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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3262707, member: 289"] PART 2 Murray State and Belmont were on TV- two good mid-major programs. (Murray State won 85-75). JB: Two good programs with good coaches. At that level the players lack size but they have guys who can play. These days there are hundreds of good AAU teams out there, especially through the Nike Elite Youth Basketball league (EYBL), that there are tremendous numbers of good players and coaches.” Matt also mentioned the large numbers of transfers these days. “You can’t find a roster of all home-grown players anymore.” JB: “it adds to the competitiveness.” Pitt just beat Boston College 74-72. “They, (BC) got a couple of guys healthy again. Pitt beat both Florida State, (in their opener), and North Carolina, (twice). UNC had a chance to win vs. Virginia Tech. Their big guys had good games. Their problem is with the guards. These teams are good. Georgia Tech didn’t have their point guard when we played them and BC had 2 guys out. Every game in the league last night was decided by 4 points or less. We’ve still got three teams in the top 10, just like last year and the rest of the league is better. Pitt, Notre Dame, Wake, NC State and Georgia Tech are all better….NC State is a good young team, playing well. Clemson just beat both Duke and UNC. “ Zion Williamson had a notable return to action in the NBA. “They let him open form 3 and he went 4 for 4. It takes them a while to know he can hit from out there. He’s hard to guard. He’s quick and small. The most obvious comparison is to Charles Barkley but he couldn’t move like this guy. Health is the only thing that wills top him. All that weight, (285 pounds on a 6-6 frame) moving that fast….He’s big all over and comes at you with all that weight.” (Ask Marek about that.) “He had 22 points and 7 rebounds in 20 minutes. That’s never been done before.” (Wilt Chamberlain says “High!”) On the death of DeMatha High’s Morgan Wooten: “he ran practices more advanced than that of a college coach. Everything is timed out. Everyone has to be in their proper place. It was very regimented. He would have bene a great college coach. the only job he ever wanted was the Maryland job and it went to another great high school coach, Bob Wade. Morgan and Bob Hurley at St. Anthony’s are the only two high school coaches in the Hall of Fame, although I think mike Hopkin’s coach Gary McKnight probably should be there.” They talked briefly about the women’s team, which has recruited two McDonald’s All-Americans for next season. They will need them, judging by the dismal result of last night’s game: [URL="https://www.syracuse.com/orangewomen/2020/01/after-another-humbling-loss-syracuse-womens-basketball-faces-tough-decisions.html"]After another humbling loss, Syracuse women’s basketball faces tough decisions[/URL] “I’d’ like to know who didn’t vote for Derek Jeter to be in the Hall of Fame. He should never vote any more. He’ll never tell but the other 365 guys who voted for Derek could identify themselves and then we could figure out who the other guy was.” Gomez suggested that marina Rivera was unanimous because he was the greatest closer ever. JB: That shouldn’t matter…Likability should not be an issue… Was Jeter the greatest shortstop ever? They just don’t know what to do with the steroid guys. Pete Rose should be in but keep him out of baseball.” He thinks Eli manning belongs in the Hall of Fame, despite his .500 career record, (117-117), because he beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl – twice. “He didn’t have a lot of great years but was pretty good.” The Basketball Hall of Fame is undergoing a renovation and some of the plaques are actually being sold. JB: “Mine’s safe. There wouldn’t be a big price for it. I don’t even know where it is – I haven’t been back since I was inducted.” The raiders are now officially the Las Vegas Raiders. “They will get a basketball team soon, too. The hockey team has been a big success. That’s a great sports town and a good place to live. Ten miles out of town it’s cheap. There are good restaurants, (very important), and schools. The main strip can be crazy. Most people don’t go there to gamble. They just watch the shows. I was there for two days. I would want to be there any longer.” (But it’s a good place to live.) He told stories about how Jerry Tarkanian “owned that town. The city gave him gold cars and let him park on the sidewalk. He never paid a bill. He had a gold card and 6-7 courtesy cars. If he needed a new washer or driver, it got delivered. Fantasyland.” They had a conversation with their producer, Paulie, about his 8 hour drive back from South Bend, which was shared with Syracuse.com’s Mike Waters, who is actually writing an article about it or about Paulie, (I wasn’t sure). It was agreed that Waters deserved some kind of a medal for being in a car for 8 hours with Paulie, who is always being joshed on the show. He said “You don’t realize how boring your life is until someone starts asking question about it.” They talked about a fan named Bobby Gilmore, (?), who drove to every game, home and away all over the country for 35+ years. Apparently he didn’t like flying. (Did he drive to Hawaii?) The coaches will be wearing special suits and sneakers on Saturday for “Coaches vs. Cancer.” [/QUOTE]

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