Mike Porter
Postdoc
Posts: 3618
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-08-19 01:14 AM - Post#275437
In response to penn nation
And still KP 296...
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21187
Reg: 12-02-04
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Monmouth
02-08-19 09:52 AM - Post#275456
In response to Mike Porter
And still KP 296...
Well, yes, but still a considerable improvement from the 350s when we played them in late December.
Edited by penn nation on 02-08-19 09:53 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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10Q
Professor
Posts: 23345
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-08-19 09:55 AM - Post#275458
In response to penn nation
Friggin' Monmouth
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
PhD Student
Posts: 1171
Loc: Our Nation's Capital
Reg: 01-18-05
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02-08-19 10:03 AM - Post#275459
In response to 10Q
Friggin' Monmouth
Friggin' Monmouth is the new Friggin' Canisius.
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Jeff2sf
Postdoc
Posts: 4466
Reg: 11-22-04
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02-08-19 10:47 AM - Post#275468
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
it's not that new though... what up, Chuck?
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21187
Reg: 12-02-04
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Monmouth
02-08-19 10:49 AM - Post#275469
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
Friggin' Monmouth
Friggin' Monmouth is the new Friggin' Canisius.
To be fair, Canisius was far more damaging. That loss opened the season and cost us potentially a couple of more games in the pre-season NIT. Ultimately our NCAA seeding got capped due to this loss.
In retrospect, the Monmouth game was not as significant due the 0-3 IL start and for sure the loss against friggin' Cornell.
Edited by penn nation on 02-08-19 10:52 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Okoro Dude
Senior
Posts: 309
Loc: Glen Mills, PA
Reg: 11-24-04
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Re: Monmouth
02-08-19 02:53 PM - Post#275502
In response to penn nation
That Canisius team was so much better than this Monmouth team it's not funny. I'm pretty sure that team made it to the Garden for the NIT semis and beat a top 25 Cincinnati team during the regular season.
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21187
Reg: 12-02-04
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Re: Monmouth
02-08-19 03:01 PM - Post#275504
In response to Okoro Dude
Guess who coached that team?
[No peeking]
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The Quad
Sophomore
Posts: 137
Reg: 12-16-04
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02-08-19 03:04 PM - Post#275506
In response to Okoro Dude
Trivia question:
When Canisius upset a very good Penn team in the pre-season NIT, who was their then obscure head coach?
BTW, enough about the Monmouth loss—Penn had multiple injuries and Monmouth was actually much better than their previous record and should have beaten Yale a few weeks before that. It’s not like losing to a Delaware State.
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penn nation
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Posts: 21187
Reg: 12-02-04
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02-08-19 03:14 PM - Post#275508
In response to The Quad
I beat you to the punch by 3 minutes on the question.
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The Quad
Sophomore
Posts: 137
Reg: 12-16-04
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02-08-19 03:24 PM - Post#275510
In response to penn nation
You did while I was going on about Monmouth. Great question—when we discuss the answer, in retrospect, mitigates the loss by just a little bit.
So, after someone figures out the Canisius Coach, for the follow-up question:
Who was Penn supposed to have played in the next pre-season NIT round---that team also got upset in the 1st round?
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Penn7277
PhD Student
Posts: 1365
Loc: Lancaster, PA
Reg: 11-21-04
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Monmouth
02-08-19 03:38 PM - Post#275512
In response to The Quad
I give up. Who was it? The coach and/or the next opponent.
Edited by Penn7277 on 02-08-19 03:39 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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rbg
Postdoc
Posts: 3050
Reg: 10-20-14
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02-08-19 04:49 PM - Post#275513
In response to Penn7277
The Canisius coach was John Beilein.
Penn was supposed to play Syracuse in the next round, but Syracuse was upset by George Washington.
That was a totally depressing loss at home to Canisius to start off Jerome & Matt's senior year. The ending, an OT loss to Alabama in the 1st round of the NCAA, was rough as well.
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Silver Maple
Postdoc
Posts: 3770
Loc: Westfield, New Jersey
Reg: 11-23-04
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02-08-19 07:35 PM - Post#275527
In response to rbg
The loss to Alabama wasn't nearly as upsetting as the loss to Canisius.
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Quakers03
Professor
Posts: 12524
Reg: 12-07-04
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02-08-19 07:50 PM - Post#275530
In response to Silver Maple
This thirteen-year-old at the time begs to differ. I only had tears after one of those games. Though the Canisius one still sticks in my craw. I can remember exactly where I was listening to it on radio.
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21187
Reg: 12-02-04
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Monmouth
02-10-19 02:35 PM - Post#275810
In response to Silver Maple
The loss to Alabama wasn't nearly as upsetting as the loss to Canisius.
The Purim loss to Alabama was very upsetting at a very Penn fan friendly Baltimore site. We battled back to get it to OT. We basically ensured that Antonio McDyess would become a millionaire, however.
Once again our outside shooting (Maloney) deserted us on the big stage. A normal game from him would have meant a victory. Jerome valiantly tried to keep us in it at the end of OT, but we just ran out of time....and out of time for this fantastic collection of Penn starters.
They were good enough to win more than a single NCAA game during their stint.
Edited by penn nation on 02-10-19 02:36 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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