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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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RIP: John Thompson
The former Georgetown coach passed away at the age of 78.
Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr. dies at age 78
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08-31-2020, 09:04 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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Damnit!
Another voice I would love to hear from on today's issues. RIP Big John 
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08-31-2020, 09:07 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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RIP, coach.
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08-31-2020, 10:05 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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how sad, RIP
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08-31-2020, 11:39 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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I missed the heyday of the Big East as a student/fan, graduating from Syracuse in '00. Thompson was still around towards the end of the 90s but the Syracuse/Georgetown rivalry had died down. I remember those teams and coaches going at it in the 80s though.
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08-31-2020, 12:06 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I lived in DC from '84-'90. Given the age I was then and how Thompson was presented by the media, etc. he is one of those guys who will always be legendary in my mind, larger than life so to speak.
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08-31-2020, 12:11 PM
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lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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My college girlfriend, a semi sports fan, would always end the cheer with "Beat Georgetown" no matter who we (Syracuse) were playing, in any sport. That's how it ought to be.
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08-31-2020, 12:23 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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One my first college basketball games, likely in the late 80s / early 90s was Pitt-Georgetown game. It was such a big game they moved it to the Civic Area which had a capacity of 16,000 from the on campus location which only fit 6,600. That was all because of how big John Thompson made Georgetown.
As an opponent fan the Georgetown press was just so frustrating because that big run was always lurking.
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08-31-2020, 08:36 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Houston, TX
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I'm sure everybody romanticizes the sports eras of their youth but as a baskeball-mad kid in junior high, coaches in the late-80s Big East all seem larger than life in my memory - Thompson, Boeheim, Massimino, Calhoun, P.J. Carlesimo, Lou Carnesecca. Even the second-tier guys from that time like Rick Barnes and Jim O'Brien are well-known.
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