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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2891065, member: 289"] PART 2 There were two games on the TV screens: the SU women were playing Virginia, (they won 72-68 to improve to 17-4 and 6-2 in the conference) and a replay of Washington beating USC the night before. Jim predicted that Washington would win the replay. He also said they would win the Pac 12, which is “a weak conference”. It was acknowledged that SU’s basketball teams were 2-0 in Cameron Arena this year, quite an accomplishment. The women have attempted 600 three point shots and made 32%, (the men have attempted 514 and made 33%). “That’s almost like 50% from two. When they get going, they can beat anybody. “(So can the men!) Louisville “is pounding people, really shocking scores. They are really, really good. They completely changed everything. Everybody is contributing.” Miami “lost three guys. They’d be among the top 5 teams in the league with those guys.” Clemson is “snake bit. Their best player missed a free throw and the other team hit a 30 footer.” North Carolina State “hung around vs. Virginia. They did a great job defensively and hit a couple.” Tennessee “is undersized but they have veteran players and are very physical. They should have lost at Vanderbilt but they got a ridiculous 4 point play.” Villanova: “Jay has just gone with veteran guys. He isn’t playing the freshmen any more. They have two guys who get 20 points a game each, (Phil Booth and Eric Paschall). They don’t get assists- they just put it one guy’s hands and go. They got 15 treys in the last game and 17 in the one before that.” Marquette is 19-3 and “really good. The Houser twins are both 6-8/6-9 and can shoot form outside. Markus Howard shoots from way out. They have a lot of weapons.” On the Knicks’ trade: “I’m not a big fan of Porzingis. He plays no defense. He wants to play forward but he can’t guard forwards. He needs to play center. I’m surprised they had to give up Hardaway. I’m not convinced about Dennis Smith. Wes Mathews doesn’t have much left in the tank. Nowitzki can shoot like he always did.” James Harden has now scored 30+ points for 24 games in a row. “You can’t guard him. You get up on him, he goes by. If not, he makes the three. He’s in another world.” Coach is “not a fan of Boogie Cousins. But his coming back to the Warriors is probably a good thing for them.” Joe Girard reached the 4,000 points level in high school scoring. Surprisingly that’s not near the national record: they play a lot of games in Louisiana: [URL]https://www.nfhs.org/RecordBook/Record-book-result.aspx?CategoryId=1133[/URL] It’s worrisome that the names who have scored 4,000 points doesn’t seem familiar. Most are players who played at a very low level of ball and did little or nothing in college. Here is Greg Procell’s story: [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/21/sports/high-school-basketball-a-scorer-s-mentality-lives-on.html"]HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL; A Scorer's Mentality Lives On[/URL] I found nothing on Bruce Williams, at least not this one. Bennie Fuller: [URL="http://www.rexnelsonsouthernfried.com/?p=4959"]Bennie Fuller needs our help « Rex Nelson's Southern Fried[/URL] Jackie Moreland did well after transferring to a smaller school: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Moreland"]Jackie Moreland - Wikipedia[/URL] Todd Briley was a single-digit scorer for McNeese State: [URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/todd-briley-1.html"]Todd Briley College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL] Anders Broman dad pretty well at Winthrop: [URL="https://winthropeagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4591"]Anders Broman - Men's Basketball - Winthrop University Athletics[/URL] The only thing I could find about Harold Ray Strother was that he’s dead: [URL]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75560053/harold-ray-strother[/URL] Kelly Coleman became a star at small college power Kentucky Wesleyan: [URL="https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=500:kelly-coleman&catid=58:1960-nba-draft&Itemid=342"]Kelly Coleman - The Draft Review[/URL] Troy House played junior college and small college ball: [URL]http://wkcurrent.com/former-itm-basketball-player-hall-of-famebound-p983-71.htm[/URL] Derek Smith had a distinguished career at Louisville: [URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/derek-smith-1.html"]Derek Smith College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL] Bobby Joe Douglas was a single-digit scorer for Louisiana-Monroe: [URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bobbyjoe-douglas-1.html"]Bobby Joe Douglas College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL] Jim Montgomery played for one season for Auburn: [URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jimmy-montgomery-1.html"]Jimmy Montgomery College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com[/URL] Mike Waters was recently asked how good Girard was: [URL="https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports/g66l-2019/01/a300d1adbf870/syracuse-recruit-joe-girard-iii-can-score-but-how-good-is-he-mikes-mailbox.html"]Syracuse recruit Joe Girard III can score, but how good is he? (Mike's Mailbox)[/URL] Jim said that Girard is “a tough kid, a fierce competitor. He isn’t rated high because he didn’t play during the summer”. That contrasts the information in the Waters article. Gomez asked what the weather was like in Boston. “It wasn’t too bad. The temperature was in the 20’s. When I was in school it would be minus 20 and I’d walk nearly a mile to school. Nothing was ever cancelled.” When I hear a story like that I feel like saying “Oh, was that you? I passed you every day because I lived farther out and was walking faster.” There had been a discussion on ESPN about the toughest places to play. Seth Greenburg had chosen the Conte Forum because they also played hockey there and the floor was always cold. Jim likes playing there because there are always a lot of Syracuse fans and the place is “mostly orange. Louie Carnesecca once said he didn’t want to play where they have a lot of good players. There are a lot of tough players in our league. Smaller places are always tough.” Gomez brought back the discussion of movies from last week. Danny Schayes told him that he’d once appeared in a movie with Whoopi Goldberg, “Eddie” and he’d just gotten a royalty check for $8.16. Jim said that he’d just gotten a larger than normal check for his appearance in Blue Chips: $27.00. There’s a higher rate when the movies turns up on free TV than pay TV. (Why? It’s free.) “Some of mine have bene in that neighborhood, ($8.16). Sean McDonough grew up with Matt Damon. They were having lunch together and Sean wanted to pay the check. Matt told him he’d just gotten a royalty check from one his Bourne movies for its showing in a couple of European countries: $457,000. So he paid the check. Matt’s father and brother went to SU. Has he been to any games at the Dome? Jim didn’t think so. But “a guy from NCIS went to BC and has been to a couple of games”. I think he means Chris O’Donnell. ESPN did a 30 for 30 on Dion Sanders. JB loves the 30 for 30 series. “He was really good. He and Bo Jackson are the modern two sport athletes.” This produced a list of two sport guys they could think of: Charlie Ward, Brian Jordan, “an all-star in both”, Tony Gwynn, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, who played basketball, football and lacrosse. Gomez thought he’d come here on a lacrosse scholarship and walked on for football. Jim told the true story of Judge Kenny Malloy who paid his tuition for him because he wanted Jim to go to Syracuse, where Kenny’s son Jaime became the goalie for the lacrosse team. Then he remembered Oregon State’s Terry Baker who played in both the Rose Bowl and the Final Four. Gomez said that Adam terry, the color man for SU’s football broadcasts was a teammate of Dion’s when he quit football. Dion said his teammates could have whatever they wanted out of his locker and Adam has his last pair of cleats. On the Super Bowl: “I’m a Patriots fan. I’ve got to go with the old coach and the old quarterback. I think they’ve got one left. They will have just enough.” Matt said that this is the oldest coach and quarterback combo in the Super Bowl vs. the youngest. JB: “I like football and the Patriots so I’ll be paying strict attention.” Gomez noted that Bill Belichick has been to 23% of all the Super Bowls that have been played while the Rams players have been to a total of 5. [/QUOTE]

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