Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball
Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball
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Re: Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball
So why doesn’t our next door neighbor Loyola have a good DI squad? I know an exception doesn’t disprove a rule, but New Orleans is about as Catholic as one can get in the US.
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Nuns?
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Loyola NO isn't D1. I think they're naia. That doesn't help
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Yes, we know. The point still stands.tulaneoutlaw wrote:Loyola NO isn't D1. I think they're naia. That doesn't help
Although we did get Phil Hicks from them...still my favorite Greenie player of all time (probably before your parents had an outlaw child).
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Because they don't want to be good?
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Um... Haven't been to Cincinnati, eh?TUPF wrote:New Orleans is about as Catholic as one can get in the US.
Just joking and not trying to make this some silly argument but after growing up here and then moving to New Orleans for college, it was something new to me to NOT have Catholic churches with attached grade schools on virtually every corner.
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37 520,301 3,229,945 16.11% Sacramento 2004 ap2005
38 512,146 2,951,228 17.35% Cincinnati (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005
39 506,587 3,006,607 16.85% Baltimore (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005
40 488,004 1,359,136 35.91% New Orleans (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005*
Pertinent stat is the fourth column that is percent of population that is Catholic:
NO - 35.91%
Cin - 17.35%
Source: Catholichierarchy.org
38 512,146 2,951,228 17.35% Cincinnati (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005
39 506,587 3,006,607 16.85% Baltimore (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005
40 488,004 1,359,136 35.91% New Orleans (Archdiocese) 2004 ap2005*
Pertinent stat is the fourth column that is percent of population that is Catholic:
NO - 35.91%
Cin - 17.35%
Source: Catholichierarchy.org
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Because the Poles and Irish in Chicago are definetly not Catholic?PeteRasche wrote:Um... Haven't been to Cincinnati, eh?TUPF wrote:New Orleans is about as Catholic as one can get in the US.
Just joking and not trying to make this some silly argument but after growing up here and then moving to New Orleans for college, it was something new to me to NOT have Catholic churches with attached grade schools on virtually every corner.
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As I said, not trying to make this into an argument. Folks from both sides could point to stats proving their points (I could counter the percentage number claimed above if I wanted to bother). As windy said, obviously there are way more Catholics in Chicago than either of these cities, but also obviously way more people period. And definition of "city" is at odds because some cities are way more suburban (outside city limits), so stats are harder to assemble.
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Well, here’s to another Catholic university winning the national championship tonight!
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I didn't check the date of your post at first. I thought you were referencing Notre Dame winning women's last nightTUPF wrote:Well, here’s to another Catholic university winning the national championship tonight!
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Did you see the owner of a small casino in Vegas was able to get a bet placed at the Golden Nugget on Michigan at 40:1 (at start of tourney), and put down $25,000? If Michigan wins, the casino pays $1.025M. The largest payout the Golden Nugget had previously ever made was under $100K. Think the owner of the Nugget (who also owns the Houston Rockets) is rooting for Villanova a bit?TUPF wrote:Well, here’s to another Catholic university winning the national championship tonight!
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TUPF wrote:Yes, we know. The point still stands.tulaneoutlaw wrote:Loyola NO isn't D1. I think they're naia. That doesn't help
Although we did get Phil Hicks from them...still my favorite Greenie player of all time (probably before your parents had an outlaw child).
Mine also. I remember one game we played at home vs the University of South Alabama and they really had a very good team and Phil was with the Wave then. It was after college roundball outlawed the dunk. Really close game the whole the way through but the Wave finally pulled away as the clock would down to zero. Phil got a pass on the baseline and instead of just running out the clock he drove the baseline and dunked. Yea it didn't count and was a techinical foul, but it absolutely brought the house down.
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I was in San Antonio for about 3 hours Saturday morning (the day of the semis). TONS of Michigan and Kansas fans. A fair smattering of Nova fans, though noticeably less. Loyola fans were few and far between.
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So, about what one would expect?WaveProf wrote:I was in San Antonio for about 3 hours Saturday morning (the day of the semis). TONS of Michigan and Kansas fans. A fair smattering of Nova fans, though noticeably less. Loyola fans were few and far between.
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Number of fans in attendance appears to be inversely correlated to the quality of the educationml wave wrote:So, about what one would expect?WaveProf wrote:I was in San Antonio for about 3 hours Saturday morning (the day of the semis). TONS of Michigan and Kansas fans. A fair smattering of Nova fans, though noticeably less. Loyola fans were few and far between.
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