The Summer Coma... Here Is What You Have To Look Forward To
by Hire Esherick on Apr 7, 2010 12:14 PM EDT
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Staring at this will occupy at least one hour of my time today
April 8 - Recruiting contact period starts again. Ends on April 21 and excludes April 12-15.
April 15 - The Capital Classic - Watch recruits Nate Lubick, Markel Starks and Moses Abraham play at Bender Arena on the American University campus
April 20 - Georgetown Basketball Banquet - RSVP by April 16
April 25 - Deadline for players to submit their names for early entry into the 2010 NBA Draft
EDIT: May 8 - Deadline to withdraw name and retain college eligibility (h/t: Vernon Macklin's Free Throw Stroke)
June 14 - Deadline to withdraw names from 2010 NBA Draft
June 24 - 2010 NBA Draft
July 31 - NCAA deadline to opt out of NCAA Tournament broadcast contract with CBS. Proposed tournament expansion will be settled by this date.
Others:
- Kenner League - last year it started in August, should start earlier this year
- Conference match-ups - Big East should release conference home and road games in July, the actual dates won't be released until September
- Out of conference games - released randomly throughout the summer, other schools will announce before out beloved Georgetown
- Big Ten Expansion - they could take one or more current Big East school. This will not affect the current season
- Recruiting - going after a number of big recruits for the Class of 2011
- Take Verizon Back - we will be writing about different way to help our home court advantage. The Hoya Hoop Club is slated to discuss the issue over the summer as well
- World Cup - analysis, insight and updates from our very own Sir Hoya
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I'm also a world class soccer analyst
I’ve got Brazil to win it all over Spain in the final…also, Sir Hoya, Stoke City sucks!
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Apr 7, 2010 12:30 PM EDT reply actions
you mean you don't see
US vs England Part Deux in the final? (I gotta kick the delusion out of my system by June. Have no fear – the inevitable tournament-ending-before-it-begins injury to Mr. Rooney will see to that).
Historically, Stoke have set several bars for suckitude – almost 150 years old, and they’ve never won the league or FA Cup. SInce Alex Ferguson took the reins at Man Utd, we’ve had 17 changes of manager.
However, 10th in the GREATEST LEAGUE in the world? Not too shabby for our crappy little town. (As the saying goes, if Birmingham is the ar5ehole of England, then Stoke is 40 miles up it…)
KBE
who gets drafted higher?
Greivis Vasquez
Latvious Williams
Born Ready
Yall Came to See Dominique Jones Play
I actually like Born Ready out of that group.
by bunk moreland on Apr 7, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Vasquez is going to have an awesome career
in Europe.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Apr 7, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Jordan Crawford too
Meantime, the mother of Xavier star Jordan Crawford announced that her son is entering the NBA Draft via her Twitter account Wednesday morning. Unlike Stephenson, Crawford has no plans to immediately hire an agent. He’ll way for feedbak from NBA officials before making a final decision.
Good talk.
Wait,
his mother announced for him via Twitter?
by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Apr 7, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
FWIW
New NBA draft rules have it so college players have to withdraw by May 8 to retain college eligibility for the following season.
But the overall withdrawal date hasn’t changed.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog//name/katzandy/id/4086305
swoosh? nahhhh...
by Vernon Macklin's Free Throw Stroke on Apr 7, 2010 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
so you could w/d after May 8
if you wanted to play in europe or the D-League for a year?
Stupid rule change.
by bunk moreland on Apr 7, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess so?
I don’t really understand it either. Worse yet, as Katz points out…the late-April, early May area is usually when colleges are having finals. The players still weighing their options only have essentially 10 days to work out for pro teams…when they should be concerned with their classes. (That is, if the NCAA’s gonna keep sticking with this “student athlete” label.)
swoosh? nahhhh...
by Vernon Macklin's Free Throw Stroke on Apr 7, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
just like how a 96 team tourney really puts the student
in student athlete.
Maybe we need a where are they now colum for summer content – e.g. I miss Boumtje – where is he? Where is Bouboucar Aw?
by bunk moreland on Apr 7, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe heidi could decide the HE/JGD battle
and i know you both wanna chill with tim gunn, who i suspect styles jay wright
Do people know Soccer on on this board?
I need to know how to speak intelligently about the Tottenham/Chelsea game next Saturday. Are they like in a tournament or something? Which team is better at scoring wickets?
Spurs vs. Chelsea
Right now Tottenham (henceforth Spurs..nickname) is within range of getting 4th place in the Premier League, which, as Sir Hoya will tell you is really really f*cking important because you get an automatic bid to the Champions League (the big dance of the club soccer world). So Spurs are in a battle for the fourth place position with Aston Villa, Manchester City, and Liverpool. They need to win many of their remaining games (5-6) to secure this fourth position.
Chelsea, on the other hand, is in first place and in control of their destiny (whether or not they win the Premier League this season). Manchester United are hot on their heels in points so Chelsea have just as much to play for as Spurs. They would love to take all three points from this game…(you get 3 points for a win, 1 for a tie each and none for a loss).
Chelsea Players of Note: Drogba (big awesome forward), Terry (much maligned center back), Malouda (strong fast wing player who is playing awesome right now, or as the english say, he’s in form)
Tottenham Players of Note: Robbie Keane (Irish forward, scrappy, kinda old), Jermaine Defoe (small black english forward), Tom Huddlestone (solid english midfielder…not flashy but good)
Wickets are in Cricket (easy to remember, even for you)
hope this helps.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Apr 7, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
what he said
Another Spurs player to notice (it’s difficult not to at 6’7, in a league and a sport where a regular “big guy” tops out around 6’4) is Peter Crouch (splendid name for a man of his dimensions). Gangly great beanpole who will likely start some World Cup games for England depending on injuries (apparently he’s the tallest guy ever to play for England). Mr. Keane is temporarily plying his trade in Scotland, increasing the chance of serious minutes from the tall boy.
Apart from height, Crouch is best known for his “robot dance”. There are no words. If we’re lucky there will be another rendition or two in South Africa.
Who is demanding evidence of your footie smarts, LordN?
(Spuds 1 Chelski 3)
KBE
Tremendous Insights
There is nothing this blog cannot do.
I have been invited to join a Spurs partisan to watch next Saturday’s game somewhere north of London as I complete a short tour of the Continent and British Isles. The night before I will likely watch bearcat saxa get drunk.
heidi klum
oops, that subject line is off topic, but lets be honest, hard to scroll down past casualhoya’s solid post above. ok onto the subject at hand, football (errr soccer for you americans who actually live in america). yours truly is a huge fan of la joga bonita (aka the beautiful game). proud to proclaim myself as a foremost authority having played the game my whole life and having attended such big event games in the 2 mos since i moved to london such as arsenal-barcelona champions league QF, fulham vs lordnick’s adopted tottenham hotspur club in the FA CUp QF and chelsea-man city in the infamous handshake game btwn john terry and wayne bridge. for those who actually know what i am referring to, i am surprised and impressed. Re Crouch, away from his freakishly good goal scoring record for england and his ability to attract a girl way too hot for him 9didnt bill simmons write about that concept?) his accomplishment in life was his accidental comedy goal scoring celebration where he repeatedly did the Robot. simply awesome. i hate chelsea. i am pro spur. though fulham, home of US star Clint Dempsey, has been adompted as my London premiership club. and yes, its true, i will be sipping martini’s with lordnick in 8 glorious days
by bearcat saxa on Apr 8, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
See I always thought of him because of Abby Clancy
And you take the high road and discuss his soccer skill.
by bunk moreland on Apr 8, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Just to clarify - she is one of the best WAGs out there.
here is the completely gratuitous link
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010_swimsuit/painting/abbey-clancy/
by bunk moreland on Apr 8, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
World Cup analysis by SirHoya?
I predict much slander directed at a certain southern hemisphere side
by who will sex dikembe tonight on Apr 7, 2010 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
nova '85, diego '86
the mid-eighties were rough for the forces of good when faced with coke-fueled evil
KBE
Don't forget
The power of Diego fueled the comeback against UNC in ’07
by who will sex dikembe tonight on Apr 8, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Last World Cup I was in a fantasy league
Anyone else interested in a CH fantasy team?
CyberSalsaKing
we should have a march madness style bracket with frequent commenters/posters
and then duke it out to see who advances… oh wait that would quickly get wearisome :)
It's not me, It's you
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Apr 7, 2010 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
in.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Apr 7, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone keeping this blog up to date?
Why isn’t the Global Phenomenon all over the Reynolds/Fisher-knocking-up-each-other’s-shorties scandal? Is this a scurrilous poorly sourced rumor, or the kind of news I should be getting from speculation-free sources like Hoyatalk?
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