Sunday 21 March 2004
Dear Jaspers,
The jasper jottings email list has (588 who take mail
directly + 510 who are like AOL (which reportedly does funny stuff to jottings
from time to time) and are difficult to get email into + 6 slim – 2 duplicates
set up for the receiver's convenience equals) 1,104 subscribers.
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This issue is at: http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings20040321.htm
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Fr Apr 16 Manhattan College Young Alumni
(classes of 1988-2003)
[JR: I protest the age
discrimination! Where is Layer Mike? ]
Quarterly Happy Hour Party
Metro 53 307 E. 53rd St.
(between Second & First Ave.)
(212) 838-0007
www.murphguide.com/manhattan_alum.htm
RSVP: Events@MurphGuide.com
(212) 288-0893
Th, May 6th Kevin O'Shea fundraiser
Sa Jun 12 '04 National Alumni Council meeting
please contact Peter Sweeney
’64 (973) 353-7610
Please submit your events to events@jasperjottings.com
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Cote, Richard A. (1990)
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Esposito, Steven G. (1981)
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo,
Steve (1980)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ManhattanCollegeAlumni/
Alumni and Friends of Manhattan College, located in the
Bronx, a borough of New York City, are all welcome here. The group has no
official connection with the College. The group is operated by John Reinke at
the direction of a steering committee who's membership
varies.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Manhattan_Prep/
Manhattan College Preparatory High School Alumni (from any
year)
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My process for composing jottings -- the news part -- is to
push everything into a Yahoo Group. Perhaps, we – the collective us – should
think about changing to one or more Yahoo groups as an alternative to the
current content push method which appears time-consuming, inefficient, and
ineffective. This week's 45 sports stories as really brought that to my field
of vision. May I have anyone's thoughts? CIC
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An unknown source
===<Begin Quote>===
<snip>
Victor Frankl, the Austrian
psychiatrist who conditioned his circumstances in a Nazi concentration camp by
choosing the attitude he would take in relationship to his oppressors and the
lessons he would learn from his terrible losses, including the extermination of
his wife. Frankl could not change his circumstances,
but it was his intention to survive with dignity and grace. And his choices
enabled him to do that.
<snip>
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If you want to read a truly, read his "man's search for
meaning" (or something like that). It's a short read. But, I am not sure
if I'll ever understand it. The difference between "liberty" and
"freedom" are profound. To the point. What
choices have I made that are making my current circumstances? I hope that I can
make the future ones with the "dignity and grace" of Victor Frankl. Lest you think I am more of a nut than you already
do. I am adding Senor Frankl to my mental board of
directors. When I make decisions now, I find a quiet spot, usually the head,
and consult with my "mental BofD", and
consider their opinions in the decision. I hope each of us make "Frankl" class decisions. And, if not that we all have
the ability to bear the result with "dignity and grace".
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in
any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
john.reinke@att.net
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CONTENTS
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Formal announcements
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Bouncing off the list
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Jaspers publishing web pages
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Jaspers found web-wise
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Good News
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Obits
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Sports
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Emails
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[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]
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FitzGerald, Thomas
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Announcement1
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Kirincich, Zelko
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News4
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Streichler, Kenneth
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WebPage1
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Maddia, Bernie
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Email09
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1960
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Burns, Robert W.
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Email11
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1962
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Gildea, William T.
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Email04
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1963
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Santoro, Carmelo
J.
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Found1
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1966
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Cox, Jim
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Email08
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1969
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McCorkell, George
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Bouncing
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1969
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McCorkell, George
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Email12
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1969
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Zino, Mike
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Email12
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1972
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Guzman, Dexon
B.
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Email08
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1973
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Chin, Dennis
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Email02
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1973
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Chin, Dennis
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Email03
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1978
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Ello, George
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Email10
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1978
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Lombardi, Ralph
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Email10
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1981
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Maddia, Rick
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Email09
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1983
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McCann, Jean M.
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Obit1
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1987
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Menchise, Louis
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Email01
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1992
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DiAlto-Schmidt,
Jennifer
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Birth1
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1992
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McGrath, Erin
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Email06
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1992
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Muccilo, Lisa
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Email06
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1993
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Sapone-Taylor,
Sandra
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Email07
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1993
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Taylor, Sandra
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Email07
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1998
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Velasquez, Liz
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Email05
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1998
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Velasquez, Liz
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Email07
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2001
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Holmquist, Jake
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Email02
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MCfac
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Lennon, Joseph
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Obit2 mentioned
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Tuohy, John
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News3
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[PARTICIPANTS
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Burns, Robert W.
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Email11
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1973
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Chin, Dennis
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Email02
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1973
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Chin, Dennis
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Email03
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1966
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Cox, Jim
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Email08
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1992
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DiAlto-Schmidt,
Jennifer
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Birth1
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1978
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Ello, George
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Email10
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FitzGerald, Thomas
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Announcement1
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1962
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Gildea, William
T.
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Email04
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1972
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Guzman, Dexon
B.
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Email08
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2001
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Holmquist, Jake
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Email02
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Kirincich, Zelko
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News4
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MCfac
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Lennon, Joseph
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Obit2 mentioned
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1978
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Lombardi, Ralph
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Email10
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1952
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Maddia, Bernie
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Email09
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1981
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Maddia, Rick
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Email09
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1983
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McCann, Jean M.
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Obit1
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1969
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McCorkell, George
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Bouncing
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1969
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McCorkell, George
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Email12
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1992
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McGrath, Erin
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Email06
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1987
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Menchise, Louis
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Email01
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1992
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Muccilo, Lisa
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Email06
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1963
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Santoro, Carmelo
J.
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Found1
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1993
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Sapone-Taylor,
Sandra
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Email07
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Streichler, Kenneth
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WebPage1
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1993
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Taylor, Sandra
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Email07
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Tuohy, John
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News3
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1998
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Velasquez, Liz
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Email05
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1998
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Velasquez, Liz
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Email07
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1969
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Zino, Mike
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Email12
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[Announcement1]
Copyright 2004 Dolan Media Newswires
The Daily Record of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
March 12, 2004 Friday
SECTION: NEWS
LENGTH: 254 words
HEADLINE: FitzGerald and Roach join Rochester office
of Hiscock & Barclay
BYLINE: Staff
Intellectual property attorneys
Thomas FitzGerald and Laurence Roach have joined the
Rochester office of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP as of
counsel.
Both FitzGerald and
Roach have the advantage of substantial engineering experience in the
semiconductor, electronic component and automotive industries. Both focus on
patent law, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications,
drafting patentability and non-infringement opinions, and litigation support.
Counseling clients on trademark and copyright protection as well as
intellectual property matters is a large part of their practice.
FitzGerald and Roach
are admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and have
been successful in obtaining many issued patent for their clients.
FitzGerald earned his
law degree from Fordham Law School in 1972 and completed his engineering
degree at Manhattan College He is admitted to practice in New York, Texas,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Federal Circuits as well as the U.S.
District Court for the Western, Southern, and Eastern Districts of New York.
He is co-chair of the Rochester Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society
and is past-president of the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association.
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LOAD-DATE: March 12, 2004
[JR: The following people have
"bounced off" the list. Some bounces expose my poor administrative
skills and I can not "who" bounced off. Thus the subscriber total
may change more than are shown in this section. I have done what I can to
notify them. If you can help "reconnect" – or "connect"
new people -- I really appreciate it. And as always, I need your
"news".]
[JR: The following people have
updated their information. To conserve space, "please change my email
from X to Y" which isn't very interesting, and to alert you that they are
here, I have listed them here. As always, I need your "news" and
"recruits".]
MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST DISCUSSION
THAT EXAMINES THE PATRIOT ACT AND U.S. CIVIL LIBERTIES
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College
will host a panel discussion, “The Patriot Act: Tool Against Terror or Threat
to Civil Liberties?,” on Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30
p.m. in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers. This event is free and open to the public.
The panel is comprised of David
Kelley, U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York, and Udi
Ofer, project director for the New York Bill of
Rights Defense Campaign. The two will address concerns in favor and against
the Patriot Act and other legislation enacted by the federal government in the
name of national security.
Mr. Kelley joined the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in 1988. From 1993
until 1995, Mr. Kelley served as deputy chief of Organized Crime and Violent
Gangs Unit. Shortly thereafter, he was
named chief of the newly formed Organized Crime and Terrorism Unit where he
personally prosecuted or supervised terrorism and organized crime cases. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft
appointed Mr. Kelley in 2003 to his current position as U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York.
Mr. Ofer
is an attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) as well as director
of the New York Bill of Rights Defense Campaign. The New York Bill of Rights Defense Campaign
was created to ensure that government antiterrorism initiatives uphold civil
liberties and civil rights and that constitutional rights
are not sacrificed in the name of national security. Mr. Ofer, a
Crowley Advocate in International Human Rights Law, speaks frequently on
post-9/11 civil liberties issues.
This discussion is sponsored by
Manhattan College’s government and peace studies programs. For further information about this event,
please contact Dr. Margaret Groarke at (718)
862-7943. If you are a member of the
press and would like to cover this discussion, please contact Melanie A.
Farmer or Amy Massey at (718) 862-7232.
Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the
Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and
accessible by MTA subway lines 1 and 9.
Manhattan College was founded in
1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in
teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Manhattan College is an independent,
Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40
major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering
and science. For more information about
the College, visit us online at http://www.manhattan.edu.
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MANHATTAN COLLEGE JOINS THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY IN FIRST ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE
The College Hosts Overnight Event To Raise Funds for Cancer Research
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College
is joining forces with the American Cancer Society to hold its first annual
Relay For Life event on Saturday, March 27 beginning
at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, March 28 ending at 10:00 a.m
in the College’s Draddy Gymnasium. Partly led by Manhattan College students
with the guidance of the College’s campus ministry and social action
department, the overnight event is designed to celebrate survivorship and
raise money for research, programs and awareness for the local office of the
American Cancer Society. Manhattan
College is only the third university in New York City and the first college in
the Bronx to host Relay For Life on its campus.
Relay For
Life, a community-based program designed to be a fun-filled overnight event,
involves teams of people who will take turns walking or running laps in the
College’s gym. Each team tries to keep
at least one team member on the track at all times. Cancer survivors, including some Manhattan
College students, will speak about their experiences winning the battle
against cancer. Meanwhile, attendees
throughout the night will enjoy food, live entertainment and other programming
such as games, belly dancing sessions, karaoke, kickboxing and free massages
while their teammates walk for the cause.
Each dollar raised from the relay
will support the American Cancer Society as it leads the fight against cancer
and aims to empower more people to conquer the disease in their own
lives. The American Cancer Society is a
nationwide, community-based health organization headquartered in Atlanta,
Ga. The organization has state
divisions and more than 3,400 local offices.
Relay For Life, which was established more
than 15 years ago, continues to be the group’s largest and most popular event.
All are encouraged to participate. To find out how to form a team or join one,
please contact Kinah Ventura in the College’s campus
ministry and social action department at (718) 862-7477. If you are a member of the press and wish to
cover this event, please contact Melanie A. Farmer at (718) 862-7232.
Manhattan College is located at West
242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile
from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway lines 1 and 9.
Manhattan College was founded in
1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in
teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Manhattan College is an independent,
Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40
major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering
and science. For more information about
the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life
fund-raiser, please visit http://www.cancer.org. For more information about the College,
visit us online at http://www.manhattan.edu.
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From: Jasper Recruiting
[mailto:jasperrecruiting@manhattan.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:17 PM
Analyst/Trader
New, rapidly growing hedge fund
specializing in computerized trading systems for global stock index, foreign
exchange, interest rate and energy markets seeks research analyst\trader.
Specific duties will include but are
not limited to:
1. Assisting with the research and
design of new trading and risk management algorithms. Including
time series analysis.
2. Trade support, including trade
execution, real time monitoring of the firm’s position. Candidate must be very
very detail oriented.
A master’s degree in computer
science, applied mathematics, or engineering is desired but will consider
bachelor’s as well. Strong programming skills are very desirable.
This is an outstanding opportunity
for an ambitious, self motivated, creative thinker who enjoys problem solving.
Knowledge of financial markets desired but not required. We will invest in
training the right person.
Compensation: Salary and bonus
structure with strong upside potential for right person.
Pls email
resume only to proganalyst@earthlink.net
[WebPage1]
http://www.northstarlogistic.com/
Kenneth Streichler
has over 30 years of retail and manufacturing experience with concentration in
providing assistance to manufacturers, retailers and catalogers in all phases
of distribution and logistics. In addition Kenneth Streichler
sits on the Retail Advisory Committee for Business Management at Westchester
Community College and has taught International Logistics at that same
institution. He is also an active member of the National Defense
Transportation Association, JFK Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders
Association, and the Materials Handling and Management Society. Kenneth
completed COBOL computer programming, and System Analysis and Design at the
State University of New York College at Purchase. He received his Masters
Degree from Manhattan College and was a University Teaching Fellow at St.
John's University.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:55
PM
To: Streichler
Subject: What year did you graduate ... ...
from Manhattan
College? I am planning to feature you and your website in my Manhattan College
Alumni Ezine. You can see some back issues at
http://www.jasperjottings.com and if your interested,
I can send you an invite. John Reinke MC1968
[JR: No response ]
[Found1]
Carmelo J. "Carm" Santoro
Dr. Carm
Santoro has been a member of the Proponent Software Board of Advisors since
July 2001. Dr. Santoro has long been a leader in the California high
technology business community. He is a co-founder of the Technology Leadership
Council, a group dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. high
technology businesses.
Dr. Santoro served as Chairman,
President or Chief Executive Officer of Ashton-Tate, Inc. at various times
from 1983 until the company's merger with Borland International Corporation in
1991. He is also the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
AST Research, Inc., Platinum Software, Inc. and Silicon Systems, Inc.,
respectively.
Dr. Santoro currently serves on the
board of directors of SONICblue (SBLU), Attensity, Inc. and STSN, Inc. He has previously served on
the board of directors of many public companies, including Dallas
Semiconductor Corporation, Mentor Graphics, Inc., Seagate Technology, Inc., Smartflex Systems, Inc. and Techniclone,
Inc. In addition, Dr. Santoro has served on the board of directors of several
private companies, including Abrizio, Inc., Diamond Seal,
Inc. and Paradigm Technology, Inc.
Dr. Santoro received a B.S. degree
from Manhattan College in 1963. He received a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1967.
[No Honors]
[No Weddings]
[Birth1]
From: Jennifer DiAlto-Schmidt
(1992)
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: This issue is at:
http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/jasperjottings200403...
On February 18, 2004 Jennifer DiAlto-Schmidt (1992 grad) gave birth to her first child,
Anthony Robert Schmidt. Jennifer, an HR
Manager, and her husband Robert, a Lieutenant in the NYC Fire Department, live
in Yorktown Heights, NY.
[JR:
Congrats. I much prefer these to O's. As a matter of fact, at one
time I gave serious consideration to making these "sticky" until
they rolled off. But, I thought if there were problems that I would be forcing
parents to tell us about sad things in their lives. Which
was never my intent in this section. I love a good baby story. You've
made my week. Even more so than the Jaspers advancing to the
Final Four. Excuse me, Mike and Liz are on the
phone. <Loud hubhub in the background.> My fact checkers tell me that we have not yet advanced that
far. I am sure that that is just a "timing error". But again congrats and good wishes.]
[No Engagements]
[No Graduations]
[Collector's prayer: And, may
perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the
faithful departed.]
Your assistance is requested in
finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated
search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.
Copyright 2004 Bergen Record
Corporation
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
March 16, 2004 Tuesday
All Editions
SECTION: LOCAL; OBITUARIES; Pg. L05
HEADLINE: OBITUARIES
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JEAN M. SHANNON McCANN,
42, of East Brunswick, formerly of Hackensack, died Sunday. She was a
programmer for UBS/Paine Weber, New York City. She was a graduate of Manhattan
College and received a master's degree from Pace University. Arrangements:
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.
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LOAD-DATE: March 16, 2004
[Mike says: I believe that Jean M
Shannon McCann was in the Class of 1983. RIP]
Copyright 2004 The New York Sun, One
SL, LLC
All Rights Reserved
The New York Sun
March 11, 2004 Thursday
SECTION: OBITUARIES; Pg. 17
HEADLINE: Eye on Irish Poetry
BYLINE: mailto:gshapiro@nysun.com
GATHERED ROUND CAHILL Friends,
family, and colleagues gathered at the American Irish Historical Society in
celebration of "Gather Round Me: The Best of Irish Popular
Poetry"(Beacon Press), an anthology edited by Christopher Cahill.
Mr. Cahill is editor in chief of the
Recorder, the journal of the American Irish Historical Society, and executive
director of the Institute for Irish American Studies at City University of New
York. He is also co-chairman of the annual broadcast of the New York City St.
Patrick's Day parade, which will air next Wednesday on Channel 4.
Among those present were the
executive director of the AIHS, William Cobert; and
the editor's father, Dr. Kevin Cahill, the president-general of the AIHS, who
was talking with the deputy consul general of Ireland, Gerry Staunton. At one
point, the two were seen examining a painting of a saint and a dolphin.
Also seen was a vice chancellor
emeritus of City University of New York, Donal
Farley, and a professor of Manhattan College, Joseph Lennon, who has a
forthcoming book called "Irish Orientalism: A
Literary and Intellectual History" (Syracuse University Press), focusing
on Ireland's relationship with the British Empire. Before the Irish were
understood to be Celts, he said, many thought of them as Scythians.
Enjoying the event were poet George
Franklin, talking with painter Michael Hafftka; John
and Vanessa Lilly, who had come from a museum event downtown; the headmaster
of the American School in England, Barry Breen; a dean at Fashion Institute of
Technology, Dympna Bowles, and Julia McNamara, whose
photography book on the Irish face will be published by Time Warner
(Christopher Cahill and his two daughters will appear in it).
Standing in a salon overlooking
Fifth Avenue, Dr. Cahill used what he called a "Bronx whistle" to
get everyone's attention. It worked. He proceeded to introduce his son, the
book's editor, who recalled learning many of the poems while his father
recited them or his mother sang them in car rides to the beach or upstate.
In describing the anthology, which
begins with "The Dawning of the Day" and ends with "The Parting
Glass," Mr. Cahill said it traverses an entire day, like Joyce's
"Ulysses," but that "it's a lot easier to read."
In his remarks, Mr. Cahill referred
to portraits in the room, including that of John Philpot Curran (1750-1817),
whose poem "Let Us Be Merry Before We Go"
is in the book. Curran was a statesman and trial lawyer who defended some of
the United Irishmen after the 1798 rebellion.
Others present at the celebration
included Mr. Cahill's brother, Denis, who returned to the city after acting as
a human rights attorney in Sri Lanka; a former editor in chief of the New York
Daily News, Mike O'Neill, who described Mr. Cahill as "a talented young
fellow," and polymath Geoffrey O'Brien, author of "Sonata for Juke
Box: Pop Music, Memory, and the Imagined Life" (Counterpoint Press). He
said he especially liked the poem "The Workman's Friend" by Flann O'Brien - no relation - with its line "a pint
of plain is your only man."
The producer of the St. Patrick's
Day parade telecast, Michael Mathis, said the parade features about a million
marchers and no floats. With eight cameras, he said, the telecast covers four
of the parade's five hours.
Mr. Cahill told an amusing anecdote
that is included in the book as a footnote to "The Parting Glass,"
concerning his great friend and mentor, the novelist and storywriter Benedict Kiely, to whom the book is dedicated. The footnote reads,
"At the end of a party in Dublin in 1996, Ben Kiely
asked those assembled, 'Have you ever heard me sing
"The Parting Glass"?' - to which a beautiful woman named Frances
Daly answered, 'Moments ago, Ben.'"
Like the American Irish Historical
Society itself, Mr. Cahill's book brings treasures of cultural heritage to a
wider audience.
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LOAD-DATE: March 11, 2004
Found 1 new netnews
article about: '"manhattan college"'
Subject: Re: Go Jaspers
Author: Peter L
Newsgroup: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers
Date: Mar 18, 2004
Excerpt: I went to high school around the corner from Manhattan College. We
used to go drinking in the bars down on Broadway that catered to the jesuits. ...
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From: Branden Wolner
(dewey_deweyNOSPAM@netzero.net)
Subject: Go Jaspers
Newsgroups: alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers
Date: 2004-03-18 11:40:16 PST
I went to high school around the corner from Manhattan College. We used to
go drinking in the bars down on Broadway that catered to the jesuits.
Jaspers all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!
--
We've been together
Ohh, we've been together
But seperate's always
better
when there's feelings involved
- A3K
Say 'I do' and kiss me quick
'Cause baby's on its way
- Dixie Chicks ("White Trash
Wedding")
[JR: Sounds like a wannabe. "high school around the corner", "catered to the jesuits",
"on Broadway". Hmmm?? Sounds like a
Fordham drop out? Wanting to be "cool", like us.]
From: Murphguide Events
[mailto:events@murphguide.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:18 PM
To: Murph@murphguide.com
Subject: Manhattan Jasper - NCAA Viewing Party - March 18
You are invited to join a bunch of
Jaspers gathering to
watch the Manhattan College basketball game at The Town
Crier in NYC. Feel free to invite fellow Jaspers...
Thursday, March 18
NCAA Tournament
Manhattan basketball viewing party
Manhattan College vs. Florida
12:20pm
at:
The Town Crier
303 E. 53rd St. (between First & Second Ave.)
(212) 223-3157
www.murphguide.com/manhattan_alum.htm
To help the Town Crier prepare,
please RSVP: events@murphguide.com
ALSO By this Reporter:
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demolition company. He also taught at Manhattan College and
Stevens
Institute of Technology.
Additionally, for more than ...
<http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=1319>
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BATON ROUGE, La--March 17,
2004--John M. (Jack) Tuohy, Jr., vice president and
director of Nuclear Design Services for Shaw Environmental &
Infrastructure (Shaw E&I), a subsidiary of The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE:SGR),
has been named a Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
The Fellow Grade recognizes significant engineering achievements and
contributions to the engineering profession.
Mr. Tuohy
joined Shaw E&I in July 2003 and is currently leading the Company´s pursuit of several strategic Department of
Energy project acquisitions. "Jack´s expertise,
professionalism and vision have contributed significantly to Shaw´s leadership role in the revitalization of the
government nuclear engineering and design marketplace," said Tim
Barfield, President and COO of The Shaw Group Inc. "Jack´s
contributions to the nuclear industry span more than three decades and we are
pleased that he has been recognized by his peers with such a distinguished
honor."
Mr. Tuohy
previously held positions at Burns and Roe, a privately owned A/E company,
which focuses on the power industry, and at IDM, a demolition company. He also
taught at Manhattan College and Stevens Institute of Technology. Additionally,
for more than 25 years, Mr. Tuohy volunteered in his
hometown of Park Ridge, N.J., where he served as a Public Utility
Commissioner, running the town´s electric and water company.
Mr. Tuohy
recently served on the prestigious DOE GEN IV Committee, which is seeking out
the next generation of nuclear reactors.
The Shaw Group Inc. is a provider of
consulting, engineering, construction, remediation, and facilities management
services to government and private sector clients in the environmental, infrastructure,
and homeland security markets. Shaw is also a vertically integrated provider
of comprehensive engineering, consulting, procurement, pipe fabrication,
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worldwide. The Company is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and employs
approximately 15,000 people at its offices and operations in North America,
South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. For
further information, visit the Company´s website at
www.shawgrp.com.
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
March 17, 2004 Wednesday
SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Tampa Port Authority picks interim director
BYLINE: JEFF HARRINGTON
Zelko Kirincich, the No. 2
to the departed George Williamson, is named as a national search begins.
TAMPA - Zelko
Kirincich, an eight-year veteran at the Tampa Port
Authority, was named interim port director Tuesday as commissioners launched a
national search to replace George Williamson.
Williamson resigned from the top job
at the port last month to join Rinker Materials
Corp., a construction materials company based in West Palm Beach.
The board also approved seeking an
executive search firm to lead the search for Williamson's successor.
"We deserve the very
best," said Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, a port
commissioner. "Tampa should (have) the best port director in the United
States."
As the No. 2 to Williamson, Kirincich, 45, was seen as top internal candidate for
interim director. Yet his appointment was not without intrigue.
Fassil Gabremariam, a former GTE
executive and former port commissioner, first surfaced as the leading
candidate for the interim post. Late last week, however, his candidacy was
jeopardized by concerns about potential conflicts of interest because he had
advised developers on two port-related projects.
Hillsborough County Commissioner
Ronda Storms, the port's newest commissioner, said Gabremariam
sent her a letter Monday asking to be removed from consideration.
Gabremariam said Tuesday that he was approached by several
people and asked if he was interested in the interim job. "I thought
about it for a while . . . but I felt that the situation was such that it may
not be right at this time," he said. "It was really not a very
serious consideration on my part."
Gabremariam disputed having any conflicts and said that issue
was not a factor in his decision.
Williamson had offered to help with
the transition until April 9. But after some discussion the board decided to
transfer port duties to Kirincich on March 26 to
avoid a lingering transition.
Storms said she was dismayed by the
"loosy-goosey way" the port handled
Williamson's departure, calling for a firm policy in the future that outlines
how long a transition period should be.
"It should not be just flying
by the seat of our pants," she said.
As the search for a permanent port
director begins, two groups of port users, the Propeller Club and the Port of
Tampa Maritime Industries Association, asked to be included in vetting
candidates.
Before Kirincich's
appointment, the group also asked that whoever is appointed interim director
be removed from consideration for permanent director so other candidates would
not be dissuaded from applying.
Yet commissioners left open the
possibility Kirincich could vie for the permanent
position.
"I can see how it could have a
chilling effect (on other applicants), but do you punish someone for doing a
good job?" Commissioner Joseph Diaz asked. "It'll all depend on
performance. We're into spring training."
Kirincich said he was not planning any major changes or new
initiatives as interim director. Nor has he decided whether to apply for
permanent director, he said.
Kirincich was hired in March 1996 as deputy port director and
added the post of chief operating officer three years later. A graduate of
Manhattan College, Kirincich previously worked for
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
His current pay is $170,060 a year.
Pay as interim director has not yet been determined. Williamson was earning
$195,000 a year.
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- Jeff Harrington can be reached at
harrington@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3407.
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The New York Sun
March 15, 2004 Monday
SECTION: HEALTH & FITNESS; Pg. 20
HEADLINE: Irish Sports Are Alive and Kicking in New York
BYLINE: By TOM DEIGNAN
Like thousands of Irish immigrants
before her, Nollaig (pronounced Null-agh) Cleary spends many weekends each year at Gaelic Park,
at Broadway and 240th Street in the Bronx.
Since the days of Al Smith's run for
the White House, Gaelic Park has been a crossroads for the Irish in New York
City. The main attraction of the 6,000-seat stadium has always been ancient
Irish sports such as hurling and gaelic
football.
These games, sanctioned by the
international
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), survived the journey across the Atlantic and thrived as
thousands of Irish immigrants and their children moved to the north Bronx and
Yonkers.
Soon, however, the New York GAA
expects to have a new home. A state-of-the-art $40 million GAA complex is
currently being planned for Randall's Island.
For all of Gaelic Park's history and
lore, most GAA officials agree it is a facility whose time has come and gone.
First of all, Gaelic Park has only
one field - or "pitch," as the Irish would call it. Inevitably, each
weekend during the GAA season, there are too many matches and not enough
"pitch" time.
There are other factors as well.
"The pitch surfaces are really,
really bad. It's dangerous," Ms. Cleary says of the park. She should
know. Aside from serving as the head of the New York Ladies GAA, Ms. Cleary is
also a physiotherapist, with a practice in the Bronx. Many of her clients are
weekend warriors (who also practice several evenings each week) nursing
assorted aches, pains, sprains, and strains.
GAA games are not for the faint of
heart or body. Of course there's soccer - "football," to the Irish. But there's also hurling, a rough-and-tumble 2,000-year-old game
similar to lacrosse. (Women's hurling is called "camogie.") Then there's gaelic football, a kind of rugby/soccer, which is
even older than hurling, and played with little protective equipment.
It is estimated that as many as
5,000 athletes - men and women, adults and teens - take part in New York GAA
games each year; as many as a million compete annually from Boston to
Australia to Dublin.
Since 1928, Gaelic Park has hosted
GAA games, as well as concerts and countless other events for the area's
tight-knit Irish community. After September 11, an emotional memorial mass was
held there, to remember the many Irish and Irish Americans who perished in the
attacks.
However, recent population shifts
have drained the area around Van Cortlandt Park
South of many Irish.
In addition, the sustained
popularity of the New York GAA has made field space, as well parking, a big
issue.
"It would just be so difficult
to expand," said Monty Maloney, a past GAA president who is playing a key
role in planning the Randall's Island stadium.
Currently, the New York GAA rents
space at Gaelic Park from Manhattan College, which also uses the facility.
This, too, cuts into GAA pitch time.
"All in all, I'd say everyone's
really excited about the new facility," added Mr. Maloney.
By the summer, GAA officials expect
to submit a financial proposal for the Randall's Island complex. If things go
according to current plans, the new GAA facility could open late next year.
City officials, meanwhile, are
almost as excited about the proposed Randall's Island facility as Irish sports
enthusiasts.
The city Parks Department will receive
at least $300,000 a year in rent from the GAA, plus a share of all other
revenues, according to Ron Lieberman, Director of Revenue and Concession for
the Parks Department.
The Randall's Island project was
officially launched late last year at a reception hosted by Irish Consul
General Eugene Hutchinson.
Mr. Moloney
told the packed room that the Randall's Island complex would be a "mecca of sports in the greatest metropolis in the
world."
The New York GAA will pay for,
operate, and maintain the new facility, which will include two pitches as well
as a clubhouse, banquet room, restaurant, fitness center, sports shop, and
Irish Cultural Center with museum and library.
This is expected to be the only
regulation-sized Gaelic sports field in America, which officials hope will
attract top international talent. The aim is to make New York City the capital
of Gaelic sports outside of Ireland.
The large Randall's Island stadium
will ultimately seat 10,000 spectators; a smaller one will seat 3,000. Current
plans will also allow city youth to use the facility every day for soccer and
other sports.
City and GAA officials also noted
that these new facilities on Randall's Island can only enhance New York's bid
for the 2012 Olympics.
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
March 14, 2004 Sunday Final Edition
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A11
HEADLINE: THE WAR TOUCHES HOME CNY'S HOME FRONT
SERIES: WAR IN IRAQ: ONE YEAR LATER
BYLINE: Staff reports
The medic: Donna Hunter
Staff Sgt. Donna Hunter landed in
Kuwait in January 2003 to help set up one of the first combat support
hospitals in the area.
Once the invasion of Iraq began in
the spring, the hospital was ready for the stream of wounded soldiers and Iraqi
civilians.
Hunter, 35, spent half of last year
in Iraq and Kuwait as a medic. She says she still feels strong emotions when
she talks about the experience of serving in a war zone.
"The toughest thing was ...
working in the emergency room knowing that the next person who comes through
could be someone that you know," she says.
It never happened. But she saw many
casualties - American and Iraqi - come through her emergency room. Shrapnel
wounds, broken bones and burns were common.
Conditions were severe, she says.
It was hot all the time. To escape
the heat and get some sleep, she'd curl up in the back of the
climate-controlled emergency room.
Hunter has served in Korea and
Bosnia during her six years in the Army. Now she lives in Liverpool and works
as an Army medical technician at the Syracuse Military Entrance Processing
Station on Clinton Street.
Hunter says she would go back to the
Persian Gulf if called on. "I didn't like the fact that I was in a
war," she says. "But I learned a lot over there. ... It was an
experience I would not have wanted to give up."
Staff writer Pedro Ramirez III
The spouse: Kira
Fiutak
At first, Kira
Fiutak, 36, of Skaneateles thought her husband would
be gone for six months.
That tour in Iraq with the Army
Reserve became nine months, then, a year.
Thirteen months later, Kira's husband, Maj. Geoffrey Fiutak,
36, is homebound. Word has it he'll be home in three weeks.
"It seemed so long,
insurmountable," she said. "It's the longest we've been
separated."
It's the longest the Fiutaks' daughters - Brenna, 10,
Kaela, 9 - have been without their father.
"(Brenna)
used to say, "This is the worst decision Daddy ever made,"' Kira recalled.
For the first 10 months, Kira slept in her daughters' room.
"It made us feel better to be
close to each other at night," Kira said.
She worked diligently at running the
household. But she wasn't prepared for power outages, a flooded house and car
breakdowns.
"Winter
without him seemed like a huge hurdle," she said.
Although those emergencies were
challenging, what was worse for Kira was the
constant worrying about her husband.
And yet, Kira
would endure it again if she had to.
"He felt he really had
something he needed to do," she said. "I couldn't stand in his way,
although I wanted to.
"Somebody has to sacrifice,"
she added. "He really believes it. ... It was worth it because my husband
now feels he's done his part. ... If he feels that call (again), I'd be there
for him."
Staff writer Pedro Ramirez III
The soldier: Noel Ellis
In the movie theater, Noel Ellis
sits in the very back so he can keep a wary eye on the crowd. He finds himself
snapping at his friends without knowing exactly why. He goes out less, craving
the peace and quiet of his home, the pleasure of his parents' company. He's in
the same college courses interrupted last spring when he was called to duty in
Iraq, but his grades are worse. His stride is off. His mind drifts in class.
The Rev. Larry Ellis and his wife,
Paulette, understand. Noel, 24, is their son, and they are closer now.
"When you're around death like
that and you smell it and see it," the father said, "you can't get
those things out of your head. He's still there."
Explosions regularly rocked the road
between Baghdad and the airport where the Mattydale-based 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion,
part of the U.S. Special Operations Command out of Fort Bragg, N.C., was
camped. They called it the "Highway of Death" before renaming it the
"Purple Heart Express."
Working in the thick of bombed-out
Baghdad, Noel's unit delivered fresh water, handed out clothing and shoes to
children, aided starving zoo animals and assessed hospitals, including one
housing children with disabilities who had been abandoned.
During his eight months there,
tension settled into his muscles, knowing that as he shook one Iraqi's hand
another could be pointing a rifle at his head. He carried a 25-pound machine
gun everywhere. He grew so used to the resounding booms of war that he could
continue a casual conversation with a friend while the ground trembled and
tracer fire lighted the sky.
The Ellises'
emotions are still tender, four months after "God put him back," as
the reverend called Noel's November homecoming. "We know just up the way
somebody's baby's coming home in a box. Someone's folding the flag," said
the pastor of God's Way Church of Jesus. "It's not just here, it's in
Iraq. Tears are transparent. They have no nationality and pain has no race.
Anguish is anguish."
Staff writer Jennifer Jacobs
The family: The Kaplans
Hasan Kaplan had
hoped to visit his native Turkey during the summer, but the U.S.-led war with
neighboring Iraq changed his mind.
"I was afraid of not being able
to get a visa," he said. "I wanted to go, but we're scared. It's
risky."
Kaplan, 33, is a Syracuse University
doctoral student in religion. He and his wife, Hava
Kaplan, who are Muslim, have three children and have
lived in Syracuse for five years. He follows news of Iraq mostly by reading
the Internet and watching BBC and PBS, he said.
"Innocent people are losing
their lives and their homes," he said. He is also distressed by the
looting of Iraqi museums and universities.
"Those historical books and
items are lost, gone forever," he said. "You can't replace
them."
He said people from Turkey worry
about the fate of the Kurds. They also felt caught in the middle after Turkish
officials last year declined to let the United States use space in their
country to attack Iraq.
"It was very stressful for
us," he said over cups of Turkish tea in his Hidden Valley apartment in
Syracuse. His children, 8, 7, and 3, watched television nearby and "Zaman," a Turkish newspaper sat on a coffee table.
Hasan considers
it an improvement that Iraq's new government includes Shiite and Sunni Muslims
as well as Kurds.
"It is much, much better than
Saddam," he said. "But life in Iraq is worse. People are still
suffering."
Staff writer Renee K. Gadoua
The teacher:
Vincent Monterosso
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
teacher Vincent Monterosso encourages his students
to discuss politics openly and respectfully.
Monterosso, a social
studies teacher and department chair, said many of his students have differing
views on the war in Iraq. During heated discussions, he encourages tolerance.
"I try to remind (students)
that it's OK if you don't agree, but you have to respect other people's
opinions," he said.
Many students have changed their
original views on Iraq. Some students are now against what they see as a
pre-emptive strike. Others want to know when the weapons of mass destruction
will be found.
Monterosso, 62, has
been teaching social studies for 38 years in the J-D district.
Although Monterosso
has opinions on President George W. Bush and Iraq, he does not force his ideas
on students.
"As a social studies teacher,
you make sure every point of view is heard," Monterosso
said. "You owe it to them."
Monterosso expects his
students to learn about current events. Knowledge of local, national and
international news fulfills about 10 percent of their final grade.
Students in Monterosso's
U.S. history class have been following the situation in Iraq for the past
year. Monterosso said many are worried about U.S.
soldiers dying. Some students question if the draft will return, while others
wonder how Iraq's new constitution will solve or not solve its problems.
Monterosso wants his
students to think and question historical events because the issues are not
cut and dry, he said.
Staff writer Ngoc Huynh
The protesters:
Mallory Brown and Meaghan Goodnough
Mallory Brown and Meaghan Goodnough have not done
much protesting in the year since they led a student rally at Clinton Square
against what was then a looming war in Iraq.
"We went to another protest
after that in Clinton Square a few weeks later," Brown recalled.
"After that we kind of got involved in college things."
Applying to colleges,
that is.
Brown and Goodnough
were juniors at Westhill High School when they
turned their qualms about U.S. policy into action.
Now seniors, the two friends from Westvale have completed their post-high school plans.
On Saturday, they plan to renew
their protests at an anti-war rally in New York City.
Neither Brown nor Goodnough had protested anything before they formed
Syracuse Students for Peace early in 2003.
"I was a little nervous when
some kids at school weren't very supportive of what we were doing," Goodnough said. "I just realized how hard it was
going to be, to be a minority opinion. But, I don't know - I just wanted my
voice to be heard."
It was. On March 8, 2003, about 20
students from Westhill, Corcoran and
Fayetteville-Manlius high schools waved placards at motorists in Clinton
Square.
These days, Brown is preparing to
enter Manhattan College, where a "Peace Studies" program caught her
eye. Goodnough plans to study criminal justice and
pre-law at Medaille College in Buffalo. Now 18, both
say they'll vote.
Both say they think the Bush
administration should have gathered more evidence, lined up more international
support and drawn clearer post-war plans before it acted in Iraq.
"We haven't accomplished
anything that Bush set out to do," Goodnough
said: "Find weapons of mass destruction, you know; return Iraq to a state
of a peaceful country with a democracy."
Staff writer John Mariani
GRAPHIC: PHOTO; John Berry/Staff
photographer; DONNA HUNTER: The U.S. Army staff sergeant prepares to take
blood from Jeff Moore for testing at the Syracuse Military Entrance Processing
Station in the federal building. Hunter, who lives in Liverpool, was a medic
in Iraq and Kuwait.; PHOTO; Frank Ordonez/Staff
photographer; KAPLAN FAMILY: Hasan Kaplan, a
Syracuse University doctoral student in religion, holds two of his three
children - Sena (left), 7, and Enirhan,
3, at their Syracuse apartment. Kaplan wanted to return to his native Turkey
but felt the war made travel risky. He also worried about getting a visa. He
and his wife, Hava Kaplan, have lived in Syracuse
for five years.; David Lassman/Staff
photographer; VINCENT MONTEROSSO: The Jamesville-DeWitt High School social
studies teacher said he encourages students to discuss the war. He also tells
them to respect differing views.; PHOTO; Gloria
Wright/Staff photographer; KIRA FIUTAK: The Skaneateles wife of Army Reserve
Maj. Geoffrey Fiutak has been caring for their two
daughters and home for 13 months; originally he was going to be gone six
months. She's dealt with power outages, floods and car breakdowns.; PHOTO; Jim
Commentucci/Staff photographer; NOEL ELLIS: Ellis
(bottom right), who served with Mattydale's 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion in
Baghdad, finds it hard to put the war behind him and adjust to being back home
in Syracuse. He's with his father, the Rev. Larry Ellis and his mother,
Paulette.; PHOTO; Peter Chen/Staff photographer; MEAGHAN GOODNOUGH; &
MALLORY BROWN: The two Westhill High School
students, shown at the Westvale home of Goodnough (left), led a student rally last year in Clinton
Square against the approaching war. Saturday, they plan to go to an antiwar
protest in New York City. Color.
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New York Law Journal
March 10, 2004, Wednesday
SECTION: NEWS; Vol. 231; Pg. 5
HEADLINE: JUDGMENT RECORD
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ATHLETICS: Nike Announces High
School Team Nationals
RunnersWeb - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... Others include the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, North
Carolina; Manhattan College high school cross-country invitational in New York
and ... <http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20040314_NikeNationals.html>
Posted: March 14, 2004
Athletics: Nike Announces High
School Team Nationals
Nike today announced its sponsorship
of a new national high school team cross-country championship to be held
December 4 in the Portland, Oregon area. The Nike Team Nationals is a
post-season invitational showcasing 20 boys teams and
20 girls teams, with more than 300 runners from all parts of the country. The
races will be 5000 meters and the specific race course will be determined
shortly.
"The Nike Team Nationals will
motivate hundreds, if not thousands, of runners nationwide to seek new levels
of excellence year-round," said Josh Rowe, Nike's youth running manager
and founder of the Nike Team Nationals. "We at Nike also hope to foster
values of teamwork that are important to young runners on and off the
course."
The championship will be sanctioned
by USA Track & Field, running's national
governing body. "As many high school runners will be involved and
interested in this event, we hope many more athletes will be convinced to
continue their running in college and beyond," said Bill Roe, president
of USATF.
Teams will compete as
USATF-affiliated clubs and Nike will provide team racing uniforms. Meet
management will be handled by the National Scholastic Sports Foundation
(NSSF), which conducts several national high school events including this
weekend's Nike Indoor Championships in Landover, Maryland.
Teams will be chosen based on
regional rankings published by The Harrier Magazine and invitations will be
awarded to teams after their state meets are held. The top 2 boys teams and top 2 girls teams from each of 8 regions,
plus 4 at-large selections each for boys and girls, will make up the 20-team
fields for the nationals.
The Nike Team Nationals is the
latest high school event in Nike's youth sponsorship program. Others include
the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, North Carolina; Manhattan College high school
cross-country invitational in New York and Mount San Antonio College high
school cross-country invitational in Walnut, California, all held in October.
"We applaud Nike for
understanding that cross-country is a team sport," said Linda Kranick, who with her husband Art coaches the national
#1-ranked Saratoga Springs girls team from upstate New York. "It's not
just one or two individuals that factor into the scoring. There's a lot of
camaraderie in cross-country and this event underscores the value of teamwork.
We're very excited about a national team competition."
The Nike Team Nationals meet
management executive committee is headed by Rowe. Other members, among the
nation's foremost authorities on high school running, are: Jim Spier and A.J. Holzherr of the
NSSF, John Dye of DyeStat.com, Arcadia (CA) Invitational director Rich
Gonzalez of DyeStatCal.com, The Harrier editor Marc Bloom who compiles the
national team rankings and Danny Green who has coached The Woodlands High
School of Texas for more than 30 years.
NIKE, Inc. based in Beaverton,
Oregon is the world's leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic
athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of
sports and fitness activities. Wholly owned Nike subsidiaries include Converse
Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and
accessories; Bauer NIKE Hockey Inc., a leading designer and distributor of
hockey equipment; Cole Haan(r), which designs,
markets and distributes fine dress and casual shoes and accessories; and
Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports
and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories.
For more information on the Nike
Team Nationals, visit www.dyestat.com or contact Maggie.Mahler@nike.com, (503)
671-3289.
[JR: This
probably news worthy because it will bring people and press to the College. It would be
nice if Brother President has lots of people who want to go to MC after seeing
it. There is no such thing as "bad press".]
The only reason for putting this
here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support
"our" team.
Date Day
Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
3/21/04 Sunday W. Tennis Albany Albany, NY 1:00 PM
3/23/04 Tuesday W. Lacrosse Wagner HOME
4:00 PM
3/24/04 Wednesday Baseball Lehigh Bethlehem, PA 3:00 PM
3/26/04 Friday W. Tennis Loyola
(MD)* HOME TBA
3/26/04 Friday M. Tennis Loyola
(MD)* HOME 3:00 PM
3/27/04 Saturday Track & Field
Navy Invitational Annapolis, MD
10:00 AM
3/27/04 Saturday Baseball Niagara*
(DH) HOME 12:00 PM
3/27/04 Saturday W. Lacrosse Mt. Saint
Mary's HOME 2:00 PM
3/27/04 Saturday M. Lacrosse
Siena* Loudonville, NY 2:00 PM
3/28/04 Sunday W. Lacrosse Longwood
University HOME 10:00 AM
3/28/04 Sunday Baseball Niagara* HOME
12:00 PM
3/28/04 Sunday Softball Yale New Haven, CT 1:00 PM
3/28/04 Sunday W. Tennis Fordham Bronx, NY
1:00 PM
3/30/04 Tuesday W. Tennis
Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 2:30 PM
3/30/04 Tuesday Baseball Fordham Bronx, NY
3:00 PM
3/31/04 Wednesday M. Tennis Stony
Brook Stony Brook, NY 2:00 PM
3/31/04 Wednesday Softball Saint
Francis (NY) HOME 2:30 PM
3/31/04 Wednesday Baseball Pace HOME
3:00 PM
3/31/04 Wednesday W. Lacrosse LIU
Brooklyn HOME 3:30 PM
MEN'S BASKETBALL DOWNED FLORIDA IN
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, 75-60
Senior Luis Flores tallied a game
high 26 points
Raleigh, NC (March 18, 2004) – In
the first round of the 2004 NCAA Tournament the Manhattan Jaspers men’s
basketball team downed the the number five seed,
University of Florida, with the score of 75-60. This marks
the first time the Jaspers have advanced to the second round since 1995 when
they defeated Oklahoma, 77-67. Senior Luis Flores led the way for Manhattan
with a game-high 26 points. The Jaspers will take on Wake Forest in the second
round.
Manhattan jumped out early with a
Peter Mulligan three point play giving the Jaspers the 3-0 lead. The first
half began in a see-saw affair, in the first 4:10 minutes of action the lead
changed three times. After Anthony Roberson nailed a three pointer to bring
the Gators within one at the 6:33 mark, the Jaspers went on a 12-4 run
extending their lead to nine to make the score 34-25. Manhattan ended the half
with two free throws by Mulligan, making the score 36-29.
The Jaspers jumped out on a 10-4 run
to start the second half putting them up 46-35 with 16:02 remaining. With another three pointer by Roberson the Gators pulled within
ten at the 12:01 remaining, marking the closest Florida would get.
Manhattan with two free throws by Mike Konovelchick
increased their lead to 19, marking their largest lead of the game, 63-44.
Kenny Minor made a layup and Dave Holmes made one
free throw with under a minute remaining, clinching the 75-60 victory for
Manhattan.
Including Flores’s 26 the Jaspers
had four players in double figures; junior Peter Mulligan tallied 17 points,
senior Dave Holmes recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds,
and Mike Konovelchick posted 11 points. Manhattan outrebounded the Gators by ten,
46-36.
With the win, the Jaspers advance to
the second round of the NCAA Tournament to face #4 Wake Forest on Saturday
March 20, thirty minutes after the 1:15 second round game.
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MANHATTAN WINS QUARDRUPLE-OVERTIME
THRILLER AGAINST MT. ST. MARY'S, 9-8
Otto Scores Game Winner
Emmitsburg, MD (March
18, 2004) -The Manhattan men's lacrosse team won a quadruple-overtime thriller
against Mt. St. Mary's, 9-8, at the Mount's Alumni Field on Thursday
afternoon. Manhattan's Justin Otto scored with 1:10 left in the fourth
overtime to give the Jaspers the sudden-victory win.
Manhattan (3-1, 1-0 MAAC) converted
a Mount St. Mary's turnover to score the winning goal. John Crotty scooped up a ground ball, raced to the other end,
and fed Otto for the game-winner. The Mount had 11 shots in the four overtime
periods, but Manhattan goalkeeper Robert Busweiler
had to make just one save.
The Mount (0-4, 0-2 MAAC) rallied
from a late two-goal deficit to force the extra sessions. Billy Jautze scored twice in the final 3:23 to knot the score at
8-8. Jautze took a Tilghman
Herring feed and buried the shot with 57 seconds left to tie the game.
Manhattan held a 4-3 advantage at
the half and took a 7-5 lead heading into the fourth quarter. After Matt
Warner cut the deficit to 7-6, Otto scored his first of two goals on the day
with 6:27 left to give the Jaspers an 8-6 advantage. Otto, Sean Crowley and
Greg Lewis each had two goals for the Jaspers while Eugene Tanner chipped in a
goal and two assists in the win. Jautze and Warner
paced the Mount offense with two goals each while Jay Duffy had a goal and two
assists.
Busweiler made 15
saves for the Jaspers while Chris Channing had
strong effort in goal for the Mount off the bench. Channing
made five saves and allowed just two goals in 31:08 minutes of action.
The Jaspers return to action on
Saturday, March 20, when they play Canisius in
Buffalo, NY at 1 pm.
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SOFTBALL GAME ON SATURDAY CANCELLED
Riverdale, NY (March 18, 2004)-The
softball game scheduled to be played on Saturday, March 20 at St. Joseph's has
been cancelled due to bad field conditions. The Lady J's do not play again
until Sunday, March 28 against Yale in New Haven, CT at 1pm.
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BRADLEY TOPS BASEBALL, 6-3
Homestead, FL (March 18, 2004)-
Bradley scored two runs in the top of the first taking the first lead of the
game and held on to beat Manhattan 7-2 Wednesday night at the Papa John's
Homestead Challenge in Homestead, FL. The Jaspers fall to 4-8 while the Braves
improve to 7-3.
Manhattan tried to rally from a 5-3
deficit in the fourth inning by putting runners at second and third with two
outs when the Braves Brandon Magee (1-0) entered in relief of Bradley starter
Brian Spielmann. The Jaspers could not get another
hit off of the new Braves pitcher to bring the runners on first and second
home to tie the game.
In the bottom of the ninth,
Manhattan tried to get back in the game one more time. Right fielder Frank Cappello led off the ninth by reaching on the last of
shortstop Adam Uscicki's three errors, then advanced
to second when Nick Derba followed with a single to
right field. Again with two Jaspers on base Manhattan could not get another
hit.
Manhattan will return to action
Friday, March 19 playing in the Florida Invitational at 7pm.
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MEN'S LACROSSE GAME AGAINST MT. ST.
MARY’S ON 3/17 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED
Riverdale, NY (March 16, 2004) – The
men's lacrosse game scheduled for this Wednesday, March 17 at 3 pm against Mt.
St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, MD has been rescheduled
for Thursday, May 18 at 3 pm. The Jaspers are 2-1 overall.
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LACROSSE Upset By Manhattan College,
11-9 Columbia Daily Spectator - New York City,NY,USA
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Sports Lacrosse Upset By Manhattan
College, 11-9 By Tara Krieger Spectator Staff Writer March 11, 2004
Lacrosse senior tri-captain Ellen Lowrey admitted that the team might have gotten a bit
complacent before their home game against Manhattan yesterday afternoon. The
Lions, after all, had beaten the Jaspers decisively in three past seasons, and
had eked out wins in their first two games of this year as well. But Manhattan
surprised everyone, narrowly upending Columbia 11-9.
"We went into the game thinking
it was already won," Lowrey said, "and as
a result we didn't play the game that we were more than capable of playing. We
were definitely the better team; they just played with a lot more
heart."
The game had been relocated last
minute to Wien Stadium because Gaelic Park,
Manhattan's grass field, had not been completely restored after the recent
harsh weather. Columbia plays on artificial turf.
The Lions, in fact, outshot Manhattan 28-25, in a game that was never quite
out of their grasp. Sophomore midfielder Carrie Anderer
tallied up a career and team-high five goals, including the Lions' first goal,
which put them on the board 1-0, just 52 seconds into play.
But Columbia's lead was short-lived,
as the Jaspers' Jenny Carman, who herself totaled four goals and an assist on
the day, capitalized on a free-position shot just 38 seconds later to even the
score. Manhattan's Nora Jacquette gave her team the
lead off another free-position shot at 5:31.
First-year Katie Warner, who had a
goal and an assist in the game, tied it up again at 9:45, only to see the
Jaspers go ahead again at 10:58. Four minutes later, two quick goals within 15
seconds of each other by Manhattan's Catherine Dunbar and Molly Pheterson made it 5-2.
But the Lions chipped away at the
lead; senior tri-captain Adie Moll netted the ball at 15:49. After another
Manhattan goal, first-year Kate Lombard, assisted by Warner, gave Columbia
another point at 2:33, and senior-tri captain Maggie Via brought the Lions
within one with another free-position shot. Anderer
answered another Manhattan goal at 28:49, by Victoria Carman--who scored twice
in the game--with a goal of her own, at 29:07.
At halftime, the Lions only trailed
7-6.
"Our defense really picked it
up in the second half of the game," said Anderer.
"We had a lot of fouls called on us in the first half, but in the second
half we each had really good body positioning on defense."
"Mostly our problem today was
just finishing," Anderer continued. "We
could get to the goal, but then we were just shooting at the goalie and just
not finishing. We weren't really capitalizing on our scoring
opportunities."
Anderer was
responsible for the Lions' three goals in the second half. The first, at
34:16, tied up the game. But Manhattan put four more goals on the board, a
lead that would prove insurmountable. The Lions made a last-ditch effort at a
comeback within the final five minutes, as Anderer
scored goals at 56:01 and 59:46, the second assisted by first-year Elyse Pultz, but as the seconds
on the clock ran out, so did their rally.
"The underclassmen have
definitely been stepping up this year," Lowrey
said. "We've had a lot of great individual performances, but overall as a
team we really need to bring the game together."
First-year Sydney Linder totaled
nine saves for Columbia in the losing effort, while winner Ashley Devlins saved 14, including ten in the second half.
Manhattan made 22 turnovers to
Columbia's 16.
"This was a team that we
definitely should have beat," Lowrey said.
"but we played very flat, and as a result they
were just able to take it away from us. If anything, it was a huge wake-up
call for us, and I think we're going to respond and it's going to light a fire
under [us]."
The Lions, now 2-1, depart for
Florida over spring break, where they will play Fairfield and Bucknell in preparation for the Ivy season, which begins
Mar. 24 against Princeton.
Lacrosse Upset By
Manhattan College, 11-9
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GONZALEZ would listen to St. John's
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highly regarded mid-major coach into a very good listener whenever Manhattan
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Gonzalez would listen to St. John's By Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Bobby Gonzalez is
expected to turn from a highly regarded mid-major coach into a very good
listener whenever Manhattan College's season ends.
Gonzalez is viewed as one of the
leading candidates to take over beleaguered St. John's after transforming
Manhattan into the leading program in New York in his five years there. It
helps, too, that he has coached in the metropolitan area at both the high
school and AAU levels. "There
are a lot of rumblings and a lot of talk," said Gonzalez, 40, who is
taking his team to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year.
"But I've sort of let it be known that I will do what I have to do with
my team from now until the season ends."
Although the Red Storm just completed
a nightmarish campaign, he sees intriguing possibilities there.
"If you are in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference and a Big East school is interested,"
Gonzalez said, "you have to be honest and say you would listen because of
the magnitude of the step up that it is."
Manhattan athletics director Bob
Byrnes said the school has not received any formal or informal contact
concerning Gonzalez, who is under contract through next season. He added that
discussions are "well along" concerning an extension that would last
until 2007-08.
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SULLIVAN steps down at UMBC
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
... in 1989. Described as fiery and hard-nosed, he also ran basketball
programs at New Hampshire College and Manhattan College. His ...
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Sullivan steps down at UMBC School
paper: Coach made 'discriminatory comments'
By Mike Klingaman Sun Staff Originally
published March 12, 2004 Tom Sullivan, the men's basketball coach at UMBC,
resigned yesterday, 10 days after the university had placed him on paid
administrative leave. Sullivan, 53,
stepped down the day after an article appeared in The Retriever Weekly, the
campus newspaper, alleging that the coach had made "discriminatory
comments" to his players. University officials would not confirm those
allegations yesterday.
Kathy Zerrlaut,
associate athletic director for compliance at the Catonsville school, would
not comment on the resignation except to say that "there have been no
[NCAA] rules violations committed."
A prepared statement from the school
about Sullivan's departure did not mention the turmoil surrounding the
Division I basketball program.
The coach did not accompany the team
last week to the America East tournament, where the Retrievers (7-21) ended
their season in a first-round loss under assistant coach Randy Monroe.
"Tom Sullivan provided UMBC
basketball with many fine moments during his tenure here," athletic
director Charles Brown said in the news release. "We wish him the best of
luck in his future endeavors."
Brown had been instrumental in
hiring Sullivan nine years ago and in cobbling together a controversial
contract extension in July 2002 that would have kept him at the school through
2007.
In nine seasons under Sullivan, the
Retrievers won 106 games and lost 145. Their best season was 20-9 in
2001-02.
The coach did not return calls made
to his home or office.
"I want to thank the university for affording me the opportunity to have coached
so many fine student-athletes," Sullivan said in the statement. "It
has been a very challenging experience. I hope I leave my players with skills
that will serve them well as they go through life."
A native New Yorker, Sullivan
arrived at UMBC from Seton Hall, where he served as an assistant coach during
that school's run to the NCAA championship game in 1989.
Described as fiery and hard-nosed,
he also ran basketball programs at New Hampshire College and Manhattan College.
His 19-year record as a head coach is 260-270.
Steve Levy, UMBC's
sports information director, said the university will decide next week on a
strategy to hire a new coach.
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BASEBALL Tops Iona 6-3
PittsburghPanthers.com - USA ... Pittsburgh returns to action with a 3:30 game
against Iona at the Homestead Sports Complex before taking on Manhattan
College at 7 pm in the 2,000 th game in ...
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Baseball Tops Iona 6-3
3/12/2004
Mike Zambriczki
had two hits and four RBIs in the win as P.J. Hiser
earned his second win of the season.
MIAMI-The University of Pittsburgh
baseball team used solid pitching and timely hitting to top Iona College 6-3
Friday afternoon at Florida International.
Pittsburgh (6-3) starting pitcher
P.J. Hiser (Hagerstown, MD/Hagerstown CC) had
another good outing as he went seven innings allowing only four hits and two
earned runs. Hiser struck out a season-high eight
Gael hitters on his way to his second win of the season.
In relief of Hiser,
junior relief pitcher Eli Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA/Shadyside Academy) worked
two scoreless innings allowing only one hit and striking out four Gael
hitters.
The Panthers' offense was led by catcher
Mike Zambriczki (Philadelphia, PA/Council Rock) who
went two-for-four from the plate including a double and a career-high four
RBIs. Senior designated hitter Bryan Spamer
(Harrisburg, PA/Redland) also added two hits in four plate appearances
including a double. Sophomore centerfielder Ben Copeland (Bradford,
PA/Bradford) had a double in the game to extend his hitting streak to nine
games.
Pittsburgh returns to action with a
3:30 game against Iona at the Homestead Sports Complex before taking on Manhattan
College at 7 p.m. in the 2,000th game in the history of the Homestead
Challenge in the main stadium.
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BASEBALL Tops Manhattan 15-10
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baseball team overcame a nine-run deficit to defeat Manhattan College by a
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The Panthers used a nine-run sixth inning to down the Jaspers.
HOMESTEAD, FLA.—The University of
Pittsburgh baseball team overcame a nine-run deficit to defeat Manhattan
College by a score of 15-10 in the 2,000th overall game in the Homestead
Challenge at the Homestead Sports Complex Saturday night.
Pittsburgh (8-3) used a nine-run sixth inning
and a six-run seventh inning to overcome its largest deficit of the season.
The Panthers’ offense came to life and finished with 14 hits, which all but
two came after the fifth inning.
Freshman Peter Parise
(Bronx, NY/Cardinal Spellman) belted three hits in five plate appearances
including a 2-run triple to finish with a team-high four RBIs.
Senior third baseman Mike Scanzano (Marlton, NJ/Louisburg College) added three hits
of his own including a double and a season-high three RBIs.
Ben Copeland (Bradford, PA/Bradford) extended
his hitting streak to 11 games as he turned in a two-for-three performance
from the plate that included two walks, two RBIs and a stolen base.
Relief pitcher Jimmy Blue (Washington,
PA/Trinity) earned his first win of the season in relief of starter Nick
Evangelista (Shoemakersville, PA/Louisburg College). Blue tossed four innings
of one-hit baseball and allowed only one earned run with two strikeouts.
Pittsburgh finishes its season-high 14-game
road trip Sunday night when it takes on Rider University at 5:30 p.m. at the
Homestead Sports Complex.
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FSU rallies in ninth, wins on Wardell's three-run, walk-off homer South Florida
Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA ... FAU 8,
MANHATTAN COLLEGE 0; FAU 2, NORTHERN IOWA 0: Jessica Braggins
had two homers and five RBI in the Owls' win over Manhattan College in the FAU
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NORTHERN IOWA 0: Jessica Braggins had two homers and
five RBI in the Owls' win over Manhattan College in the FAU Worth
Doubletree Classic in Boca Raton. In the second game, the Owls (23-10)
defeated Northern Iowa.
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TEMPLE'S Wilson wins his 1,000th
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Jason Connor with a two-out hit off the left-field wall at Florida
International University in Miami, giving Temple a 10-9 victory over Manhattan
College. ...
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Temple's Wilson wins his 1,000th His
Owls beat Manhattan, 10-9, for the baseball milestone. By Mike Jensen Inquirer
Staff Writer
Temple baseball coach Skip Wilson
got his guys together yesterday and said a few familiar words: "Great win
- another day at the ballpark."
In his 43d year of coaching the
sport at Temple, Wilson became the 29th Division I coach, and 14th active one,
to win 1,000 games. It happened in dramatic fashion when Owls designated
hitter Jason Adamek drove in teammate Jason Connor
with a two-out hit off the left-field wall at Florida International University
in Miami, giving Temple a 10-9 victory over Manhattan College.
"I'm just glad it's over,"
Wilson said. "The kids, they were pressing."
The Owls had lost a game in the
ninth inning the day before.
"They were thinking about the
1,000 wins more than me," Wilson said. "I told them, 'Look, fellas, it's going to come. If it takes to May, we'll get
it. Just relax and play ball.' "
"All the kids were
congratulating him," said Owls assistant coach John McArdle.
"He was very kind of low-key. Coaching third base, I was pretty excited
[during the game]. He kept motioning to me, like, 'Calm down. It's another
game.' "
The Owls finished their trip with a
record of 6-5 and are to open their new field on Temple's Ambler campus
tomorrow afternoon, facing Philadelphia University in a 3 p.m. game.
Temple baseball alumni talk about
how Wilson, 74, always made them work on the little things, over and over. Hitting hundreds of fungoes.
Explaining not only what had happened but why it happened. Temple has gone to
14 NCAA tournaments and has made two trips to the College World Series under
Wilson.
Reached by phone in Miami, Wilson
said he was thrilled for the all the players he had coached who are part of
the milestone. His wife, Suzanne, was with him on the trip.
Even the postgame
celebration will be a familiar one, he said.
"I think I'll have a cold one
with John [McArdle] and my wife," he said.
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WHAT Does It All Mean? It's Bracket Time
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
... Lions. Back to the Gators, who open Thursday in Raleigh, NC, against the
up-tempo Jaspers of Manhattan College in New York City.
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What Does It All Mean? It's Bracket
Time MARTIN FENNELLY
Published: Mar 15, 2004
Well, bust my brackets.
It's tourney time.
Time to care
about college basketball. Most of you, including the wife
who'll win her husband's office pool by putting down $5 worth of
grocery-change pennies and picking winners based on cutest team mascots, have
ignored the game for months. And for good reason.
What did it mean, anyway? This is
the same reaction of the Incredibly Angry Aggies of
Utah State, who went 25-3 but didn't make the 65-team NCAA field. Utah State
was hurt by Air Force being chosen by the tournament selection committee,
which claims it paid no attention to the stealth bomber circling the
committee's hotel.
There's always drama on Selection
Sunday, as with its ancient ancestor, Natural Selection Sunday, held aboard
the H.M.S. Beagle in 1835. Tournament chairman Charles Darwin listed man a No.
1 seed and the Galapagos tortoise as a bracket buster.
What's A Jasper,
You Ask?
Back to the
tourney. Florida, coming off a surprising rush to the SEC title
game and not so surprising drubbing by Kentucky, landed a No. 5 seed. Florida
State landed the NIT, rightly so for having as much success on the road as an
armadillo trying to cross one. Squish, squish.
Two other Sunshine teams made the NCAA field.
UCF enters as champ of the Atlantic Sun Conference, for those of you who
didn't adjust your dish for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. Then there
are the death Rattlers of Florida A&M.
FAMU, 14-16, is in its second
tournament. In 1999, the Rattlers also made the field with a losing record, so
they're the first school to make it twice with a losing record. Last time,
they were crushed by Duke. This time, FAMU must beat Lehigh in Tuesday's
play-in game to earn the right to get crushed by Kentucky. Reminds us of when
the Christians had to beat Lehigh to the face the Lions.
Back to the Gators, who open
Thursday in Raleigh, N.C., against the up-tempo Jaspers of Manhattan College
in New York City. Manhattan's nickname, Jaspers, is
for one of Manhattan's famous figures, Brother Jasper of Mary, who served at
Manhattan in the late 19th century and made a truly great contribution to
sports history. Seriously.
True story: One warm day when
Manhattan was playing a semipro baseball team, Brother Jasper, who apparently
was Mr. Two Bits before there was a Mr. Two Bits, noticed that Manhattan
students were restless as Manhattan came to bat in the seventh inning. To
relieve tension, Brother Jasper told the students to stand and stretch for a
few minutes until the game resumed. It was picked up by the old New York Giants.
Then by all of baseball.
The
seventh-inning stretch.
Florida Is Vulnerable
What any of this has to do with
basketball is a real question, but Manhattan isn't bad at hoops, either.
Granted, I have a rooting interest. My late father graduated from Manhattan in
1938. This is the Jaspers' second NCAA appearance in a row. I'm sure if dad
was alive, he'd beam with pride and say, ``Hey, what's up with Gruden?''
Back to the
Gators. Florida is a vulnerable 5 seed, especially with Matt
Walsh's injured foot. Then again, the Gators were vulnerable in 2000. They
were a 5 seed then, too, and some thought they'd be upset in the first round. By Butler.
And Butler was beating Florida, right up until Mike Miller hit The Shot. Florida
eventually played for the national championship. It just shows that you never
know. And I've got the brackets to prove it.
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FLORES, JASPERS BACK IN BIG TIME New
York Post - New York,NY,USA ... And yet, Flores
plays at Manhattan College and thus remains one of the best-guarded secrets of
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FLORES, JASPERS BACK IN BIG TIME
March 15, 2004 -- He grew up on
183rd Street in Washington Heights, on the very block where Alex Rodriguez was
born, and if you needed to find Luis Flores in the summertime, you looked on
the outside court on 185th and Broadway.
The lessons Flores learned playing The City Game there were never forgotten.
"Never to back down to anybody
or anything or any type of situation," Flores said. "Coming up, they
would not allow you, when you were young, to play with the so-called big boys.
I wanted to always step on the court with the big boys and big fellas, but I wasn't given the opportunity. So one day one
kid got hurt and no one took me out of the court from that day on."
And yet, Flores plays at Manhattan
College and thus remains one of the best-guarded secrets of March Madness,
even after setting the school record with 2000 career points.
"I think nationally, across the
country," Jaspers coach Bobby Gonzalez was saying last night, "most
people still don't really know who he is; maybe they just see his name, that
he's a fourth-leading scorer in the country, he's some kid that plays at
Manhattan that can score the ball. But I don't know if they know how special
he is. So he's still somewhat of a secret to the rest of the nation."
But come Thursday in Raleigh, Flores
and the 12th-seeded Jaspers get one last chance against Billy Donovan and the
No. 5 Florida Gators in the East Rutherford regional to shock the college
basketball world and land on Dick Vitale's map.
Flores was eight years old when he
left the Dominican Republic to live with his beloved grandmother Juanita.
During his junior year at Norman Thomas High School, Flores once asked coach Keith Griffin to conduct 6 a.m. practices because his
teammates complained that the three-hour afternoon practices were too late. No
surprise to Gonzalez.
"We came back from the
[Wisconsin]-Milwaukee game, and I gave the guys off the day we traveled, and
that night I went back to the office about 10:30 at night to pick up a film,
and he was in the gym in a dead sweat with a friend of his . . . the lights
were barely on, and he was just working on his game," Gonzalez said.
Flores originally planned to attend
Manhattan when Kevin Bannon and Rutgers called at
the 11th hour. Flores soon grew frustrated sitting behind Todd Billet, and
transferred.
"I'm very poised and patient
and tend to pick my spots," the 6-2 senior said. "I try to be a
leader by example."
A year ago the Jaspers gave
Syracuse, the eventual national champion, fits in the first round. This time
they are dreaming Sweet 16. "I'm greatly excited; it gives us a chance to
play on the big stage," Flores said.
A-Rod, no doubt, will be rooting for
him.
"My father [Pedro] used to play
[baseball] with his father," Flores said. "I can't wait for him to
come back to New York and get to meet him."
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WAITING to
see your name ESPN - USA ... round opponent for No. 4 seed Maryland in Denver
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Monday, March 15, 2004 By Fran Fraschilla Special to
ESPN.com
The last 24 hours were among the
toughest Billy Gillispie has ever had to endure. I
know. I've been where the UTEP coach was Sunday.
After losing to Nevada in the WAC
championship game, Gillispie and his UTEP Miners
(24-7) had to sweat out Selection Sunday and then watch the NCAA Tournament
selection show with one eye closed until their school popped up on to the
screen as the first-round opponent for No. 4 seed Maryland in Denver on
Thursday.
In 1995, my Manhattan College team
lost to St. Peter's in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship
game on the Monday before Selection Sunday. Even with a 25-4 record, we had to
wait an excruciating six days to find out if we were in the field of 64. And
to make matters worse, no MAAC team had ever received an at-large bid to the
NCAA Tournament. Needless to say, things looked bleak.
Time seemed to pass very, very
slowly all week as we waited and watched tournament games all over the country
and tried to figure out who was in and who was out. I wore out various legal
pads with all sorts of calculations of RPIs,
strength of schedules, and anything else that related to picking the field.
The only thing missing was psychological profiles of the members of the
selection committee.
I remember driving to Baltimore on
Friday afternoon to recruit a prospect. My assistant and I stopped at a
restaurant in New Jersey to watch Georgia Tech burst Virginia's tournament
"bubble" by knocking them out in the quarterfinals of the ACC
tournament. We celebrated, as Jersey natives wondered why these two strangers
were cheering so hard for a ACC team in Big East
country.
On that Saturday before the bracket
was unveiled, heavily-favored Texas came from behind to overtake a game Texas
Tech team that was trying to steal a bid by winning the old Southwest
Conference Tournament. I remember being in my office, watching the game and
thinking, "I like James Dickey (the Texas Tech coach) but bye, bye Red
Raiders."
To keep ourselves occupied, we began
to practice again on Thursday knowing that, at worst,
we were still in the NIT. It was hard to gear it back up and practice with all
that uncertainty hanging over us. To the players
credit, they were ready to go so it was one less thing I had to worry
about.
Championship Week is also a time
when coaches who are in the NCAA Tournament or who are on the
"bubble" fill up sports radio talk shows all over the country. So, I
talked with Hank in Miami, Mike in Portland, and, I even think, Billy Joe in
Galveston. Anyone who wanted to hear my spin on why the Jaspers were worthy of
an at-large bid got a piece of me at any hour of the day or night. I think
it's called "spin."
By Sunday, we were mentally drained
and ready for the process to be over with. Our team gathered together in a
dormitory lounge on campus. Because our situation was tenuous, we eschewed any
formal tournament watching party. I did negotiate with a local TV station to
allow them in the room with us. But, I made a deal with them that they could
only show our reaction IF we got in.
It was very quiet in the room as
teams jumped up on the screen. No Manhattan College yet and the Buffalo wings
were getting cold. Finally, when Andrea Joyce (we still remember you, Andrea)
announced that "No.4 seeded Oklahoma would take on No.13 Manhattan in
Memphis," it was the greatest feeling I experienced as a coach. The room
went ballistic and uncertainly gave to euphoria.
We caught a lot of heat, as did Bob
Frederick and the NCAA Tournament committee, for our inclusion in the field.
Various experts, including Billy Packer, thought it was ludicrous that we were
selected over teams from the various "power conferences." (Air Force
and UTEP are getting a little of that criticism this week.) It didn't matter
because we were off to Memphis.
And in case you've forgotten, Mr.
Packer, my Jaspers knock off Oklahoma in the first round. I remember walking
down to the opposing bench to shake hands after the game with Kelvin Sampson,
who has since become a good friend, and catching a glimpse of Frederick
sitting courtside and instinctively winked at him.
At the postgame
press conference, I remember saying, "I guess the committee wasn't quite
as dumb as everyone thought." For a mid-major school, this was our One
Shining Moment.
The great thing about March Madness
is that there are a thousand stories the next three weeks. There are teams
that can win the whole thing and will be disappointed if they don't like Duke
and UConn. There are teams that are here for the
first time in forever like Alabama State and Air Force. There are teams that
will come from nowhere to sneak into the Sweet 16 like maybe East Tennessee
State and Nevada.
But second-year head coach Gillispie has capped off one of the best turnarounds in
college basketball history by taking UTEP that lost 24 games last season and
making it a 24-game winner this season. The Miners came up short against
Nevada, but their ticket to the tournament has been punched.
And, to think, he only had to wait
24 hours to find out.
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OLD friend, new foe St. Petersburg
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of his rare spare moments last week, Florida coach Billy Donovan took time out
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Old friend, new foe Fifth-seeded UF
won't get much rest before opening Thursday vs. Manhattan, coached by friend
of Billy Donovan's. By ANTONYA ENGLISH, Times Staff Writer Published March 15,
2004
ATLANTA - In one of his rare spare
moments last week, Florida coach Billy Donovan took time out to watch
Manhattan College in the MAAC tournament championship game, trying to get a
glimpse of the team coached by one of his good friends.
Little did he know he could have
used it as a scouting report.
Despite its roller-coaster season,
Florida rallied well enough in the final stretch to earn a No. 5 seed in the
NCAA Tournament. The Gators play 12th-seeded Manhattan on Thursday in the
first round in Raleigh, N.C. It is the Gators' sixth straight NCAA
appearance.
Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez, a
former New York City high school coach, and Donovan are close friends, and
Donovan said he has great respect for the job he has done.
"Other than watching his team
just out of interest last week, I'm going to obviously need to find out a lot
more about his team, but I know they've had some very good teams the last
couple of years," Donovan said. "This is their second year making
the NCAA Tournament and they have a great, great scorer in Luis Flores."
Flores is the Jaspers' leading
scorer, averaging 24.1 points. He was the MAAC tournament MVP (47 points in
two games) and has scored 2,000 in three seasons.
Sunday's announcement was both
exciting and troubling for Donovan. Though thrilled to be among the 65 teams
selected, he had hoped to be chosen for a region that plays Friday.
Since their March 7 game at
Kentucky, the Gators have practiced or played six consecutive days, including
games Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
"I've often said for anybody
playing a Sunday afternoon game for a conference tournament championship, they
should be awarded the right to play on Friday and Sunday," Donovan said.
"It will be tough to turn around and play on Thursday and Saturday, and
that's exactly what's happened. We've got a lot of recovering to do. We have
played basically three games in 39 hours. It's been a physically grueling
weekend for our guys and they've given everything they have, their heart and
soul to try and compete in the SEC tournament.
"But we've got an unbelievable
challenge mentally, physically and emotionally to turn around and play on a
Thursday, but we're going to try to do the best job we can." Although CBS
commentators chose Florida as a prime "upset" candidate Thursday,
ESPN analysts Dick Vitale and Digger Phelps said the Gators should survive the
first round.
"Anthony Roberson can flat-out
play, and I love Matt Walsh, but he can't go (1-for-15) the way he did against
Alabama," Phelps said during a Sunday night telecast. "But I think
the key has got to be David Lee inside. He's got to find a way to establish
points in the paint and be a lot tougher than he is. He doesn't take it to the
rim that much, but in this first game against Manhattan, they will not get
challenged inside like they would against a (team like) Kentucky. The up and down game favors Florida."
Florida won't know until at least
today whether Walsh can play. He has tendinitis and
a bruised bone in his right foot and a torn callous that left a gaping hole in
the foot after Sunday's game.
The Florida players said they know
they're considered underdogs.
"We've got a battle ahead of us
and we've got to stick together and fight it out," said Roberson, the
team's leading scorer. "We'll be ready. We've beaten the odds to get as
far as we got (Sunday). We were picked to lose in the first round of the SEC
tournament. We're going to beat the odds again.
"A lot of people are going to
say Florida is going to do the same thing we did last year (lose in the first
round), and we know the odds are going to be against us. We all have that in
our mind, I have it in my mind. We've got a lot to
prove."
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Gonzalez in demand Tier native
deserves a big-time coaching job BY IAN O'CONNOR Commentary
Win or lose against Florida, Bobby
Gonzalez is ready for the big time.
He has earned a chance to leave his
bracket-busting Camelot at Manhattan College for the social circles traveled
by his basketball uncles, Rick Pitino and Pete
Gillen, even if he cannot do to the Florida Gators what Fran Fraschilla once did to the Oklahoma Sooners.
Gonzalez, a member of Binghamton
North High School's Class of '81, wasn't ready last year because his persona
was larger than his body of work. Now his substance has caught up to his
style. Gonzalez still talks and walks at light speed, still wears his
extra-large ambitions on his sleeve. But his record will speak for itself no
matter what happens Thursday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C., where the 12th-seeded
Jaspers will play the fifth-seeded Gators with so many people seeing the court
as a stage for a coach on the come.
Only Gonzalez has already arrived.
His team plays defense, practices hard, and wins a lot of games. Gonzalez has
gone from 20-9 to 23-6 to 24-5. He's gone 6-0 against a tough-minded Niagara
team across the last two seasons, and he's won back-to-back MAAC tournaments
when Manhattan had everything to gain and yet so much more to lose.
"Bobby's a much better coach
than people give him credit for," Fraschilla
said. "People need to look past Bobby's energy and flashiness. The most
pressure in college basketball is coaching in a mid- or low-major league with
an automatic bid on the line, where every possession is critical and the teams
in the conference know you so well. The pressure of that is absolutely
excruciating, and Bobby's survived it two straight years. That's a phenomenal
feat."
At Manhattan, Fraschilla
could only win one MAAC tournament in a row. Steve Lappas
didn't win any. Gonzalez has done things at Manhattan no coach has ever done.
For that, he deserves serious consideration at St. John's, the kind he's not
about to get.
St. John's doesn't like its track
record with Manhattan coaches -- even if Fraschilla
returned the Red Storm to the NCAA tournament -- and by holding something so
irrelevant against Gonzalez, university president Father Donald J. Harrington
and his minions are only proving how unqualifed they
are to make this choice.
Chances are,
Gonzalez will get his crack at Providence (if Tim Welsh goes to St. John's). Pitino is a not-so-false god at Providence -- he took the
Friars to the Final Four -- and has a great deal of influence there.
But Gonzalez shouldn't need Pitino's clout anymore, even as the Louisville coach
spends more time campaigning for Gonzalez than he does scouting his
first-round opponent, Xavier.
"It's a huge compliment that
Rick does that," Gonzalez said by phone. "Rick's name was floated
for the St. John's job, and he basically said, 'I'm not interested, but here's
the coach I'm endorsing.' People may not believe this, but I didn't call Rick Pitino and say, 'Coach, will you fight for me?' I didn't
call Sonny Vaccaro and say, 'Sonny, can you push for
me?' They just believe that I can get it done wherever I go, and that's the
ultimate compliment."
Gonzalez was bothered by a recent
USA TODAY story headlined, "Gonzalez would listen to St. John's."
The Manhattan coach remains sensitive to the perception that he's forever
obsessing over his next step up the Division I ladder. He's just not as
sensitive about it as he used to be.
"I've grown up a lot about that
stuff," Gonzalez said. "Last year, I didn't know how to handle it.
When we played Syracuse in the tournament, nobody expected me to come back. I
knew I wasn't running around just worrying about my next job, but I don't get
offended anymore. (Reporters) have a job to do and those questions have to be
asked.
"Pete Gillen used to tell me,
'The best job is the one you have; keep winning and
you'll have choices.' Rick used to say, 'Chase winning. Don't chase money or a
better job.' You never say never, and if a special
situation comes along you have to look at it. But I don't feel like I have to
get out now. I think I can return to Manhattan and we can win it
again."
Truth is, Gillen and Pitino have done their fair share of job hopping and money
grabbing, meaning Gonzalez should feel free to pursue
a bigger gym, a bigger conference and a bigger wage. Just like Fraschilla and Lappas did at
Manhattan. Just like Welsh did at Iona, and Paul Hewitt did at Siena.
But last March, when he played the
Syracuse Orangemen about as tough as anyone would play them in the tournament,
Gonzalez did his cause no favors by embracing a sideline demeanor that would
make others look tame.
"I know there's a certain
perception of a guy who's jumping around a lot," Gonzalez said, "and
so I think I've gotten better. I didn't do too good of a job in the (MAAC)
championship game against Niagara, but I've heard from athletic directors and
refs who've said I've improved by staying in the box and not jumping on
officials as much."
Gonzalez is about to hear from
athletic directors whose programs expect to be seeded fifth, not 12th. Dick
Vitale was on ESPN Sunday night shouting that Gonzalez was a "rising
star" who would make for the "perfect hire" at St. John's.
Gonzalez can beat Florida by 30 and
he won't get the St. John's job. That's the bad news.
The good
news? The Manhattan coach doesn't need Dickie
V. or Ricky P. or anyone else calling in favors on his behalf. Gonzalez has a
record that speaks for itself, and you can hear it loud and clear above the
March Madness din.
O'Connor is a columnist for The
Journal News in Westchester.
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BRACKETS for men and women's NCAA
Tournament unveiled News 12 The Bronx - The Bronx,NY,USA
In men's hoops, Manhattan College, the only NYC team to make it to the big
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Brackets for men and women's NCAA
Tournament unveiled
(03/15/04) THE BRONX - It's that
time of the year again as March Madness action is set to begin later this
week.
In men's hoops, Manhattan College,
the only NYC team to make it to the big dance, will play Florida in the 1st
round of the NCAA tournament. That game is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
The 12th seed Jaspers are going to try and upset the 5th seeded Gators in that
game.
In the women's tournament, UCONN
will play Penn in the East Region. In the Midwest region, Old Dominion will
take on Marquette. And in the west region, Villanova plays Mississippi, and
Temple will go up against TCU.
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THE Bronx bombers Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... candle. Up in
the Bronx, Manhattan College, tucked away next to the mansions in Riverdale,
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The Bronx bombers Shaun Powell
March 16, 2004
Imagine if they held a beach
volleyball national tournament and all the sun-tanned California schools had
sand kicked in their faces.
It could be worse. Florida, for
example, would never recover from its shame if none of the state schools
received a bowl invitation. Could the NCAA actually hold a wrestling
championship without anyone representing the Midwest? There would be an
investigation if none of the Ivies could bluster their way into a debate
tournament. Why even hold a marching band battle without Stanford or Florida A&M?
Now you have a better understanding
of the image crisis that confronts the supposed basketball mecca
of the planet. Not only will the NCAA Tournament dribble forward without much
help from New York, but you wonder if the area's reputation can survive many
more repeated hits.
Apparently, we can build basketball
courts, create basketball players and feed the perception that we're the
center of the basketball universe. But with regard to the biggest basketball
event of the year, here's the truth: New York might as well be New
Hampshire.
Thankfully, when it comes to
basketball in this part of the world, someone is still holding a flickering
candle. Up in the Bronx, Manhattan College, tucked away next to the mansions
in Riverdale, is the only school that gets it.
Bobby Gonzalez is still nurturing a
winning program he built almost from the ashes. Luis Flores took the clever
moves and shooting touch he learned on the cracked pavement in Washington
Heights and made himself into a college player who demands respect.
There will be one team worth rooting
for, in the provincial sense, when the NCAA tourney begins Thursday.
"I guess this means,"
Manhattan College guard Jason Wingate said, "we're
the kings of New York."
While Fordham, St. John's, Hofstra and the others are searching for answers, the
Jaspers are busy trying to figure out how to beat Florida in the first round.
They've won at least 20 games for the third straight time in five years under
Gonzalez and will get another crack at the tourney.
They had the misfortune of meeting
Syracuse, the eventual national champ, in the first round last year but hardly
embarrassed themselves. In fact, the most satisfying sight for Manhattan in
that game was an angry Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim
turning red well into the second half.
"The driving force to get us
back into the tournament was the fact we got a taste of it last year and we liked
it," Gonzalez said.
Manhattan is also going to the
tourney with home-grown players. That, said Gonzalez, creates plenty of pride
for him and the program, and it can only help a small mid-major school in
recruiting.
Among the regulars: Flores is their
leading scorer and a two-time Metro Atlantic MVP. Wingate is from Harlem and
shares the point guard duties. Peter Mulligan, a former star at St. Raymond's,
developed into a dependable secondary option the last few months.
Wingate and Mulligan preferred to
play away from home once they left high school but ended up at Manhattan, for
different reasons. That seems to be the current trend among city kids.
"The top players like Sebastian
Telfair are going to consider Duke and Kentucky and the rest," Gonzalez
said of the star Lincoln point guard, who said he'll play at Louisville if he
doesn't turn pro. "I'm just surprised the middle players have left.
You'll get the top three players leaving but the next four usually stick
around. That's what I think college basketball in New York is missing right
now, those four through 10 guys."
Getting Flores to stay home was the
foundation Gonzalez needed for his program, and for the moment, anyway,
Manhattan is the only solid college program in the area.
"I'm a little surprised about
the others," Gonzalez said. "I can only speak for us. Momentum is a
big part of it. We got the right players and worked them and built them. We
caught fire and kind of evolved."
The test for Manhattan will come
after its next defeat, which will be the last for Flores, a senior. We'll see
if Gonzalez built enough credibility for himself and the Jaspers to keep the
program running smoothly.
Still, there's no denying what's
happening at the moment, and what isn't. Manhattan is playing and the others
aren't. The heartbeat of basketball, in an area that cares deeply about it, is
confined to a small school in the Bronx.
How symbolic is this: On the left
arm of Mulligan is a tattoo bearing the city skyline, a basketball and a
crown. Mulligan had it made when he was named Mr. Basketball in high
school.
"The king of New York," he
explained.
From a college basketball
standpoint, all the Jaspers know the feeling.
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MANHATTAN Jaspers head out to play
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Manhattan Jaspers head out to play
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Play the video (03/16/04) RIVERDALE - The Manhattan College Men's
Basketball team left Tuesday for their first-round NCAA tournament game.
The Manhattan Jaspers are the
12th-seeded team in the East Rutherford Region of the 2004 NCAA tournament.
The Jaspers will play the 5th-seeded Florida Gators on Thursday afternoon in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Manhattan Jaspers are led by two
local players, Jason Wingate and Peter Mulligan. Wingate, the starting point
guard, won a championship while a senior at Rice High School. Mulligan, who
finished third on the Jaspers in scoring and rebounding this season, won a
state title while playing for St. Ray's.
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UNKNOWN Flores flourishes for
Jaspers Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
GAINESVILLE -- Manhattan College senior Luis Flores arrived to the United
States in 1989 knowing very little English and even less about the game of
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Unknown Flores flourishes for
Jaspers By Edgar Thompson, Palm Beach Post Staff
Writer Wednesday, March 17, 2004
GAINESVILLE -- Manhattan College
senior Luis Flores arrived to the United States in 1989 knowing very little
English and even less about the game of basketball.
Florida coach Billy Donovan and his
players will be learning all they can about the Manhattan shooting guard
before the teams play at 12:20 p.m. Thursday in Raleigh, N.C., during the first
round of the NCAA Tournament.
Flores is the main reason many
pundits are picking the small Catholic school to keep the Southeastern
Conference power from advancing to the second round.
"Flores is one of those guys who's as good as anyone in the country, but people haven't
heard of him," said Donovan, who didn't become a household name himself
until he led Providence to the 1987 Final Four. "He's just a special
player because of his ability to score."
The
6-foot-2, 195-pound Flores ranks fifth nationally with a 24.1 scoring average,
which is second to Vermont's Taylor Coopenrath
(24.8) among players in the NCAA Tournament.
Flores, who grew up in New York
City, has averaged 20 points or more for three consecutive season
since transferring from Rutgers. He is Manhattan's all-time leading scorer
with 2,000 points.
"No matter what conference
you're in, if you're averaging 20 over the last three years at the D-I level,
you're a pretty good player," UF sophomore Matt Walsh said.
Flores, who turns 23 on April 11,
also knows how to win.
Led by Flores, Manhattan (24-5) won
the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference -- and its automatic berth into the NCAAs -- for the second season in a row for the first time
in school history.
"Luis gives you a chance every
night," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez told USA Today. "You know you
are going to get 20-25 points on the board from someone, and from a coaching
standpoint, that's very important."
Flores is doing many of the right
things from an NBA scouting standpoint, too. He possesses a nice shooting
touch, good range (119 three-pointers as a junior and senior) and a knack for
getting to the free-throw line, where he's shooting a combined 88.6 percent
(420-for-474) the past two seasons.
Flores, who came with his grandparents
to New York from the Dominican Republic when he was 8, never expected a chance
to play basketball professionally. Growing up, he played baseball before he
began playing basketball on the blacktop courts of Washington Heights.
"I lived out more than I ever
felt I would accomplish," Flores told USA Today.
Now, he would like to live one more
dream before leaving college. It's no surprise Flores has little fear of
Florida (20-10).
"I think we have a pretty good
chance if we do what we do," he said.
edgar_thompson@pbpost.com
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RISING Stars Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada ... 8, 235-pound forward from
Montreal scored a game-high 26 points, but it wasn't enough as the Niagara
University Purple Eagles lost 62-61 to Manhattan College ...
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The 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward from
Montreal scored a game-high 26 points, but it wasn't enough as the Niagara
University Purple Eagles lost 62-61 to Manhattan College in the final of the
HSBC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship this month in Albany,
N.Y. It was the 16th 20-plus point game of the season for Mendez, who added 12
rebounds for his 11th double-double of the year. The Purple Eagles bring a
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Inc. Cox News Service March 16, 2004 Tuesday SECTION: Sports LENGTH: 462 words HEADLINE: Unknown Flores flourishes for
Jaspers BYLINE: EDGAR THOMPSON DATELINE: GAINESVILLE, Fla
Manhattan College senior Luis Flores
arrived to the United States in 1989 knowing very little English and even less
about the game of basketball. These
days, word is spreading about Flores.
Florida coach Billy Donovan and his players will be learning all they
can about the Manhattan shooting guard before the teams play at 12:20 p.m.
Thursday in Raleigh, N.C., during the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Flores is the main reason many pundits are
picking the small Catholic school to keep the Southeastern Conference power
from advancing to the second round.
"Flores is one of those guys who's as
good as anyone in the country, but people haven't heard of him," said
Donovan, who didn't become a household name himself until he led Providence to
the 1987 Final Four. "He's just a special player because of his ability
to score." The
6-foot-2, 195-pound Flores ranks fifth nationally with a 24.1 scoring average,
which is second to Vermont's Taylor Coopenrath
(24.8) among players in the NCAA Tournament. Flores, who grew up in New York City, has
averaged 20 points or more for three consecutive season
since transferring from Rutgers. He is Manhattan's all-time leading scorer
with 2,000 points. "No matter
what conference you're in, if you're averaging 20 over the last three years at
the D-I level, you're a pretty good player," UF sophomore Matt Walsh
said. Flores, who turns 23 on April
11, also knows how to win. Led by
Flores, Manhattan (24-5) won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference _ and its
automatic berth into the NCAAs _ for the second
season in a row for the first time in school history. "Luis gives you a chance every
night," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez told USA Today. "You know you
are going to get 20-25 points on the board from someone, and from a coaching
standpoint, that's very important."
Flores is doing many of the right things from an NBA scouting
standpoint, too. He possesses a nice shooting touch, good range (119
three-pointers as a junior and senior) and a knack for getting to the
free-throw line, where he's shooting a combined 88.6 percent (420-for-474) the
past two seasons. Flores, who came
with his grandparents to New York from the Dominican Republic when he was 8,
never expected a chance to play basketball professionally. Growing up, he
played baseball before he began playing basketball on the blacktop courts of
Washington Heights. "I lived out
more than I ever felt I would accomplish," Flores told USA Today. Now, he would like to live one more dream
before leaving college. It's no surprise Flores has little fear of Florida
(20-10). "I think we have a
pretty good chance if we do what we do," he said. Edgar Thompson writes for the Palm Beach
Post. E-mail: edgar_thompson(at)pbpost.com
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BODY:
Jason Wingate has one. So does Peter
Mulligan and Mike Konovelchick. Jason Benton has a pair of them and Kenny
Minor, Manhattan's mercurial 5-8 guard, accumulated three during his high
school career in Baltimore. They are
championships. Rings,
banners, hardware - symbols of excellence. The Manhattan roster is loaded
with players who know success. "A
lot of us are used to winning," said Mulligan, the Jaspers' junior
swingman. "It's a good thing to be used to." Especially this time of
year when 65 teams, especially those of the mid-major variety like Manhattan,
are looking for their next great moment when the NCAA Tournament tips off
Thursday. "Having the
success we had before coming here really does help," said Konovelchick, a two-time New Hampshire Player of the Year.
"That's what I like about this team. We're all winners. We all know what
it takes to win." Last year, when
the Jaspers (24-5) entered the tournament as a 14 seed and faced eventual
national champion Syracuse in their opener, it was more a feeling of awe than
one of belonging. "Last year everyone
was looking at us as maybe we could be a Cinderella team," said Wingate,
whose Rice team captured New York City's CHSAA crown in 2002. "It was
(Manhattan's) first time there since 1995 and we were just hoping to stay
around a little while. But this year we know what it takes. We've been there
before and we'll be hungrier this time."
When the Jaspers take the court at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C.,
Thursday at 12:20 p.m., they will stare across the court at Florida's Matt
Walsh, Anthony Roberson and David Lee. That is about as formidable a scoring
trio as there is in the tournament. But Mulligan, who will be making his first
tournament appearance for the Jaspers, says they will treat the Gators (20-10)
as just another opponent. "We're
a good team. We're quick, we force turnovers, play great defense and we make
our foul shots," said Mulligan, who was named New York State's Mr.
Basketball following his senior year at St. Raymond's HS in the Bronx.
"We can play with a lot of teams and we're not afraid to play
anybody." This year it will not
be enough for the Jaspers just to play well. They say they are more focused on
the task at hand and not the hoopla.
"This is more like a business trip this time," said Jaspers
forward Dave Holmes, whose Oak Hill Academy team finished No. 2 in the country
his senior year. "People will know that when you play us, it's going to
be a tough 40-minute game."
Beginning Thursday, the Jaspers will be looking to equal or better
Manhattan's 1995 team that upset Oklahoma in the first round before losing to
Arizona State. They are determined to make their stay in Raleigh, and the
tournament, an extended one. "We
have a bunch of winners on this team," said Minor, who won three state
championships with Dunbar HS in Baltimore. "We want to show people in the
tournament that we didn't go 24-5 for no reason." GRAPHIC: ANGEL CHEVRESTT HUNGRY FOR MORE
Manhattan guard Jason Wingate knows Jaspers are ready to improve on last
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Q 30: Got any good upset picks to
offer other than Manhattan over Florida?
A 30: Not many. The Pod System has screwed it up again. In another era,
we might like East Tennessee State over Cincinnati, but the game's
in Columbus, Ohio. Ditto on Richmond over Wisconsin, a
contest to be played in Milwaukee. Numerically speaking, a slight upset
is No. 10 Nevada over No. 7 Michigan State.
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Newsday (New York) March 16, 2004 Tuesday ALL EDITIONS SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A82 LENGTH: 769 words HEADLINE: The Bronx bombers; Gonzalez, Jaspers again carry torch as only
representative of the city game in upcoming tourney BYLINE: SHAUN POWELL BODY:
Imagine if they held a beach
volleyball national tournament and all the sun- tanned California schools had
sand kicked in their faces. It could
be worse. Florida, for example, would never recover from its shame if none of
the state schools received a bowl invitation. Could the NCAA actually hold a
wrestling championship without anyone representing the Midwest? There would be
an investigation if none of the Ivies could bluster their way into a debate
tournament. Why even hold a marching band battle without Stanford or Florida A&M? Now you
have a better understanding of the image crisis that confronts the supposed
basketball mecca of the planet. Not only will the
NCAA Tournament dribble forward without much help from New York, but you
wonder if the area's reputation can survive many more repeated hits. Apparently, we can build basketball courts,
create basketball players and feed the perception that we're the center of the
basketball universe. But with regard to the biggest basketball event of the
year, here's the truth: New York might as well be New Hampshire. Thankfully, when it comes to basketball in
this part of the world, someone is still holding a flickering candle. Up in
the Bronx, Manhattan College, tucked away next to the mansions in Riverdale,
is the only school that gets it. Bobby
Gonzalez is still nurturing a winning program he built almost from the ashes.
Luis Flores took the clever moves and shooting touch he learned on the cracked
pavement in Washington Heights and made himself into a college player who
demands respect. There will be one
team worth rooting for, in the provincial sense, when the NCAA tourney begins
Thursday. "I guess this
means," Manhattan College guard Jason Wingate said, "we're the kings of New York." While Fordham, St. John's, Hofstra and the others are searching for answers, the
Jaspers are busy trying to figure out how to beat Florida in the first round.
They've won at least 20 games for the third straight time in five years under
Gonzalez and will get another crack at the tourney. They had the misfortune of meeting
Syracuse, the eventual national champ, in the first round last year but hardly
embarrassed themselves. In fact, the most satisfying sight for Manhattan in
that game was an angry Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim
turning red well into the second half.
"The driving force to get us back into the tournament was the fact
we got a taste of it last year and we liked it," Gonzalez said. Manhattan is also going to the tourney with
home-grown players. That, said Gonzalez, creates plenty of pride for him and
the program, and it can only help a small mid-major school in recruiting. Among the regulars: Flores is their leading
scorer and a two-time Metro Atlantic MVP. Wingate is from Harlem and shares
the point guard duties. Peter Mulligan, a former star at St. Raymond's,
developed into a dependable secondary option the last few months. Wingate and Mulligan preferred to play away
from home once they left high school but ended up at Manhattan, for different
reasons. That seems to be the current trend among city kids. "The top players like Sebastian
Telfair are going to consider Duke and Kentucky and the rest," Gonzalez
said of the star Lincoln point guard, who said he'll play at Louisville if he
doesn't turn pro. "I'm just surprised the middle players have left.
You'll get the top three players leaving but the next four usually stick
around. That's what I think college basketball in New York is missing right
now, those four through 10 guys."
Getting Flores to stay home was the foundation Gonzalez needed for his
program, and for the moment, anyway, Manhattan is the only solid college
program in the area. "I'm a
little surprised about the others," Gonzalez said. "I can only speak
for us. Momentum is a big part of it. We got the right players and worked them
and built them. We caught fire and kind of evolved." The test for Manhattan will come after its
next defeat, which will be the last for Flores, a senior. We'll see if
Gonzalez built enough credibility for himself and the Jaspers to keep the
program running smoothly. Still,
there's no denying what's happening at the moment, and what isn't. Manhattan
is playing and the others aren't. The heartbeat of basketball, in an area that
cares deeply about it, is confined to a small school in the Bronx. How symbolic is this: On the left arm of
Mulligan is a tattoo bearing the city skyline, a basketball and a crown.
Mulligan had it made when he was named Mr. Basketball in high school. "The king of New York," he
explained. From a college basketball
standpoint, all the Jaspers know the feeling.
GRAPHIC: 1) Photo by Errol Anderson - THAT'S US! Manhattan coach Bobby
Gonzalez and his players react at ESPN Zone after team is announced on
Selection Sunday. 2) AP FILE PHOTO - COACH BOBBY GONZALEZ has sold Manhattan
to city kids and his Jaspers will represent NYC in the NCAA Tournament again.
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Madness BODY: ON A DAY when AI and TO
are in the news again, alphabetical reminders about what we don't like about
pro sports, it is time again for the NCAA Tournament, from A to Z. A is for arrogance, which is Billy Packer's middle name. Everybody get
this straight now: You get seeded in this thing based upon actual, tangible
accomplishments, not theoretical ability. That's why St. Joe's is on the top
line of the bracket, and that's why St. Joe's deserves to be on the top line
of the bracket. B is for backdoor
cuts, which are guaranteed to be diagrammed in both Denver newspapers in the
next few days, seeing as how both Princeton and Air Force - coached by former
Tigers assistant Joe Scott - play there on Thursday. C is for coaches' sons who have followed
their fathers into this tournament: Jeff Capel III
at Virginia Commonwealth, John Thompson III at Princeton, and Murry Bartow at East Tennessee State. D is for the dunce who insisted on removing
East, West, South and Midwest from the regional bracket designations and
inserting the city names instead. Why? If you're going to do that, you might as
well go all the way. Next year: Patrick, Norris, Adams and Smythe. E is for Emeka Okafor, of Connecticut, the great junior big man who
almost no one in the tournament has anymore. If his back is OK - and if
teammate Ben Gordon is in place - the Huskies should win this thing. F is for the No. 5 seeds: Providence,
Syracuse, Florida and Illinois. At least one of them will go down - a five
almost always does. G is for good
first-round upset picks: No. 10 Louisville over No. 7 Xavier; No. 10 South
Carolina over No. 7 Memphis; No. 11 Western Michigan over No. 6 Vanderbilt;
No. 12 Manhattan over No. 5 Florida; and No. 13 Illinois-Chicago over No. 4
Kansas. No guarantees, of course - and all complaints go to the Complaint
Department. H is for the Hawks, for
whom there is this fervent hope: that they can ignore the doubters and the
Packers and just play; and that when it is all over, however it ends, they can
remember the ride. I is for interim,
which is the tag carried by Utah coach Kerry Rupp (who replaced Rick Majerus last month after Majerus
retired for health reasons). But Rupp can take heart: another interim coach,
Steve Fisher, once took Michigan to the Final Four. J is for J.J. Redick,
the Duke guard you absolutely, positively don't want to foul at the end of a close game, seeing as how he missed
only six free throws all season (130-for-136, 95.6 percent). K is for Bob Knight, the Texas Tech coach
who is shuffling off to Buffalo again. The last time he played there, in 2000, marked the last
game he coached for Indiana, a first-round NCAA loss to Pepperdine
that occurred in the same week that former Hoosier Neil Reed accused Knight of
choking him. L is for lowly No. 16
seeds, who still have never won a game (0-76). M is for the Manhattan Jaspers. Three
things you need to know: that Manhattan College is actually in the Bronx; that
the Jaspers are named after Brother Jasper, the man who supposedly invented
the seventh-inning stretch, and that Luis Flores (24.1 points a game) is the
leading scorer in the tournament. Florida, beware. N is for Northern Iowa, which might be the
first tournament school whose athletic director is an active referee (Rick Hartzell). So he won't be working any NIU games in the
tournament, just as another elite official, Ed Hightower, won't be working any
Southern Illinois games, seeing as how he is on the school's Board of
Trustees. O is for the odds on this
puppy, courtesy of the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas. It makes Kentucky a 3-1
favorite, followed by UConn and Duke at 7-2,
Oklahoma State at 5-1, Stanford and Pitt at 8-1 and St. Joe's at 10-1. Neither
the Hawks nor Stanford is favored to win their regions. P is for parity. Of last year's Final Four, Texas is a No. 3 seed, Kansas
is a No. 4, Syracuse a No. 5, and Marquette is in the NIT. Q is for this quiz: Without peeking, who is
Kirk Speraw, who does he coach, what is his team's
nickname and what conference do they play in? R is
for Western Michigan's Ben Reed, the most accurate three-point shooter in the
tournament, at 46.6 percent. S is for
screwed, which is what Pittsburgh got. Playing Wisconsin at Milwaukee in the
second round? Come on. T is for twins
- Ronell and Donell
Taylor, who both come off the bench for UAB. It is said that the best way to
tell them apart is that Ronell wears two pairs of
socks and Donell wears one. U is for the University of Central Florida
Golden Knights of the Atlantic Sun Conference, which is the team Kirk Speraw has coached for the last 11 seasons. V is for Valparaiso, whose presence in the
field makes it the only school from Indiana in the tournament, which ought to
be impossible. W is for the Wisconsin
Badgers, who had two 20-win regular seasons between 1898 and Bo Ryan, and who
have had two more in the last 2 years under the man from Chester. X is for Xavier University or Xavier
Oliver, of Alabama State; some years are easier than others. Y is for you-gotta-be-kidding-me-with-this-Florida
A & M-again. Twice the Rattlers have been to the tournament, 12-18 in 1999
and 14-16 this season. Enough already. Z is for Zakee Wadood Jr., of East Tennessee State. Growing up, Wadood's father - Zakee Wadood Sr. - went to prison on a drug conviction, and the
son had to carry the burden of sharing
that name. Now, he's on track to graduate with a business degree and scores
nearly 15 points a game for a 27-win team. Nice story. Nice time of the
year. Send e-mail to
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WRITER BODY:
They sat in front of the television
in the Skybox at the ESPN Zone in Times Square last night, a Manhattan Jaspers
team decked out in brand new threads - new white sweat suits, green and white
T-shirts spelling out 2003-2004 MAAC champions and green hats also giving
claim to the Jaspers' title this season.
There were even gaudy new rings, with a big gleaming "M" in
the middle, a testament to last year's MAAC championship. "We just got them (yesterday)
morning," Manhattan guard Kenny Minor said, modeling his new jewelry. Yes, the Jaspers were ready - head to toe
- to see where the NCAA selection committee would send them. Then came a
technical glitch, and instead of the one-team-at-a-time tease CBS uses to
reveal the matchups, an entire bracket flashed on
the screen, and only Manhattan's Peter Mulligan saw what others soon
noticed. "We got Florida,"
Mulligan said from his spot on the big leather couch. And just like that, the MAAC-champion
Jaspers, the 12th seed in the East Rutherford Regional, were headed to
Raleigh, N.C., to face No. 5 Florida on Thursday in a first-round matchup.
"They took a little wind out of finding out who
we were going to play," Manhattan's Dave Holmes said of the TV slip.
"But I think Florida is a good matchup for us.
They like to go up and down the court just like we do. They're a very talented
team but so are we. I think it could be a great game." Billy Donavan's Gators (20-10) were, at one
time this season, the nation's No. 1 team. But that little factoid didn't seem
to faze the 24-5 Jaspers as they reveled in a second straight tournament
appearance last night. "Florida
is a great team but there are a lot of great teams in the tournament or they
wouldn't be playing in the first place," Jaspers senior center Jason
Benton said. "They're a bigger team that us but we can run with them.
We're a talented team, too." As
they entered the tournament last season, drawing eventual national champion
Syracuse in the first round as a 14 seed, the Jaspers had the look of a team
that was just happy to be in the tournament. It was, after all, Manhattan's
first tournament invite since the 1995 season when it went in as an at-large
bid and upset Oklahoma in a first-round game.
But this year the Jaspers have no intention, they say, of being caught
up the bright lights and the big stage, SEC opponent or not. "This year it's more like a business
trip," Holmes said. "Guys will be more focused this time. It's all
about getting wins now. That's what we're going there for." If Manhattan does get by Florida, the
Jaspers would face the winner of Wake Forest-Virginia Commonwealth on Saturday. Benton, something of a bracket aficionado,
was working the crowded room, regaling those in attendance with the fact that
the 5-12 game, which Manhattan is playing in, has had its share of surprises.
While he wouldn't guarantee a Manhattan victory, he didn't rule one out,
either. "Statistics show that the
5-12 game is a game with a lot of upsets in past years," Benton said.
"We hope to be one this year."
GRAPHIC: COREY SIPKIN DAILY NEWS SNEAK PEEK Dave Holmes (l.)
congratulates teammate Luis Flores as Manhattan learns, somewhat prematurely,
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HUNTING BYLINE: Steve Serby BODY:
He grew up on 183rd Street in
Washington Heights, on the very block where Alex Rodriguez was born, and if
you needed to find Luis Flores in the summertime, you looked on the outside
court on 185th and Broadway. The
lessons Flores learned playing The City Game there were
never forgotten. "Never to back
down to anybody or anything or any type of situation," Flores said.
"Coming up, they would not allow you, when you were young, to play with
the so-called big boys. I wanted to always step on the court with the big boys
and big fellas, but I wasn't given the opportunity.
So one day one kid got hurt and no one took me out of the court from that day
on." And yet, Flores plays at
Manhattan College and thus remains one of the best-guarded secrets of March
Madness, even after setting the school record with 2000 career points. "I think nationally, across the
country," Jaspers coach Bobby Gonzalez was saying last night, "most
people still don't really know who he is; maybe they just see his name, that
he's a fourth-leading scorer in the country, he's some kid that plays at
Manhattan that can score the ball. But I don't know if they know how special
he is. So he's still somewhat of a secret to the rest of the nation." But come Thursday in Raleigh, Flores and
the 12th-seeded Jaspers get one last chance against Billy Donovan and the No.
5 Florida Gators in the East Rutherford regional to shock the college
basketball world and land on Dick Vitale's map. Flores was eight years old when he left
the Dominican Republic to live with his beloved grandmother Juanita. During
his junior year at Norman Thomas High School, Flores once asked coach Keith Griffin to conduct 6 a.m. practices because his
teammates complained that the three-hour afternoon practices were too late. No
surprise to Gonzalez. "We came
back from the [Wisconsin]-Milwaukee game, and I gave the guys off the day we
traveled, and that night I went back to the office about 10:30 at night to
pick up a film, and he was in the gym in a dead sweat with a friend of his . .
. the lights were barely on, and he was just working on his game,"
Gonzalez said. Flores originally
planned to attend Manhattan when Kevin Bannon and
Rutgers called at the 11th hour. Flores soon grew frustrated sitting behind
Todd Billet, and transferred.
"I'm very poised and patient and tend to pick my spots," the
6-2 senior said. "I try to be a leader by example." A year ago the Jaspers gave Syracuse, the
eventual national champion, fits in the first round. This time they are
dreaming Sweet 16. "I'm greatly excited; it gives us a chance to play on
the big stage," Flores said.
A-Rod, no doubt, will be rooting for him. "My father [Pedro] used to play
[baseball] with his father," Flores said. "I can't wait for him to
come back to New York and get to meet him." ----
MANHATTAN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
1956: Lost in First Round to Connecticut 1958: Lost in Regional Opener to
Dartmouth 1993: Lost in First Round
to Virginia 1995: Lost in Second
Round to Arizona State 2003: Lost to
Syracuse in First Round GRAPHIC: Luis
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Newsday (New York) March 15, 2004 Monday ALL EDITIONS SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D20 LENGTH: 510 words HEADLINE: On a Gator hunt; No. 12 Jaspers enjoy their spotlight as they
draw No. 5 Florida in first-round contest in Raleigh Thursday BYLINE: BY JOHN BOELL. STAFF WRITER BODY:
Ah, the beauty of live
television. The Manhattan College men's
basketball team, which has played about 10 regional broadcast games and one
nationally televised game already this season, experienced a different kind of
feeling while watching the NCAA Tournament Selection Show from the ESPN Zone
in Times Square, last night. After CBS
went through the St. Louis Regional game by game and went to a commercial, the
network came back to the East Rutherford, N.J., Regional. The tension
continued to mount with each passing minute for more than 60 Manhattan
players, coaches, administrators, families and friends who packed a private
Skybox room. As selection show host
Greg Gumbel began to announce St. Joseph's as the
top-seeded team in East Rutherford, instead Duke appeared on the screen. To
cover its mistake, CBS quickly displayed the top portion of the regional
bracket at 6:20 p.m. and, surprise, the Jaspers learned their fate. "We got Florida," shouted junior
forward Peter Mulligan, one of the first Jaspers to see the name of their next
opponent. Manhattan, seeded 12th,
meets No. 5 Florida (20-10) in a first-round game in Raleigh, N.C., on
Thursday. One minute later, CBS shot the Manhattan players and coach Bobby
Gonzalez, still in full applause, as a live look-in. "There wasn't much of a drum roll, it
popped up so fast," sophomore point guard Jason Wingate said. "We're
very excited to play Florida. They're fast-paced, just like us. I feel it
should be a very good game." Wingate has one connection with the Gators,
who lost to Kentucky, 89-73, yesterday in the SEC Tournament title game. The
former Rice High standout played with Florida sophomore forward Matt Walsh at
Nike Camp in Indianapolis during the summer between their sophomore and junior
seasons of high school, and also played against Walsh in a few AAU tournaments. But the personal relationships don't end
there. Gonzalez is friends with Florida coach Billy Donovan, who grew up in
Rockville Centre, L.I., and Donovan's father.
"We go to the [horse] track together," Gonzalez said.
"It should be interesting." The Jaspers (24-5) are making their second
straight trip to the NCAA Tournament (losing to the eventual national champs,
Syracuse, last season) and sixth appearance overall in program history, after
holding off Niagara, 62-61, last Monday in Albany to win their second
consecutive MAAC Tournament championship.
The week off was good for the Jaspers, who rested a bit before
practicing three times during the week without knowing their first-round
opponent. "We didn't get into all
that," senior shooting guard Luis Flores said. "We did our job, and
we can't control anything that happens. Who we play and where we play,
whatever we get, we deserve." The
Manhattan group enjoyed the evening: being on national TV, the catered meal,
and the throng of media in attendance.
"This is what we worked for all year," said sophomore guard
Kenny Minor, still sporting a swollen lip after receiving 15 stitches during
the MAAC title game. "We just want to take this all in and get ready to
play." GRAPHIC: PHOTO BY ERROL
ANDERSON - COACH Bobby Gonzalez enjoys the news at the ESPN Zone with the rest
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Reserved Philadelphia Inquirer March 15, 2004 Monday CITY-D EDITION SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. E02 LENGTH: 325 words HEADLINE: Temple's Wilson wins his 1,000th;
His Owls beat Manhattan, 10-9, for the baseball milestone. BYLINE: By Mike Jensen; Inquirer Staff
Writer BODY: Temple baseball coach
Skip Wilson got his guys together yesterday and said a few familiar words:
"Great win - another day at the ballpark." In his 43d year of coaching the sport at
Temple, Wilson became the 29th Division I coach, and 14th active one, to win
1,000 games. It happened in dramatic fashion when Owls designated hitter Jason
Adamek drove in teammate Jason Connor with a two-out
hit off the left-field wall at Florida International University in Miami,
giving Temple a 10-9 victory over Manhattan College. "I'm just glad it's over," Wilson
said. "The kids, they were pressing." The Owls had lost a game in the ninth
inning the day before. "They were
thinking about the 1,000 wins more than me," Wilson said. "I told
them, 'Look, fellas, it's going to come. If it takes
to May, we'll get it. Just relax and play ball.' " "All the kids were congratulating
him," said Owls assistant coach John McArdle. "He was very kind of low-key. Coaching third base, I
was pretty excited [during the game]. He kept motioning to me, like, 'Calm
down. It's another game.' " The
Owls finished their trip with a record of 6-5 and are to open their new field
on Temple's Ambler campus tomorrow afternoon, facing Philadelphia University
in a 3 p.m. game. Temple baseball
alumni talk about how Wilson, 74, always made them work on the little things,
over and over. Hitting hundreds of fungoes.
Explaining not only what had happened but why it happened. Temple has gone to
14 NCAA tournaments and has made two trips to the College World Series under
Wilson. Reached by phone in Miami,
Wilson said he was thrilled for the all the players he had coached who are
part of the milestone. His wife, Suzanne, was with him on the trip. Even the postgame
celebration will be a familiar one, he said.
"I think I'll have a cold one with John [McArdle]
and my wife," he said. Contact
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Inquirer March 15, 2004, Monday SECTION: SPORTS KR-ACC-NO: K1916 LENGTH: 336 words HEADLINE: Temple baseball coach reaches
1,000 won game BYLINE: By Mike
Jensen BODY: Temple baseball coach
Skip Wilson got his guys together yesterday and said a few familiar words:
"Great win _ another day at the ballpark." In his 43d year of coaching the sport at
Temple, Wilson became the 29th Division I coach, and 14th active one, to win
1,000 games. It happened in dramatic fashion when Owls designated hitter Jason
Adamek drove in teammate Jason Connor with a two-out
hit off the left-field wall at Florida International University in Miami,
giving Temple a 10-9 victory over Manhattan College. "I'm just glad it's over," Wilson
said. "The kids, they were pressing." The Owls had lost a game in the ninth
inning the day before. "They were
thinking about the 1,000 wins more than me," Wilson said. "I told
them, 'Look, fellas, it's going to come. If it takes
to May, we'll get it. Just relax and play ball.' " "All the kids were congratulating
him," said Owls assistant coach John McArdle. "He was very kind of low-key. Coaching third base, I
was pretty excited (during the game). He kept motioning to me, like, 'Calm
down. It's another game.' " The
Owls finished their trip with a record of 6-5 and are to open their new field
on Temple's Ambler campus tomorrow afternoon, facing Philadelphia University
in a 3 p.m. game. Temple baseball
alumni talk about how Wilson, 74, always made them work on the little things,
over and over. Hitting hundreds of fungoes.
Explaining not only what had happened but why it happened. Temple has gone to
14 NCAA tournaments and has made two trips to the College World Series under
Wilson. Reached by phone in Miami,
Wilson said he was thrilled for the all the players he had coached who are
part of the milestone. His wife, Suzanne, was with him on the trip. Even the postgame
celebration will be a familiar one, he said.
"I think I'll have a cold one with John (McArdle)
and my wife," he said. ___ (c) 2004, The
Philadelphia Inquirer. Visit
Philadelphia Online, the Inquirer's World Wide Web site, at HYPERLINK
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SPORTS; Pg. 1C LENGTH: 621 words HEADLINE: Old friend, new foe SERIES: NCAA TOURNAMENT BYLINE: ANTONYA ENGLISH DATELINE: ATLANTA BODY: In one of his rare spare moments last
week, Florida coach Billy Donovan took time out to watch Manhattan College in
the MAAC tournament championship game, trying to get a glimpse of the team
coached by one of his good friends.
Little did he know he could have used it as a scouting report. Despite its
roller-coaster season, Florida rallied well enough in the final stretch to
earn a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Gators play 12th-seeded
Manhattan on Thursday in the first round in Raleigh, N.C. It is the Gators'
sixth straight NCAA appearance.
Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez, a former New York City high school
coach, and Donovan are close friends, and Donovan said he has great respect
for the job he has done. "Other
than watching his team just out of interest last week, I'm going to obviously
need to find out a lot more about his team, but I know they've had some very
good teams the last couple of years," Donovan said. "This is their
second year making the NCAA Tournament and they have a great, great scorer in
Luis Flores." Flores is the
Jaspers' leading scorer, averaging 24.1 points. He was the MAAC tournament MVP
(47 points in two games) and has scored 2,000 in three seasons. Sunday's announcement was both exciting and
troubling for Donovan. Though thrilled to be among the 65 teams selected, he
had hoped to be chosen for a region that plays Friday. Since their March 7 game at Kentucky, the
Gators have practiced or played six consecutive days, including games Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. "I've often
said for anybody playing a Sunday afternoon game for a conference tournament
championship, they should be awarded the right to play on Friday and
Sunday," Donovan said. "It will be tough to turn around and play on
Thursday and Saturday, and that's exactly what's happened. We've got a lot of
recovering to do. We have played basically three games in 39 hours. It's been
a physically grueling weekend for our guys and they've given everything they
have, their heart and soul to try and compete in the SEC tournament. "But we've got an unbelievable
challenge mentally, physically and emotionally to turn around and play on a
Thursday, but we're going to try to do the best job we can." Although CBS commentators chose Florida as
a prime "upset" candidate Thursday, ESPN analysts Dick Vitale and
Digger Phelps said the Gators should survive the first round. "Anthony Roberson can flat-out play,
and I love Matt Walsh, but he can't go (1-for-15) the way he did against
Alabama," Phelps said during a Sunday night telecast. "But I think
the key has got to be David Lee inside. He's got to find a way to establish
points in the paint and be a lot tougher than he is. He doesn't take it to the
rim that much, but in this first game against Manhattan, they will not get
challenged inside like they would against a (team like) Kentucky. The up and down game favors Florida."
Florida won't know until at least today whether Walsh can play. He has tendinitis and a bruised bone in his right foot and a torn
callous that left a gaping hole in the foot after Sunday's game. The Florida players said they know they're
considered underdogs. "We've got
a battle ahead of us and we've got to stick together and fight it out," said
Roberson, the team's leading scorer. "We'll be ready. We've beaten the
odds to get as far as we got (Sunday). We were picked to lose in the first
round of the SEC tournament. We're going to beat the odds again. "A lot of people are going to say
Florida is going to do the same thing we did last year (lose in the first
round), and we know the odds are going to be against us. We all have that in
our mind, I have it in my mind. We've got a lot to
prove." GRAPHIC: PHOTO,
Associated Press; PHOTO; UF's Adrian Moss watches
from his back as Chuck Hayes scores in Kentucky's SEC tournament championship
win.; Billy Donovan LOAD-DATE: March
15, 2004
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Sunday SECTION: HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS LENGTH: 335 words HEADLINE: By TARA DRISCOLL tdriscoll@ctpost.com;
NEW BRITAIN BODY: A few months after a
1-0 loss in the state soccer finals and a couple of Fairfield girls basketball
players were ready for redemption.
Seniors Meghan Dobson and Susan Starr were a part of that soccer team
and its loss to Cheshire. The difference between that soccer team and this
basketball squad was that everyone expected Fairfield to win the Class LL
soccer title, but not many bet on the Fairfield basketball team to get to the
title game. In fact, the only other
time Fairfield advanced to the championship was in 1998 when it lost to New
Britain. But on Saturday at Central
Connecticut State, No. 9 Fairfield had to get through No. 2 Windsor for its
first basketball championship. The senior-led group came up short, falling 53-38
in a loss reminiscent of last fall.
"It's like dj vu," Dobson said.
"We cried then and we cried tonight. To be honest, though, I think it was
a surprise to everybody that we got here. It wasn't to us because we wanted it
so bad." Dobson had a team-high
15 points and Starr grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds for Fairfield [19-7]. The
Mustangs' only other senior, Katlyn Klecha, finished with five points and three assists. Windsor [23-2] went ahead 22-18 at the half
and started to run away in the third, capitalizing on the inside. Fairfield
lost the rebounding battle 44-26.
"We had a good run in this tournament," Fairfield coach Dave Danko said. "We put ourselves in a position where we
had a shot." For Dobson, a loss
in the championship cannot erase what it took to get there. Only eight teams
in the state were left playing on Saturday and Fairfield has been in that
situation twice already this year. So
while Dobson will play soccer next year at Manhattan College and try to walk
on to the basketball team, and Starr is off to play soccer at Yale, the memory
of getting to the championship is something to savor. "It's been so much fun," Starr
said. "Everyone worked so hard to get here. We pulled it together when
others thought we couldn't."
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Reserved The Miami Herald March 13, 2004 Saturday F1 EDITION SECTION: D; Pg. 14 LENGTH: 308 words HEADLINE: HR in ninth lifts FSU;
COLLEGES BYLINE: Staff and Wire
Reports BODY: Danny Wardell hit a walk-off, three-run home run with two outs
in the ninth to give host Florida State a 5-4 comeback win over Michigan State
on Friday. Aaron Cheeseman
led off the rally with a base hit to center field, but the next two batters were
retired without advancing pinch runner Brandon Manasa.
Shane Robinson singled to left to keep the inning alive for the Seminoles
(14-5) and set up Wardell's game-winning homer. Gibbs Chapman had three hits to lead
Florida State, which trailed the Spartans (4-5) until the final inning. * Florida 14, Brown 8: Brain LeClerc and Ben Harrison each homered
during an eight-run third inning as the host Gators (16-3) beat the
Bears. * Florida Southern 13, Barry 8:
Matt Joyce homered twice, leading the Moccasins
(13-10-1, 3-1 Sunshine State) over the Buccaneeers
(16-6, 4-3). SOFTBALL * Miami Dade 0-6, Palm Beach 1-2: Heather
Tucker hit a two-run homer as the Sharks earned a split of their doubleheader
in Lake Worth. * Nova Southeastern 3,
Ferris State 2: Krystal Lamb hit an RBI triple in
the bottom seventh to lift the Knights (21-9) over Ferris State (0-8-1) in
Orlando. * Florida 6-6, Cal State
Northridge 1-1: Lindsey Cameron's RBI single in the second inning of the first
game started the Gators on their way to a sweep. * Tampa 2, Barry 0: Kristin Law homered in the first, leading the Spartans (12-2, 6-1 SSC)
over the host Bucs (17-11, 2-5). * FSU 9, Robert Morris 1; FSU 8, Texas A&M 0: Jessica van der Linden
and Lesley Palmer each had two RBI as the Seminoles won their second game on
the first day of the Florida State Invitational in Tallahassee. * Florida Atlantic 8, Manhattan College 0;
FAU 2, Northern Iowa 0: Jessica Braggins homered twice in the opener as the Owls (23-10) won their
first two games at the FAU Worth Doubletree Classic
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Saturday SUNRISE EDITION SECTION:
SPORTS; Pg. 4c; LENGTH: 434 words HEADLINE: Bluejays
win 13th straight DATELINE: KISSIMMEE,
Fla. BODY: Bluejays
win 13th straight The Creighton
softball team is off to its best start since the 1995 season after picking up
two wins Friday at the Rebel Spring Games.
The Bluejays are 14-4 and have won 13 games
in a row. Creighton defeated Holy
Cross 8-0 and Sacred Heart 6-1. The Bluejays look to
continue their longest winning streak since the 1981 season today with a
doubleheader to conclude the tournament against Columbia and
Gardner-Webb. Another strong outing
from pitcher Tammy Nielsen and a six-run fifth inning guided Creighton past
Holy Cross. Nielsen went five innings due to the mercy rule, allowing just two
singles and no runs with seven strikeouts.
In CU's second game, Abby Johnson allowed one run in five innings to
improve to 4-0 and Nielsen picked up the save, striking out the last six
batters of the game. Staci Rybar hit her third home
run and Kari Shank drove in two runs.
Nebraska tops St. Louis TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. - The 17th-ranked Nebraska softball team used a four-run first inning and
a nine-run third inning to defeat St. Louis 13-2 in five innings and improve
to 2-0 in pool play after day one of the Florida State Invitational. Sophomore right-hander Summer Tobias (3-4)
earned the win for NU (13-8), allowing one hit and striking out two in three
shutout innings. Kristin Rossi (1-4) took the loss for St. Louis (6-7), which
fell to 0-2 in pool play. NU finished
with 13 hits, the second highest total of the season. Nebraska tallied 15 hits
in a 19-0 win over Manhattan College on Feb. 21. Seven different Huskers drove in runs,
including Sheena Lawrick (three), Trisha Tannahill (two), Katie Linke
(two) and Jessica Yoachim (two), who each had
multi-RBI games. TENNIS CU men win sixth straight The Creighton men's tennis team earned its
sixth straight victory Friday by stopping South Dakota State 7-0. Vinny Meens and Richard Gonzalez each posted 6-0, 6-0 victories.
Meens and Gonzalez also posted an 8-1 win at No. 2
doubles. The Jays improved to
8-3. SWIMMING Mavs in 10th
after 3rd day BUFFALO, N.Y. - The
Mavericks placed two individuals in the top 10 and the team finished the day
in 10th Friday, the third day of the NCAA II swimming and diving
championships. The University of
Nebraska at Omaha gathered 120 points. Defending champion Truman State leads
with 459. Ashley Renshaw
finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.10 and Jamie Grogan
came in at ninth in the 1-meter dive with a 298.65 score. The Mavericks will close out competition
today. GRAPHIC: Mug/1 Nielsen LOAD-DATE: March 13, 2004
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Softball: Jessica Braggins had two home runs and five RBI to lead Florida
Atlantic to an 8-0 victory against Manhattan College in the FAU Worth Doubletree Classic in Boca Raton. In a second game,
the Owls (23-10) defeated Northern Iowa 2-0.
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Broward Edition SECTION: SPORTS; Pg.
8C LENGTH: 808 words HEADLINE: FSU RALLIES IN NINTH, WINS ON
WARDELL'S THREE-RUN, WALK-OFF HOMER
BYLINE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: TALLAHASSEE BODY:
Danny Wardell hit a walk-off, three-run homer with
two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Florida State a 5-4 comeback win
over Michigan State on Friday. Aaron Cheeseman led off the rally with a base hit to center
field, but the next two batters were retired without advancing pinch-runner
Brandon Manasa. Shane Robinson singled to left to
keep the inning alive for the Seminoles (14-5) and set up Wardell's
game-winning homer. FLORIDA 14, BROWN
8: Brain LeClerc and Ben Harrison each homered during an eight-run third inning and the Gators
(16-3) held on to beat the Bears (0-1) in Gainesville. LeClerc's
three-run homer and Harrison two-run shot were the big hits as the Gators
opened a 12-0 lead after three innings.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3, CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY 2: With the game tied and the
bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, a passed ball allowed the
Owls' (17-1, 1-0 A-Sun) Anthony Albano to score in a
win over the Camels (8-8, 2-2) in Boca Raton.
NOVA 9, ECKERD 2: Right-hander Kyle Ruwe, a
junior from Sunrise, threw a complete-game two-hitter, striking out nine in
the Knights (14-9) victory over Eckerd (9-16) in Fort Lauderdale. ST. THOMAS 9, ST. AMBROSE 5: Junior Chris
Martinez was 2 for 4 with three RBI as the Bobcats (17-6, 5-1 FSC) defeated
St. Ambrose in Miami. FLORIDA SOUTHERN
13, BARRY 8: Matt Joyce homered twice and drove in
five runs for the Moccasins (13-10-1, 3-1 SSC) in a victory over the
Buccaneers (16-6, 4-3) in Miami Shores.
SOUTH FLORIDA CC 11, BCC 5: Justin Ferreira had two hits as BCC dropped
to 12-9. Softball TAMPA 2, BARRY 0: Kristin Law's solo home
run in the first inning was all the Spartans (12-2, 6-1 SSC) needed for the
victory over the Buccaneers (17-11, 2-5) in Miami Shores. FAU 8, MANHATTAN COLLEGE 0; FAU 2, NORTHERN
IOWA 0: Jessica Braggins had two homers and five RBI
in the Owls' win over Manhattan College in the FAU Worth
Doubletree Classic in Boca Raton. In the second game, the Owls (23-10)
defeated Northern Iowa. NOVA WINS TWO:
Nova Southeastern captured two games at the Rebel Spring Games in Orlando,
defeating Bloomsburg 2-1 and Ferris State 3-2. Krystle
Lamb went 3 for 4 with two RBI against Ferris State. ST. THOMAS 3, AQUINAS COLLEGE 0; ST. THOMAS
5, ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE 4: The Bobcats (8-9-1) won twice at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers. FIU 4, VIRGINIA TECH 2; FIU 6, MIAMI (OHIO)
4: The Golden Panthers (9-14) made it four straight wins with two victories on
the first day of the Blue & Gold Coca-Cola Classic in Miami. Gymnastics
GATORS SET BEST: The No. 7 University of Florida gymnasts (13-6, 3-3
SEC) set the Gator all-time best team score for the second consecutive meet,
but it wasn't quite enough as defending NCAA champion and current No. 1 UCLA
(9-4, 5-1 Pac 10) claimed the dual meet title in Gainesville. The Bruins edged
the Gators by the narrowest margin possible, 198.25-198.225, to win the meet.
Florida set school event records for vault (49.65) and floor exercise (49.625)
plus equaled the balance beam record of 49.525 for the third time in the last
four meets. Tennis LYNN MEN STUMBLE: Lynn was never able to
seize control of the match, dropping three singles matches to No. 21
Presbyterian College as the match was stopped in Jacksonville. NORTHWOOD SWEEPS: The Northwood women and
men defeated Kenyon College of Ohio, winning 9-0, 6-2 and 8-1, 6-0. FSU TOPS UM: Eric Hechtman
upset Mat Cloer at No. 1 singles but could not lead
the Hurricanes (9-1) past the Seminoles (8-5) in Coral Gables. Swimming
'CANES DIVE WELL: The University of Miami men's and women's diving
teams concluded day one of the NCAA Zone B diving trials with three top-15
finishes in Athens, Ga. Junior Miguel Velazqez
turned in a seventh-place finish in the men's 3-meter springboard with a total
score of 550.50. Freshman Derek Starks placed 15th, posting a mark of 508.60
in the final round. Senior Emily Spychala placed
11th in the women's 1-meter finals, recording a score of 531.85. Track and field UM ALL-AMERICANS: University of Miami
junior Lauryn Williams earned All-America honors in
the 200 meters, and freshmen Tabia Charles and
Brenda Faluade both earned All-America honors in the
long jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville,
Ark. Rowing NOVA SWEEPS UCONN: The Knights' women's
rowing team swept the Huskies in a pair of races at the First Annual Hurricane
Invitational Regatta in Miami Beach. The Knights won the women's novice eight
and novice four. UM stars return Clinton Portis,
Santana Moss and Jim Kelly are among more than 23 ex-UM players scheduled to
appear for a flag-football fund-raiser March 20 at Lockhart Stadium, 5201 NW
12th Ave. Proceeds will benefit the Al Blades Memorial Scholarship Fund and
the University of Miami Endowment. Call 954-253-1281. LOAD-DATE: March 13, 2004
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Inc. USA TODAY March 12, 2004, Friday, FINAL EDITION SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 10C LENGTH: 217 words HEADLINE: Gonzalez would listen to St. John's BYLINE: Tom Pedulla DATELINE: RIVERDALE, N.Y. BODY: RIVERDALE, N.Y. -- Bobby Gonzalez is
expected to turn from a highly regarded mid-major coach into a very good
listener whenever Manhattan College's season ends.
Gonzalez is viewed as one of the
leading candidates to take over beleaguered St. John's after transforming
Manhattan into the leading program in New York in his five years there. It
helps, too, that he has coached in the metropolitan area at both the high
school and AAU levels.
"There are a lot of rumblings
and a lot of talk," said Gonzalez, 40, who is taking his team to the NCAA
tournament for the second consecutive year. "But I've sort of let it be
known that I will do what I have to do with my team from now until the season
ends."
Although the Red Storm just
completed a nightmarish campaign, he sees intriguing possibilities there.
"If you are in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference and a Big East school is interested,"
Gonzalez said, "you have to be honest and say you would listen because of
the magnitude of the step up that it is."
Manhattan athletics director Bob
Byrnes said the school has not received any formal or informal contact
concerning Gonzalez, who is under contract through next season. He added that
discussions are "well along" concerning an extension that would last
until 2007-08.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO, B/W, AP; Gonzalez:
Has team in tourney. LOAD-DATE: March
12, 2004
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via U-Wire University
Wire March 11, 2004 Thursday LENGTH: 644 words HEADLINE: Columbia lacrosse upset by
Manhattan College, 11-9 BYLINE: By
Tara Krieger, Columbia Daily Spectator; SOURCE: Columbia U. DATELINE: NEW YORK BODY:
Lacrosse senior tri-captain Ellen Lowrey admitted that the team might have gotten a bit
complacent before their home game against Manhattan Wednesday afternoon. The
Lions, after all, had beaten the Jaspers decisively in three past seasons, and
had eked out wins in their first two games of this year as well. But Manhattan
surprised everyone, narrowly upending Columbia 11-9. "We went into the game thinking it was
already won," Lowrey said, "and as a
result we didn't play the game that we were more than capable of playing. We
were definitely the better team; they just played with a lot more
heart." The game had been
relocated last minute to Wien Stadium because Gaelic
Park, Manhattan's grass field, had not been completely restored after the
recent harsh weather. Columbia plays on artificial turf. The Lions, in fact, outshot
Manhattan 28-25, in a game that was never quite out of their grasp. Sophomore
midfielder Carrie Anderer tallied up a career and
team-high five goals, including the Lions' first goal, which put them on the
board 1-0, just 52 seconds into play.
But Columbia's lead was short-lived, as the Jaspers' Jenny Carman, who
herself totaled four goals and an assist on the day, capitalized on a
free-position shot just 38 seconds later to even the score. Manhattan's Nora Jacquette gave her team the lead off another free-position
shot at 5:31. First-year Katie Warner,
who had a goal and an assist in the game, tied it up again at 9:45, only to
see the Jaspers go ahead again at 10:58. Four minutes later, two quick goals
within 15 seconds of each other by Manhattan's Catherine Dunbar and Molly Pheterson made it 5-2.
But the Lions chipped away at the lead; senior tri-captain Adie Moll
netted the ball at 15:49. After another Manhattan goal, first-year Kate
Lombard, assisted by Warner, gave Columbia another point at 2:33, and
senior-tri captain Maggie Via brought the Lions within one with another
free-position shot. Anderer answered another
Manhattan goal at 28:49, by Victoria Carman--who scored twice in the
game--with a goal of her own, at 29:07.
At halftime, the Lions only trailed 7-6. "Our defense really picked it up in
the second half of the game," said Anderer.
"We had a lot of fouls called on us in the first half, but in the second
half we each had really good body positioning on defense." "Mostly our problem today was just
finishing," Anderer continued. "We could
get to the goal, but then we were just shooting at the goalie and just not
finishing. We weren't really capitalizing on our scoring
opportunities." Anderer was responsible for the Lions' three goals in the
second half. The first, at 34:16, tied up the game. But Manhattan put four
more goals on the board, a lead that would prove insurmountable. The Lions
made a last-ditch effort at a comeback within the final five minutes, as Anderer scored goals at 56:01 and 59:46, the second
assisted by first-year Elyse Pultz,
but as the seconds on the clock ran out, so did their rally. "The underclassmen have definitely
been stepping up this year," Lowrey said.
"We've had a lot of great individual performances, but overall as a team
we really need to bring the game together." First-year Sydney Linder totaled nine saves
for Columbia in the losing effort, while winner Ashley Devlins
saved 14, including ten in the second half.
Manhattan made 22 turnovers to Columbia's 16. "This was a team that we definitely
should have beat," Lowrey said. "but we played very flat, and as a result they were just
able to take it away from us. If anything, it was a huge wake-up call for us,
and I think we're going to respond and it's going to light a fire under
[us]." The Lions, now 2-1, depart
for Florida over spring break, where they will play Fairfield and Bucknell in preparation for the Ivy season, which begins
Mar. 24 against Princeton. (C) 2003 Columbia
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Copyright 2004 Northeastern News via U-Wire University Wire March 11, 2004 Thursday LENGTH: 512 words HEADLINE: Northeastern racksters
finish 19th at 53-team IC4A meet BYLINE: By Jeff Powalisz,
Northeastern News; SOURCE: Northeastern U.
DATELINE: BOSTON BODY:
At the annual showcase of track
excellence, the IC4A Championships last weekend at Boston University, it's
difficult for most to stand out in such a wide-open, star-studded field. However, Northeastern Huskies' Derek
Anderson, Idris Payne and Tom Pratt did just that in
placing high atop the standings in their respective events and giving 15
points for the No. 19-ranked Northeastern team. Manhattan College won the event with 60
points, while UConn (55), Seton Hall (47), Penn
State (42) and Army (34) rounded out the top five teams in the 53-team
event. Anderson threw for 56-11 1/4
feet in the finals of the shot put, good for third place overall. Josh Russell
of Wagner (58-7 1/2) and Uzoma Orji
of MIT (57-7) were first and second, respectively. "Derek is a picture of
consistency," said Northeastern coach Sherman Hart. "I'm very
pleased at placing 19th at the competition. I think with the guys coming in it
was about qualifying, and with over 90 schools in the IC4A, it says a lot for
us being in 19th place." Payne,
coming off of record-setting weeks in the 400, continued his strong work in
the event with a fourth-place finish of 47.12 in the finals. Obra Hogans (45.83) and Quentin Bowens (46.40), both of Seton
Hall, and Eric Porter of Navy (46.72) composed the three ahead of Payne. Pratt came up strong in the 1000 with a
fifth-place time of 2:26.61 behind Joel Legare (UConn, 2 minutes, 22.58 seconds), Tyler Raymond
(Manhattan, 2:24.14), Mike LoSapio (LaSalle,
2:24.34) and Eric Heely (Army, 2:24.39). "I think we competed well
overall," Hart said. "Tom had a great two days and I think he was
going in that direction after good work at the New Englands
and the America East championships."
Over the weekend of Feb. 27 and 28, the Huskies competed in the New
England Championships at BU. Backed by another strong day from Anderson, Northeastern gained 38 points for seventh
place. UConn
won the first-place trophy by an overwhelming margin with 162 points, ahead of
second-place finisher Rhode Island (86), BU (68), Providence (51) and UMass-Lowell (48).
Anderson placed third in the shot put with a throw of 55-4 1/4, and
then fifth in the weight throw at 56-6 1/2. MIT's Orji
was the meet champion in both events with a throw of 57-3 1/2 in the shot put
and 58-5 3/4 in the weight. Steve Langton also did well in multiple events, as he placed
third in the long jump (22-10.5) and sixth in the 55-meter dash (6.53). Obaro Emenike placed third in
the dash (6.48) and Bismark Osei
seventh (6.53) to add points to the team's score. Peter Jasmin had
strong performance in the 55-meter hurdles with a fifth-place finish of 7.74,
while Conrad Dalton grabbed two points in the 400 with a seventh-place time of
48.97. Roscell Lopez-Pitts added another in an
eighth-place leap in the long jump (21-10 1/4). The team's 4x400 team
placed sixth on the day at 7:46.51. BU was the champion in the event
(7:41.69). "The New Englands were really about running to qualify for the
IC4As," Hart said. "We competed well and accomplished what we had to
do." (C) 2003 Northeastern News
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Manhattan's Flores demands
perfection Shaun Powell
March 18, 2004
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The perfect
small-school basketball player dug his fingertips into the crease of the ball,
eyed the rim, released and then relaxed. Luis Flores shot 100 free throws
exactly like this. He missed three. So much for perfection.
"Three?" said Bobby
Gonzalez, almost in shock. The coach, faking disappointment, then shook his
head.
"Bad day, Lu," Gonzalez
said. "Bad day."
Gonzalez is a demanding coach at
Manhattan College, constantly pushing his team and always trying to squeeze
major-college production from players stuck with small-college talent. And
yet, even his standards fall slightly below those of the Jaspers' senior
guard. The only person on the planet who could really find fault with Flores
missing three of 100 is Flores.
"Should've had them all,"
he said. And while you waited for him to crack a just-kidding smile that never
came, he repeated: "Should've had them all." He doesn't waver in his
quest for perfection because, if he did, he'd never be what he is now: the
ideal mid-major player, a possible NBA draft pick and more importantly for
Manhattan, the best argument for the Jaspers on Thursday against Florida in
their NCAA Tournament opener.
The only reason to watch the NCAA
Tournament first round, and what makes it the best weekend in sports, is the
upset. There's nothing more heartwarming in college basketball than a small
school celebrating madly and the unveiling of a star player. This can happen
this afternoon at the RBC Center because the Jaspers, and mostly Flores, are
due for such a moment. Being from New York, they don't suffer stage fright.
And being such a perfectionist, Flores won't settle for anything except his
best.
He has a natural feel for the game.
He knows how to score, how to free himself for the shot, how to make something
happen. He comes into the tournament as the two-time Metro Atlantic player of
the year who averages 24.1 points, and that's not the most encouraging sign
for Manhattan.
Flores arrives Thursday with the
annoying memory of his last game, a below-par performance in the MAAC title
game in which he missed two late free throws that gave Niagara a shot to
win.
"It didn't sit too well with
me," he said. "I'm a better player than that. We won the game, and
that's what's important, but I feel an obligation to play better and put us in
a better position to win games."
The Jaspers are 67-21 since Flores
arrived three years ago and have reached postseason play every year. They've
followed the example of their coach, obviously, but also Flores. His teammates
marvel at his businesslike approach to the game, his constant work ethic and
dedication. He applies it not only to basketball but his life.
The other day, in fact, brought a
stunning revelation: Flores eats plenty of vegetables.
Imagine that, a college student
ignoring the 10 p.m. fast-food call and skipping all artery-clogging meals in
favor of anything green and edible.
"I don't see how he does it, personally,"
said Manhattan guard Jason Wingate, who also is Flores' roommate. "The
guy's a complete health nut. He doesn't even drink any soda. Have you ever
heard of that?" Wingate tries to follow the same schedule as Flores,
which can be difficult because Flores refuses to follow all sensible rules
regarding college lifestyle.
"He's up at six in the morning,
going to the gym," Wingate said. "I'm still sleeping. I can't crawl
out of bed that early. But that's just him. He's extremely focused. That's
what makes him the player you see now."
The discipline comes mostly from a
no-nonsense upbringing in Washington Heights, but also stems from
imperfection. No matter what anyone says, nobody dreamed of spending their
college career at a mid-major, not the players or the coach. They all wanted
the next level up. Flores fully expected to be there, especially after
averaging 35.6 points a game as a high school senior at Norman Thomas. But he
went to Rutgers, and when that didn't work out, landed at Manhattan. Three
years later, it looks like the right place for a player to spend his time
while he still searches for perfection.
"When I came here, the school
wasn't what you'd think about when it came to basketball," Flores said.
"Now, it is. I think my situation is a lot like Speedy Claxton's. Speedy
left a tradition when he graduated from Hofstra. He
left his mark. You can look at their record book and can see when he was
there. That's something I'd like to do here."
All Flores needs is to help the
Jaspers advance to another game. The perfect small-college player won't have
to play the perfect game Thursday against Florida. But it'll help. And he'll
try.
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EVERYBODY into the pool: Madness
tips off today Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA ...
(By that standard, the Florida Gators have a distinct advantage in
today's first game against the curiously named Jaspers of Manhattan College.).
...
<http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1079
61101737890.xml>
Everybody into the pool: Madness
tips off today 03/18/04
Scott Hiaasen Plain Dealer
Reporter
If the predictions hold true, the
phones will stop ringing in offices across the country sometime around noon
today.
The nation's keyboards will stop
clacking.
Headset microphones will be lowered
to half-mast.
Computer mouses
will rest.
And all the worker bees will rise
from their cubicles en masse, turning their hopeful eyes from their tedious
work to the nearest television sets, just in time to see the tip-off that will
begin the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
March Madness, that annual rite of
sporting distraction and casual gambling, begins today and continues through
April 5.
That means this morning is your last
opportunity to agonize over your tournament selections for the office pool and
the first day to begin second-guessing them.
The ubiquitous office pool has
helped make the basketball tournament a cultural touchstone rivaling the Super
Bowl in stature.
Our collective obsession with the
64-team bracket is apparently so paralyzing that, according to one recent
study cited in USA Today, it costs corporate America $1.5 billion in lost
productivity to workers chatting around the water cooler, surfing the Internet
for scores and trash- talking via e-mail.
This doesn't seem to worry bosses
around Cleveland like Robert Rawson, partner-in- charge at the Jones Day law
firm. He hasn't seen the firm's tournament pool, but he knows it's out
there.
"We count on people's good
judgment," Rawson said. "Participation in an office pool is not
going to affect productivity." (He likes Princeton, his alma mater, as a
dark horse in the Atlanta Region.)
In case you're worried, office pools
are not considered illegal gambling under Ohio law, as long as the organizers
don't profit, said Bob Beasley of the Ohio attorney general's office. So the
pool circulating at the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office poses no ethical
dilemma.
"It's all in good fun,"
said Assistant County Prosecutor Kristine Pesho, who
is organizing the pool for 20 or so friends and co- workers. "We're not
ignoring murders and rapes to see who won the Alabama-Kansas game."
(Though, if Alabama does play Kansas, it would be exciting. If they meet it
will be for the national championship.)
But what makes the tournament so
appealing? How does it manage to capture the attention of both the avid sports
freak and the neophyte who thinks Gonzaga is a kind
of cheese?
Robert Thompson, a Syracuse
University professor who studies television and popular culture, says part of
the attraction is the "great grid" - the bracket itself. The graphic
presentation of teams marching up a ladder to the Final Four is like a bingo
sheet, racing form and Ouija board rolled into
one.
The zealous basketball fan can marshal
endless statistics to help plot the winners on the grid, while the more
whimsical gambler may base his or her picks on, say, the strengths and
weaknesses of the teams' mascots. (By that standard, the Florida Gators have a
distinct advantage in today's first game against the curiously named Jaspers
of Manhattan College.)
Pesho says she
picks teams based on where she likes to vacation. She's taking Manhattan.
"It's like a monthlong crossword puzzle," Thompson said.
"It's something that non-sports and non-gambling people can do. You've
got this thing to fill out. There are these great upsets where the office
assistant who doesn't know anything about basketball gets 44 games right. It
makes the office pool this complex drama that parallels the drama of the
tournament."
Other features set the tournament
apart from other sporting events. The series of 63 games is like a little
season unto itself - perfect for the land of the short attention-span. The
teams come from colleges large and small scattered all over the country,
leaving few regions unrepresented. And there's the built-in underdog
storyline, as plucky teams like Northern Iowa and Murray State are pitted
against Goliaths like North Carolina and Duke. Plus, there's always the chance
Bobby Knight will throw something.
For those who find the office pool
too tame, there are an increasing number of other diversions. Web sites are
devoted to helping people start their own pools. You can take part in online
pools among strangers at Yahoo! and other Web sites. Another Web site is
offering a $1 million prize to those who correctly guess the winners in all 63
games.
For the serious gambler, there's
always Nevada - the only state with legalized sports betting - or the darker
temptations of the Internet. The Final Four also rivals the Super Bowl when it
comes to hard-core gambling. One online sports book - based in Antigua to
avoid U.S. gambling laws - has estimated it will take in $30 million in bets
on this year's tournament. Billions more could be spent on illegal bets.
To reach this Plain Dealer
reporter:
shiaasen@plaind.com,
216-999-4927
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HAWKS send Saints packing Providence
Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... In their final games for St. Raphael Academy, Manhattan College-bound Jeff
Xavier netted 21 points and Sorrentine, who will
play for St. ...
<http://www.projo.com/highschool/bbk/content/projo_20040318_18rl.b22c7.h tml>
Hawks send Saints packing
The solid semifinal win will pit
Bishop Hendricken against the winner of today's
Hope-Mount Pleasant contest. 01:00 AM
EST on Thursday, March 18, 2004 BY
ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer
WARWICK -- At the first day of
practice, Bishop Hendricken coach Jamal Gomes asked
his players what they wanted to accomplish this season. They told him they
wanted to win the Division I-AA state championship.
The Hawks will have a chance to
fulfill that goal Saturday at the Ryan Center, because Bishop Hendricken crushed St. Raphael Academy, 70-49, in
yesterday's Division I-AA semifinals.
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deleted>
In their final games for St. Raphael
Academy, Manhattan College-bound Jeff Xavier netted 21 points and Sorrentine, who will play for St. Michael's in Vermont
next winter, scored 18 as the two combined not only for 23 of the Saints' 27
points in the first half, but 39 of their 49 points for the game.
"Jeff has been unbelieveable for us all four years," Saints coach
Tom Sorrentine said. "I think he scored over
1,800 points. . . He has had a great career and so has James."
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GATORS face first-round scare
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA
... Fifth-seeded seed Florida (20-10) meets 12th-seeded Manhattan College
(24-5) at 12:20 pm today in the opening round of the East Rutherford Region.
... <http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/sportstoryS0318GATORS.htm>
Florida's Matt Walsh holds the ball
during a floor drill Wednesday at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. The Gators
face the Jaspers on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Image
C 2004, AP
Gators face first-round scare BY DAVID
JONES FLORIDA TODAY
RALEIGH, N.C. -- In 2000, when
Florida reached its first and only national championship game, the Gators
almost were sent packing in the first round.
If not for Mike Miller's buzzer-beater
against Butler, UF would have left Winston-Salem, N.C., as just another high
seed upset by an underdog.
In 1994, it was a layup by Dan Cross in the final seconds that prevented
Florida from being upset by James Madison in the first round in Uniondale,
N.Y. Those Gators also recovered and reached the Final Four.
Fifth-seeded seed Florida (20-10)
meets 12th-seeded Manhattan College (24-5) at 12:20 p.m. today in the opening
round of the East Rutherford Region. It's another game the Gators are supposed
to win. It's another opportunity for an underdog.
What is it about that first game in
the NCAA Tournament? No matter how good a team is, those first moments of the
Big Dance almost annually lead to better teams stepping on their toes and
stumbling.
Manhattan's Luis Flores practices Wednesday
at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. Manhattan faces Florida in the first round
of the NCAA tournament Thursday. Image C 2004, AP "Anytime you have 12-, 13th-,
and 14th-seeded teams, they go in with a nothing-to-lose attitude,"
Gators coach Billy Donovan said. "Manhattan is talented and will play
with a nothing-to-lose attitude. They will play loose and confident, having
been in the tournament before."
For higher seeds, the first round
can be the only round if you're not ready. Especially when you run into an
underdog that comes in fighting -- which is just what the Gators are up
against today.
"The kids are showing a
different mentality," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez said. "We feel
we belong in the tournament, we know we're good and now we are going to try to
go win a game."
Beware of the Manhattans of the
world. As history has proven, lower seeds that are talented, hungry and a
little unknown can be as dangerous as a Duke or a Kentucky.
"After we won that first game,
everyone realized we just needed to relax and play," recalls Andrew DeClercq, who played on UF's
1994 squad. "There's so much pressure on you to get past that first game
when you're a higher seed. After we almost went home, we realized how quickly
it can really end if you're not ready."
Florida won't have time for a
wake-up call today. The Jaspers gave eventual national champion Syracuse a
serious scare in last year's first round and return 6-foot-2 guard Luis
Flores, who averages 24.1 points a game.
"I think he is different
because of everything that he has gone through and everything that he has
accomplished," Gonzalez said. "He looks to me like he's more
polished, more relaxed."
He's also feeling no pressure.
That's all on Florida's
shoulders.
Even Gators guard Anthony Roberson,
the 2003 SEC Freshman of the Year, had the jitters when he walked out on the
court for his first NCAA Tournament game. He scored 16 points in the opener,
but went 0-for-6 and didn't score in the second game, a 68-46 loss to Michigan
State.
"It was something new for
me," Roberson said. "I think it was more excitement than
nervousness."
Florida has two players who have
been to more than one NCAA Tournament: junior David Lee and senior Bonell Colas. UF's four freshmen
admit they aren't quite sure what's about to happen.
Donovan remembers talking to Major
Parker after his freshman season at Florida.
"He thought everybody got
in," Donovan said. "I probably need to educate our guys about the
tournament, what it's all about."
Of course, freshmen will be
freshmen. First-year center Chris Richard promises he won't be nervous. After
all, he played in a state championship in high school, he said without
smiling. Guard Lee Humphrey giggles about Florida students recognizing him
after he hit a game-winning shot against Alabama in the SEC Tournament.
Humphrey calls it "a dream come
true. This is why you practice all those years, to come to a big school like
Florida and get a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament."
But dreams can quickly become
nightmares if the rookies don't wake up -- especially at Florida, where so
many players are experiencing something very new.
"The first few times up the
court will probably be pretty tense," Humphrey confessed. "You have
to get the tightness out."
He better hurry up. Manhattan, with
a senior-dominated lineup, has no time for the shakes.
"You have about two days to
scout a team and you don't really know what their tendencies are," said
Colas, who's appearing in his fourth, and final, Big Dance. "There's a
lot of things going through your mind, like, 'If you we lose this game, we're
out of here.'
"That makes teams play a little
bit tighter, a little apprehensive and we don't need that."
Contact Jones at 242-3682 or
djones@flatoday.net
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PAGE 2's Tournament Blog
ESPN - USA Graham Hays: NYC geography aside, there's still something
disconcerting about seeing "Riverdale, NY" listed as the location
for Manhattan College. ... <http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=dayone/2004>
<snip>
2:03 GH: It's tough to tell if
Florida or Instant Messenger is performing worse right now, but I'd like to
pull a Matt Walsh on those little smiley face icons right now. Speaking of
Walsh, he's looking pretty frazzled -- well, more frazzled than usual -- with
the Gators on the ropes. Down 17 ... 7 minutes left.
Matt Walsh and the Gators are looking like the first favorite to go
down.
1:46 EN: Can I just say "live
look-in" is one of the three or four best phrases in the English
language?
I don't know what a
Jasper is, but I know I want to be one right now. Can somebody arrange
one of them there honorary degrees?
GH: Eric mentioned it right off the
bat in the first half, but the press after made buckets is working like a
charm against a Florida team with a bunch of good ballhandlers,
but no true point guard. Lead balloons out to 14 with 14 minutes left. Even
when Manhattan doesn't get a steal, Florida can't start their offense until 20-25
seconds left on the shot clock. But don't worry Gator fans, Billy Donovan is
pacing.
EN: I'm thinking the only way
Florida fans stop worrying is if Billy Donovan suits up.
<snip>
12:29
GH: Oh good, Charlotte and Manhattan have
nearly identical jerseys. As if someone needed to make it
tougher to watch two games at once.
Manhattan takes an 8-7 lead to the
first TV timeout, and roughly 45 percent of the viewing audience thinks
they're a genius for picking the Jaspers. Luckily, CBS isn't projecting a
winner just yet.
Eric Neel:
Manhattan has smartly come out in a press after made baskets. You need to take
it to the bigger, stronger team, set the pace, even if you can't keep it up
all game.
One question, though: What is a Jasper? Does a Jasper have
special powers? Are Jaspers good ballhandlers?
<snip>
12:20 ET
Graham Hays: NYC geography aside, there's
still something disconcerting about seeing "Riverdale, NY" listed as
the location for Manhattan College.
The Jaspers are hanging with Florida
early, even though they appear to be using a lineup of five 6-4 players. It's
like an old video game, where the graphics aren't sophisticated enough to show
different heights.
<snip>
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FLORES Shows How to Play New York Game New
York Times - New York,NY,USA ... Flores's wary
survivor's poise helped him score 26 points as Manhattan College first
demoralized and then demolished Florida, 75-60, in the first round of the ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/19VECS.html>
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March 19, 2004 SPORTS OF THE TIMES Flores Shows
How to Play New York Game By GEORGE VECSEY
RALEIGH, N.C.
HE comes from the town of
shortstops, San Pedro de Macoris, in the Dominican
Republic, but when Luis Flores came to New York, it was much too cold to play
baseball.
Instead, on outdoor courts with metal
backboards and clanking chain nets, Flores played the New York game, pointing
toward those wonderful moments yesterday.
Flores's wary survivor's poise
helped him score 26 points as Manhattan College first demoralized and then
demolished Florida, 75-60, in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.
It is dangerous to suggest that
urban hardship might be a training ground for success, even in something as
limited as sports. Flores has surely seen sadness all around him in the
Washington Heights section of Manhattan, but somehow he kept going to score
the most points in the history of his college.
He and his teammates, a mix of the
overlooked and the underrated, made the all-American types from Florida look
like undisciplined laggards. It was the highlight of their careers, at least
so far.
"It's still not over,"
Flores cautioned after the game, meaning that Manhattan, seeded 12th, will
play Wake Forest, seeded fourth, tomorrow for the right to reach the Round of
16 in the East Rutherford regional in New Jersey.
If Manhattan should somehow win
tomorrow, Basilio and Juanita Flores, his
grandparents who raised him, would probably come across the George Washington
Bridge to watch him play. His parents live in the Dominican Republic and have
never seen him play.
Basilio and Juanita
Flores should be very proud of their grandson, who is 6 feet 2 inches of
wispy, purposeful talent. By now it is a well-known story how Flores was
recruited by the new whirlwind coach of Manhattan, Bobby Gonzalez, only to
swerve to Rutgers of the Big East.
After playing only 10 minutes a game
as a freshman, Flores went back to his original instincts and transferred to
Manhattan. Now Flores is educating people about the college, which is not even
on the island of Manhattan but in the northern reaches of the Bronx.
The college's athletic Hall of Fame
opened in 1979, honoring, among others, Brother Jasper, the college's first
athletic director, who is said to have originated the grand baseball tradition
of the seventh-inning stretch, as well as Junius
Kellogg, the lanky center who turned in teammates who were dumping basketball
games in 1951.
Someday there will be a place in
Manhattan's hall for Flores, who was already a legend long before yesterday's
instant classic against Florida.
Gonzalez (who was called
"Rodriguez" twice in the Florida media guide) and his players
probably suspected Florida was about as resourceful as a rube gawking at a
game of three-card monte on a portable cardboard box
on a New York sidewalk. But Manhattan still had to play its game, which
involved Flores wriggling his way into scoring position.
At the half, Flores had 10 points,
with shaky shooting and a couple of turnovers. When Florida came to within 3
points early in the second half, Flores launched a 3-pointer, a jumper and
another 3-pointer in a span of 127 seconds.
"I picked my spots," he
said afterward. "In the first half, they were concentrating on me but in
the second half they seemed to forget about me against the zone so I took
advantage of it."
Not in the slightest had Florida's
coach, Billy Donovan, forgotten Flores. Donovan had put his players into a
zone defense and ordered them to come out on Flores, who was due, but somebody
blew an assignment. The man from Washington Heights picked his spot.
Florida continued to play the role
of an enraged victim. Adrian Moss flung his elbows until the refs finally
caught on. Matt Walsh, with his gym-rat curls and passé headband, committed a
flagrant foul on Mike Konovelchick that turned
Carolinians into yowling fervent Manhattanites.
Donovan will not soon forget the inept frustration of his players, and neither
will Florida fans. As a Long Islander, Donovan knows street smarts when he
sees it in Flores and his mates.
"What it came down to was being
tough," Flores said softly. "I grew up with street ball. You can't
call fouls. I get hit real hard and I smile."
He and his teammates never postured
as they closed out the game. In the closing seconds, Flores walked over to the
Florida bench and extended his hand to a few despondent regulars. From a
distance, it appeared that he received a limp collection of dead fish.
"They're disappointed," he said. "I'm a classy guy. I went over
to shake their hands. I just felt it was the right thing to do. I understand
how they feel."
Flores felt what that was like after
losing to Syracuse in last year's opening round. When Syracuse won the Final
Four two weeks later, Flores felt marginally better. Now he has avoided that
feeling, at least for a while. He is a city boy, and survival is a daily
experience.
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MANHATTAN takes Florida The Globe and Mail - Canada ... easily won their
first-round games in the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's
basketball tournament yesterday, while 12th-seeded Manhattan College ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040319
/NCAA19/TPSports/Basketball>
Manhattan takes Florida
By ERIK MATUSZEWSKI Bloomberg News
UPDATED AT 8:31 AM EST Friday, Mar. 19, 2004
Top seeds Duke, Saint Joseph's and Stanford
easily won their first-round games in the National Collegiate Athletic
Association men's basketball tournament yesterday, while 12th-seeded Manhattan
College upset Florida.
Luis Flores scored 26 points as
Manhattan, champion of the lightly regarded Metro Atlantic Conference, beat
fifth-seeded Florida 75-60. The victory by the New York City school marked the
14th time in 15 years that a No. 12 seed won a first-round NCAA tournament
game.
"We felt coming in that we had
a chance," Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez said after the victory in
Raleigh, N.C. "We thought our seniors were iron tough and had been tested
a number of times the past few years."
Nevada, a No. 10 seed from the
Western Athletic Conference, beat No. 7 Michigan State 72-66 in Seattle for
the first NCAA tournament win in school history. The Wolf Pack (24-8) lost
their two previous tourney games, in 1984 and 1985.
Saint Joseph's defeated Liberty
82-63 in Buffalo, N.Y., Stanford routed Texas-San Antonio 71-45 in Seattle,
and Duke downed Alabama State 96-81 in Raleigh to continue the winning streak
of top seeds in the first round. No. 1 seeds are 79-0 in the opening round
since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
All-American Jameer
Nelson scored 35 points for Saint Joseph's (28-1), which rebounded from its
loss to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.
"Before the game I said to him,
'Today is what great players live for,' " Hawks coach Phil Martelli said. "He knew that
offensively he would have to lead."
Josh Childress, the Pacific-10
player of the year, scored 26 points to lead Stanford (30-1). Shavlik Randolph had 20 points and Daniel Ewing added 19
as Duke (28-5) advanced to the second round for the 18th time in 20
years.
Emeka Okafor led second-seeded Connecticut to a 70-53 win over
No. 15 Vermont in Buffalo. Okafor had 15 points and
13 rebounds while helping limit Vermont's Taylor Coppenrath
to 12 points, about half his average.
The Huskies (28-6) will next play
DePaul, which defeated Dayton 76-69 in double overtime last night.
In Denver, third-seeded Texas beat
No. 14 Princeton 66-49, No. 5 Syracuse downed No. 12 Brigham Young 80-75 and
No. 6 North Carolina defeated Air Force 63-52. North Carolina, returning to
the tournament after a two-year absence, overcame a five-point halftime
deficit against a military academy that was making its first NCAA tournament
appearance since 1962.
Gerry McNamara scored 43 points,
including nine three-pointers, for Syracuse, which overcame an 11-point
first-half deficit to avoid becoming the first defending champion to lose in
the opening round since UCLA in 1996.
Brandon Mouton scored 18 of his 23
points in the second half to lead Texas (24-7). The Longhorns made 11 of 15
shots from three-point range, while Princeton missed 22 of 27.
"I took it upon myself to come
out in the second half and get us going," Mouton said. "Shots
started falling and we started rolling."
In Seattle, Kirk Snyder scored 19
points as Nevada rallied from 11 points down in the second half to beat
Michigan State. The Wolf Pack held the Spartans scoreless for six minutes and
outscored them 16-2 during one stretch.
Maryland and Wake Forest,
both seeded fourth in their regions, narrowly avoided upsets against No. 13
seeds. Maryland defeated Texas El-Paso 86-83 in Denver, while fellow Atlantic
Coast Conference member Wake Forest downed Virginia Commonwealth 79-78 in
Raleigh.
All three No. 8 v. No. 9 games were
close contests won by the higher seed. Texas Tech defeated Charlotte 76-73 in
Buffalo, Seton Hall beat Arizona 80-76 in Raleigh, and Alabama topped Southern
Illinois 65-64 in Seattle on Antoine Pettway's
running shot in the lane with five seconds left.
Manhattan held Florida 18 points
under its scoring average and outrebounded
the Gators 30-24. Florida (20-11) hasn't gotten past the second round since
reaching the 2000 title game, where the Gators lost to Michigan State.
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FLORES Shows How to Play New York
Game New York Times - New York,NY,USA ... Flores's
wary survivor's poise helped him score 26 points as Manhattan College first
demoralized and then demolished Florida, 75-60, in the first round of the ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/19VECS.html>
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um=30&newsclusterurl=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/19/sports/ncaabasket
ball/19VECS.html>
March 19, 2004 SPORTS OF THE TIMES Flores Shows
How to Play New York Game By GEORGE VECSEY
RALEIGH, N.C.
HE comes from the town of
shortstops, San Pedro de Macoris, in the Dominican
Republic, but when Luis Flores came to New York, it was much too cold to play
baseball.
Instead, on outdoor courts with
metal backboards and clanking chain nets, Flores played the New York game,
pointing toward those wonderful moments yesterday.
Flores's wary survivor's poise
helped him score 26 points as Manhattan College first demoralized and then
demolished Florida, 75-60, in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.
It is dangerous to suggest that
urban hardship might be a training ground for success, even in something as
limited as sports. Flores has surely seen sadness all around him in the
Washington Heights section of Manhattan, but somehow he kept going to score
the most points in the history of his college.
He and his teammates, a mix of the
overlooked and the underrated, made the all-American types from Florida look
like undisciplined laggards. It was the highlight of their careers, at least
so far.
"It's still not over,"
Flores cautioned after the game, meaning that Manhattan, seeded 12th, will
play Wake Forest, seeded fourth, tomorrow for the right to reach the Round of
16 in the East Rutherford regional in New Jersey.
If Manhattan should somehow win
tomorrow, Basilio and Juanita Flores, his
grandparents who raised him, would probably come across the George Washington
Bridge to watch him play. His parents live in the Dominican Republic and have
never seen him play.
Basilio and Juanita
Flores should be very proud of their grandson, who is 6 feet 2 inches of
wispy, purposeful talent. By now it is a well-known story how Flores was
recruited by the new whirlwind coach of Manhattan, Bobby Gonzalez, only to
swerve to Rutgers of the Big East.
After playing only 10 minutes a game
as a freshman, Flores went back to his original instincts and transferred to
Manhattan. Now Flores is educating people about the college, which is not even
on the island of Manhattan but in the northern reaches of the Bronx.
The college's athletic Hall of Fame
opened in 1979, honoring, among others, Brother Jasper, the college's first
athletic director, who is said to have originated the grand baseball tradition
of the seventh-inning stretch, as well as Junius
Kellogg, the lanky center who turned in teammates who were dumping basketball
games in 1951.
Someday there will be a place in
Manhattan's hall for Flores, who was already a legend long before yesterday's
instant classic against Florida.
Gonzalez (who was called
"Rodriguez" twice in the Florida media guide) and his players
probably suspected Florida was about as resourceful as a rube gawking at a
game of three-card monte on a portable cardboard box
on a New York sidewalk. But Manhattan still had to play its game, which
involved Flores wriggling his way into scoring position.
At the half, Flores had 10 points,
with shaky shooting and a couple of turnovers. When Florida came to within 3
points early in the second half, Flores launched a 3-pointer, a jumper and
another 3-pointer in a span of 127 seconds.
"I picked my spots," he
said afterward. "In the first half, they were concentrating on me but in
the second half they seemed to forget about me against the zone so I took
advantage of it."
Not in the slightest had Florida's
coach, Billy Donovan, forgotten Flores. Donovan had put his players into a
zone defense and ordered them to come out on Flores, who was due, but somebody
blew an assignment. The man from Washington Heights picked his spot.
Florida continued to play the role
of an enraged victim. Adrian Moss flung his elbows until the refs finally
caught on. Matt Walsh, with his gym-rat curls and passé headband, committed a
flagrant foul on Mike Konovelchick that turned
Carolinians into yowling fervent Manhattanites.
Donovan will not soon forget the inept frustration of his players, and neither
will Florida fans. As a Long Islander, Donovan knows street smarts when he
sees it in Flores and his mates.
"What it came down to was being
tough," Flores said softly. "I grew up with street ball. You can't
call fouls. I get hit real hard and I smile."
He and his teammates never postured
as they closed out the game. In the closing seconds, Flores walked over to the
Florida bench and extended his hand to a few despondent regulars. From a
distance, it appeared that he received a limp collection of dead fish.
"They're disappointed," he said. "I'm a classy guy. I went over
to shake their hands. I just felt it was the right thing to do. I understand
how they feel."
Flores felt what that was like after
losing to Syracuse in last year's opening round. When Syracuse won the Final
Four two weeks later, Flores felt marginally better. Now he has avoided that
feeling, at least for a while. He is a city boy, and survival is a daily
experience.
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HE Took Manhattan; It Wasn't Even a
Stretch Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... baseball games played on fields all over Florida and Arizona on Thursday,
thousands of fans rose to their feet to pay tribute to tiny Manhattan
College's 75-60 ...
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MIKE PENNER THE DAY IN THE NCAAS He Took Manhattan; It Wasn't
Even a Stretch By Mike Penner Times Staff
Writer
March 19, 2004
During the seventh inning of
exhibition baseball games played on fields all over Florida and Arizona on
Thursday, thousands of fans rose to their feet to pay tribute to tiny
Manhattan College's 75-60 victory over Florida in the first round of the NCAA
basketball tournament.
Yes, these tournament bracket pools
have gotten totally out of hand.
Those fans may have been singing
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame," but they were celebrating the
tradition of Manhattan College athletics, whether they realized it or not.
Manhattan's sports teams are nicknamed the Jaspers, so christened because of
the Catholic school's first baseball coach, Brother Jasper of Mary, who in the
late 19th century invented the seventh-inning stretch.
According to the legend, Brother
Jasper also served as the school's Prefect of Discipline, which sounds like a
job Bob Knight might have held in a previous life. During one especially hot
afternoon, with Manhattan baseball fans sweating out a game against a semipro
team, Brother Jasper interrupted the seventh inning when he noticed the crowd growing
restless.
After calling timeout, Brother
Jasper advised Manhattan fans to stand up, stretch awhile and basically chill
out in an 1880s kind of way.
With that, the seventh-inning
stretch was born.
Thursday, the Jaspers were playing a
different sport, and Billy Donovan's players were the ones fading down the
stretch, but the message to the 2004 Gators was the same: stop everything,
stay where you are, take a timeout.
See you in November.
Technically, the Jaspers were
underdogs. Manhattan was seeded 12th and Florida fifth in the East Rutherford
Regional. But this year, NCAA tournament underdogs aren't what they used to
be. Saint Joseph's is top-seeded in the East Rutherford Regional and a
hopeless underdog, if you choose to buy into Billy Packer's
pump-up-the-ratings bluster.
Manhattan over Florida was the
thinking fan's pick, the best-bet bracket-buster - perhaps the most fancied
No. 12 seed since the first NCAA bracket sheet was belched out of an office
copier.
Manhattan came in 24-5, 11-1 in its
last dozen games. Florida was 20-10 but 7-6 in its last 13.
Manhattan plays an up-tempo style
with a physical inside game. Florida is soft inside and not defensively tough
anywhere.
Manhattan is coached by Bobby
Gonzalez, this year's mid-major-name-on-the-rise, eager to make a mark this
March with jobs now open at St. John's, Georgetown and Miami. Donovan reached
the final in 2000, but hasn't lasted beyond the second round since.
By game time, the Jaspers' bandwagon
was already SRO - with Rudy Giuliani, a Manhattan
alum, sending the team a go-get-'em fax that
Gonzalez read aloud to his players as motivational fodder.
The Jaspers advanced, getting 26
points from their best player, two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
player of the year Luis Flores. The biggest surprise was the margin of
victory: 15 points, the second-largest ever by a No. 12 seed over a No.
5.
Next, Manhattan plays Wake Forest, a
No. 4 seed that looked very vulnerable in a 79-78 victory over 13th-seeded
Virginia Commonwealth. VCU, making its first NCAA appearance in eight years,
had a chance to tie in the final minute, but handled the waning seconds like a
tournament sapling. After throwing the ball away, VCU wasted 14 seconds - from
26 to 11.9 - before deciding to commit the obvious foul.
Rookie
mistake? Or just one more round of the same old story?
VCU is coached by 29-year-old Jeff Capel, youngest Division I coach in the country
. and a former Duke player who went 1-8
against Wake Forest during the Tim Duncan era.
Thursday's results produced a
second-round matchup that sounds torn from an old
Final Four - Syracuse versus Maryland - and a coaching confrontation that
sounds like a morality play - Phil Martelli versus
Bob Knight.
It's not every year you get the last
two NCAA champions facing off in the second round. Syracuse won the tournament
in 2003, Maryland took the title in 2002, and one of them will be done this
weekend when the Orangemen and Terrapins meet Saturday in Denver.
Who goes out first?
Syracuse,
which needed 43 points and nine three-pointers from sophomore Gerry McNamara
to turn back Brigham Young, 80-75?
Or Maryland, which needed four pressure free throws in the final minute to hold off
Texas-El Paso, 86-83?
Those close calls, along with Michigan
State's 72-66 loss to Nevada, showed the value of seedings
and reputation once the gates open on the final 64. Michigan State is another
recent champion, winning the tournament in 2000. Nevada, seeded 10th in the
St. Louis Regional, was making its first NCAA appearance in 19 years and was
previously winless in the tournament.
It's good that they play the games.
Packer's hot air will keep a tournament afloat only so long. And how about this bit of counterpoint in the Packer-Martelli skirmish? Saint Joseph's
82, Liberty 63 - sending Martelli and the Hawks into
the second round against Knight's Texas Tech squad, a 76-73 winner over
Charlotte.
CBS, moving swiftly, is planning a
split-screen remote showdown - Packer in Denver, Martelli
in Buffalo - before Saturday's game.
In the meantime, Packer can be seen
in a heavy-rotation pizza commercial, looking amazingly restrained. Not once
does Packer poke his finger in the chest of the guy sitting next to him and
bellow, "You need to learn your takeout pizzeria history, Papa John! Let
me tell you about a slice of pepperoni and mushroom I had at Shakey's in 1962!"
Fortunately, they kept him to a
script.
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FAST BREAKOUT Kansas City Star -
Kansas City,MO,USA By BLAIR
KERKHOFF. First final score of the NCAA Tournament's opening day: Manhattan
College (enrollment 3,600) 75, Florida (enrollment 42,000) 60. ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/8222485.htm>
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Posted on Fri, Mar. 19, 2004
First round gets going with upset,
near-misses By BLAIR KERKHOFF The Kansas City
Star
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/The Associated
Press
Texas' Brandon Mouton slashed past
Princeton's Andre Logan (right), but Mouton did most of his damage Thursday
from the outside. Mouton hit five three-pointers and scored 23 points in the
Longhorns' 66-49 win.
First final score of the NCAA
Tournament's opening day: Manhattan College (enrollment 3,600) 75, Florida
(enrollment 42,000) 60. We regret we cannot provide information on the
school's athletic budgets, but suffice to say the difference would be about as
great as the enrollment.
That is why it's called March
Madness. Upsets, plus a little attitude.
"I know America's going to look
at this as an upset, but behind closed doors we don't," Jaspers forward
Dave Holmes said. "We know we can play with any team on any
night."
Get through the top seeds against
the 16s, and a Manhattan can happen to just about anybody.
The rest of opening day was about
near misses by underdogs, a stirring double-overtime win by DePaul and one
virtuoso performance.
That performance belonged to
Syracuse sophomore Gerry McNamara, who dropped 43 points on Brigham Young in
the Orangemen's 80-75 victory. He made nine of 13 three-pointers and
personally dragged Syracuse back from a big first-half deficit.
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Fourth-seeded Wake Forest needed the
steady hand of freshman guard Chris Paul, who scored 22 points, to hold off
Virginia Commonwealth 79-78. Now the Deacons get Manhattan.
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RALEIGH, NC - Anthony Roberson kept
saying ''Montana'' when he ... Miami
Herald - Miami,FL,USA After all, Roberson -- like
the rest of the Gators -- was a little punch drunk after being flattened by
Manhattan College, a tiny school from the Bronx (yes ...
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NO. 12 MANHATTAN 75, NO. 5 UF 60 A Gator flop
BY MIKE PHILLIPS
mphillips@herald.com
RALEIGH, N.C. - Anthony Roberson
kept saying ''Montana'' when he should have been saying ``Manhattan.''
But you couldn't blame the Florida
guard.
After all, Roberson -- like the rest
of the Gators -- was a little punch drunk after being flattened by Manhattan
College, a tiny school from the Bronx (yes, the Bronx) that knocked Florida
silly 75-60 on Thursday afternoon, handing the Gators one of their most embarrassing
losses in years.
The Gators are done, knocked out in
the opening round of the NCAA tournament in a listless performance at the RBC
Center that left coach Billy Donovan furious and all
but questioning his team's heart.
''This game was about one thing. I
can sum it up in one word,'' Donovan said. ``Manhattan's competitiveness was
much, much better than ours. We didn't even come close in the backcourt or the
frontcourt of playing with the competitive attitude that was necessary going
into the game.''
The defeat left Donovan uncertain
about the future of his program.
''I have no expectations for next
year,'' he said.
The Gators looked like five guys who
just met in the parking lot and played what was easily their worst game of the
season.
''Our guys had that
deer-in-headlights look,'' Donovan said. ``I felt like our guys didn't
compete, and I felt like our guys were overwhelmed that it was the NCAA
tournament.''
MISMATCH ON PAPER
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
Manhattan, the 12th seed in the region, was supposed to be the little guy. The
Gators (20-11), who had won six of their previous eight and reached the SEC
title game Sunday, came in as the fifth seed with a coach who was bringing UF
to its sixth straight NCAA tournament.
But after Seth Davis said Manhattan
was the obvious upset pick during CBS' Selection Sunday, just about everyone
was picking Manhattan (25-5) to upset Florida. Donovan felt that should have
inspired his team. Instead, UF looked timid.
''I'm from New York, and knowing the
mentality Manhattan was going to have, I talked to them the last couple of
days about that,'' Donovan said. ``Some of our guys, maybe it scared them a
little bit.''
Manhattan was tougher, quicker and
just better. Despite being undersized, the Jaspers outrebounded Florida 36-26 and beat up the Gators on
the offensive boards, where they had a 13-4 edge, outscoring UF 12-2 on
second-chance points.
Luis Flores led the way with a
26-point afternoon, and after Florida made its only run to start the second
half to close to 38-35, Flores hit a pair of threes on a personal eight-point
run to lift Manhattan to 46-35 edge.
Florida, which finished with four
assists, was never heard from again.
But this loss wasn't about
statistics.
''I don't know what happened. I
don't know how we could be at the NCAA tournament and not compete at the
highest level,'' said Matt Walsh, who shot 0 for 5 from three-point range and
scored only 13 points.
''I'm pretty disappointed,'' said
Walsh who played on an injured foot but refused to use it as an excuse. ``I
don't think we lived up to our potential this year.''
A quick review would substantiate
that comment: Florida started the season ranked No. 8 in the country and moved
quickly to No. 1 with a 5-0 start. Then the wheels started falling off. They
were 14-8 when Christian Drejer left the team for a
pro career in Spain, then rallied to win six of eight to get in the
tournament.
ROBERSON'S SLIP
Roberson scored a very quiet 22
points to lead the Gators, and afterward he kept referring to Manhattan as
''Montana'' in interviews in the locker room. His mind might have been on
other things -- like leaving UF for the NBA.
Roberson, a sophomore who doesn't
play enough defense to be considered a first-round NBA pick, didn't commit
himself to the NBA, but he certainly didn't give any indication he was
staying. Asked where the Gators would go from here, Roberson said: ''To the
dorm,'' and acted like a man with one foot out the door.
Roberson went scoreless last year
when the Gators were eliminated in the second round of the tournament by
Michigan State, saying afterward ''that was the longest walk I've ever had
back to the locker room.'' He said the one Thursday was just as long.
Early exits are nothing new for the
Gators, who haven't made it past the second round since their trip to the
Final Four in 2000. They were knocked out in the second round in 2001 and were
upset in the first round by Creighton in 2002. They came in as a No. 2 seed
last year and knocked off 15th-seeded Sam Houston State before being hammered
68-46 by Michigan State.
Now they have been embarrassed by
Manhattan.
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BLEST be the bracket that binds ESPN
- USA ... There is a school, Manhattan College, from the largest city in the
country, and one from teenie weenie Cheney,
population 6,427 and home to Eastern Washington. ...
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Blest be the bracket that binds By
Jim Caple Page 2 columnist
Forget the Final Four, the Sweet 16,
the Elite Eight and any other number officially registered and trademarked by
CBS and its affiliates. The best part of the NCAA tournament -- without
question -- is the opening two days when 64 teams play 32 games in eight
cities, one game after another.
This is when your office bracket
remains as pure as Laettner's jumper to beat
Kentucky, and as unblemished as a BYU cheerleader. This is when the
tournament's possibilities are as wild as Ronny Turiaf's
hair and as unlimited as Rick Majerus' waistline. And when everyone in the country hunkers down so deeply into the
tournament that we could all be called for jury duty in Bracketville. Others look at the bracket and see RPI,
seeds and tournament history. I see the map of the United States.
Thirty-two states are represented in
this year's tournament, from little old Rhode Island to the big bad boy,
Texas. There is a school, Manhattan College, from the largest city in the
country, and one from teenie weenie Cheney,
population 6,427 and home to Eastern Washington. There are seven Catholic
schools (St. Joseph's, Providence, Gonzaga,
Manhattan, Boston College, DePaul and Xavier), one Lutheran (Valparaiso), one
Mormon (BYU) and one fundamentalist Christian (Liberty University). There is a
military academy (Air Force) and a school with such a reputation for liberal
thought I'm surprised John Ashcroft hasn't placed it on double-secret
probation (Wisconsin).
In short, Valpo
didn't need to wear the U.S. flag on its jerseys Thursday -- the tournament
already reflects the country.
"It's the best time of the
year,'' Gonzaga guard Blake Stepp
said after his team whipped Valparaiso in the final of Thursday's four games
at the Seattle sub-regional. "You're playing games, you're traveling all
over the country and your friends and family are following you. And when
you're not playing, then you're home watching the games on TV.
"The tournament has gotten so big, it's kind of begun to bring the entire country
together. People are talking about it at the dinner table. They're talking
about it in bars. They're talking about it in the office while they go over
their pools. The whole country gets into it.
"And if I'm not mistaken, it's
the biggest gambling action of the year.''
Hey, ix-nay on the gambling talk. Sheesh, do you want Myles
Brand to suspend you for the rest of the tournament?
The long day (four games over 10
hours) began with a pep band offering of -- what else? -- Chicago's "25
or 6 to 4,'' which pep bands have been playing since afros were first in
fashion. And let's get to the heart of that issue right away. Who has the best
hair in the tournament, Stanford's Josh Childress and his Dr. J classic 'fro
or Gonzaga's Turiaf, who
sports half a dozen different looks, including a style reminiscent of Marge
Simpson? "You're talking two very different
styles,'' Stanford senior Joe Kirchofer said. "I think there's a big difference between them in
the preparation and maintenance. Josh is very concerned about having a clean,
round shape. Ronny is more free and wild. The night after Josh gets his cut,
he won't lie down in bed -- he'll sleep sitting up in a chair. There's a lot
of dedication there.''
Hey, a team doesn't get ranked No. 1
without putting in the work.
As it turns out, Childress is an
easy winner in the hair department -- Turiaf took
the court against Valparaiso sporting relatively conservative cornrows.
"I'm not wearing the 'Marge Simpson' -- I have to look beautiful for the
cameras,'' Turiaf said. "I'm
really pretty superstitious and I played well with this style the last
game.''
The beauty of the tournament is
meeting colorful players such as Turiaf. He went to
high school in Paris and speaks three languages fluently and three others
somewhat. But the sad part is saying good-bye to others so quickly that we
don't get to know them at all.
Consider Southern Illinois, which
played the opener in Seattle. The Salukis trailed Alabama much of the game
before taking a one-point lead in the last minute, only to lose the lead with
five seconds left and then the game when Darren Brooks' shot fell short at the
buzzer. The tournament was barely four hours old -- I hadn't even finished
filling out my bracket -- and it was already over for the Salukis.
They showered, trudged out of the
locker room and stood near an exit to sneak in a couple minutes of the
Stanford-Texas/San Antonio game (the afternoon's second) before being told to
get on the bus for the airport. They were on a plane before the Stanford game
was over, and probably home before the Gonzaga game
ended.
"The NCAA doesn't want to keep
them in the hotel rooms any longer than it has to,'' someone from Southern
Illinois said.
It's a shame. These guys play all
year, juggling practices and (hopefully) classes, for the right to play in a
tournament considered so important that the very announcement of the
participating teams is nationally televised. But as soon as they lose, they're
sent home with a cheap box lunch so that an organization making $1 billion off
the tournament can save a couple thousand dollars on hotels. Talk about
harsh. "Yeah, but it's not that
bad,'' Salukis freshman Jamaal Tatum said as he headed to the bus. "We'll be back next year.''
As Tatum said this, the Stanford
Tree was making himself comfortable in a nearby chair
... or as comfortable as a man can sit in a chair while wearing a giant tree
costume. I don't know if the Tree is the best mascot in college basketball or
the worst, but he's definitely the cockiest.
"The Tree is known as the
anti-mascot and a symbol of Stanford's irreverence, but at Stanford they think
the Tree is cool,'' said the Tree, a Stanford junior named William Rothacker. "It's a cool
student who gets picked. It's someone who's known as the biggest partier, that
all the girls want to date.''
When I expressed some doubt about
chicks digging a guy in a tree costume, he insisted it isn't the costume. It's
the mystique that comes with passing a selection process that requires "a
lot of nudity and getting yourself in trouble with the law.''
For his part, Rothacker
got naked in several classes, bribed the old Trees with a Tree-Mobile, and
rigged up a medieval catapult to fling himself into a lake.
He also did some strange
things.
"There are a lot of things that
involve animals and sexual positions,'' he said. "The
only rule is you can't set yourself on fire.''
The Tree is required to make his own
costume each year, but Rothacker was wearing the old
costume of a past Tree on Thursday because he's had two costumes stolen. He
says people at Cal stole both, and "they put one through a
wood-chipper.''
I'd like to see someone try that
wood-chipper trick with Sparty, the Michigan State
mascot. Sparty basically looks like Popeye on
steroids -- he's been voted "Most Buffed Mascot,'' an award nearly as
prestigious as Mr. Universe. His costume alone weighs 50 pounds and takes
20-to-30 minutes to put on. He had just gotten back from a pep rally and his
costume already was soaked with sweat before Michigan State's game with
Nevada. When I asked him about the Tree, he just shook his head and rolled his
eyes. Too bad the Spartans weren't as
buff as Sparty down the stretch.
Sparty didn't have
a very enjoyable day. First, the straps on his costume broke. Then, Michigan
State went out and blew a 16-point lead to Nevada, collapsing in the final
five minutes to lose by six. While the Spartans limped to the showers, Sparty began the long process of taking off his
costume.
Michigan State was a No. 7 seed, so
its loss was a minor upset. But no one expected No. 16 seed Texas-San Antonio
to beat Stanford. Nonetheless, the Roadrunners had a small group of fans who
traveled a couple thousand miles even though they knew deep down their team
was going to get pounded.
"I'm here because of my brother
(guard Kurt Attaway), but it's also the chance of
being there when the No. 16 seed finally beats a No. 1 seed,'' Matt Attaway said from the stands. "I know it's never
happened; but one of these days, it's going to and you want to be there to see
it.''
He didn't see it Thursday. San Antonio
mounted a brief comeback midway through the second half to close the gap to
six points and bring the crowd to its feet, then missed almost every shot
after that and lost by 26.
San Antonio did, however, score the
game's first bucket to earn lifetime bragging rights.
"Yeah, we led the No. 1-ranked
team during the NCAA tournament.''
While Stanford, Gonzaga
and Alabama all advanced to the second round, the sweetest victory must have
belonged to Nevada coach Trent Johnson. A Seattle native, Johnson played in
Key Arena during Christmas tournaments when he was a high school student in
Seattle and the arena still was known as the Coliseum. He never played in the
state championship here, though.
"Now, did you have to ruin
everything and bring up that we got beat in the semi-finals?'' he said after
coaching the Wolfpack over Michigan State.
Asked what it meant to coach a team
to an NCAA tournament win in his hometown, Johnson replied, "All I know
is if we had lost, it would have been disappointing for the players and very
disappointing for me because I would have to go home and face my mother ...
I'm not a very emotional person, anyway, and I have to separate my personal
feelings about being here with friends and family. If the players see me
getting excited like that, they'll feed off it and we'll lose focus of what
we're here for.
"Whether
you're playing at home or away or with family and friends in the tournament,
you're just looking forward to the next game.''
He's right about that. This is the
NCAA tournament. The bracket connects us all so that we're at home everywhere,
whether we're wearing an afro on the court, a tree costume at courtside or
just watching from a couch in our homes.
Jim Caple
is a senior writer for ESPN.com
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MANHATTAN'S Gonzalez just one game
from moving on CBS Sportsline - USA ... There is a
difference, and it's about as subtle as the effect Hurricane Gonzalez has on a
room. Manhattan College is not located in Manhattan but the Bronx. ...
<http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/7189601>
Manhattan's Gonzalez just one game
from moving on March 19, 2004 By
Gregg Doyel SportsLine.com Senior Writer Tell Gregg
your opinion! RALEIGH, N.C.
-- Some things you can't prove but you know just the same, and this is one:
Bobby Gonzalez's last game at Manhattan will be Saturday at the RBC
Center.
This is not so much a declaration of
defeat for the 12th-seeded Jaspers -- although they surely will lose to
fourth-seeded Wake Forest because the Deacons, unlike Florida, are not only
talented but smart and tough as well.
Bobby Gonzalez has risen through the ranks to become head coach at
Manhattan. (AP) Rather, this is a
declaration of victory for Gonzalez, an ambitious man who entered the business
not to coach at Manhattan, but in Manhattan. There is a difference, and it's
about as subtle as the effect Hurricane Gonzalez has on a room. Manhattan
College is not located in Manhattan but the Bronx.
St. John's isn't located in
Manhattan, either, but the Queens-based school plays regularly at Madison
Square Garden. That is the kind of stage Gonzalez seeks, and anyone who bets
against him getting there just hasn't been paying attention.
Gonzalez won't discuss the coaching
vacancy at St. John's or anywhere else, and for good reason. His work is not
finished with the Jaspers, though the end is near. After Manhattan loses in
this NCAA Tournament, most likely Saturday in the second round of the East
Rutherford regional, Gonzalez will become the most courted coach on the
market.
St. John's would be foolish not to
speak with him, though the Red Storm's sights are set on Memphis' John Calipari. Georgetown has an opening. Miami could have one
soon. Same with Memphis, if Calipari
moves on. Gonzalez is going -- somewhere.
He has been at Manhattan five years,
which is more than Manhattan could have expected. When he got started in
coaching, Gonzalez worked for two AAU programs, two high schools and two small
colleges, all in New York -- all in six years.
His break came in 1993, when Skip
Prosser -- now at Wake Forest, of all things -- left Pete Gillen's Xavier
staff for a head-coaching job. Gillen hired Gonzalez, and over the next six
years, Gonzalez worked at four Division I schools -- with Gillen at Xavier,
Providence and Virginia, and then in 1999 taking over at Manhattan.
Gonzalez, who graduated from Buffalo
State College in 1986 with a degree in communications, talks as fast as he
relocates. It is one reason he has become among the most feared recruiters in
college basketball. In six years as Gillen's No. 1 recruiter, Gillen's classes
ranked among the top 15 nationally five times. Since Gonzalez left Virginia,
Gillen's recruiting has taken a noticeable dip.
"He's a fast talker,"
Manhattan senior forward Dave Holmes says with affection. "He knows how
to get you here."
Manhattan had never had a recruiting
class ranked among the top 50 nationally until Gonzalez arrived. His second
class was ranked No. 32, and he has had at least one player make the MAAC
all-rookie team four times in five seasons.
Gonzalez recruits ferociously in
part because he is welcome in all three camps of basketball's sneaker war. He
is aligned with Adidas from his time with the New York Gauchos' club, Nike
from his time with Riverside Church's club, and Reebok because of his
relationship with new Reebok overlord Sonny Vaccaro.
It was Vaccaro who first hooked up Gonzalez with
Gillen.
Gonzalez's most important recruit at
Manhattan was 2000 transfer Luis Flores, who averaged 3.9 points in 10.5
minutes as a Rutgers freshman but has scored more than 2,000 points for
Gonzalez. Flores is a senior, another sign Gonzalez isn't coming back.
When athletic directors look for
their next basketball coach, they don't hire one so much as they hire a resumé. That's the way it was for Jerry Wainwright, a
respected coach at UNC-Wilmington who needed eight seasons, and star guard
Brett Blizzard, to get a job at Richmond. That's the way it was for Dennis
Felton, a respected coach at Western Kentucky who needed five years, and star
center Chris Marcus, to get a job at Georgia. Both left at the same time as
their best player.
Gonzalez will do the same. In five
seasons at Manhattan he has won 12, 14, 20, 23 and now 25 games, taking the
Jaspers to consecutive NCAA Tournaments for the first time. After Manhattan's
75-60 victory Thursday against the fifth-seeded Gators, Gonzalez was called by
hizzoner himself, former New York mayor Rudy
Giuliani.
But coaching success is fickle,
especially at a starter job like Manhattan -- even for a recruiter like
Gonzalez. Let one player get hurt, another get ineligible, and your 25-5 team
slips to 16-14. New York loves a winner, but it loathes anything less.
"That's just the way it is in
New York," Gonzalez says. "You can't take the pat on the back too
seriously because the kick in the butt is right around the corner in New
York."
When he leaves in the coming weeks,
Gonzalez will stay a step ahead of that kick in the butt. He always has.
49-----
From: Menchise,
Louis (1987)
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:52 PM
Subject: My email address
Please forward all mailings to <privacy
invoked> instead
of <privacy invoked>. Thanks for
the well-wishes when I was in Iraq. I was
discharged on January 8, 2004.
God bless.
Louis Menchise
'87B
[JR: Great news. I have officially
removed you from the "harm's way" prayer list. And, we all rejoice
in your safe return. Well done. ]
From: Dennis J Chin
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:04 PM
To: **jake.holmquist@manhattan.edu
Cc: **stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu; **joe.dillon@manhattan.edu;
**james.heisey@manhattan.edu
Subject: FW: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Hi Jake, your name was passed on to
me by Stephen De Salvo as the person to answer my questions about the new
Alumni email account. Stephen sent my concerns to you about 3 weeks ago and I
am following up with this matter. See the attached email for my questions and
or concerns.
Can you help me out here? Thanks.
Dennis Chin, Jasper Class of 1973
PS: John, I have put you on CC so
that you can pass on the answers to these practical and useful email concerns
to your MANHATTAN ALUMNI READERS in your weekly NEWSLETTER. I am sure they
would like to know under what circumstances or restrictions (attachment size
limitation ...etc.) these new email accounts can or should be used under.
It is just a shame that I have to
personally reach into the Manhattan College Organization to get these answers
after graduating from the college 31 years ago!
[JR: Hey, I am glad you are taking
the point. I am losing my will to fight with the College about this stuff. I
don't think they realize how they hurt theor image
with this stuff. ]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Stephen DeSalvo
[mailto:stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 6:36 AM
To: 'Dennis J Chin'
Cc: jake.holmquist@manhattan.edu
Subject: RE: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Dennis,
I will forward your questions to our
IT office, they should be able to answer them better then I.
Stephen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stephen J. DeSalvo
Alumni Relations Officer
Manhattan College
Manhattan College Parkway
Riverdale, Bronx, NY 10471-4098
P: (718) 862-7454
F: (718) 862-8013
====================
From: Dennis J Chin
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:37 PM
To: **stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu
Subject: RE: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Stephen, here is another problem
that I discovered with the new @alum.manhattan.edu account. When you compose a
new email and try to attach a file; the new email gets cancelled when trying
to attach a file. Or in other words you cannot attach a file without the email
you are trying to compose getting cancelled by the email client. I think it
has something to do with the attachment file size.
What is this email account's
capacity in MBs? What is the largest file that can
be attached to a new email? What is the largest attachment in an incoming
email that can be forwarded via this account?
Thanks for your help and I look
forward to your response in this matter.
Dennis Chin, Jasper Class of 73
======================
From: Dennis J Chin
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:37 AM
To: **jake.holmquist@manhattan.edu
Cc: **james.heisey@manhattan.edu; **joe.dillon@manhattan.edu; **stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu
Subject: RE2: MANHATTAN ALUMNI EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Hi Jake, thanks for getting back to
me in such a timely manner. Your assessment of the current program and future
direction is greatly appreciated and more than responsive to the questions I
had.
I am sure that other Jasper Alumni
will appreciate your clarification when John includes this information in his
newsletter.
Once again thanks for your prompt,
direct response to my concerns and or questions.
Dennis Chin, Jasper Class of 73
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Jake Holmquist
[mailto:jake.holmquist@manhattan.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:28 AM
To: 'Dennis J Chin'
Cc: stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu; joe.dillon@manhattan.edu; james.heisey@manhattan.edu
Subject: RE: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Dennis,
First, let me apologize for the
inter-department communication break down.
I had marked this follow-up as completed, when in fact it clearly has
not been resolved since I have not answered all of your questions. I have read your original email message and
the problems you experienced were most likely due to attachment size
limitations. The answer to the question
of “what is the attachment limit?” is not straight forward.
A little background information as
is my understanding (Stephen or Joe may be able to fill in the holes or
correct me): Computer Services was
informed that Harris (a 3rd party provider) had “turned off” access to the
alumni email system by our Alumni department.
Collaborating with our Alumni department, we were able to quickly
deploy a working email system preloaded with data provided from Harris to
forward all incoming email addressed to existing “@alum.manhattan.edu” email
addresses to the alternate address provided for each account. Our intention was to implement a system on
existing hardware to quickly restore the flow of messages for “@alum”
accounts. The hardware that the system
resides on should be a temporary solution until we are able to obtain a more
powerful server which would support all of the features we would like to
deploy, such as ample disk quotas (for storing email messages), SPAM and virus
filtering, etc.
With that said, here are the
current restrictions on attachment size (which will most likely increase when
the appropriate server is deployed):
Sending email
Via webmail
– < 2MB
Via any SMTP client – 5MB
Receiving email
Via any client – 5MB
These values have been tweaked
recently to conform to the limits of the current server. In general, we will be able to increase all
values in the future, except sending via webmail. Disk quotas are currently being implemented
and will be 10MB per account, which may or may not be increased in the future
– Joe or Stephen would have more info here.
Please feel free to
contact me if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Jake Holmquist
Jasper Class of 2001
______________________________
Jake Holmquist
Associate Director Computer Services
Network Administrator
Manhattan College
jake.holmquist@manhattan.edu
v. 718-862-7449
f. 718-862-8024
==================================
From: Jasper John '68
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:41 AM
To: 'Jake Holmquist'
Cc: stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu; joe.dillon@manhattan.edu;
james.heisey@manhattan.edu; 'Dennis J Chin'; Walter F. Matystik;
Bautz, Bill
Subject: RE: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Hi Jake, (You get the worst job in
this particular circus. And everyone connected with computers in any way knows
what that means.) Not wanting to throw gasoline on any particular smoldering
embers (and boy! would I like to JoanofArc
somebody!!), but I would suggest one lingering concern. The bootstrap method
of initiating this "rescue project" left a lot of open mail boxes
sitting out there in cyberspace. I am concerned that an existing mailbox is,
or can be, hijacked by a ne'er-do-well. A lot of people have the supposedly
secret password to open an alum's mailbox. This risk
is not time-delimited since anyone may have the initiation email captured
during its transit through the net. It is especially bad since an alum might not even be aware that it was intended for
them (e.g., I don't use the address it was forwarded to. The initiation email
was sent and bounced or bitbucketed. Now, I have a
live mailbox, on the net, with unlimited capability, and I don't even know to
take control of it.). Suggestions: (1) if the mailbox has not been visited
since this fiasco started, suspend it. (2) review the
password attempts on the mailbox / amount (traffic volume, zero and huge are
bad) - number (frequency of use -- daily is bad? clockwork regularity is bad?)
- size (porn) of messages sent from the mailbox, if
someone isn't doing it already. and (3) include in
the mailings from the College to alums a "how to enliven your new
"lifetime" (Sarcasm intended) email service. Probably other stuff if
I gave it more thought. BUT, if Manhattan College winds up on the BlackHole list of spammers, then everyone can guess what
caused it. Oh well, I have my own set of circus parades to tend to, Good luck,
John'64
[JR: The saga continues. My advice to the readership. (1) Take control of your email
box ASAP! Prevent spam. Eliminiate any chance of identitity theft. (2) Take "lifetime" with a grain
of salt. (3) Don't give the address to anyone whose email is really important
to you. (4) Try an get a wager down with someone about "who's lifetime". And, don't gripe to me, I have no
power to make anyone do anything. Jasper Chin gets my personal Don Quixote
award for service to the Jasper Community.]
[JR: P.S., Please reserve your
complaints for other than Jake, who I consider a "white hat" in the
ongoing fiasco. I'll award the "black hats' at our year end awards
ceremony. http://www.Buy your tickets now,com .
(Commonnow, don't click on anything that looks like
a link. Ditto for attachments, except mine.) ]
From: Dennis J Chin
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 6:53 PM
To: **stephen.desalvo@manhattan.edu
Cc: **joe.dillon@manhattan.edu; **john reinke
Subject: FW: MANHATTAN ALUMNI LIFETIME EMAIL ACOUNT!!
Stephen, this is the THIRD time I am
writing to you about the concerns I had about the new Alumni Manhattan Email
accounts. These concerns are in the attached email that I sent to you almost
THREE weeks ago. The questions are of a practical nature to understand the
operational limitations of these new email accounts; in addition to some "bugs"
I discovered.
Stephen, I realize you are busy; but
being busy is not a license to be NON-RESPONSIVE to requests from an Alumni, like myself.
Please send me the name of the
person that I need to talk to in order to get an answer to the questions that I
had. Since you don't seem to have the time in your busy schedule to follow-up
on this matter; I will do it myself.
Please send me the persons name, telephone number and email address. I will
call this person as soon as I have his/her phone number. I guess the saying is
still true that if you want something done you have to do it yourself.
Stephen, I gave you ample time and
my patience to be responsive; so I guess you should not surprised by the tone
of this letter!
I look forward (sooner and not
later) to the requested name and phone number.
Thanks for your help and may God
SPEED your reply.
Dennis Chin, Jasper Class of 1973
[JR: I separated this out,
inadvertently, because I am glad to see someone else get royally annoyed at
rude behavior. Go get 'em tiger. I thought I was the
only one that really got the old blood boiling with these people (i.e.,
unresponsive). ]
From: William T. Gildea
(1962)
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Read: New Email address
I only received the link on both email1
and this email2. Still not getting the full Jottings in
email. But, I was able to go up and read it.
Happy St. Pat's Day!
Bill
[JR: Bill, I have no clue what is wrong. According to my side of the world
everything left here and ran "hot straight and normal" to you. DO
you have any techsupport on your side that you can
consult with? ]
==>
> From: "Jasper John
'68"
> Date: 2004/03/17 Wed AM 08:22:55 EST
> To: William T. Gildea (1962)
> Subject: FW: Read: New Email address
>
> Bill, Did it work this week? I didn't get any "bounces" from
your
> address. John'68
>
> > -----Original
Message-----
> > From: William T. Gildea (1962)
> > Sent: Tuesday, March
16, 2004 11:38 PM
> > To: Jasper John '68
@ Jasper Jottings.com
> > Subject: Read: New Email
address
> >
> > This is a receipt for the mail you sent to
> > <William T. Gildea (1962) > at
3/12/2004 6:18 AM
> >
> > This receipt verifies that the message has been displayed on the
> > recipient's computer at 3/16/2004 11:38 PM
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper
Jottings.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:05 AM
To: 'Liz Velasquez'
Subject: RE: REINKE asks FW: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered
Thanks much. Wanna
join the "editorial board" and get to see the pig made out of sausage?
;-)
==
From: Liz Velasquez
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:25 AM
Subject: RE: REINKE asks FW: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered
John I will help you in any way I
can. Just let me know how.
Liz Velasquez '98
Researcher
Manhattan College
[JR: Liz has joined Mike on the
"editorial board". (until the process turns
her tummy.) Anyone else? ]
From: Erin McGrath '92
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:35 AM
To: reporter@jasperjottings.com
Subject: Lisa Muccilo '92 Library Fund - donations
Hi John.
If anyone would like to make a
donation to the library project honoring Lisa, they can make their checks
payable to:
'Friends of Lisa Muccilo
'92 Fund'
They can send their donations to
Manhattan College
Office of Planned Giving
Manhattan College Parkway
Riverdale, NY 10471-9975
They can also make a donation via
credit card. If they would like to do this, I suggest they contact Mary Ellen
Malone, Director of Planned Giving, at 718 862-7976 for assistance.
Thank you for your help in getting
the word out there.
To date our mailing has brought in
$7800.00 (about 31% of our goal). We are grateful for everyone's support.
Fondly,
Erin McGrath '92
PS I welcome any suggestions you
have in making the project a success. Thanks!
[JR: Anything for a gal with a screen
name of "wiggles". I bet you are setting hearts a flutter all over
Jasper-dom. May even cause a couple of Obits among
the fat old alums reading this. Seriously, I urge all my fellow skinflints to
let the moths out and help. I will give each and every donor a free year added
on to their Jasper jottings subscription and a picture. (See Erin they think
it'll be a picture of you, but I'll send them a picture of me. And, they'll be
to embarrassed to cry bait'n'swich.)
Just like PBS, gotta give 'em
something. ]
From: Liz Velasquez
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: REINKE asks FW: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered
That is the old email address of
Sandra Sapone in the Athletics Department here on
campus. Her current email address is <privacy invoked>
Not sure when she married, but our
directory now lists her as Sandra Sapone-Taylor. She
received a BA in 1993 and than an MS in 1995.
Liz Velasquez '98
Researcher
Manhattan College
-----Original Message-----
From: Jasper John '68
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:34 PM
To: Liz Velasquez
Subject: REINKE asks FW: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered
Liz, Can you tell me anything about this
subscriber? Thanks, John
From: Guzman, Dexon
B.
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:06 AM
To: recruiter@jasperjottings.com
Subject: Another Jasper
Please sign me up to receive
Jottings and include me in your Jasperroster.
Thanks
Dexon Guzman
Manager, Business Development, Network Centric Warfare
Systems Development and Technology (SD&T)
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
=
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:05 AM
To: Guzman, Dexon
B.
Subject: FW: Another Jasper
Jasper Guzman, Just out of
curiosity, how did you find out about it. (Joke alert!) I have to know who to blame! And, who can't
be trusted with "secrets". No, seriously. Whenever I send out
invitation, I am tracking them now. I am not the world's greatest clerk. But,
when I went to add you I didn't see your name in the invitation database. Now
this "club" is as exclusive as rainfall, any Jasper is welcome. But,
with a near zero budget, it interests me how people hear about it. Thanks for
the answer if you have time and are willing to rat out your friends. Just kidding. I think I am funniest in the morning. Even sent a joke, (rejected), to Jay Leno. John'68
=
From: Guzman, Dexon
B.
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: Another Jasper
I found out thru another
alumni - Jim Cox.
Dex Guzman
[JR: Ahhah,
Detective Defective, we have identified the culprit. Sentence him to read
Jottings for another forty years. No good deed goes unpunished. Seriously,
thanks for the info. Jasper Cox , thanks for
recruiting another reader.]
From: R Maddia
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:26 AM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 14 Mar 2004
I am definitely interested in
receiving updates.
Pls add me to your list.
Rick Maddia 1981
Also add my father
Bernie Maddia 1952
=
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper
Jottings.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:05 AM
To: r maddia
Cc: Bernie maddia
Subject: FW: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 14 Mar 2004
Glad to have you both. John'68
[JR: In the last message, I have
Jaspers ratting out their friends. Now I have children turning in their
parents. What's next? ]
From: George Ello
(1978)
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: This issue is at: jasperjottings20040314.htm
John
I was very sorry to read the
obituary of Ralph Lombardi. I graduated with Ralph in 1978 from the EE
curriculum. We'd lost contact over the years. Also, the obit was incorrect;
Ralph was 47 years old.
Thanks for allowing the info update.
GE
[JR: I know how you feel. I had a
high school classmate, a best friend, who died and I didn't find out about it
until much later. Long story but still to this day disturbs me.]
[JR: This is a Jasper Jottings'
Official Order. There will be no cutting in line. We expect all Jaspers to
observe the line to die. No cutting in front to go out of turn. Only the
oldest Jasper will be allowed to die, when he or she is darned good and ready.
Not a minute before. And, of course, his Maker must concur. There is no early
dismissal permitted. It upsets the CIC. All those,
who cut in front and die ahead of an older Jasper,
will have their Jasper Jottings subscription terminated and will have to apply
to the editorial board for reinstatement.]
[JR: There that should do it and
prevent the problem in the future.]
[JR: Seriously, I do find it
upsetting when people die before their time. It just seems harder to make new
friends. Sigh. Any way, I hope I made you chuckle with my lame humor. Or, at
least didn't offend you. I am glad you gave the obit what I call context. ]
From: Robert W. (1960) Burns
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: my opinion
Manhattan was an institution that I could afford. When I first
considered it the tuition was $12 per credit with a cap at 180 or $200. Upon
graduation I took a job teaching in a public school system at a fairly low
salary. I thought of my job as my mission. Marriage and four children made it difficult
financially. My wife never earned a salary because we thought it more
important to have someone at home to oversee our children. Things worked out
well and our children prospered. I always felt guilty when the college appealed
for help and I had nothing to give. Education for four (two at Cornell) was a
struggle for us. Your ideas seem too simplistic to work but I am glad to hear
your opinions. I have read that some decline to receive your work because they
disavow your ideas. Keep plugging away because your ideas make me think. Not
just an apologia for my opinions but as the basis for critical thought.
Thanks.
Bob Burns
=
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper
Jottings.com
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:16 PM
To: Robert W. (1960) Burns
Subject: RE: my opinion
Bob,
> Manhattan was an institution
that I could afford.
I know that feeling and I am sure my
Mom took a deep breath and sighed with relief when I chose MC rather than
Notre Dame or one of the California schools I was accepted to.
> When I first considered it the
tuition was $12 per credit with a cap at 180 or $200.
I figured the tuition when I did FDU.
It was only possible because of Veterans Benefits, AT&T's tuition refund,
and the tax deduction. One of the reasons I eschewed Law School was the lack
of all three. Sigh. But one has to make choices. Tough ones.
But, in the end, I believe that the Law of Karma compensates one.
> upon
graduation I took a job teaching in a public school system at a fairly low
salary.
My cousin's husband made similar
choices.
> I thought of my job as my
mission. Marriage and four children made it difficult
> financially.
But on the positive side, look at
what you "received"
>My wife never earned a salary
because we thought it more important to have
>someone at home
to oversee our children. Things worked out well and our children
>prospered.
As a "doctor laura" fan, I absolutely think that you made the
right choice. They are your legacy.
> I always felt guilty when the
college appealed for help and I had nothing to
> give. Education for four (two at Cornell) was a struggle for us.
But money is NOT the only thing one
can give. Time, skills, insight, and "networking" are all things
that can be done for the College, your fellow alums, and future students.
Everyone makes their contributions in their own special way.
> Your ideas seem too simplistic
to work but I am glad to hear your opinions.
Well, the current set
of complicated solutions are working so well, I guess we shouldn't try
any of the simple ones. :-)
> I have read that some decline
to receive your work because they disavow your ideas.
Yup, I have at least six, who
declared their desire to stick their fingers in their ears, as they left. I
don't know how many just left without the final salvo. I don't think many.
> Keep plugging away because your
ideas make me think. Not just an apologea for my
> opinions but as the basis for critical thought.
Just like Plato's Cave. Which is just the effect I was trying to create.
>Thanks.
>Bob Burns
Your most welcome,
John
[JR: That was probably a hard email
to write. Whenever we look back over time, I think we always see what could
have been better. I know I do. But, IMHO, one has to use that as energy to do
better in the future. I think Bob has made tremendous contributions, to
others. And to the College, by reflecting well on what MC tries to produce --
good people. I do think that we can despair too easily. It must be hard-wired
in our circuitry. It's not all about who makes the biggest contribution of
dollars and gets their name higher towards the top of the list. (Although, I
know at least one competitive Jasper, who I love to give enough more than he does just to get my name
higher on the list than him 'cause it bugs the living … … … Yes Saint Peter,
five years extra for being so venial a sinner. Yes, I understand, yes, I'm
sorry, And yes, I am truly contrite for teasing the Biznez guys, And, the old jaspers, and the fat ones, and
the old fat ones. Does it have to be quite so dark and lonely here in
Purgatory? Oh this isn't purgatory. I didn't tease him that much. And what's
five extra years added on to eternity.) It's about doing your best.]
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:12:03 EDT
Subject: Additional Name for Your Mailing List
To: reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
Hello John,
An addition alum that would likely be
interested in being added to your mailing list is George McCorkell
'69. His email address is <privacy
invoked>
Best,
Mike Zino '69
=
From: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:34 PM
To: Mike Zino '69
Subject: FW: Mail Delivery Problem
Mike, Can you help me reconnect
George to Jottings? See no good deed goes unpunished! John'68
-----Original Message-----
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:22 AM
To: Jasper John '68 @ Jasper Jottings.com
Subject: Mail Delivery Problem
Your mail to the following
recipients could not be delivered because they are not accepting mail from
reinke@att.net:
George
McCorkell '69
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FINAL WORDS THIS WEEK
http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance8.html
=== <begin quote> ===
The extent of the U.S. global empire
is almost incalculable. The latest "Base Structure Report" of the
Department of Defense states that the Department's physical assets consist of
"more than 600,000 individual buildings and structures, at more than
6,000 locations, on more than 30 million acres." The exact number of
locations is then given as 6,702 - divided into large installations (115),
medium installations (115), and small installations/locations (6,472). This
classification can be deceiving, however, because installations are only
classified as small if they have a Plant Replacement Value (PRV) of less than
$800 million.
Although most of these locations are
in the continental United States, 96 of them are in U.S. territories around
the globe, and 702 of them are in foreign countries. But as Chalmers Johnson
has documented, the figure of 702 foreign military installations is too low,
for it does not include installations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, and Uzbekistan. Johnson estimates that an honest count
would be closer to 1,000.
=== <end quote> ===
Doesn't anyone think that this is
excessive? Having troops in 135 countries is 135 countries too many and
<tongue in cheek alert> somewhat departs from George Washington's
concept of no entangling alliances. Does Switzerland stay neutral and safe
because: it minds it's own business, has automatic
weapons in every citizen's home, and / or keeps its troops with its borders?
We could learn a lesson about this from this and for this very reason. Bring
the troops home NOW!
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
-30-
GBu. GBA.