Old Bear
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03-17-24 03:48 PM - Post#365569
Great game, no excuses. Up 4 with less than a minute left. We will miss Kemo and Ndur, I thought the latter played the best game of his career v. Yale. Still, I like Lewis and Dabo filling in the front court next year. Hard not to optimistic about next year.
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penn nation
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Re: Oh well
03-17-24 03:51 PM - Post#365570
In response to Old Bear
Great game, no excuses. Up 4 with less than a minute left.
Up 6 with 27 seconds left. Feel for Brown and its fans.
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Bruno
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Re: Oh well
03-17-24 04:12 PM - Post#365574
In response to penn nation
Yeah, it sucked. But I do think the better team won and I also think Yale deserved to win. They made almost every play down the stretch and capitalized on every Brown mistake. Which is what experienced winning teams do. But this Brown team playing this way. I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to stop the magic. Brown had a really bad final minute. But a truly incredible final month.
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Columbia 37P6
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03-17-24 05:14 PM - Post#365582
In response to Bruno
It's hard to say that "the better team won," in any one point game. I thought that both Brown and Yale were both outstanding. Great game!
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Dial Lodge
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Oh well
03-17-24 10:16 PM - Post#365642
In response to Columbia 37P6
A commendable end of season for you Brunos.
Well-done, and almost unstoppable in the last 8 or so games if the season.
Edited by Dial Lodge on 03-17-24 10:17 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Tiger69
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03-18-24 10:11 AM - Post#365677
In response to Dial Lodge
I was pulling for Brown nearly as hard as for the Tigers the night before. Great effort. Tough loss. COY should be voted after the ILT. Brown will be very good next year.
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SomeGuy
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Re: Oh well
03-18-24 12:53 PM - Post#365693
In response to Old Bear
Great finish to the season. Two years in a row Martin has made some lineup adjustments and the team has gotten better as the year wore on. Next year should be easier with the nucleus returning.
Tough way to end for Kimo and Ndur. When Kimo fouled out, it looked like he would be playing another game. Sad to have it end that way. And too bad for Ndur to miss the free throws at the end. He played a great game — Brown wouldn’t have been in position to win the game if not for the way he played.
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Bruno
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Re: Oh well
03-19-24 07:15 AM - Post#365823
In response to SomeGuy
Ndur filled the gap created by a rare poor Nana performance. He was bottled up all game and Ndur made the plays in what may have been his best game as a Bear.
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Ever True
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03-22-24 01:18 PM - Post#366071
In response to Bruno
If the loss wasn't hard enough, today Nana enters the portal.
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james
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03-22-24 03:07 PM - Post#366088
In response to Ever True
i just hate this.
chance to be on contender (favorite) and play ILT on home floor where no one has lost (?) who has qualified doesnt matter.
and i thought he was less valuable given tweener post size than say a lilly etc
sad days for the league.
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penn nation
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03-22-24 03:31 PM - Post#366091
In response to james
Agreed, for the reasons you mentioned below. The Ivy League is going to have to figure out what it is going to do as a league about this. A key contributor to what seemed like a very serious contender for the league title next year, for a team that has a rare chance to go to the NCAA tourney and with only one year left to play at Brown, to boot.
i just hate this.
chance to be on contender (favorite) and play ILT on home floor where no one has lost (?) who has qualified doesnt matter.
and i thought he was less valuable given tweener post size than say a lilly etc
sad days for the league.
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Ever True
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Oh well
03-22-24 04:01 PM - Post#366094
In response to penn nation
I'm honestly shocked.
Guy was a junior captain, 2nd Team All-Ivy, a leader who played with a ton of heart, and clearly loved by fans. What's more, TJ Sorrentine tweeted a picture of him back in the gym working out the day after the loss to Yale.
Feel like something pretty drastic has to have happened for him to decide that he wants to be somewhere else. Maybe it was just a question of $$$.
Honest question: what can the league do? Short of offering scholarships, which will happen when hell freezes over or the courts order it, whichever happens first, what tools does the league have at its disposal?
Edited by Ever True on 03-22-24 04:02 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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penn nation
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Re: Oh well
03-22-24 04:17 PM - Post#366096
In response to Ever True
I think the IL should seriously reconsider its policy about graduate students participating on athletic teams.
It won't completely stem the tide, but it might make a difference in some cases.
I'm honestly shocked.
Guy was a junior captain, 2nd Team All-Ivy, a leader who played with a ton of heart, and clearly loved by fans. What's more, TJ Sorrentine tweeted a picture of him back in the gym working out the day after the loss to Yale.
Feel like something pretty drastic has to have happened for him to decide that he wants to be somewhere else. Maybe it was just a question of $$$.
Honest question: what can the league do? Short of offering scholarships, which will happen when hell freezes over or the courts order it, whichever happens first, what tools does the league have at its disposal?
Edited by penn nation on 03-22-24 04:18 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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ToothlessTiger
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03-22-24 05:38 PM - Post#366118
In response to penn nation
Maybe he determined that a Brown degree is not that valuable.
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weinhauers_ghost
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03-22-24 08:10 PM - Post#366169
In response to Ever True
If the loss wasn't hard enough, today Nana enters the portal.
That sucks. I thought that Nana, Lilly and Anya returning next year would have given you guys a really good chance to contend.
Anyway, watching Brown take down Princeton in the ILT took a small portion of the sting out of a rough season for this Penn alum.
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gokinsmen
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Oh well
03-22-24 09:39 PM - Post#366179
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Damn. Owusu-Anane is a huge loss. He's a confirmed Tiger slayer and would have hurt us again next year. As bad as we were in the ILT, there's no doubt that Nana's monster game made the difference. He even added 3pt shooting to his arsenal.
If Lilly and Anya stay, Brown can still be a Top 4 team and then, of course, anything can happen in the ILT.
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james
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03-23-24 01:09 AM - Post#366189
In response to gokinsmen
unfortunately i predicted the wave on this board long ago and am still surprised.
guess i am the lemming given i underestimated it.
you dont want to malign a kid but he played terrible against yale and is the only reason brown isnt dancing.
he plays ok and they are and maybe they shouldve even though he was terrible offensively in the championship. just calling a spade a spade
i dont think hes 6'8 and i dont know where he showcases himself at power 5 level any better than at brown which was a favorite in my book with him not a contender.
i have as much insight as anyone on this board on nil values and his isnt that great.
but whatever my old posts rest and god forbid wolf etc plays better sundst
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james
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03-23-24 01:14 AM - Post#366190
In response to james
i guess the old adage ... it only takes one suitor to pay a big price!
i like him as a player but viewed him in the ivy context/brown system not at a power 5 where hes kind of a tweener.
but tampering is rampant and who is to say he didnt ball out vs princeton and then get his "strong a--ss offer" and lay an egg vs yale
who knows?
but his twitter feed makes you nauseous. but whatever they are but 22. good luck to whoever leaves the league. is what it is
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SomeGuy
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03-23-24 04:09 PM - Post#366252
In response to james
I’m not smart enough to find his Twitter feed (maybe just as well). Where is it (or what does it say?)?
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james
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03-25-24 11:28 AM - Post#366397
In response to SomeGuy
i was just referencing that he gave a "i still believe in this team...we will turn it around"
type tweet in january. and was proved correct
then followed it up after yale II or princeton III i cant remember when he was proved correct
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