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Aug 3, 2024 18:01:32 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Aug 3, 2024 18:01:32 GMT -5
What was the problem with Ron T? Overall, HC batted .500 with CM recruits. RP and Vicens, si;Tex and King,no. Can't think of any others.
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Aug 3, 2024 20:28:42 GMT -5
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Post by Xmassader on Aug 3, 2024 20:28:42 GMT -5
I have often said that this was the closest 23 point loss that I've ever witnessed. Seriously, we all knew going into the game that after the Houston loss that UCLA was going to prove to the masses that they were indeed #1 and Houston was a fluke and on-campus discussions were that the Vegas betting line would have us as 50-60 point underdogs. We went on an 8 game winning streak after this loss including wins over BC, Fordham, Syracuse, UMass, UConn and Providence: 1/26 U.C.L.A. (2) N6 L, 67-90 1/30 Boston University A W, 71-66 2/3 Boston College A W, 89-82 2/7 Fordham H W, 85-76 2/10 Syracuse H W, 95-79 2/14 Massachusetts A W, 70-69 2/17 Assumption H W, 91-77 2/22 Connecticut (ot) A W, 86-85 2/24 Providence A W, 64-62 2/27 St. John’s A L, 67-83 3/2 Boston College H L, 87-90 By way of an analogy, when I played baseball and we put a donut weight on the bat while on deck so that the bat seemed to be lighter when we got up to bat, UCLA was like that baseball donut. After that game, the following opponents just didn't seem nearly as tough. I have highlighted the first Boston College game. That was the only basketball victory for HC over the Eagles during my four years on the Hill. If I recall correctly, Keith Hochstein and Ed Siudut each scored 30 points in that victory. breezy You are correct on the 30-30 by Suidut and Hochstein. We were 2-6 in my 4 yrs. vs. the Eagles…0-4 at home (part of Donohue’s 0-7 home record vs. BC in his tenure).
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 4, 2024 6:14:00 GMT -5
Batch, after two seasons, is more than half-way to that player's record for career three pointers. However, he mau not get as many attempts in his last two seasons as in his first two, He will when we get deep into March!
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Aug 4, 2024 12:08:30 GMT -5
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Post by hcnj on Aug 4, 2024 12:08:30 GMT -5
Like hchoops and sader1970, I was at MSG for the HC-UCLA game. Considering that the game was the next game after UCLA’s only loss of the year, Lew’s return to NYC and the absence of Teixeira, the 23 pt. final margin was neither ugly nor surprising. UCLA’s margin of victory that season was greater in 20 of its 29 wins, including ND, Wichita State and one of its NCAA tournament wins. IMO they could have won by a lot more. We never threatened. The margin comparisons are in the noise. Compare our game to BCs game against them, that was competitive.
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Aug 4, 2024 14:31:46 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 4, 2024 14:31:46 GMT -5
The UCLA non starters scored 17 of the team’s 90 The minutes played stat was not kept
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Aug 4, 2024 14:51:53 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 4, 2024 14:51:53 GMT -5
Halftime 48-32
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Post by Xmassader on Aug 4, 2024 22:01:36 GMT -5
Like hchoops and sader1970, I was at MSG for the HC-UCLA game. Considering that the game was the next game after UCLA’s only loss of the year, Lew’s return to NYC and the absence of Teixeira, the 23 pt. final margin was neither ugly nor surprising. UCLA’s margin of victory that season was greater in 20 of its 29 wins, including ND, Wichita State and one of its NCAA tournament wins. IMO they could have won by a lot more. We never threatened. The margin comparisons are in the noise. Compare our game to BCs game against them, that was competitive. Not suggesting that we ever threatened. Suggesting that most of UCLA’s opponents that year never threatened as well and that their margins of defeat were greater (sometimes much greater) without the negatives that HC had coming into the game (playing the Bruins in the first game after their loss to Houston, Lewie’s first game back in NY and without Teixeira [who was on the roster when the game was scheduled]). All things considered, we were soundly beaten but didn’t embarrass ourselves…and as the ‘68 yearbook photo showed, we had the early lead🙂
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Aug 5, 2024 5:04:57 GMT -5
Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 5, 2024 5:04:57 GMT -5
That 2008 win over the Hawks occurred on the night when the four HC Jerseys were raised to the Hart ceiling. The 2008 win was during the 08-09 season. The game being referenced was in 07, during the 07-08 season. Believe we received top 25 votes the following week. We began the season 7-1 with the win over St. Joe's, win over a solid Ohio team (Cruze buzzer beater), and two-point loss to another good A10 team Dayton at the DCU. If we played Dayton at the Hart, we win that game. That was a strange season. After the Dayton loss at the DCU (after which we indeed had Top 25 votes), we went to Albany and lost to Siena in overtime...a Siena team I believe that won at least one game in the NCAA tournament...they were the MAAC auto but good enough to have been an at-large. Then we got smoked by Maryland and lost at Sacred Heart. To open the 2008 calendar year, we lost a tight game at Lafayette to a team that had finished last in the PL year prior, and then it was a very strange league season that ended with us finishing last at 5-9. Swept by Army and Colgate and split with everyone else IIRC. We narrowly lost to top-seeded American in the first round of the Patriot League tournament, and had we won that game, we very well could've had a chance to win the league again.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 5, 2024 14:01:28 GMT -5
Nope, I'd rather compare our games directly against BC rather than a 3rd party. We split with BC one game apiece but the scoring differential was in our favor. Classmate Xmass gives a good explanation for why we might have lost by a wider margin than BC did.
Our boys acquitted themselves well. I was proud of our team before, during and after that game. We went against the best that night.
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Post by Chu Chu on Aug 10, 2024 12:07:44 GMT -5
In the January 1968 game against UCLA at Madison Square Garden, Al Stazinski hit a jump shot that gave HC an early 4-2 lead. As I recall, that was our only lead in the game. Yes, and the Garden crowd went wild. I was at that game, even though I should not have been. The game was on the same day that I had Mammalian Anatomy lab with Father Busam. We were told not to skip any of the labs, and Father Busam took attendance and then spent the entire class walking around, looking at everyone's rabbit dissection, while offering comments. I went to the beginning of the lab, staged my rabbit on the dissection table, and began my work. I then was able to sneak out, and off we went down to NYC! I recruited others to keep moving my instruments around so that it would look different every time he passed by, and then they put my rabbit away at the end of class. When Father Busam asked where I was, classmates, replied that I must've gone to the lavatory. It worked! Whew! What a day.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 10, 2024 13:17:07 GMT -5
Chu Chi-- that is a fantastic story-love it!!!
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Post by timholycross on Aug 10, 2024 13:34:29 GMT -5
In the January 1968 game against UCLA at Madison Square Garden, Al Stazinski hit a jump shot that gave HC an early 4-2 lead. As I recall, that was our only lead in the game. Yes, and the Garden crowd went wild. I was at that game, even though I should not have been. The game was on the same day that I had Mammalian Anatomy lab with Father Busam. We were told not to skip any of the labs, and Father Busam took attendance and then spent the entire class walking around, looking at everyone's rabbit dissection, while offering comments. I went to the beginning of the lab, staged my rabbit on the dissection table, and began my work. I then was able to sneak out, and off we went down to NYC! I recruited others to keep moving my instruments around so that it would look different every time he passed by, and then they put my rabbit away at the end of class. When Father Busam asked where I was, classmates, replied that I must've gone to the lavatory. It worked! Whew! What a day. So, long before Space Jam, a wascally wabbit had a connection to basketball!
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Aug 10, 2024 16:10:21 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 10, 2024 16:10:21 GMT -5
Trivia: Did the second half begin with a jump ball or alternating possession?
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Aug 11, 2024 15:36:11 GMT -5
Post by 78purple on Aug 11, 2024 15:36:11 GMT -5
Trivia: Did the second half begin with a jump ball or alternating possession? Jump ball. the rule change with alternating possessions was made beginning with 1981-82 season
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Post by efg72 on Aug 11, 2024 15:44:03 GMT -5
In the January 1968 game against UCLA at Madison Square Garden, Al Stazinski hit a jump shot that gave HC an early 4-2 lead. As I recall, that was our only lead in the game. Yes, and the Garden crowd went wild. I was at that game, even though I should not have been. The game was on the same day that I had Mammalian Anatomy lab with Father Busam. We were told not to skip any of the labs, and Father Busam took attendance and then spent the entire class walking around, looking at everyone's rabbit dissection, while offering comments. I went to the beginning of the lab, staged my rabbit on the dissection table, and began my work. I then was able to sneak out, and off we went down to NYC! I recruited others to keep moving my instruments around so that it would look different every time he passed by, and then they put my rabbit away at the end of class. When Father Busam asked where I was, classmates, replied that I must've gone to the lavatory. It worked! Whew! What a day. Lol - if it didn't work so much for his recommendation😇✝️
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