MBB Costa Rica trip
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MBB Costa Rica trip
Details about the scrimmage itself and even the team we played are quite scarce but Tulane basketball landed in Costa Rica yesterday and took on some Ticos in an exhibition earlier today. It was a 97-61 Green Wave win.
https://twitter.com/GreenWaveMBB/status ... 4790021120
Thing is, I can only really guess at which team they even played because nothing was mentioned officially. I think it's a Costa Rican law school called Colegio de Abrogados, just putting some context clues together. And there's no box score but Jalen Cook led us in scoring with 24.
To the extent that the opponent even matters, anyway. Tulane won and the team is getting some quality time together.
https://twitter.com/GreenWaveMBB/status ... 4790021120
Thing is, I can only really guess at which team they even played because nothing was mentioned officially. I think it's a Costa Rican law school called Colegio de Abrogados, just putting some context clues together. And there's no box score but Jalen Cook led us in scoring with 24.
To the extent that the opponent even matters, anyway. Tulane won and the team is getting some quality time together.
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Solid action from 2 newcomers.
And Sion James - should be ready for a breakout year.
Nice start!
And Sion James - should be ready for a breakout year.
Nice start!
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UNO is in Costa Rico as well...is that a coincidence or are we going to play them?
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A former president of Costa Rica is a Tulane Grad!!!
https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-alu ... sta%20Rica.
https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-alu ... sta%20Rica.
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Per Jon Rothstein tweet:
AAC Sleeper Tulane wins its first game on a foreign tour by 36. 24 for former LSU guard Jalen Cook, who should be a first-team all-league guy in 22-23.
Next time my wife complains I spend too much time following college basketball I am going to forward this tweet. I get that he gets paid to report on college basketball but I might be the only person that follows him that possibly could care about this.
Did we cover the spread? My degenerate brother in-law would like to know.
AAC Sleeper Tulane wins its first game on a foreign tour by 36. 24 for former LSU guard Jalen Cook, who should be a first-team all-league guy in 22-23.
Next time my wife complains I spend too much time following college basketball I am going to forward this tweet. I get that he gets paid to report on college basketball but I might be the only person that follows him that possibly could care about this.
Did we cover the spread? My degenerate brother in-law would like to know.
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If Williams can score that would be terrific. Hunter talked up his defense when his addition was announced. As for James, if he can improve his shooting and offensive efficiency that would be great, but with so many good scorers available he can continue to be a glue guy.
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Glad to see after an entire season and all-league honors with Tulane, Cook is still "former LSU guard". Seriously??!? That's disgusting.
Only thing more degenerate than someone considering betting this game (have we even confirmed the opponent?) would be some service trying to provide a betting line!
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A healthy Jalen Cook could be POY in the conference. Tulane could very well be better than Memphis this season. Memphis and Houston just picked up transfer frontcourt players in the past week or so.
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When sports were shut down because of COVID, FanDuel actually was taking bets on table tennis. Any bet should have come with the caveat, “Seriously, you are betting on table tennis? Get help now.”PeteRasche wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pmGlad to see after an entire season and all-league honors with Tulane, Cook is still "former LSU guard". Seriously??!? That's disgusting.
Only thing more degenerate than someone considering betting this game (have we even confirmed the opponent?) would be some service trying to provide a betting line!
I actually found an article that pointed out that the organization that was running the matches wasn’t even sanctioned by the World Table Tennis Association. Basically, not only were people betting on players nobody could have ever possibly heard of, but there was a very good chance the matches were rigged.
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coach Hunter and the team presented 700 pairs of new shoes to kids as a part of this trip... nice work by coach and Samaritan's Feet
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Wave won another lopsided game tonight... Holloway top scorer, followed by Forbes and James.
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Looks like Cook stepped back and facilitated his teammates.
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I know Hunter said he would limit minutes for his stars and get the new guys minutes to get acclimated. I can't find anything that shows minutes played, but given that Cross has not been listed as a player that stood out in the first two games I assume he hasn't played much.
It's hard to read in to very much from these games. My only take is that It is good to see James put up good numbers. It has to help his confidence. We all agree that he needs to finish better at the rim and shoot better from the outside. Some of that might just be confidence.
The pictures of the players and the kids they gave shoes to are awesome. The kids look so excited. It's a great cause that should be promoted more.
It's hard to read in to very much from these games. My only take is that It is good to see James put up good numbers. It has to help his confidence. We all agree that he needs to finish better at the rim and shoot better from the outside. Some of that might just be confidence.
The pictures of the players and the kids they gave shoes to are awesome. The kids look so excited. It's a great cause that should be promoted more.
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absolutely... I don't recall the game this past season where CRH coached in bare feet.. they made a huge deal about it in previous seasons.
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I don't believe he did. I watched every game televised and never saw it. I'm sure it'll be pointed out where I'm wrong.Johnny Mac wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:20 amabsolutely... I don't recall the game this past season where CRH coached in bare feet.. they made a huge deal about it in previous seasons.
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Did he plan to do it in one of the COVID cancelled games?
The main advantages of this are ten extra official practices and a pleasant working vacation for folks who have to grind all year long
The main advantages of this are ten extra official practices and a pleasant working vacation for folks who have to grind all year long
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For some reason I feel like there used to be one day when all the coaches did it. The first time I ever heard of Ron Hunter was when he did an ESPN Radio interview while at IUPUI touting Samaritan's feet.
I would appreciate it somebody could post if they know if/how anything is coordinated through either Tulane or the basketball program. It would raise more money and bring some positive press to the program if Tulane spearheaded something that is obviously so important to Ron Hunter.
They delivered shoes on the trip which had to come from somewhere so perhaps it is already being done. The fact that none of us seem to be know the answer for sure means so much more could be done.
I would appreciate it somebody could post if they know if/how anything is coordinated through either Tulane or the basketball program. It would raise more money and bring some positive press to the program if Tulane spearheaded something that is obviously so important to Ron Hunter.
They delivered shoes on the trip which had to come from somewhere so perhaps it is already being done. The fact that none of us seem to be know the answer for sure means so much more could be done.
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He's just making note that Cook has moved up.PeteRasche wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pmGlad to see after an entire season and all-league honors with Tulane, Cook is still "former LSU guard". Seriously??!? That's disgusting.
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Hardly (I know you are kidding) and I'm surprised more folks have not commented on this. Last year, when he was fresh off the transfer people complained about how he was always labeled as "LSU transfer". Now it's a whole year later, he had a great first season with us, he's clearly an important part of our team, and they are STILL calling him "LSU transfer Jalen Cook"? This makes me furious.Roller wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:49 pmHe's just making note that Cook has moved up.PeteRasche wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pmGlad to see after an entire season and all-league honors with Tulane, Cook is still "former LSU guard". Seriously??!? That's disgusting.
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I think so. Checked the news archives on all our buy games last year and there wasn't a mention of a Samaritan's Feet game. I'd guess it was supposed to happen during the Grambling game in late December when our team was all laid up and missed 3 games.