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FriarJ said:
My brother and I had tickets. I would have gone but I head to Mexico this week for a while and haven’t been feeling great so I decided to not do another cross country flight. He attended with a friend.
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Tough break. It was one hell of a game atmosphere.
 
One more thing on Joe Hassett. He dislikes James Breeding more than we all do.

 
superjohn said:
What a ridiculous and awful thing to say.

This guy is a next level narcissist, he had a lot of people fooled.
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Had?

With Norlander as his waterboy in this round, the public relations angle shifts to, "If we work it hard enough, we can get folks to think he's not a POS, and then hope they ignore or don't notice that he's nonetheless FOS." If his teams win, a lot of people will sign on.

Everybody expected Roy Williams to leave Kansas and return to UNC, but he never dropped the, "Aw shucks..." Huckleberry Hound act, and eluded the NCAA hammer into retirement after a long & successful career.

Butch Beard's return to Texas was bumpier.

Maybe Ed Cooley's DIVINE PROVIDENCE lies in guiding Stonehill to unimaginable success. Don't count out a guy who made the Sweet 16 and won 3 NCAA games at a little school in Little Rhody.

A statement released this morning:

"You know, those fans couldn't be as upset with me as they showed yesterday if I hadn't meant so much to them. But I now realize how much pain my departure caused them. I must bear responsibility for breaking their hearts. Of course, it could not be helped.

I am announcing today that I will be singing a duet with Taylor Swift on an upcoming album and all proceeds will be split between funding an endowment for additional security during every Georgetown game at The AMP for so long as I remain the coach at GU, and establishing with a one-time donation the Edward Cooley Center for Recovery from Sports Fan Grief and Trauma at Providence College.

Thanks to me, the Friars will survive. Family Forever. You're welcome. I love you."

We good now?
You betcha.
[wink wink]
 
FriarJ said:
It usually is.
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Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.
 
CL82 said:
Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.
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Ed Cooley's points of pride!
 
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CL82 said:
Oh, I don't know, underage drinking, brawls outside among Friar fans waiting to get in, rampant profanity unchecked by the school, I didn't realize that was the norm.
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Good grief, this was a pearl clutch extraordinaire. There was no brawl. Underage drinking? LOL, I’ve never heard of that in college. Profanity? Unchecked? F Ed Cooley chants? The horror. Your post is more embarrassing.
 
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Tyler2Rings said:
Once Cooley was out of the tunnel, he spent a good 5 minutes pointing, waving and thumbs-upping fans. Not the general crowd, like specific people. He seemed like he knew someone in every section. I've never seen anything like it, but it seemed like there are still folks who appreciate him in Friartown
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Must have been all the mistresses.
 
FriarJ said:
Good grief, this was a pearl clutch extraordinaire. There was no brawl. Underage drinking? LOL, I’ve never heard of that in college. Profanity? Unchecked? F Ed Cooley chants? The horror. Your post is more embarrassing.
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The video says otherwise. It's kind of pointless for you to "clutch your pearls" and say oh my it didn't happen. It was what it was.
 
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CL82 said:
The video says otherwise. It's kind of pointless for you to "clutch your pearls" and say oh my it didn't happen. It was what it was.
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It wasn’t a brawl. Are you actually that dense or is this just ANOTHER lame attempt at trolling from you. It was kids knocking over a barrier from the crush of all of them then falling down.
 
FriarJ said:
It wasn’t a brawl. Are you actually that dense or is this just ANOTHER lame attempt at trolling from you. It was kids knocking over a barrier from the crush of all of them then falling down.
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Sure.

Hey, no need to get upset. You guys got a huge win over the second worst team in the conference. You should be celebrating.
 
PC lost at home by 20 to Xavier and we just ran them out of the building in the first half with a houseful of UConn royalty celebrating the 2004 title.

Can we put this thread to bed now?
 
Deepster said:
PC lost at home by 20 to Xavier and we just ran them out of the building in the first half with a houseful of UConn royalty celebrating the 2004 title.

Can we put this thread to bed now?
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You guys are a load no doubt about it but comparing who beat who in CBB is fools gold. We will find out how much better UConn is on at least two occasions this year. Right now the difference is significant. We really miss Hopkins inside. That will probably be obvious Wednesday.
 
FriarJ said:
You guys are a load no doubt about it but comparing who beat who in CBB is fools gold. We will find out how much better UConn is on at least two occasions this year. Right now the difference is significant. We really miss Hopkins inside. That will probably be obvious Wednesday.
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We are going to drum you by 30.
 
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Tyler2Rings said:
@FriarJ want to get some insight. I was at the game yesterday, decent seats in the lower bowl behind Hoya bench. Not sure if this was apparent on TV....

Once Cooley was out of the tunnel, he spent a good 5 minutes pointing, waving and thumbs-upping fans. Not the general crowd, like specific people. He seemed like he knew someone in every section. I've never seen anything like it, but it seemed like there are still folks who appreciate him in Friartown

My other hypothesis was maybe he was acknowledging the few people not flipping him the bird. I wasn't being demonstrative, just taking in the spectacle and I swear one of his waves was in my direction
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There were 9 Gtown trustees and family and friends around the bench area. There were also so past trustees who have remained friendly with Cooley and asked to be seated at that end of the court. If you were very friendly with Cooley he's like your drinking buddy friend from college that is fun as hell but always seems to fuck up.
 
FriarJ said:
You guys are a load no doubt about it but comparing who beat who in CBB is fools gold. We will find out how much better UConn is on at least two occasions this year. Right now the difference is significant. We really miss Hopkins inside. That will probably be obvious Wednesday.
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PC always seems to be a thorn in our side, though it certainly doesn’t look great on paper. Devin Carter is going to have to go off, which is certainly possibly since he’s a stud, but Hurley will basically get to throw all sorts of defensive looks at him. Would have loved to see the matchups this year with both sides at full strength.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
PC always seems to be a thorn in our side, though it certainly doesn’t look great on paper. Devin Carter is going to have to go off, which is certainly possibly since he’s a stud, but Hurley will basically get to throw all sorts of defensive looks at him. Would have loved to see the matchups this year with both sides at full strength.
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I love this PC team. I think UConn is objectively better but those guys play too hard to think this is going to be anything other than a battle. Carter’s probably my favorite non-UConn player. Floyd is not.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I love this PC team. I think UConn is objectively better but those guys play too hard to think this is going to be anything other than a battle. Carter’s probably my favorite non-UConn player. Floyd is not.
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I hear you. Carter/Hopkins/Oduro was a really fun core to watch. They would have been a team that could have made some noise if Hopkins doesn’t go down.
 
gsmooth said:
It was fun to be in and see it first hand
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As much as I am a fan neither of Cooley nor PC, that game, in a way was a crystallized version of much of what is great about college basketball. It matters to people in a very personal way.

Pretty cool that you got a chance to see it in person.
 
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CL82 said:
As much as I am a fan neither of Cooley nor PC, that game, in a way was a crystallized version of much of what is great about college basketball. It matters to people in a very personal way.

Pretty cool that you got a chance to see it in person.
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Better than Clemson-Duke?
 
FriarJ said:
Speaking of embarrassing, lacking in self awareness, and ironic.
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Sounds as if he's got the "Hoya" fans in his pocket already.......maybe even deeper in his pocket than the PC fans.
 
ibleedhuskyblue said:
Those Kansas students were in their seats like 2 days before we got to phog allen.
8:00 am is later than i expected.
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How anyone from the b12 head offices could see that and not be on the phone with AD DB is beyond me. Hmmm, Maybe a top ranked UConn puts butts in the seats...
 
I am impressed by the length and attention to details in this thread. FiarJ has a fans on this board- good for him- seems like a level headed poster- but a 16 page thread on PC? Thats like Angelina Jolie getting a tattoo of me on her arm- maybe could do better?
 
nadav said:
You don’t believe that!
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What I want to believe is different. It is more probable of this being a romp as a close game. It will probably be somewhere in between. You guys are the best team in the country, by ranking and by my eyes. Playing at Gampel no less. While I’m proud of our team, the season became a very tough road the minute that ACL blew.
 
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