X and 1000 points.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

If my math is correct, he only needs to average 14.3 points in the last 10 games to reach 1000...pretty amazing for a two year career.

Rhodymob05 · Unread post by **Rhodymob05** » 10 years ago

Pretty amazing he was a juco

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I'm always happy we have X.
He's a guy many of us will always remember, as a
cornerstone on Hurley's first teams.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 10 years ago

Will go down as the first (of hopefully many) recruiting coup's during the Hurley era.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Rhodymob05 wrote:Pretty amazing he was a juco

Maybe if he had had a better high school coach, he wouldn't have been.

Go get 'em, X!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

I remember Dan saying that X was 8th man on the St. Ben's team. That must have been quite a team!

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I remember Dan saying that X was 8th man on the St. Ben's team. That must have been quite a team!

That I can think of- Biruta, Munford, Kabongo, Sidiki Johnson, Poole, Aaron Brown

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Wasn't this X's senior year? They list 8 players, and he isn't one of them.

http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/st ... roster.htm

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Aaron Brown
SF Sr. 6-4 185

Blaise Mbargorba
P Jr. 7-0 215

Myck Kabongo
G Jr. 6-2 170

Sidiki Johnson
F Jr. 6-8 220

Tavon Sledge
G Jr. 5-9 155
00
John Paul Kambola
P Sr. 6-10 235
30
Gilvydas Biruta
P Sr. 6-8 225
32
Mike Poole
W Sr. 6-6 195

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

That's not the complete roster. Don't know why, but it isn't.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

This is the '08='09 team.

00
John Paul Kambola
Jr. 6-10 235
1
Andris Misters
So. 6-4 165
4
Tavon Sledge
So. 5-9 155
5
Steve Frankoski

11
Tamir Jackson
SG Sr. 6-3 180
13
Tristan Thompson
Jr. 6-9 215
14
Xavier Munford
Jr. 6-2 160
15
Lamar Patterson
SF Sr. 6-5 220
22
Aaron Brown
Jr. 6-4 180
24
Myck Kabongo
So. 6-1 155
25
Edwin Owino

30
Gilvydas Biruta
Jr. 6-8 225
32
Mike Poole
Jr. 6-6 195
55
Blaise Mbargorba
So. 7-0 215

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Oh, Tristan.

I was watching Patterson play earlier today for Pitt.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 10 years ago

This is definitely GBG's favorite thread...

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

It is remarkable that he's got a very real chance of getting 1000 pts in just two years of D1 hoop.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Back when, 1,000 points was a benchmark.
Players didn't play as freshmen. No 3 point rule to pad stats.
Schools played a standard 26 game schedule.
And yet, Pete Maravich scored 3,667 points in
3 years with no 3 point rule. If he had a 3 point rule, he'd have averaged 57 points a game!
But, I digress. I hope X gets to 1,000 so he'll be part of the 1,000 point
club and he'll live on in the book of URI scorers.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Back when, 1,000 points was a benchmark.
Players didn't play as freshmen. No 3 point rule to pad stats.
Schools played a standard 26 game schedule.
And yet, Pete Maravich scored 3,667 points in
3 years with no 3 point rule. If he had a 3 point rule, he'd have averaged 57 points a game!
But, I digress. I hope X gets to 1,000 so he'll be part of the 1,000 point
club and he'll live on in the book of URI scorers.

It must be noted that Maravich's coach at LSU was his dad and Pete shot on almost every possession. But Pete was also a great player, and possibly the most fun to watch of any player I've seen.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Nobody ever heard of LSU basketball, except for Bob Pettit.
Pete shot 44%, which considering some of the shots he took, was
pretty good. He also averaged 6.5 rebounds a game and 5.1 assists a game,
so he did other things besides scoring.
In the NBA, he scored a ton of points, but his passing was other worldly at times.
The only time he played with a 3 point line was his final year in the NBA. What did he do?
66.7% from 3!!!!
I remember a game against Kentucky, where Dan Issell scored 51 points and another KY player
scored 43. Nobody remembers those incredible feats, because Maravich
scored 68 points.
He didn't have much help at LSU, and what he did, despite every team being
able to double and triple team him, was remarkable.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

I know this doesn't belong here, but had to share with the youngsters who never saw him play.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 10 years ago

X is a joy to watch......he will be missed.....

On Pistol Pete......my friends and I all stretched out our socks to emulate him....he was one of my sports idols....

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Thank you for posting that, Billyboy!
It just reinforces my memories of The Pistol.
Just magical!
He scored those 68 points in MSG against
Walt Frazier, widely regarded as the best defensive guard of
his era.
I was puzzled as to why they said Carmelo's 62 points was the record,
when Maravich scored 68 without a 3 point line?

kal-65 · Unread post by **kal-65** » 10 years ago

actually he has at least 11 games left when you include the a-10 tournry

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

We'll always have this...

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

kal-65 wrote:actually he has at least 11 games left when you include the a-10 tournry

True...then recalculating, he needs to average 13.0 per game.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

If he stays healthy, he'll get there, no problem.

My guess is, he will average close to 20 a game from here on out.

90% of our points [and minutes] are going to come from the starting 5.

Rhody Guy · Unread post by **Rhody Guy** » 10 years ago

Rod, Not sure when that Pistol game was played, but Carmelo's record is the new MSG...

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I checked and Pistol was playing at home, not MSG.
My error.
As for X, take out his November lousy stats, while he was injured,
and he's had quiet a season.
Since 2014 began, he's averaging 19.8 ppg, and all his stats have greatly improved.

Gonebarongone · Unread post by **Gonebarongone** » 10 years ago

Good for X. Seems like a good kid and plays his ass off. I hope he gets to the milestone.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

2012-13 he scored 504 pts, 2013-14 353 pts. good for a 857 total. This season he is averaging 16.8 ppg. If he keeps his avg ppg he will have another 168 + 857= 1025 points!

Rhode_Island_Red · Unread post by **Rhode_Island_Red** » 10 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Nobody ever heard of LSU basketball, except for Bob Pettit.
Pete shot 44%, which considering some of the shots he took, was
pretty good. He also averaged 6.5 rebounds a game and 5.1 assists a game,
so he did other things besides scoring.
In the NBA, he scored a ton of points, but his passing was other worldly at times.
The only time he played with a 3 point line was his final year in the NBA. What did he do?
66.7% from 3!!!!
I remember a game against Kentucky, where Dan Issell scored 51 points and another KY player
scored 43. Nobody remembers those incredible feats, because Maravich
scored 68 points.
He didn't have much help at LSU, and what he did, despite every team being
able to double and triple team him, was remarkable.

Back in the mid-80s the NBA held a legends game at All-Star Weekend. In one game someone threw an outlet to Maravich. Off the dribble Maravich underhanded a bullet to John Havlicek, who was about 40 feet ahead of the play -- still the most incredible pass I've ever seen.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Havicek said that Maravich was the greatest ballhandler in basketball history.
You watch that tape, and who can argue? He was so creative on the fly.
Never saw anyone improvise like Pete did.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

Are there any other past Rams that made it to the 1000 point as a JUCO? or in just two years time?

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Maybe Claude English. If he didn't make 1,000,
he did make the NBA.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Here's the record book. It's not quite up to date. I think it's from 5 or 6 years ago.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/uri ... ecords.pdf

Brian · Unread post by **Brian** » 10 years ago

Record Book

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

I hope he puts up 50 vs Fordham. He has the hot hand, feed those treys

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

Munford now sits at 914 points and needs 86 points with at least 7 games left (6 regular season and 1 A10 tourney) or average 12.3 points per game

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

My guess he gets it in the next to last regular season game.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

well hopefully he drops 35 tomorrow so we can finally win. then he will only need 4-5 games to get it

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

If my math is correct, he now needs only 15 pts. to reach 1000. So, there's a good chance he does it Saturday at home against Richmond.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

Nice, I cant believe we don't have more support of X. I bet if we make a tare through the A10 tournament you wont be able to get fans of his jock...

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports ... scorer.ece

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 10 years ago

I saw the print version had a nice cover story bit couldnt find it on the mobile version. Thanks for posting!

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hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 10 years ago

1000 points in 2 years of varsity play is very impressive.

Should be looked back on as one of our greatest players ever albeit in a down era.....

Congrats and a big TY from this loyal alum!!

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

7 to go and X drops a nice pass to JR for the layup on the break.

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 10 years ago

That's the first thing I thought ATP, this guys going for 1000 pts isn't forcing anything, that pass was beautiful.

TexRam · Unread post by **TexRam** » 10 years ago

Nice job by X to get 1k! Nice feed by Biruta too.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 10 years ago

Awesome scene in the huddle that they showed on SNY after the commercial. Nice to see the guys get to have a little fun.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

needed 15, got 15