Amir Garrett Leaving St. John's
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Just for your information, Garrett came out of Findlay Prep, in las vegas. There is no real school, no dorms. Findlay, a car dealer, is a rich UNLV fan who started up this faux school to funnel players to the rebels. The team is loaded with talent and their alums are all over - Oregon, Arizona, Ohio Stat, Texas, SD ST., etc
Some have done well, some less so. They take some classes in a Henderson private school, live in some houses that Findlay owns, but spend most of their time on the road playing other powerhouse preps. The only school in the vegas valley that will play them is Bishop Gorman, also a powerhouse, but a real school with solid academics. I think some of the Findlay kids are overated because the loaded roster makes everyone look good, and the kids are generally older than normal hs seniors. I have no idea how they are accredited, but this is Nevada. Have a lucky day.
Some have done well, some less so. They take some classes in a Henderson private school, live in some houses that Findlay owns, but spend most of their time on the road playing other powerhouse preps. The only school in the vegas valley that will play them is Bishop Gorman, also a powerhouse, but a real school with solid academics. I think some of the Findlay kids are overated because the loaded roster makes everyone look good, and the kids are generally older than normal hs seniors. I have no idea how they are accredited, but this is Nevada. Have a lucky day.
beast of the east
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What in Garrett's play exhibited high basketball IQ? His ability to cover the corner's in a zone? Or maybe all those wide open three's our opponent's got were Garrett on the fly calculating the shooter's 3 pt % and letting him shoot? Maybe it was out porous interior defense, and Garrett deciding to sucker his man into getting his shot blocked by Obekpa? I really didn't see what you claim in Garrett's game. Maybe your right, but in his case it would be like a high IQ person performing poorly on exams.
The only thing I can say about your reference to Harrison, is I wish he played for Rutgers, so I could see a tape of his response when a ball got fired at his head.
tom in salem
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No, he was a walk on.
http://zagsblog.com/articles/former-st-johns-walk-on-one-of-the-luckiest-guys-in-america/
i guess i confused which walk on had received a scholarship from lavin, just saying hes a walk on doesnt mean he didnt have a scholarship.
beast of the east
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Walk ons in most programs have one basic role - to be tough practice players who push the scholarships players hard in practice. Occasionally, a tiny few can see daylight in games. Lipscomb was a great example this year - it's like scaling the heights for a walk on, and in a lot different way than Phil Missere (who we all loved but it was more by circumstance that he got a shot).
Neatly all D1 walk ons could play alot at D2 or D3, and apparently that's what Sealy has chosen for the rest of his career. Good luck to him!
rawdognyc
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Actually that's exactly what it means to be a walk on. The year Jamal was on scholarship he was not considered a walk on.
........ from Wikipedia:
"The term walk-on is used in sports, particularly American college athletics, to describe an athlete who becomes part of a team without being actively recruited beforehand or awarded an athletic scholarship. This results in the differentiation between "walk-on" players and "scholarship" players"
Class of 72
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LMAO!!!
What's next? Tweets from the student, formerly known as Flagboy, about his beer preferences, post college?
The Gumbinator
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So you're saying that you're not interested in what flag boy is up to?
He didn't "announce" his transfer. He tweeted that he was going to his transfer, it's not quite the same thing. It was Kieran Lynch who decided that he "announced" his transfer. Evidently to journalism major and Editor in Chief of the Torch Lynch Twitter is the same as the AP wire and reading the internets comprises investigative journalism.
Here's Sealy's tweet to his 283 Twitter followers: "After a long thought process I have decided to transfer from St.Johns." Hey Sam, get over yourself! Clearly he's an ego maniac and we're lucky he's leaving, he was probably a cancer in the locker room.
Would type more (I know you love long posts) but have to go see if the Torch has picked up any breaking news about the FH scandal from Rob Wile's My Space timeline.