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Post by 2ndRyan on Oct 30, 2011 18:23:12 GMT -5
SirSaxa enjoyed your memories. Esp. appreciate the props for Jon Smith. Merlin gets remembered for his rebounding record, but Smith really did seem like the AI of his day.
Two other players from the latter half of the Seventies that deserve mention are Al Dutch and Eric Smith, both small forwards. Dutch's role as one of the first nationally visible players landed by JT has been mentioned in the History Project and by Casual Hoya. E. Smith was the MVP on the 81-82 team that included future NBA stars Pat Ewing freshman and Eric Floyd, senior.
One small nit- the Fordham game you speak of couldn't have included Digger as coach. He left Rose Hill in the spring of '71 after one season for South Bend. He rode a player named Charlie Yelverton deep into the NCAA's and left for what probably proved to be greener pastures.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Sept 8, 2011 10:08:30 GMT -5
Took my youngest son to the US Open this past Saturday. It's been 10 years since I was out in Flushing. I was there for the day back in '01 on the Thursday before 9/11. Like 9/11, I remember that day as an achingly blue sky with a hint of coolness in the air. The city that day seemed to show itself so well. Five days later things changed forever.
As I stood in line to have my bag searched Saturday morning (no knapsacks allowed!) I reflected back on my last visit in a seemingly more innocent time.
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Post by 2ndRyan on May 27, 2011 11:52:15 GMT -5
I think the glass is more than 2/3 full. I think we all wonder how good we might have been if Jeff had stayed for his senior season or Greg had stayed one more year. Hell, what if a more mature Big Ticket had decided to stick it out here instead of listening to whatever voices pointed him South. I realize player mobility is part of the modern collegiate game. Vaughn before he wore down had some great games and it's sobering to speculate where we might have ended up without him last year.
I would say if we are are not an elite program, I would certainly call us nationally relevant.
At the end of next season, we reach the 40th anniversary of the appointment of Big John. I was a freshman then and I vividly remember much of the preceding 71-72 disaster. When Fr Henle introduced John he talked about getting into the post-season every so often. My, how expectations have changed and it's a great thing.
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Post by 2ndRyan on May 11, 2011 7:06:39 GMT -5
The schedules are at least reliable enough to risk a ride down from Philly of a July Sunday.
I've made it the last several years except for the abbreviated no NCAA registration year.
Nice way to see the new players. First year I was there Pops unleashed a security guard on us when my son and I went out the exit between the bleachers seeking a restroom. I won't make that mistake again.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Mar 9, 2011 9:09:31 GMT -5
Correct about Laska guarding Maravich. Laughna I believe was a sophomore in the NIT year. Graduated in '72, Captain of the 3-23 team.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Feb 9, 2011 21:29:53 GMT -5
Thanks, superan for the link. Three separate threads whining about the refs, Scoop liberally trashed, someone even threw Boeheim under the bus.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Feb 6, 2011 13:14:41 GMT -5
Just went on troy nunes to get psyched up.
Enjoyed reading Dirty Dozen of Disdain- teams hated by Orange. Guess who's first for all the right reasons.
Would love to win tomorrow. Too bad Syracuse isn't dedicating or closing something in conjuction with tomorrow's game. They probably know better by now.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jan 29, 2011 16:43:50 GMT -5
Just got back from the game. Lot of Georgetown presence- students up from DC?
Two weeks ago, I would have thought the only way we'd beat them in Philly was to steal it. We were the better team for most of the game today. The big men, as has already been noted, were a most credible part of the offense today. Wright managed the game well.
We play very well in Philly year in and year out. Always makes going to work Monday and "consoling" my Nova-rooting co-workers special.
Dinner plans tonight. Had to forego my victory cheesesteak at Tony Luke's.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jan 28, 2011 12:36:03 GMT -5
Joe Paterno says he used to be able to tell donors "I want your dollars. I don't want your two cents."
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jan 23, 2011 9:59:07 GMT -5
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Post by 2ndRyan on Nov 30, 2010 23:41:49 GMT -5
Yes Henry avoiding the ball and then Clark looking to the perimeter for the three..... When Mizzou took the 85-80 lead, I thought we looked gassed on defense but 2 Austin Freeman drives, one an and 1, and we're tied. So many heroes from there.
I have to go back a long way to think of a better early season win. Maybe Sleepy Floyd's coming out party against Indiana in '78?
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Post by 2ndRyan on Nov 24, 2010 13:15:17 GMT -5
I hear you, FF. I note that Sunday his first touch was a turnover but he stuck with it. To me, it looks like the game has slowed down for him and he's able on both offense and defense to put himself in the right position. Rooting hard for him.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Nov 24, 2010 11:47:36 GMT -5
I am still coasting on the 2nd half offense from the NC St game. If Sims is able to operate at the elbow with only a part of the efficiency he displayed Sunday, that gives our team some exciting possibilities.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Nov 14, 2010 6:26:45 GMT -5
Enjoyable game to attend. ODU crowd patisan but knowledgeable. They will win their conference and it will be a good win for us. Hope we keep playing them.
The torrent of threes balances the first half when we couldn't throw it in the ocean. The turnovers and the 0-4 from the stripe seemed obvious first-game jitters.
Could have used some of that second half grit on the back nine at Bayville. They were clutch: I wasn't.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Nov 2, 2010 20:46:10 GMT -5
I'll be there.
What could be better- Hoyas Friday night and some shoulder season golf in Virginia Beach Saturday and Sunday.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Oct 30, 2010 13:18:15 GMT -5
Never seen the Protestant Loyalist connection espoused.
The fanbase was always a toxic blend of upstate yahoo and Long Island smart-ass unlovable in its own right.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Sept 10, 2010 9:30:35 GMT -5
I am ambivalent.
I think another Northeast football member strenghtens the Big East.
I think attendance is an issue. Last weekend's Mayor's Cup game in Philly- Nova and Temple, at Lincoln Financial Field, essentially a home game for both, drew 22,000.
Connecticut made the leap, but they are the only big-time football in the state (sorry,Yale) and they had a stadium they'd built to woo Kraft and the Patriots without a tenant.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Aug 9, 2010 21:58:20 GMT -5
Since we are non-scholarship isn't everyone a walk-on?
I guess in this case, it's a junior who didn't play his first two years?
In Ivy/Patriot football, a walk-on refers to a non-recruited player (or one that is admitted outside of football) that joins the team, such as a soccer player who makes the team as a kicker.--Admin
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jul 27, 2010 12:34:36 GMT -5
Made my annual pilgrimmage south to see Kenner action Sunday. I was coming off a year hiatus due to the abbreviated schedule last year.
Somewhat of a twist this year. Whole family came as they were staying on to tour DC for three more days. I headed back on storm delayed Amtrak to clock in Monday am at the mine. Call me the Enabler.
As per Custom we broke our travel in Maryland at a Waffle House. No All-Star breakfast for me this year. Getting older and calorie conscious sucks. Still made room for the raisin toast and the hashbrowns (scattered and peppered).
After reading other accounts of the first two games I find myself with little to add.
Nate- very quick and a nose for the ball. Looked good rebounding. His strip of Morrison on his way to the basket was indeed a noteworthy play.
Moses- big and immovable when he wants to be. If he could develop some finsihing moves around the basket he could contribute.
Markel- a couple of nice mid-range jumpers. It's a nice to see a young player who doesn't think the only shot inside the three point arc is a lay-up.
Glad we got there in time for the first game. Jason Clark is really fun to watch.
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Post by 2ndRyan on Jul 6, 2010 14:41:02 GMT -5
It seems like in some who are stricken, short-term memory goes but long-term memory hangs on.
Three years after being stricken, my mother who didn't know what day it was, what she had for lunch, or who her daughter-in-law of ten years was, could, aided by pictures in a scrapbook, recall many of the details of an outing to Old Beach Maine 60 years earlier.
My family has benefitted from the care of patient people who seem to me to get their Go to Heaven ticket punched daily. One hopes and suspects the Smith family will have the resources to surround Dean with what he needs.
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