MBB: University Athletic Association

[diehardfan]

This is a little belated, but in thinking of the good and bad examples of sportsmanship over the past season, Wash U has a great example of good sportsmanship that I wanted to share with the board.

After the elite eight was complete (which Wash U had won), the Hope seniors came out of the locker room one by one. The many Hope fans still there gave their seniors a standing ovation. Much to my pleasant surprise, the Wash U fans gave standing ovations to each of the Hope seniors as well. After a season where a lot of things sportsmanship wise have really disgusted me, the Wash U fans stand out as being enormously classy in my minds due to this and I just wanted to make sure that this good deed did not go unnoticed.

Thank you for making me smile guys. You certainly made a fan out of me. Good luck next year.

[David Collinge]

The Wash U. team members and fans all stood and applauded each of the Wooster players as they received their fourth-place awards on Saturday.  I thought that was nice.

[Gregory Sager]

3) Not only were they high school teammates, but Wallis and Kelly were high school teammates of Duke's Jon Scheyer.  That's probably part of the reason Wallis is such a good passer.

Don't know for sure whether this is true or not, but I remember hearing somewhere that Wallis and Kelly are cousins as well.

Wallis and Kelly are only two of the four teammates of Jon Scheyer at Glenbrook North who are now playing on the D3 level. Jonathan Radke was a key reserve for Case this past season (no pun intended ), while his fellow freshman Tyler Cullitan saw some limited action for Lawrence.

BTW, Wallis's hometown is mislabeled on the All-Region team. There is no such place as "Glenbrook". The school district that produced Wallis, Kelly, Scheyer, etc., encompasses the villages of Glenview and Northbrook in Chicago's north suburbs. There's two high schools in the district: Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. Since Wallis attended Glenbrook North, my hunch is that his hometown is probably Northbrook, IL.

Other examples of these fused-name high schools in suburban Chicago are the three Glenbard schools: Glenbard East, Glenbard West, and Glenbard South. Like "Glenbrook", there's no such place in Illinois as "Glenbard". The school district that includes those three high schools serves the western suburbs of Glen Ellyn and Lombard.

[Gregory Sager]

"The Asian Sensation" should be a nice addition to the Maroons.

I'm not going to Chicago. 

Neither am I...

Except possibly for their tipoff tournament.

There's room for more than one sensational Asian in the D3 ranks, you know ... although April might feel slighted if a fellow Korean-American named Lee suddenly attains prominence on Posting Up for his basketball prowess. Hey, if I can live with Jason Sager of Eastern Mennonite being a constant source of chatter for the ODAC people, then you can learn to live with the UAA people talking about Jung Lee. 

Actually, if you follow the MIAC room at all, you'll know that that league's most notorious official (despised more for his preening than for his lack of refereeing ability) is called "the Asian Sensation" by that room's posters. One-Armed Scot's the one who dubbed him thus.

[jagluski]

3) Not only were they high school teammates, but Wallis and Kelly were high school teammates of Duke's Jon Scheyer.  That's probably part of the reason Wallis is such a good passer.

Don't know for sure whether this is true or not, but I remember hearing somewhere that Wallis and Kelly are cousins as well.

Wallis and Kelly are only two of the four teammates of Jon Scheyer at Glenbrook North who are now playing on the D3 level. Jonathan Radke was a key reserve for Case this past season (no pun intended ), while his fellow freshman Tyler Cullitan saw some limited action for Lawrence.

BTW, Wallis's hometown is mislabeled on the All-Region team. There is no such place as "Glenbrook". The school district that produced Wallis, Kelly, Scheyer, etc., encompasses the villages of Glenview and Northbrook in Chicago's north suburbs. There's two high schools in the district: Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. Since Wallis attended Glenbrook North, my hunch is that his hometown is probably Northbrook, IL.

Other examples of these fused-name high schools in suburban Chicago are the three Glenbard schools: Glenbard East, Glenbard West, and Glenbard South. Like "Glenbrook", there's no such place in Illinois as "Glenbard". The school district that includes those three high schools serves the western suburbs of Glen Ellyn and Lombard.

You are correct...I believe they're third cousins, but I don't remember exactly.  They are cousins though.

You are also correct that Sean is from Northbrook.  I'm from Buffalo Grove(and my mom and her family) actually went to Glenbrook North, so seeing the whole Glenbrook, IL thing irritated me, but I kept quiet.

[Pat Coleman]

BTW, Wallis's hometown is mislabeled on the All-Region team. There is no such place as "Glenbrook".

Thanks. I can only put in what the school sends, however. I'm not a mind-reader and I am not a Chicagoland expert.

Either one of you could have e-mailed me, rather than being silently irritated or publicly nitpicking.

[mark_reichert]

The Wash U. team members and fans all stood and applauded each of the Wooster players as they received their fourth-place awards on Saturday.  I thought that was nice.

It might help that we follow the tournament introduction style (alternating between each team) for every home game.  I think I read all the UAA basketball teams do as well.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The Wash U. team members and fans all stood and applauded each of the Wooster players as they received their fourth-place awards on Saturday.  I thought that was nice.

It might help that we follow the tournament introduction style (alternating between each team) for every home game.  I think I read all the UAA basketball teams do as well.

I know a number of conferences have adopted that habit as well.  It's very much for the best.

[Greek Tragedy]

You are correct...I believe they're third cousins, but I don't remember exactly.  They are cousins though.

I've always wondered how this "cousin" thing works.  Obviously, my cousin is my dad's brother's kids (basically, my parents' siblings' kids)

I think my second cousin is my cousin's kid, right?  So third cousin would be my cousin's kid's kid? That would be my cousin's grandkid.

I've never understood that "first removed" stuff.  This is a very informative site, so any ideas?

[Pat Coleman]

Removed is going up and down generations.

For example, if your cousin has children, those kids are your first cousins once removed.

If you have kids, then your kids and those kids are second cousins.

http://www.sonic.net/~fredd/cousins.html

[jagluski]

BTW, Wallis's hometown is mislabeled on the All-Region team. There is no such place as "Glenbrook".

Thanks. I can only put in what the school sends, however. I'm not a mind-reader and I am not a Chicagoland expert.

Either one of you could have e-mailed me, rather than being silently irritated or publicly nitpicking.

Sorry...I wasn't trying to nitpick you.  I didn't read "all-region team".  I think it was also mislabeled on the official Final Four All-Tournament team site.  Maybe I had them confused.

[Ralph Turner]

Removed is going up and down generations.

For example, if your cousin has children, those kids are your first cousins once removed.

If you have kids, then your kids and those kids are second cousins.

http://www.sonic.net/~fredd/cousins.html

Shucks, down here in the South, they can be your step-brother and your uncle, too! 

[Mr. Ypsi]

You are correct...I believe they're third cousins, but I don't remember exactly.  They are cousins though.

I've always wondered how this "cousin" thing works.  Obviously, my cousin is my dad's brother's kids (basically, my parents' siblings' kids)

I think my second cousin is my cousin's kid, right?  So third cousin would be my cousin's kid's kid? That would be my cousin's grandkid.

I've never understood that "first removed" stuff.  This is a very informative site, so any ideas?

Pat gave a very straight-forward explanation, especially of 'once removed', etc.  The way I prefer to explain first,second, etc., cousins is that (first) cousins share at least one (usually two) grandparents, second cousins have one (or two) great-grand parents in common, etc.

Unless of course you are a Jeff Foxworthy redneck, in which case it may be MUCH more complicated!   [Aw, I see now that Ralph already beat me to the punchline!]

[Greek Tragedy]

As I was typing my original question, I kind of figured some kind of inbred reference would be mentioned! lol.

Thanks for the website link Pat...now I can try to explain it to all my friends! 

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph Turner:

>>Shucks, down here in the South, they can be your step-brother and your uncle, too!<<

The Alabama state legislature recently passed a law which says that if a married couple gets a divorce they are still brother and sister.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1388930/posts

OxyBob

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