Comments on: Monday’s cigarettes http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/ We speak basketball Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christophe http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2105 Christophe Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:01:14 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2105 Thanks Eric for these interesting additional infos Thanks Eric for these interesting additional infos

]]> By: Eric http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2100 Eric Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:24:10 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2100 As a Purdue alum, AJ Moye really got on my goat when he was playing for IU. However, I will still remember his second-to-last appearance in Mackey Arena in 2003 when he was held under his average, finishing with 11 points, and the Boilermakers came away with a 69-47 victory, thanks to a stellar performance from Willie Deane (now with Lukoil Academic of Sofia), who had 18 points and eight boards, the Boilers' leading rebounder (as a guard!). Any time he turned the ball over, committed a foul, or made any other mistake, we in the Gene Pool (the student section named after coach Gene Keady, now called the Paint Crew after current coach Matt Painter) would mock the IU fans by chanting "A-J MO-YE!! (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap)." Good times in West Lafayette! Interestingly, his teammate and roommate last season in Tübingen was another player on that Purdue team, Matt Kiefer, who has been the leading scorer for Gijón in the Spanish LEB Plata (third division of Spanish basketball, I know) this season until his arthritic knees started acting up again. As for the example you cited, that's another example of "mid-major" talent making a splash, as Caleb Green (Oral Roberts) destroyed, as you say, AJ Moye (Indiana). Just so you know, Oral Roberts University was founded by the televangelist (portmanteau of "television" and "evangelist") of the same name to help build his fundamentalist Protestant ministry. There are quite a few of those over here. ;-) As a Purdue alum, AJ Moye really got on my goat when he was playing for IU. However, I will still remember his second-to-last appearance in Mackey Arena in 2003 when he was held under his average, finishing with 11 points, and the Boilermakers came away with a 69-47 victory, thanks to a stellar performance from Willie Deane (now with Lukoil Academic of Sofia), who had 18 points and eight boards, the Boilers’ leading rebounder (as a guard!). Any time he turned the ball over, committed a foul, or made any other mistake, we in the Gene Pool (the student section named after coach Gene Keady, now called the Paint Crew after current coach Matt Painter) would mock the IU fans by chanting “A-J MO-YE!! (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap).” Good times in West Lafayette!

Interestingly, his teammate and roommate last season in Tübingen was another player on that Purdue team, Matt Kiefer, who has been the leading scorer for Gijón in the Spanish LEB Plata (third division of Spanish basketball, I know) this season until his arthritic knees started acting up again.

As for the example you cited, that’s another example of “mid-major” talent making a splash, as Caleb Green (Oral Roberts) destroyed, as you say, AJ Moye (Indiana). Just so you know, Oral Roberts University was founded by the televangelist (portmanteau of “television” and “evangelist”) of the same name to help build his fundamentalist Protestant ministry. There are quite a few of those over here. ;-)

]]> By: Arkadios http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2062 Arkadios Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:02:31 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2062 PAOK does not play in the Euroleague. PAOK does not play in the Euroleague.

]]> By: Kerem http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2059 Kerem Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:25:59 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2059 Final 8: Barca-Real-Tau-CSKA-PAOK-Siena-Maccabi and either Rytas or Fenerbahce... Final 8: Barca-Real-Tau-CSKA-PAOK-Siena-Maccabi and either Rytas or Fenerbahce…

]]> By: Arkadios http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2056 Arkadios Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:02:50 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2056 Barcelona couldn't afford Tucker, so they got him... they were outbid by Khimki... Barcelona couldn’t afford Tucker, so they got him… they were outbid by Khimki…

]]> By: Kerem http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2054 Kerem Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:40:23 +0000 http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/mondays-cigarettes-3/#comment-2054 Umm ok.. How about the signing of SG Gary Neal, , a scoring machine, from Turkey's Karsıyaka made by the Spanish powerhouse Barcelona.. Umm ok.. How about the signing of SG Gary Neal, , a scoring machine, from Turkey’s Karsıyaka made by the Spanish powerhouse Barcelona..

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