Europe Trip Details

[Red.Fans]

Theology should not be a difficult course for most entering college Freshman, athlete or not...

Depends on the professor. I had one Theology prof at St John's give me an F on a paper because he did not like what I wrote. 1/3 of the grade even though I had 100% on the objective tests.
Actually he wrote a huge "F" in dark black ink covering the entire cover page and then apparently went back later and in green ball point pen ink slightly scribbled on the big F and then wrote a very small D- in the lower right corner of the page.

 

[JackofVirginia]

Theology should not be a difficult course for most entering college Freshman, athlete or not...

Couldn't agree more. I had a Vincentian in my soph year, Father Rebholz. What a piece of work! His test actually required you to read and remember the footnotes in the theology text, such as knowing about an amoeba. Worse teacher I had. A real miserable personality.

 

[NYCRedmen]

I had a professor at St. Johns's who told a friend of mine/fellow classmate, that he should've given her an "H" because her paper was so bad. : )

 

[beast of the east]

Theology should not be a difficult course for most entering college Freshman, athlete or not...

My Freshman year I had to pray that I would pass the final so I could pass the theology class

I don't recall theology being hard, although I took The45 (Marriage) with Father Badia (great guy, adjunct), instead of Dr. Zamoyta. I don't recall who else I had for theology 10 and 20 (old and new testament). I do know that the philosophy with Dr. DeMaio (known as D plus Demaio) and Father Maitczak (or something like that, turns out he was a communist, which was a big deal back then) were rough courses.

 

[Redfaced]

Theology should not be a difficult course for most entering college Freshman, athlete or not...

Depends on the professor. I had one Theology prof at St John's give me an F on a paper because he did not like what I wrote. 1/3 of the grade even though I had 100% on the objective tests.
Actually he wrote a huge "F" in dark black ink covering the entire cover page and then apparently went back later and in green ball point pen ink slightly scribbled on the big F and then wrote a very small D- in the lower right corner of the page.

I too did well on objective tests but my big mistake came one day on a discussion of Adam, Eve and their sons. When I asked the question in class " where did Kane and Abel's wives come from? " that was it for me. The prof ( priest ) gave me a final grade of "D" even though I actually had a 90+ average.

 

[austour]

HMM.. Back spasms for our prime recruit? Wonder if he's going on the trip or just not playing? Or, is this Coach speak masking other issues?

Hopefully, Jordan will recover quickly and this is not a chronic condition..

Here we go with the conspiracy injury theories. Remember last year the number of crack posters, who play doctors on redmen.com, diagnosing Branch's injury from a broken leg, tears in the ACL, and MCL, high ankle sprian, or lisfranc ligament damage in the in foot? It was so bad, Branch would be lucky to avoid leg amputation. All this from the medical lab, otherwise known as their couch no less.

Can't back spasms be simply that -- back spasms.

I think its really ineligibility issues and the staff is covering it up.



Let's hope it's not but, transparency has not been a hallmark of Lavin's time here..Jordan was suppose to be taking summer classes, wasn't he?

. . . despite his academic all city award from Philly. LOL

 

[austour]

Evreux team that I believe we play in France;

“@jmverlin: Temple loses its first game in France, 82-50. Q. DeCosey 11, J. Brown 10 + A. Lee 10; D. Dingle went 0-for-10:http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/33629/08/74/80/73w3VD2oNHQc/”

Men against boys, and on their court. These games are never easy.

Don't disagree but two of their top three, Givens and Oshuola, are 2012 grads so they're not THAT old. Givens from Drexel, Oshuola from Oregon.

 

[qcredman]

Theology should not be a difficult course for most entering college Freshman, athlete or not...

Depends on the professor. I had one Theology prof at St John's give me an F on a paper because he did not like what I wrote. 1/3 of the grade even though I had 100% on the objective tests.
Actually he wrote a huge "F" in dark black ink covering the entire cover page and then apparently went back later and in green ball point pen ink slightly scribbled on the big F and then wrote a very small D- in the lower right corner of the page.

I too did well on objective tests but my big mistake came one day on a discussion of Adam, Eve and their sons. When I asked the question in class " where did Kane and Abel's wives come from? " that was it for me. The prof ( priest ) gave me a final grade of "D" even though I actually had a 90+ average.

Divine retribution?

 

[Moose]

Little bit on the teams we are playing.

Rouen Basket- Their 3 Americans on the team are LeMarshall Corbett (Angelo St- '11), Bill Clark (Duquense- '11) and Kyle Spain (SD State- '09). Kareem Reid used to play for them. Here is a link to their EuroBasket page-

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/SPO_Rouen_Basket/3853?Page=0

Evreux- Samme Givens (Drexel- '12), BA Walker (VCU- '07), Olu Ashaolu (Oregon- '12). Moustapha Diarra (San Fran- '11) rings a bell to me. I think we were mentioned with him at some point. Former players include Kenny Atkinson from LI, Mark Karcher (Temple- '00/Sixers), Gary Lumpkin (Xavier- '99), Sergio Lyuk (SJU- '95),

And I'm sorry this might be the funniest name in the history of sports- http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Steeve_Ho_You_Fat/Cholet_Basket/100621

Here is their EuroBasket page-

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/ALM_Evreux_Basket/422?Page=1

Stella Azzurra- Not much on them- http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Stella_Azzurra_Roma/5064

CB Prat Joventut Badalona- Some good former players. Maceo Baston (Michigan- '98), Lonny Baxter (Maryland- '02), Christian Eyenga (NBA), Rudy Fernandez (NBA), Corey Fisher (Nova- '11) (who is now a citizen of Georgia haha), Randy Holcomb (SD State- '02), good ole friend Quenton Hosley (Fresno St- '07), Byron Houston (Ok State, '92), Jerome Moiso (UCLA- '00), another old friend Russell Robinson (Kansas), Sean Rooks (Arizona, '92), RICKY RUBIO (NBA) and Bracey Wright (Indiana- '05)

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/FIATC_Joventut_Badalona/95?Page=1

And lastly Basquet Manresa- http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/La_Bruixa_dOr_Manresa/318

Current- Darryl Monroe (G Mason- '09)
Former- Toby Bailey (UCLA- '98), Serge Ibaka (NBA), Andreas Nocioni (NBA), Andrae Patterson (Indiana '98), Michael Ruffin (Tulsa/NBA) and Matt Walsh (Florida '05).

 

[Pleasedontbanmeagain]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

 

[SJUalum98]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

 

[Pleasedontbanmeagain]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip? I can see a game or two, but the entire thing? I'm no physical therapist but is it really that bad?

 

[mjmaherjr]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip?

He will be " back " before you know it

 

[Moose]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip? I can see a game or two, but the entire thing? I'm no physical therapist but is it really that bad?

The games mean NOTHING. Why risk it?

 

[bamafan]

Jordan has a weak back it happened about a week back.

 

[austour]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip? I can see a game or two, but the entire thing? I'm no physical therapist but is it really that bad?

What are you trying to say about Sanchez. Or did you mean same AS Sanchez last year? Just wondering, can't figure it out.

 

[Pleasedontbanmeagain]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip? I can see a game or two, but the entire thing? I'm no physical therapist but is it really that bad?

The games mean NOTHING. Why risk it?

What it means is experience. What it means is, we don't get to see what this kid can really do against men, not boys anymore. Are you not very excited to see what he can do? Because I sure am.

 

[bamafan]

Jordan has a weak back it happened about a week back.

Footnote: stole this quote from Gerry Cooney. For the uninitiated Cooney was a heavyweight contender from Huntington L.I. who fought Larry Holmes for the title in the early 80's.

 

[austour]

I remember the madhouse at the Smithtown drive in as we all eventually stormed the gates of the sold out venue to watch the fight. Crazy times.

 

[Moose]

Extremely disappointed Jordan isn't playing. One step forward, 2 steps back. After all the fanfare, and now we can't get our star recruit any burn. Same for Sanchez.

2 steps back from what exactly? He has a bad back. What do you want them to push him so he gets some burn in August?

Butler just lost a kid for the entire year playing an international exhibition in Australia. Let him rest.

It just seems every time we appear ready to go firing on all cylinders we stall out. By the way, are back spasms really grounds for not playing the ENTIRE trip? I can see a game or two, but the entire thing? I'm no physical therapist but is it really that bad?

The games mean NOTHING. Why risk it?

What it means is experience. What it means is, we don't get to see what this kid can really do against men, not boys anymore. Are you not very excited to see what he can do? Because I sure am.

I know you get excited when the wind blows but what in my post said anything about not being excited?

The game means nothing Joe. There is no way of getting around that. If the game meant something I'd think he'd play. But it's an exhibition game across the pond still 3 months prior to when the games count. Who cares what he does against men when he has to play boys all year.

A minor blip on the radar and your balloon flew out of your hands into the blue sky