Where Are They Now?

[DeepValue]

Miami beats #8 Florida. Canes played smart, adapted, and fought the whole way. Good game.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Watched the Miami and Florida game. Miami was down by 2 with 32 seconds left. L calls one of his two remaining timeouts to set up a play for his hot shooter. Guy drills the 3. Then L calls a timeout with 3 sec left, with the lead, on the inbounds play. Must be nice to have a coach who knows a thing or two about coaching/game management.

 

[GMUgemini]

Watched the Miami and Florida game. Miami was down by 2 with 32 seconds left. L calls one of his two remaining timeouts to set up a play for his hot shooter. Guy drills the 3. Then L calls a timeout with 3 sec left, with the lead, on the inbounds play. Must be nice to have a coach who knows a thing or two about coaching/game management.

Too bad he was never that good here -- plenty of games we never even got a shot off.

 

[Raider_SPE]

Too bad he was never that good here -- plenty of games we never even got a shot off.

Man do I miss the days of actually have a couple of timeouts remaining when down and there is less than a minute left.

 

[gmujim92]

Too bad he was never that good here -- plenty of games we never even got a shot off.

Was Larranaga the best end-game tactician ever? No. Quite many of the things he did at the end of games drove me bananas.

And yet, there were so many other games when we kicked opponents' asses and ran them right out of the building, it was a little easier to tolerate the times he didn't get it done.

Larranaga on his worst day is 1,000 times better than Hewitt.

Part of me is glad he's getting a chance to show his stuff on the big stage.

 

[GMUgemini]

Was Larranaga the best end-game tactician ever? No. Quite many of the things he did at the end of games drove me bananas.

And yet, there were so many other games when we kicked opponents' asses and ran them right out of the building, it was a little easier to tolerate the times he didn't get it done.

Larranaga on his worst day is 1,000 times better than Hewitt.

Part of me is glad he's getting a chance to show his stuff on the big stage.

Absolutely agree. But I also agree what he did at Mason didn't warrant $1.5 million a year from us either. We should move on and wish him well and stop dwelling on the decision to let him go.

It sucks we hired the wrong guy as his successor, but that often happens after a legend at a school leaves.

 

[GSII]

Yeah he wasnt worth 1.5 million. Closer to 2million is about right after the hell we have been through.

 

[Washingtonian]

I know this is dated in 2013, but Jai Lewis made the list:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/danoshinsky/23-march-stars-who-got-their-one-shining-moment-where-are-th

Jai Lewis — all 6 feet 7 inches, 275 lbs. of him — is partially responsible for one of the great Cinderella runs in NCAA history. His 20 points and 7 rebounds against UConn sent George Mason to the Final Four.

After that historic season, Lewis tried to go the Antonio Gates route and play NFL football as a tight end. He went undrafted, and now plays basketball in Japan.

 

[couchcoach]

you know now where is cousin marko?

 

[GMUgemini]

Yeah he wasnt worth 1.5 million. Closer to 2million is about right after the hell we have been through.

We can't even afford to buyout Hewitt's contract and you want to have raised Larranaga's salary by 350 percent?

As a point of comparison, Shaka Smart will probably go to as many NCAA tournaments inas Larranaga

I know this is dated in 2013, but Jai Lewis made the list:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/danoshinsky/23-march-stars-who-got-their-one-shining-moment-where-are-th

Jai Lewis — all 6 feet 7 inches, 275 lbs. of him — is partially responsible for one of the great Cinderella runs in NCAA history. His 20 points and 7 rebounds against UConn sent George Mason to the Final Four.

After that historic season, Lewis tried to go the Antonio Gates route and play NFL football as a tight end. He went undrafted, and now plays basketball in Japan.

Should have put that entire starting 5 on there.

That's a little unfair to Jai Lewis about his NFL aspirations. The Giants tried to turn him into an offensive lineman and Jai Lewis decided he liked basketball more than blocking defensive tackles.

 

[GSII]

Jon Arledge opened his season @ new school with 19pts, 9 rebs (3ptrs). Odu beat uncw 79-59. Odu also beat Richmond tonight 63-57. JA in typical form following a good performance with a sub par 5pt, 4 fouls, 5 reb outing vs UofR. Hope JA goes easy on his former team.

 

[GSII]

Gemni, if you think mason cant afford to buy Hewitt out then you are lost. Not wanting to pay is another story, but the money is there. And some of it will be used after this season. We will part ways with The Virus.

 

[Pablo]

http://www.mlive.com/eagles/index.ssf/2014/11/live_updates_oakland_universit.html:

Oakland 51 , Eastern Michigan 49 (14:31): Anali Okoloji was called for a technical foul during the first media timeout of the half. Oakland hit both free throws, and a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. The Grizzlies went up as much as six points before Karrington Ward hit back-to-back layups.

 

[GSII]

Was technical for stepping on another player or for using a cell phone during the game?

 

[Pablo]

Was technical for stepping on another player or for using a cell phone during the game?

GS,

The technical foul was called during a timeout. So, I'm guessing that Okoloji said something that the ref didn't appreciate.

Regardless of the reason, it could have cost his team the game. Evidently, he didn't learn anything from his actions in the South Florida game last season.

 

[GSII]

It also shows desperate coaches ignore certain things about a player despite liking their long athletic body.

 

[gmutom]

...despite liking their long athletic body.

GS, that sounds a lot creepier than I'm sure you intended. haha

 

[DeepValue]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=11900033
Good interview with Larranaga about upset of Florida.

 

[Pablo]

Jay Threatt signed with BC Nokia of Finland's 1st Division - see http://www.eurobasket.com/Finland/news/383847/BC-Nokia-signs-Jay-Threatt,-ex-Heidelberg.

 

[Pablo]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=11900033
Good interview with Larranaga about upset of Florida.

"Do they understand that?
They definitely do. We quiz the players on a lot of things and one of the things we do is personnel of our opponents -- not just ACC teams.

I heard that you quiz your team on plays? Is it a written quiz and did you just start that this season?
It is written. There's a question on the left side of the page and on the right side you have to fill out the answer. There were about 15 questions. We've quizzed the players throughout my career, but with so many new guys we have so many more quizzes because the new players are all learning and it's important for the coaching staff to know who really knows this stuff and who is thinking too much."

I wonder if Coach Hewitt ever quiz the players?

Questions:

Do you foul with a 4-point lead at the end of the game?
Do you defend your opponent's best 3-pt. FG shooters on the perimeter?
Do you step on an opponent's player when he's on the floor?