Syracuse Loses to ‘Division II Little Brother’
He mad ... LOL
For those that don’t know, I’m a die-hard Georgetown basketball fan. From the days John Thompson, Sr. and Patrick Ewing became the faces of an emergent power, to the days that Patrick Ewing Jr. was arguably the most valuable player on a team coached by John Thompson III, I’ve ridden with those guys. I take all kinds of shots for my allegiance, mostly from Carolina and Duke fans, and even from … get this … Syracuse fans.
RJ is a known fan of “The ‘Cuse” (chuckle) and often tells me – mostly via e-mail – to not talk to him about anything college basketball related until the season begins due to my devotion to what he often deems an inferior program. In fact, in response to an e-mail I sent out a few days ago about Georgetown’s prospects this season, he responded by saying:
Hey look…
I thought I told you to shut yer mouth until big east play!!! I’m serious. Y’all went 7-11 in conference play.
Fair enough, but excuse me if I have to say something about Syracuse losing 82-79 to Division-II Le Moyne, their “little brother in town,” at the Carrier Dome Tuesday night. Orange guard Andy Rautins called the loss “embarassing,” which pretty much sums the whole thing up.
While the loss won’t count on Syracuse’s record, it counts in the hearts and minds of fans of the game. Over the years, I’ve received all kinds of grief because of everything from Georgetown’s perennially-bad guard play to the string of years – 25 and counting – since their first and only national title. However, I couldn’t even begin to comprehend the kinds of slaps – again, via e-mail – that I would get from RJ and another guy who will remain nameless if Georgetown lost to Bowie State yesterday at the Verizon Center. You have NO idea.
In all fairness, this did happen to another nationally-ranked D-I team a few years ago, and that Michigan State team went on to win 27 games and reach the Sweet-16 of the NCAA tournament. However, that team wasn’t relying on mushmouths like Kris Joseph and Mookie Jones after Eric Devendorf and Paul Harris decided to leave early and pursue careers at Jiffy Lube and P.F. Chang’s respectively.
In short, if you are a fan of Syracuse basketball, take one of these and a sack of these and, “shut yer mouth until big east play!!! I’m serious..”
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Posted on: Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Posted in: Editorial
Tags: Eric Devendorf, Jim Boeheim, John Thompson, John Thompson III, Kris Joseph, Mookie Jones, Patrick Ewing, Patrick Ewing Jr., Paul Harris, Syracuse, Syracuse Orange
Hey man! is that legal. Im a die hard fan of UNC and i really dont feel like i should even speak on or have to “consort with such a girl” ~ king jaffe jaffir, but exhibition or not syracuse is terrible, consistently over rated and under achieving! That is a hell of a combination! Did Boeheim make his usual adjustment from 2-3 zone to 2-3 zone during the game, just asking?
@Skidmark
He didn’t make adjustsments, just faces like the one above like it would somehow make Jonny Flynn and ‘Melo appear out of thin air to come in and save them from losing … to a D-II school … that’s in Syracuse .. at the Carrier Dome.
*PAGING* RAHN JOHNSON
*PAGING* RAHN JOHNSON
*PAGING* RAHN JOHNSON
Somebody please check on RAHN!!!!!!!!!! lmao
LMAO@that other nameless dude!
Just plain crass!!! Trust…this discussion is gonna be better than you could EEEEEEEVER imagine. I’m glad we have a platform and an audience. KBadd, hold your breath until you can name me one point guard from Georgetown (not AI, he was a shooting guard) in the previous two, matter of fact three decades that has significance or relevance in ANY professional league. I’ll wait…
Kenny, Kenny are you still with me?
In the meantime here’s one to grow on…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF7gi8pDqxw&feature=related
SHUT YOUR FACE.
@RJ
Man, please. Like I said, I’ll give you that one. Besides A.I. and Sleepy, our stars routinely come from the swing positions and down low.
But can you please explain to the world how Dikembe Mutombo has more NBA All-Star appearances than Billy Owens, Rony Seikaly, Pearl
Washington, Carmelo Anthony, Sherman Douglas, Derrick Coleman,
Lawrence Moten, John Wallace, Hakim Warrick (tell me when to stop),
Gerry McNamara,. Dave Johnson, Jason Hart, Preston Shumpert, Stevie
Thompson, Conrad McRae, Adrian Autry, Etan Thomas and Todd Burgan
COMBINED!!!!”
Again, can you possibly explain that?
And when you can’t – again – please never speak again about what
Georgetown products accomplish once they leave … thanks.