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BTW, we're all probably hungry for info on the team. The AAC's media day is scheduled for Thursday in NYC. Geno will be joined by KML, Kiah, Breanna and Moriah. The conference preseason stuff won't be that interesting but hopefully we'll get some news on practice, freshmen, etc. Good to see Kiah part of the group. Build up her confidence.

Also, the AP preseason poll will be released on Thursday. I expect the WBCA coaches' poll to be released this week as well though I'm not sure which day.
 
Oh no! The Violets are competition for my alma mater, University of Chicago. It looks like NYU and Chicago finished joint second in the league last year. Can't have them getting a leg up with know-how from Geno!
 
UConnCat said:
BTW, we're all probably hungry for info on the team. The AAC's media day is scheduled for Thursday in NYC. Geno will be joined by KML, Kiah, Breanna and Moriah. The conference preseason stuff won't be that interesting but hopefully we'll get some news on practice, freshmen, etc. Good to see Kiah part of the group. Build up her confidence.

Also, the AP preseason poll will be released on Thursday. I expect the WBCA coaches' poll to be released this week as well though I'm not sure which day.
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Will the Huskies be a unanimous #1? I predict 1-2 votes for ND or SC, based on regional bias or just plain stupidity. :)
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Will the Huskies be a unanimous #1? I predict 1-2 votes for ND or SC, based on regional bias or just plain stupidity. :)
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I'm thinking it will not be unanimous in either poll though I expect the other #1 votes to go to SC and not ND as the latter lost just as much to graduation as UConn.
 
Orangutan said:
Oh no! The Violets are competition for my alma mater, University of Chicago. It looks like NYU and Chicago finished joint second in the league last year. Can't have them getting a leg up with know-how from Geno!
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NYU is my alma mater and ironically my 2nd choice was University of Chicago. I LOVED my visit there...gorgeous campus. But when I sat in on a class, all the students (though very friendly) warned me, "Don't come here! You'll have no social life!" No regrets but U. Chicago will always have a special place in my heart.

Anyway, if you look at the NYU all-time WBB records, you'll see a lot of the name "Wiggins." Indeed, Candice Wiggins's big sister played for the Violets.
 
UConnCat said:
BTW, we're all probably hungry for info on the team. The AAC's media day is scheduled for Thursday in NYC. Geno will be joined by KML, Kiah, Breanna and Moriah. The conference preseason stuff won't be that interesting but hopefully we'll get some news on practice, freshmen, etc. Good to see Kiah part of the group. Build up her confidence.

Also, the AP preseason poll will be released on Thursday. I expect the WBCA coaches' poll to be released this week as well though I'm not sure which day.
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Seems to me that Geno has been quieter this year about the shaking out of the team.
Really hasn't said a word in public since he said that the coach's weren't too impressed with the frosh.

I wonder what that means?
 
kat0189 said:
NYU is my alma mater and ironically my 2nd choice was University of Chicago. I LOVED my visit there...gorgeous campus. But when I sat in on a class, all the students (though very friendly) warned me, "Don't come here! You'll have no social life!" No regrets but U. Chicago will always have a special place in my heart.

Anyway, if you look at the NYU all-time WBB records, you'll see a lot of the name "Wiggins." Indeed, Candice Wiggins's big sister played for the Violets.
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The shame is that campus is most beautiful in the summer with the contrast of the ivy on the gothic stone buildings. In the (endless) Chicago winter, you lose the contrast and it's just gray on gray.

I don't have any cool factoids about Chicago basketball other than that we had a pretty good 2-3 years ago under now-Bucknell Head Coach Aaron Roussell (who could well be coaching a power 5 school in 10-15 years, very good coach).
 
msf22b said:
Seems to me that Geno has been quieter this year about the shaking out of the team.
Really hasn't said a word in public since he said that the coach's weren't too impressed with the frosh.

I wonder what that means?
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I think this is a standard quiet period for the coaching staff - Thursday is media day followed by the start of the exhibition games and the access will increase.
 
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The Maroons!!!

When I had more time, I was intimately acquainted with the powerful Violets and the upstart Maroons.

Ah, those were the days.... Sometimes being the big boss stinks...
 
Orangutan said:
Oh no! The Violets are competition for my alma mater, University of Chicago. It looks like NYU and Chicago finished joint second in the league last year. Can't have them getting a leg up with know-how from Geno!
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Didn't I read somewhere that UChicago is technically a member of the Big10?
 
kat0189 said:
NYU is my alma mater and ironically my 2nd choice was University of Chicago. I LOVED my visit there...gorgeous campus. But when I sat in on a class, all the students (though very friendly) warned me, "Don't come here! You'll have no social life!" No regrets but U. Chicago will always have a special place in my heart.

Anyway, if you look at the NYU all-time WBB records, you'll see a lot of the name "Wiggins." Indeed, Candice Wiggins's big sister played for the Violets.
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Wow! so we are all not dead or out to pasture. Following my gory days there, they did away with major sports. Hard to think back to the days when NYU and Manhattan C duked it out. Are they back into sports again- giving scholarships? Is the NYU team a club sport unit?
 
Orangutan said:
The shame is that campus is most beautiful in the summer with the contrast of the ivy on the gothic stone buildings. In the (endless) Chicago winter, you lose the contrast and it's just gray on gray.

I don't have any cool factoids about Chicago basketball other than that we had a pretty good 2-3 years ago under now-Bucknell Head Coach Aaron Roussell (who could well be coaching a power 5 school in 10-15 years, very good coach).
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I am now having a homesick moment or two thinking about the beauty of U of C in the spring , summer and fall....didn't go there, but spent much time in my youth in Hyde Park, 57th Street Beach and the Point. A lovely time. I wonder if the Medici Coffee House and Book store is still on 57th Street? I miss Chicago muchly, but when the winter comes and the Hawk is whizzing down the lakefront, not so much....Thanks for the memories, O!
 
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ChicagoGG said:
I am now having a homesick moment or two thinking about the beauty of U of C in the spring , summer and fall....didn't go there, but spent much time in my youth in Hyde Park, 57th Street Beach and the Point. A lovely time. I wonder if the Medici Coffee House and Book store is still on 57th Street? I miss Chicago muchly, but when the winter comes and the Hawk is whizzing down the lakefront, not so much....Thanks for the memories, O!
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The Medici is very much still there! Now you're stirring my own memories...springtime beach picnics at the Point...
 
hjoerring said:
Wow! so we are all not dead or out to pasture. Following my gory days there, they did away with major sports. Hard to think back to the days when NYU and Manhattan C duked it out. Are they back into sports again- giving scholarships? Is the NYU team a club sport unit?
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In my years there, there was no basketball team and the only available gym had 3 foot pillars throughout the court. West Fourth Street was the place to play.
 
ed4ourgirls said:
I doubt if that includes me. :rolleyes:

If I were to wander into practice I expect I would be politely told to get lost.
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I have been from a men's practice. They let me hang around a good five minutes though. I'd love to watch one Auriema's practices.
 
hoopingcrane said:
In my years there, there was no basketball team and the only available gym had 3 foot pillars throughout the court. West Fourth Street was the place to play.
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NYU is a DIII school. From when I had copious time:

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Division III rankings went topsy-turvey last week: the University of Chicago (16-0) soared from 5th into the top spot. This is the first time in the program's 36-year-history they've been ranked #1. U of C is one of only three undefeated teams in D-III and, in case you're wondering, plays in the University Athletic Association, a conference formed around schools with academic similarities (research-focused) and located in metropolitan areas. Next up for the Maroons? The Violets. Yes, this Friday they play fellow-conference member, and 12th-ranked, New York University (sometimes known as the Bobcats.)

A side note:
NYU is coached by Janice Quinn. A graduate of NYU in '85, Quinn double-majored in economics and metropolitan studies. She was also NYU's first 1,000-point scorer. Quinn became NYU's coach in 1987, went on to earn a master’s degree in finance and management, and guided her team to a National Championship in 1997. In her spare time, Quinn also serves as NYU's Associate Director of Athletics. Interestingly enough, it is not unusual to find D-III, D-II and NAIA coaches with post-graduate degrees and additional management or professorial responsibilites.
 
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ThisJustIn said:
The Maroons!!!

When I had more time, I was intimately acquainted with the powerful Violets and the upstart Maroons.

Ah, those were the days.... Sometimes being the big boss stinks...
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Maroons.. eh...

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hoopingcrane said:
In my years there, there was no basketball team and the only available gym had 3 foot pillars throughout the court. West Fourth Street was the place to play.
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I was at NYU from the mid-to-late aughts and Coles, located just above Houston with the entrance on Mercer, was the facility for hoops games. Not sure when it was built. Hardly state of the art (no air-conditioning) but quite large and I don't recall any pillars, lol. When I was there, there were whispers about converting Coles into more classrooms and doing away with sports. I'm sure that conversation comes up a lot at NYU and frankly I don't think it's such a bad idea as there simply isn't much interest among the general student population.

My freshman year, Duke's Lindsey Harding could be seen playing pickup with the guys as she lived in an NYU dorm one summer while interning in Manhattan. I had a friend/classmate who was a decent baller in HS out in Colorado (playing against Ann Strother, Liz Sherwood, the Waners) who was going to join the school team but after watching a game completely lost interest due to the level of play. But she made a heckuva intramural teammate!

Indeed, West 4th Street was always poppin'. I met some awesome D-I girls from NYC and home for the summer break playing there. I did a photography project for an elective class of women's hoops players and they were great. A couple are still playing pro overseas and I believe one is moving up the coaching ranks, currently at St. John's.

Ahh, college nostalgia. I definitely miss The Village, but I'm stuck in some boring provincial town called San Francisco for now :-P. Planning to eventually move back to Manhattan, though.
 
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kat0189 said:
I was at NYU from the mid-to-late aughts and Coles, located just above Houston with the entrance on Mercer, was the facility for hoops games. Not sure when it was built. Hardly state of the art (no air-conditioning) but quite large and I don't recall any pillars, lol. When I was there, there were whispers about converting Coles into more classrooms and doing away with sports. I'm sure that conversation comes up a lot at NYU and frankly I don't think it's such a bad idea as there simply isn't much interest among the general student population.

My freshman year, Duke's Lindsey Harding could be seen playing pickup with the guys as she lived in an NYU dorm one summer while interning in Manhattan. I had a friend/classmate who was a decent baller in HS out in Colorado (playing against Ann Strother, Liz Sherwood, the Waners) who was going to join the school team but after watching a game completely lost interest due to the level of play. But she made a heckuva intramural teammate!

Indeed, West 4th Street was always poppin'. I met some awesome D-I girls from NYC and home for the summer break playing there. I did a photography project for an elective class of women's hoops players and they were great. A couple are still playing pro overseas and I believe one is moving up the coaching ranks, currently at St. John's.

Ahh, college nostalgia. I definitely miss The Village, but I'm stuck in some boring provincial town called San Francisco for now :-P. Planning to eventually move back to Manhattan, though.
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I preceded you by 35 years or so. The gym was in one of the buildings off Waverly Place up on the third or fourth floor. The pillars made fast breaks problematic but were good for rubbing off the defender. Highlight of my time at West 4th was when one of the guys picking up teams said, referring to me, "take the white guy- he can shoot." As for nostalgia, one of my unofficial roommates- he slept on the floor- was the doorman at the Fillmore East. 'Nuff said.
 
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