Excuse me. Why is your avatar a picture of me?
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
My wife, who doesn't follow basketball one iota, laughed so hard when this happened. Just a great play.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^
I only need clear the schedule for two start times for round two.
Michigan.
And these guys.
GO BLUE BEAT VCU!!
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
Beat Ohio! ...in the NCG
I live about 20 minutes from FGCU. Nice campus, lots of great kids, nice to see these guys making a name for themselves. Good Luck to them!
"Whte men CAN jump"
I thought it but you wrote it........Hey.....if time permits one of your previews would be cool if (when) Michigan advances. I liked them cause they were less analytical and illustrated more of the personal "backstory's" of our opponents.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
when I saw the alley-oop in the final couple of minutes. I was cringing when he tossed it up because it looked like a clear turnover, then suddenly Hops McWhitey jumped off a trampoline or something and almost stuck his whole arm down the cylinder. Holy crap. I've watched it 10 times and I still can't believe what I saw.
Davidson, Ohio, VCU, and Florida Golf Coast. Teams that have knocked the Hoyas out of the tourney in the last 5 years. Thompson is a worse tourney coach than Bo Ryan.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
might wanna wait till tomorrow afternoon to mock them based on that list...
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
but I saw a stat where this is the 5th straight year Gtown has lost to a double digit seed - OUCH!!!
since the john robinson days, he of the most racist coaching philosophy in the last 30+ years. go fgcu eagles.
that, which might or might not include you. Being Black and thinking that it's part of your duty as a Black person to advance the cause of your race is not racist, as a lot of Thompson's white friends understand:
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/MAG1118867/index.hti
There's a good USA Today piece by a guy called Jon Saraceno on the same topic, if you care--or dare--to google it up and challenge your own preconceptions.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:14 PM ^
are from Ethiopia and have very dark skin. i know racism when i see it. john thompson was a racist.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 PM ^
it might change your sense of the guy. I'm not a fan of him myself, but "racist" doesn't begin to cover who and what he is, and if you're as thoughtful as you sound you probably don't want to be throwing such an epithet around--at least not inappropriately.
I happen to have an adopted Black daughter myself, so that doesn't quite get you into heaven. :) As I'm sure you have figured out. . .
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
to be blessed with children, regardless of their color. read the saraceno article and it fails to address thompson's express and outspoken racism. his time at G-town coincides with my time to pay attention to such things. i'm not saying he's the devil, just a racist who wraps his racism in terms that are acceptable to some, not to me. and never forget how he screwed up the olympic team (including his racist picks) when he had more talent available than anyone in the galaxy.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:13 PM ^
but you've got to present the facts. I'm fairly conversant with the charge, having had two friends who went to G'town, and having sorted through it in a good dea of its considerable complexity at the time. He's a guy who figured haters were gonna hate and he was going to huff right back at them--I was always cool with that myself. Have a great rest of the night.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:35 PM ^
over the years and note their race. he had NO caucasians on his team for years. not even as bench warmers and he didn't even bother to recruit white kids for years. i don't think he had a single white kid on scholarship since the '80's (he retired around 2000). allen iverson, one of his most prized recruits prior to going to g-town was a convicted felon for....starting a race riot in a bowling alley. and then there is the banner thompson hung in '75 with the N word on it.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
piece. Cool. The banner thing has been refuted endlessly. Some people don't want their minds changed. Looks like you have some supporters in your opinions here, though.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
get me to the article, only to an SI page. i searced 'john thompson' aritcles but there were hundreds that mentioned his name with no way to know which one was the one you suggested. i would read it if you can point me to it a bit better.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:04 PM ^
Do you really have two sons from Ethiopia?
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:09 PM ^
had their first wrestling tournament last saturday, along with two of their older brothers. the twins wrestled each other in the finals of their division. it was beyond cool. i don't facebook, but if i did, i'd be posting that match.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
disabled. too late to change name. jupiter 2 losing transmission. all grammar is lost...
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:19 PM ^
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March 22nd, 2013 at 11:39 PM ^
if he recruited based on race then he was racist which is defined as making decision based on race. i'm not saying he never did a good thing or that some kids didn't benefit wonderfully by being in his program. i'm only saying he's a racist and he would tell you the same. i'm colorblind and much like MLK, i'm pretty sure that's not a 'petty concept' or 'narrow minded' understanding of racism.
March 22nd, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
Tell me where in the there does it insinuate that racism is attempting to help some of the most downtrodden of your own race overcome their predicament that they were placed in because of the actual racism minorities in our country were a victim to. Where? Because I'm not seeing it. John Thompson didn't recruit based off of a superiority complex. He didn't turn his nose up at white players, he just chose to extend his hand to black ones that no one else really cared to. His recruitment of blacks was not due to their physical and mental traits compared to whites, but their socioeconimic situation, which is not racist.
Look here guy, you can try to twist what Thompson did any way you'd like to justify your dislike of him, and I'm sure you'll respond back to this post with some other flawed rationale for why what he did was racist, but the fact the matter is you are very confused about what racism is, and that's that.
March 23rd, 2013 at 12:20 AM ^
big east basketball = big east football?
My bracket is blown to bits, more red than green at this point, however I like another top seed out of our region.
Now if only KU can lose to WKU tonight.
MADNESS!!
I thought one of the fundamental principles of life is that more than one bracket = no bracket.
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
So who makes fun of you when it does better than your real one?
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^