Sad.... have great memories of him with A's and then Yanks. RIP

Bluebeard said:

2013 Section 1 AA Championship NY I watched this live on MSG and found this on YouTube. I just watched the 31 minutes of this games last 4 minutes. If you never saw this, watch this even if you fast forward to the end. I was perhaps the greatest ending to a basketball gave ever filmed. Mount Vernon up by 10 with less than 4 minutes. The last shot can't be described.

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I think a replay would have nullified that amazing last shot. I stopped the video as the clock hit 0.0 and it looked like the ball hadn't left the shooter's hand.

An absolute freak.

RIP

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chickenbox said:

So who was the transgender player on the hall's men's basketball team last season that prompted almost everyone to transfer?

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that was NIL transitioning into a straight pay for play model.

Bluebeard said:

2013 Section 1 AA Championship NY I watched this live on MSG and found this on YouTube. I just watched the 31 minutes of this games last 4 minutes. If you never saw this, watch this even if you fast forward to the end. I was perhaps the greatest ending to a basketball gave ever filmed. Mount Vernon up by 10 with less than 4 minutes. The last shot can't be described.

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you know you can link it from youtube

nutterforthree said:

I would really love to know how another program with more money didn't snatch these two. Lee especially.

Makes you wonder if we tried to get him because both those guys would be by far our best players after Coleman

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Because Princeton does have money and they can sell they’ll make sure they’re taken care of well after school with a Princeton degree

He was the best base stealer and the best leadoff man in baseball history. Sheer greatness.RIP

nutterforthree said:

I would really love to know how another program with more money didn't snatch these two. Lee especially.

Makes you wonder if we tried to get him because both those guys would be by far our best players after Coleman

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Out of HS, no one wanted them. Princeton was the only school to offer Lee while Pierce had a few other low-level offers. Credit to Mitch Henderson for finding them and developing them.

How he's kept them there is certainly a great question. Jerry wrote about it in the Spring (link below). Out of 22 "mid-major" Players of the Year, none returned to their school except for Pierce. He's the team leader and very close to Lee. Lee turned down NBA 2-way contract offers to return in an effort to improve his NBA stock.

Seems they both realize they are in great and unique situations with Henderson at Princeton and don't want to jeopardize future careers for a quick payday. Princeton has had a couple of guys in the NBA recently so they know it can be done.

Lee is tremendous. Gets a bit reckless but the team relies on him so much... What happens with a good PG.

You put him on our team and we're likely at least 9-3 instead of 5-7.

That was my first time watching Lee play. I only caught the final 7 minutes. I know he had a great stat line at that point, but when it mattered most he had some very bad turnovers that nearly handed RU the game

Hall Berry said:

A dynamic baseball player. Harkens me back to a time when baseball was more fun. I agree dehere23. Greatest leadoff hitter of all time. But I really wonder though if he would be valued the same way because metrics has essentially taken the steal out of the game. Would still be a great player today but with probably 40-50 steals a year. RIP Rickey.

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Steals are actually very much back in and being valued more and on the way up..plus he’s a 400 on base and career 800+ OPS with two seasons over 1000 in his prime

He’d be a big time player now…he also almost never struck out..his power is a little low by todays standards but I bet in todays game he’d have 8-10 more HR a year..however SO might also increase

Piratz said:

Tremendous player. Electric is right. Personality too. Talking in the third person cracked me up.

Played in a time when baseball was way more interesting and dynamic, IMO.

RIP.

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He was a better Mickey Rivers with power. His interviews were almost as much fun as watching him play.

stipe65 said:

If he ever gave Middleton a half decent run maybe we could add to that list. He’s a sophomore and can shoot it, which is much more than you can say for most of them.
Like many others here have said, play the sophomores and freshman (and Jenkins), the rest are filler.

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Middleton is such an athletic and twitchy player he needs to watch the fouls. He's rung up 7 in just 36 minutes the past two games. He also had 5 assists (to 2 turnovers). He makes things happen. Have him play a stretch-4 type and spread the floor with him and Jenkins on opposite sides then you have more room and angles for Coleman or Dual. Start to pass the ball out off drives and make defenders choose to collapse on the driver or defend the pass.

It's not that complicated.

Great game. Probably the most juiced The Rock will be this year.🙄

Tremendous player. Electric is right. Personality too. Talking in the third person cracked me up.

Played in a time when baseball was way more interesting and dynamic, IMO.

RIP.

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nutterforthree said:

I would really love to know how another program with more money didn't snatch these two. Lee especially.

Makes you wonder if we tried to get him because both those guys would be by far our best players after Coleman

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Lee is canadian american with south korean heritage and princeton was a catered choice

Pierce is from the midwest and had loyola md as another significant offer

Bud Boomer said:

I’ve been beating the Xaivian Lee drum for two years now. The kid is awesome. Caden Pierce too. The two best players in NJ after Dylan Harper. Xaivian is a pro.

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I would really love to know how another program with more money didn't snatch these two. Lee especially.

Makes you wonder if we tried to get him because both those guys would be by far our best players after Coleman

PJVegas said:

Their board is complaining about playing Princeton. 😵‍💫 Guess they think they should only be playing with the KUs, NCs & Dukie Vs of the world since they’re so BIG. Oh wait, Kenneslawee (sp) is a better fit with their vaunted b-ball history.
😂😂😂😂

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That’s all message boards. Remember the big debate over the summer about playing Hofstra away or at a neutral site 5 minutes from their campus.

dehere23 said:

I think Rutgers "dream season" was a message board creation. I don't think anyone objective thought with that roster this was a team that was going to contend for titles. I think folks thought they'd be a NCAA team, which is very much in play, and that the two freshman would be really good, which they are. Having those kids is still a massive boon to that program.

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Pre-season AP Top 25 team

Ladies win!!
SH/BE team record? Only 3, count them 3, SH players scored in the win. Yikes!

Gohall129 said:

In defense of the BOR: they were likely forced by the diocese into this hire due to the ynfolding circumstances that led to the job opening

That being said the BOR needs new blood as we hit our 3rd major headline in the last few years for all the wrong reasons

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Ah, the diocese, the very entity who would have been complicit in, and guilty of, taking a blind eye to the sexual abuse. Now I get it.

lol

Look, I’m a twice graduate of Seton Hall, but after the Spotlight investigation, and results, I’ve dis-associated myself with the Catholic Church.

I still support my “Alma mater” sports teams, but am no longer tied to the school otherwise.

The Catholic Church, to me, committed a crime that is unforgivable. And as an attendee of Catholic schools from kindergarten thru college, that is reprehensible.