it almost impossible for either side to trust each other going forward. Using exaggerated stats and things with obviously holes in them to prove a point will get your supporters pumped up and push the middle and your opposition further away. I feel this is a very difficult to solve problem in our society not just when discussing COVID. I try to point it out when i can and sometimes i am shown that there is back up beyond what i am seeing but most of the time instead the rabid in the crowd will try to shout me down saying if you question the party line then you are irredeemable and corrupt. this is nearly universal, i am just as disappointed when people i would otherwise agree with do it. of course that is what those in power want, to keep us in our own tribes viewing those who we disagree with as reprehensible.
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Post by tgo on Aug 25, 2023 9:40:24 GMT -5
Is "involving" the same as "caused by" or "as a result of?" Sounds very different to me.
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Post by tgo on Jun 16, 2023 18:49:43 GMT -5
Don't quite understand how Pitino is going to do this with everybody watching... and not have everybody else do it. Even if this is (now?) legal - is there a roster max size? What's preventing a team from collecting a roster of 20 kids, 7 on NIL "scholarships"? what would be the benefit of having a larger roster? I don't understand why there is a limit to roster size or to the amount of scholarships that can be given out. Why not let teams have as large a roster as they like? there are only 200 minutes of playing time regardless of how many people you have on your roster. There is no competitive advantage to having more players, if anything it is most likely to cause problems.
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Post by tgo on Jun 13, 2023 11:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by tgo on May 16, 2023 9:58:59 GMT -5
Skyzoo, in his ode to the Knicks, has a line 54 seconds in
"Center of attraction like a Hoya"
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Post by tgo on May 13, 2023 22:33:26 GMT -5
... More selective public colleges than UC Irvine, like UCLA and Berkeley, marginalize Latino students, according to a report from Georgetown's Education and the Workforce. Curious if you read the referenced report or know what backed up their conclusion that these schools are "marginalizing Latino students."
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Post by tgo on May 3, 2023 17:23:25 GMT -5
Shouldn't he be attending classes? Economics;Finance;Marketing; US Geography This very public marketing project he is working on appears to be taking up all his time but is also pretty impressive and appears certain to get an A. With a little bit of editing, those Finance and Economics classes may even accept it in lieu of taking the final in those classes
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Post by tgo on Apr 7, 2023 10:32:29 GMT -5
Where do you think Hunter Dickinson will end up playing next season? Georgetown 7% Kansas 37% Maryland 13% Villanova 11% Another school 25% Other / No opinion 7% Based on 1,416 responses. Snapshot of real-time results. Yikes... that's not good. I thought we were considered the favorite. This is as useful as you doing a poll asking the rest of HoyaTalk what flavor of ice cream my wife will get next time we stop at Baskin Robbins. How many of those 1,416 voters know this kid or anyone close to him? Over under is Zero and i am taking the under.
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Post by tgo on Apr 3, 2023 13:03:58 GMT -5
Very few college players are actually "endorsing" anything right? They are not being approached by the local car dealership and being paid $100k to be in a commercial or getting a cut of the jersey sales at the book store.
They are being paid a signing bonus or salary to come to a school - they are just calling it something else to avoid an employee relationship. Seems to me that this whole system will be challenged in court in one way or another sometime soon. Do these kids have protections like workers comp? if not, then some leftist politician is going to take issue with the system at some point.
anyone know the answers to any of my other questions?
1. Where do people find the NIL amounts that often get mentioned? I have only seen amounts thrown around on msg boards and am wondering where those amounts are listed and why the media doesn't appear to report on it. 2. How much did our players get this past year? 3. Can schools make multi-year deals that are back loaded as a way to try and keep people from transferring? 4. Is it money only that the kids are getting or is it like any other contract where you can throw any sort of compensation you have at your disposal at them, for instance every player on a team could get a new car from a local dealership whose owner is a huge supporter of the team?
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Post by tgo on Apr 2, 2023 11:41:44 GMT -5
Wouldn't the courts strike down any effort by the NCAA/conferences/etc. to limit NIL payments or impose some kind of salary cap? It seems like the courts have already answered the question of whether the NCAA (or any other college sports institution) has the right to have any say whatsoever over the money that college athletes can make through selling their NIL rights. I don't think there is any chance there will ever be any kind of salary cap/limit on NIL payments for this reason - the courts have probably already ruled that this would e illegal. There are salary caps in all the major sports, how could the courts say it is ok in MLB, NBA etc but not NCAA?
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Post by tgo on Apr 2, 2023 11:33:28 GMT -5
I have a ton of questions and think some people here will know the answers:
1. Where do people find the NIL amounts that often get mentioned? I have only seen amounts thrown around on msg boards and am wondering where those amounts are listed and why the media doesn't appear to report on it. 2. How much did our players get this past year? 3. Is there anyone of any importance/influence talking about imposing a salary cap in college basketball? 4. Can schools make multi-year deals that are back loaded as a way to try and keep people from transferring? 5. Is it money only that the kids are getting or is it like any other contract where you can throw any sort of compensation you have at your disposal at them, for instance every player on a team could get a new car from a local dealership whose owner is a huge supporter of the team?
Need to start having NIL amounts mentioned in the press about a signing, same way it is reported when Pitcher X has signed with the Yankees, for a reported $5 million over 2 years.
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Post by tgo on Apr 1, 2023 9:00:06 GMT -5
Congratulations to Malcolm. I wish him the very best. It seems to me that he could have been developed to be a much better player. I dont understand why he was not. I’ll bet he was an excellent student. It’s a real mystery why most of the guys failed to develop over the last six years. I blame Trump.
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Post by tgo on Mar 5, 2023 10:23:46 GMT -5
Flying in to NYC on Tuesday evening and will be at the worlds most famous arena to witness Ewing's last game in person on Wed.
Who else will be at the BET this year?
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Post by tgo on Feb 17, 2023 12:45:57 GMT -5
I'm late to this convo and it's likely been covered but my 2 cents. If I were Denver and his family I would be frustrated too. You were recruited to be the backup PG at worst (with Dante in fold) and then Primo was brought in with the transfer influx. And even with Dante gone you can't carve out minutes on a 6 win 1 conference win team where the starting Guards have been abysmal for long stretches. As a sibling/parent I'd be livid too. Having said that, from the minutes he has played - he's looked poor. Even if we take away the shooting woes and chalk that up to the need for more playing time and comfort level - the thing that has shocked me is how poor his ball handling is. From the limited action I've seen him play its obvious why he's not getting backup PG duties and it's due to his ball handling or lack thereof more than anything else. My guess is that hes going to be an undersized shooting guard who can light up from 3 at somewhere like Monmouth (close to home) down the road. Hopefully he sticks around under a new HC, amd develops the needed handle at this level and goes to be a Gtown success story. But that seems like a pipe dream on many fronts. Likely another in a long line of barely knew you players over the last 6 seasons. I agree that Denver did not earn any playing time based on his performance when he was on the floor. He had some open 3’s and missed most of them. He clearly does not have D1 point guard skills. If he can come off the bench and hit over 40% of his three point shots, he could be a real asset in future seasons. If he is not showing that in practice, then he would likely not see much playing time. If he decides to transfer, I wish him success in finding a good fit for his skills. I can’t find much to blame on Ewing here. Anglin was a highly rated 4 star with a reputation as a deadly 3 point shooter. He had chances and shot poorly when he had those chances. Based on what he showed in those games, Ewing needed to look at Reilly and Bristol, two sophomores (in terms of eligibility) as better alternatives. Denver was given chances and did not impress when he had those chances. Apparently I was in a coma and missed all the games that Denver got minutes. Apparently that is when he proved that he is such a liability that we can't even consider sitting Primo for 5 minutes a game to give him some run and get a feel for the competition level and have a remote chance to get confidence in his shot. Imagine how much worse some of these games would have been if we had traded a couple of late game exhausted TOs or jumpers that tired legs send to the front of the rim from Primo for a couple of missed 3 pointers from Denver. And heaven forbid if Denver he had gotten to play in front of his family this week in another of our meaningless losses whose outcome was determined long ago. How could Pat sleep at night if he were to allow that to happen under his watch. The team has yet to recover from having Riley be forced in to the starting line from the deep bench, I don't know how they lived through him averaging double digits when he finally got to play. Fingers crossed that Ryan doesn't get the chance to get comfortable on the court, we can't have him scoring points or getting rebounds and taking minutes 25 thru 30 from Wahab. Too bad for Denver that all of the "personal reasons" that Ewing doles out were already spoken for. Denver would have been better off if he has some "personal issues" back in December so he could save his eligibility and possibly more importantly save himself some frustration.
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Post by tgo on Jan 31, 2023 0:20:46 GMT -5
vs SJU, Nickleberry was leading the huddle and drawing up the last second play with Ewing a step back behind the circle that had the players who ere in the game.
Is that new? i have not seen a huddle that wasn't led by Ewing before.
The games have been so terrible that this was one of the only ones that i was watching closely at all much less in the final minutes so maybe it has happened a lot i haven't noticed. or maybe it is so rare that we need a play drawn up for a special situation... or maybe ewing is recognizing x's and o's are not his strength.
As a side/related note. Hadn't occurred to me before but it is crazy to think back to when Ewing was hired and how most were worried that he wouldnt be able to relate to kids these days and might not be up for the recruiting grind in general and thus not get the talent. yet it has been the complete opposite. he has recruited well, brought in a lot of talent. But he has failed at every other aspect of the job.
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