Re: In Game: A-10 Round One vs Fordham
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:25 pm
I beg to differ. Smart and effective low post moves will never go out of style. Just ask DeMon Brooks and Luka.
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Subject to correction by the Wizards, who apparently know more about my Davidson past than I do, it was in Dec 72 in Coliseum. Very competitive game, it was early in the game-maybe my first shot a baby hook floater- that was blocked from behind. I always thought it was Thompson.Cat Forever wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:15 pmTom Burleson was the best player in the best college basketball game ever played. He was decisively better than David Thompson that day. And he beat the crap out of Lefty's All Americans Elmore and McMillen. He could teach the Davidson players a lot. Excellent shot blocker, rebounder, passer, and shooter on short to mid range jumpers (face up) and great touch on a hook shot (back to the basket).
A member of this forum faced the Wolfpack a couple of times in the Thompson/Burleson days ... I have a vague memory that Burleson blocked one of his shots in Charlotte when he drove for what looked like a score ... then Thompson skied to an unbelievable height to get the deflected shot ... maybe in 73 or 74? It was a competitive game that State won by 10 or 12 points.
December 72. OK. Fits because my best friend from high school came to the game with me so it was during Christmas break. When he saw Thompson sky for the deflected ball he said he'd never seen anyone jump that high before! And he (Danny Prater) was the Georgia AA state high jump champion in 1970 at 6'6" so he had seen many athletes go airborne. Thompson may have been closer to Steve Rodgers than Burleson on that play but with his 7'6" wingspan Burleson could block shots from the next zip code. My recollection is that Burleson got the block but it has been 51+ years! Does Steve Rodgers recall that Thompson jumped to catch the deflection?Steve Rodgers wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:37 pmSubject to correction by the Wizards, who apparently know more about my Davidson past than I do, it was in Dec 72 in Coliseum. Very competitive game, it was early in the game-maybe my first shot a baby hook floater- that was blocked from behind. I always thought it was Thompson.Cat Forever wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:15 pmTom Burleson was the best player in the best college basketball game ever played. He was decisively better than David Thompson that day. And he beat the crap out of Lefty's All Americans Elmore and McMillen. He could teach the Davidson players a lot. Excellent shot blocker, rebounder, passer, and shooter on short to mid range jumpers (face up) and great touch on a hook shot (back to the basket).
A member of this forum faced the Wolfpack a couple of times in the Thompson/Burleson days ... I have a vague memory that Burleson blocked one of his shots in Charlotte when he drove for what looked like a score ... then Thompson skied to an unbelievable height to get the deflected shot ... maybe in 73 or 74? It was a competitive game that State won by 10 or 12 points.
Happy Pi Day!
My sporadic recollection is that there was a lot of noise, apparently reacting to the leaping by Thompson, which I did not see. That action was behind me.Cat Forever wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:22 amDecember 72. OK. Fits because my best friend from high school came to the game with me so it was during Christmas break. When he saw Thompson sky for the deflected ball he said he'd never seen anyone jump that high before! And he (Danny Prater) was the Georgia AA state high jump champion in 1970 at 6'6" so he had seen many athletes go airborne. Thompson may have been closer to Steve Rodgers than Burleson on that play but with his 7'6" wingspan Burleson could block shots from the next zip code. My recollection is that Burleson got the block but it has been 51+ years! Does Steve Rodgers recall that Thompson jumped to catch the deflection?Steve Rodgers wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:37 pmSubject to correction by the Wizards, who apparently know more about my Davidson past than I do, it was in Dec 72 in Coliseum. Very competitive game, it was early in the game-maybe my first shot a baby hook floater- that was blocked from behind. I always thought it was Thompson.Cat Forever wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:15 pmTom Burleson was the best player in the best college basketball game ever played. He was decisively better than David Thompson that day. And he beat the crap out of Lefty's All Americans Elmore and McMillen. He could teach the Davidson players a lot. Excellent shot blocker, rebounder, passer, and shooter on short to mid range jumpers (face up) and great touch on a hook shot (back to the basket).
A member of this forum faced the Wolfpack a couple of times in the Thompson/Burleson days ... I have a vague memory that Burleson blocked one of his shots in Charlotte when he drove for what looked like a score ... then Thompson skied to an unbelievable height to get the deflected shot ... maybe in 73 or 74? It was a competitive game that State won by 10 or 12 points.
I've just got the two digits behind the decimal, enough to remind me of Steph's birthday today.stevelee wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:37 pmHappy Pi Day!
Here’s a simple question: how many digits of pi after the decimal point do you know off the top of your head?
10 for me. I could probably come up with a few more with a bit of thought. I have no need to know them. Nine digits are good enough to get earth’s within a quarter inch, or something like that.
I read today that 22/7 is a better approximation of π than is 3.14. Both are close enough for most everyday purposes.MrMac wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:50 pmI've just got the two digits behind the decimal, enough to remind me of Steph's birthday today.stevelee wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:37 pmHappy Pi Day!
Here’s a simple question: how many digits of pi after the decimal point do you know off the top of your head?
10 for me. I could probably come up with a few more with a bit of thought. I have no need to know them. Nine digits are good enough to get earth’s within a quarter inch, or something like that.