Up Next: St. Joseph's (NIT)

[95UNIGRAD]

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Here is a fine post from the St. Joe's board.


Re: 2012 NIT Bracket
« Reply #24 Today at 7:46am »
IMHO, I detest SJU's draw. Northern Iowa? They may be a fine team, but who around here cares? And drawing a possible second round vs. Drexel stinks...

Oh well, beggars can't be choosers...

I tried using the link to their board in the first post and had to leave after one page of posts....just dripping with stupid.

How can people in the northeast, where there is such a hotbed of basketball, be that ignorant? Didn't see the 2010 Sweet 16 run? Ali? Were they living under a rock? Even if they didn't follow Midwest basketball, EVERYONE in the country was talking UNI for a couple of weeks for what they did to Kansas. I just can't believe anyone could be that ignorant - I thought it was a put on at first trying to draw in Panther fans to post/argue.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Some gems from the "3/14 UNI @ Hagan" thread on their board:

"The Uni-dome team, wait till they see the Hag." (4,000 seat arena? )

...and my all-time favorite:

"All these guys are big farm boys. I lived and worked with them . My friend went to UNI."

To (a few guys') credit, some of them have come out of the woodwork since I first visited the thread and given us props for what we have done recently in the NCAAs, mentioned Ali, and realize that we played a very good schedule in a solid conference.

[06panther10]

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St Joe's has a much richer NCAA history than I had realized. 19 total NCAA tournament appearances, wow. Though, many of them are from a looong time ago.

Last 10 years they have been there 3 times (we have been there 5 times in that span), though they did have that great run where they earned a #1 seed and made it to the Elite 8.

[orangetennis]

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I tried using the link to their board in the first post and had to leave after one page of posts....just dripping with stupid.

How can people in the northeast, where there is such a hotbed of basketball, be that ignorant? Didn't see the 2010 Sweet 16 run? Ali? Were they living under a rock? Even if they didn't follow Midwest basketball, EVERYONE in the country was talking UNI for a couple of weeks for what they did to Kansas. I just can't believe anyone could be that ignorant - I thought it was a put on at first trying to draw in Panther fans to post/argue.

I lived in Philly for two years, its a pro sports town. their knowledge of college sports is fairly limited. plus, the standard philadelphian is pretty arrogant. these type of posts do not surprise me in the least.

[95UNIGRAD]

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St Joe's has a much richer NCAA history than I had realized. 19 total NCAA tournament appearances, wow. Though, many of them are from a looong time ago.

Last 10 years they have been there 3 times (we have been there 5 times in that span), though they did have that great run where they earned a #1 seed and made it to the Elite 8.

That's why I was stunned by some of the comments I read initially on their board. It seems like if anyone would know their NCAA hoops, it would be hoops fans in that part of the country. They've got some great rivalries in the area - intense, to say the least. Maybe I'm expecting too much for a school within the boundaries of the East Coast media machine to know about anyone West of the Mississippi, I don't know.

[AHawkFan]

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That's why I was stunned by some of the comments I read initially on their board. It seems like if anyone would know their NCAA hoops, it would be hoops fans in that part of the country. They've got some great rivalries in the area - intense, to say the least. Maybe I'm expecting too much for a school within the boundaries of the East Coast media machine to know about anyone West of the Mississippi, I don't know.

I'm certainly aware of who UNI is and when I heard we had them for our first round game my first thought was of Ali ?Faroukmanesh? against Kansas. I have a great amount of respect for your program as do most of the Hawk fans I have talked to. Both of us have beaten Creighton, a top-25 team in the country. At the same time, don't count out the Hagan arena as a huuuge factor for this game. I understand how one could do that seeing as it only seats 4,200 people, but believe me with the tight confines, the home court advantage is stunning. #5 seed Temple or #8? seed Creighton could both vouch for that. I'm looking forward to a packed arena come Wednesday night and we will see who the better team is. Watch out for #10, one of the best shooters in the country, or #1, one of the leading shot blockers in the country. Any questions on the Hawks that anyone has can be referred here, I'll try to check back every now and then here and update before Wednesday.

[panther-state]

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Well so far there are no stray jack-wagons over hear talking crap so that already makes them better than Bizen and Grizzz fans. Wish we had a few more like AHawkFan around, though. I truly enjoyed all of the VCU fans who came around and were pleasant to talk to

[achrist70]

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Does the Hawk really go to all basketball practices to flap his wings?

[jnutt]

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Does the Hawk really go to all basketball practices to flap his wings?

he went there to simulate the noise of a dozen fans passing gas and clapping when the team sucked and just kinda kept doing it


this was in reference to the Hawks in our state, not in Philly

[AHawkFan]

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Well so far there are no stray jack-wagons over hear talking crap so that already makes them better than Bizen and Grizzz fans. Wish we had a few more like AHawkFan around, though. I truly enjoyed all of the VCU fans who came around and were pleasant to talk to

I don't think your going to get too large of a trashtalking influence, not from the Saint Joe side. We've had many ups and downs this year and I'd say most fans are moderately concerned with which team either our inconsistent, 3 pt shooting team or our good decision making team is going to show up and thus won't talk trash. From what I understand, UNI is a well coached team which greatly concerns me, because with a good gameplan we're extremely beatable.


It is my understanding the Hawk does not go to practices and flap his wings the whole time. The Hawk, The Drum, and the saying the Hawk Will Never Die are all huge traditions as many alumni of the school will tell you and although the flapping of the wings may seem crazy to uninterested observers, it is quite frankly the biggest tradition we have at St. Joseph's and we are extremely proud of our traditions.

[LA_Panther]

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I was a big fan of St. Joe's 2004 team. I remember they were sooo close to making the Final Four. You could almost credit them for starting the recent trend of strong mid-major showings in the NCAA tourney (even before George Mason in '06). I'm surprised Martelli is still there. I'm sure he had at least a few power conference schools try to lure him away. Good for him for staying put.

On a side-note, I see that Butler is thinking of joining the A-10 (replacing Temple). I wonder what A-10 fans think of this.

[AHawkFan]

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I was a big fan of St. Joe's 2004 team. I remember they were sooo close to making the Final Four. You could almost credit them for starting the recent trend of strong mid-major showings in the NCAA tourney (even before George Mason in '06). I'm surprised Martelli is still there. I'm sure he had at least a few power conference schools try to lure him away. Good for him for staying put.

On a side-note, I see that Butler is thinking of joining the A-10 (replacing Temple). I wonder what A-10 fans think of this.

There are quite a few SJU fans that are entirely on the fence in regards to Martelli. He did capture "lightning-in-a-bottle" in 2004, but besides that, his offensive sets aren't great and some say he doesn't develop his players well. The 2004 team was a great and easily my favorite year of college basketball. Really just a blessing to go undefeated in the regular season and make the Elite 8, not too many teams get that chance.

As for Butler, I can tell you right now that most, if not all A10 fans would be excited to have them. They are a solid program and a solid school and would add to our mid-west feel to keep teams like St. Louis, Xavier and others set there. I don't know about the competency of our current commissioner but at this point I hope we add Butler in favor of teams like Fordham, a total bust in the A10.

[desertcat]

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I normally don't go to other teams boards but I got bored earlier today. It wasn't as bad as some posters here would like us to believe. Yes there were a couple of ignorant posts, but we have plenty of those on our board too. One thing I noticed was they were sure that their 3pt defense was gonna be an issue. Must have been an issue all season, and we do have a pretty solid 3pt% for the season. But they seem to think they have an advantage with rebounding. Although they aren't super tall they do rebound well. This is gonna be a tough matchup. I hope we surprise them with out athleticism, it seems like we are always under estimated in that department. Go Panthers!

[9YRPLAN]

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Plus we have to deal withmore hawk fans dammit

[95UNIGRAD]

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Well so far there are no stray jack-wagons over hear talking crap so that already makes them better than Bizen and Grizzz fans. Wish we had a few more like AHawkFan around, though. I truly enjoyed all of the VCU fans who came around and were pleasant to talk to

A nice change of pace, eh? Welcome, St. Joe's fans!