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Fun trip down memory lane

GW takes us on a fun trip down memory lane. There's some great stuff about his feelings regarding Georgetown/Maryland and the players that he's tried to recruit over the years.

I'd love to see Georgetown/MD on a semi-regular basis. I suspect that the sticking point will still be the venue. Since the Verizon Center is G-town's home court, what about using the new Convention Center? It's still pretty close to the Verizon Center, but it's technically not G-town's home court. I suspect that they could fit a decent number of people into the venue. For the Khan v. Peterson fight, they were able to convert the center into an arena for roughly 12,000 attendees. Just a thought.

If that's not acceptable, they could always alternate sites between Comcast and the Verizon Center?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/gary-williams-on-maryland-georgetown/2012/01/23/gIQADRyULQ_blog.html




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Not a bad idea

because it’d be a neutral venue. But wouldn’t happen because it would cost them too much to put the court together. Why spend a lot of $$ getting the court ready and cutting into profits when you can spend nothing to have it at Verizon or Comcast?

I still don’t understand why home and home would be an issue, other than JTII and now JTIII ‘s inferiority complex with MD. He knows at Comcast it’d be 95-5 maryland fans and at Verizon it would be 50-50.

by terpskin on Jan 23, 2012 5:15 PM EST reply actions  

Makes sense

That makes sense about the costs. It’s definitely a factor. It would only be possible if it was extremely cost effective.

Agreed about the home and home. I just don’t get it. It would create alot of excitement for both teams. I also thought MD could play one of its home games in B-more. Again, a decidedly MD crowd, but it exposes G-town (not that they need much exposure) to MD recruits and should generate a decent amount of money and publicity for both teams.

by Charles2 on Jan 23, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Also

If you saw the fight at the Convention Center it was basically just a ring setup in the middle of an open floor. No raised stands or anything just a lot of people standing around a boxing ring in a giant room. Not exactly the best setup for a bball court. Then again, they played a game on an Aircraft carrier, so who knows.

by terpskin on Jan 23, 2012 5:22 PM EST reply actions  

Good point

That may not be the most appealing set up. I would imagine they could fit some raised stands in there, but it would have to be cost effective.

by Charles2 on Jan 23, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions  

I always heard the issue was that a home and home

would give UMD a home court advatage in both arenas because our fanbase is bigger. But I think that was a John Thompson the 1st issue.

by Jeffro78 on Jan 23, 2012 5:23 PM EST reply actions  

Correct

The issue has always been that GT feels that they wouldn’t have home court advantage at Verizon because the schools are so close so MD fans would travel to Verizon and take away the advantage.

by djcarv2005 on Jan 23, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions  

The home and home...

…reason just feels like an excuse to me…. if they are that good, then they shouldn’t be afraid of playing an “away” game against such a lowly respected program!

Hell if its truly 50/50 id even be for playing them @ verizon every year… think about it’s a 50/50 crowd – but we could get credit for an away win over a major program!

by vaterp9 on Jan 23, 2012 5:37 PM EST reply actions  

I'm fine with playing most years at Verizon Center

It’s easy for Terps fans – students and non-students alike – to get there and we could easily match them in noise while still getting credit for a non-conference road game.

by chitsweire on Jan 23, 2012 6:13 PM EST reply actions  

Glad he wrote this out

I said this on another thread
but that was some of the best radio I have heard in a long time
(of course extremely biased as a Terps fan)
I waiting until commercial to go into my house and then quickly turned on my computer to put on the show again

by bloodwatermission on Jan 23, 2012 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

Play it at Verizon

Just allocate the same amount of tickets available to both schools like a bowl game. Play it on New Years Day. Hire officials not affiliated with the Big East or ACC. Could be a huge annual event.

by njterp01 on Jan 23, 2012 8:45 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Like it except playing it on New Years Day

Why compete with perhaps the biggest day in sports out of the entire year (Bowls, Winter Classic, etc.)?

Play it sometime before Christmas in December or after Jan. 1 but before ACC play really heats up.

by aholla30 on Jan 23, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm kind of disappointed that I'm finding out about Gary's new gig on ESPN 980 this late.

And in a Fanpost thread. I would have thought this was worthy of mentioning in a Maryland Minute at least. Ben, you guys are slipping. I hope things like this won’t get missed by the new guy, Pete. LOL

by 1 proud terp on Jan 23, 2012 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

Game at Verizon Center

I wouldn’t have any problem playing this game at Verizon Center every year. You could allot tickets to each school 50/50. Doesn’t something similar to this happen when Philly teams play eachother at the Palestra?

by RealtorTerp on Jan 24, 2012 1:41 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

Sounds like it

And it makes sense. We could expand the field to GW and American. Some might argue that the disparity is too great between the teams, but I think there will be a natural ebb and flow through the years. It also sounds a bit like the BB&T, but this version would be spread out over the length of the season.

http://www.philadelphiabig5.org/history/index.html

by Charles2 on Jan 24, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions  

You'd probably want G. Mason over American.

But I’m all for a Philly style city tourney. It sucks that we can’t just make it happen.

by 1 proud terp on Jan 24, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Good point and that would provide some balance.

One MD team, two DC teams, and one VA team. I think MD’s in, but it’s just a matter of putting pressure on G-town.

by Charles2 on Jan 24, 2012 10:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Georgetown is the college for Wussies

JT was the ringleader, not wanting to play MD at Cole. Home and Home , or go home little boys. They’re trying to get a Syracuse schedule, with 15 home games before they go out and lose on the road. That’s why Boeheim never wins the big ones.

by Snappin Terp on Jan 24, 2012 5:57 PM EST reply actions  

Uhhh

Boeheim has a national championship and his 3rd all time on the NCAA wins list…if you are gonna say Boeheim never wins the big ones, what would you say about Gary?

by RealtorTerp on Jan 24, 2012 11:47 PM EST reply actions  

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