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Word Association
When that friend of yours who doesn't really follow GW basketball too closely is asked what's the first thing they think of when they hear GW Basketball, what do you thing they would say:
A) Red Auerbach
B) Joe Holup
C) The Tallent Brothers
D) Mike Brown
E) Mike Jarvis
F) Yinka Dare
G) Sweet 16/Almost beat Michigan
H) Richie Parker
I) Shawnta Rogers
J) Chris Monroe
K) SirValient Brown
L) Karl Hobbs
M) Pops Mensah-Bonsu
N) 2005-06 Season/16-0/26-1/27-3
O) Fraudulent Prep School Recruiting
P) The Core 4 (Joe, Kethan, Pato, KevLar)
Q) Zeke and Creek
R) Mike Lonergan
S) NIT Championship
T) Tyler Cavanaugh
U) Yuta Watanabe
V) Jamion Christian
W) Other (please specify)
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W) --- either "Colonels" or "Man, those teams with Pat Ewing were really something!". And that applies for GW in general, not just GW hoops.
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Have had this conversation many times. It’s F by a landslide.
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I can see we're all of a like mind.
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For my age group N, specifically the Charlotte game
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Its all about the NBA, the pinnacle of the basketball world. If the friend I ask is of my age, the answer would have to be Red. It is is young (20 something) friend, I would say Yuta. A 40 something may go Yinka. The others seem to fall more under the "15 minutes of fame (or infamy)" category.
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F. Yinka, all these years later, is what people know.
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W) Leemire Goldwire
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Randy Click singlehanded changing college basket as we know it.
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Interestingly, I conducted a small poll among some friends who are college basketball fans but not GW fans per se. Each person answered the question with Yinka. It's amazing how much name recognition Yinka enjoyed. And, he only played at GW for two seasons.
Very surprisingly, nobody either here or among who I asked went with Shawnta. I would have thought that he was as synonymous with GW basketball as anyone or anything.
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