The MU Crowd

[Mutaman]

Does Walton really think Sidney Wicks was a better college player than David Thompson?

[Goose]

Sidney Wicks was a better player than David Thompson, especially because of different skill sets. David Thompson was a big time, electric player and totally different from Wicks. For pure excitement I take Thompson, for overall body of work I take Wicks.

[The Sultan]

To be fair, Walton said best power forward.  But was Wicks better than Christian Laettner?  I never saw Wicks, but I think that's doubtful.

[Goose]

Sultan

Laettner was an unreal college player. Great combination of skill, size and arrogance.

[Class71]

Walton may be an awesome guy but he was horrible as an announcer last night.  It was so bad I muted them for the whole second half.  Never done that before.  It was absolutely terrible.

I muted him in the first half. "Bloviating Bill" was a great center but lets leave it at that.

[Shooter McGavin]

While talking with my son about last night's game, he said Walton's schtick can be fun for a little while but it's tough listening to it for a lot of a game - especially if you actually care about that particular game. Much easier to listen to him tell stories about Pete Trgovich if you're watching Washington State vs. Stanford and have no vested interest in the game. I agreed with that point.

This hits the nail on the head.  MU was not playing great and was behind for quite a bit of the game.  For MU fans his schtick was grating because of that, more so than it would have been had it been to other teams.   

[Jockey]

To be fair, Walton said best power forward.  But was Wicks better than Christian Laettner?  I never saw Wicks, but I think that's doubtful.

Maybe I'm biased because Wicks was one of my faves, but I think Wicks was clearly superior.

Stats favored Wicks. He was a vastly superior defender and Laetner was closer to a C than a PF.

[Mutaman]

Walton did seem genuinely excited about running into Bo Ellis at the tournament.

[Herman Cain]

I like Walton for the following reasons.
1. He genuinely likes and promotes MU.

2. He actually tries to do his homework on the players  involved . He is not assigned to The Big East so he wouldn't know our league as well as , say John Fanta,but at least he tries.

3. Once the game starts he doesn't pull punches . He calls out bad plays even by stars  and doesn't play favorites . Very similar to Johnny Miller , who used to broadcast Golf. I don't mind his comparisons , when he mentioned that a player on UCLA made a play reminiscent of Dave Myers, it actually was very accurate and painted the right mental picture

4 . On a personal note, A cousin of mine a Dr in LA on his medical team that worked to get his foot good enough to withstand the rigors of NBA competition. The 1 3/4 year stretch from 77 through the 58th game of the 78 season ,when the injury ended his ability to be a full time player, was a period of sustained excellence . My cousin frequently got friends and family tickets to  Laker Blazer games at The Forum, which I was able to watch Walton and Lucas at their prime. 

5 . Just for the record I also like Dickie Simpkins. Who is also always MU friendly in his broadcasts

[Lennys Tap]

Walton is awesome.   Enjoy him while we have him.

#betterthansimpkinsagain

This.

He's a basketball treasure. And he's fun. And he annoys the joyless.

A wonderful trifecta.

[MU82]

And he annoys the joyless.

Not one person who knows either me or my son would consider us to be "joyless." Dickey Simpkins and Pete Gillen also annoy us. That doesn't make us joyless, either.

Different people can have different tastes in food, beverages, sports teams, politicians, entertainers, athletes, etc. But I guess not in college basketball analysts.

[4everwarriors]

Sidney Wicks was a better player than David Thompson, especially because of different skill sets. David Thompson was a big time, electric player and totally different from Wicks. For pure excitement I take Thompson, for overall body of work I take Wicks.

Goose knows ball, aina?

[Heisenberg]

This was discussed about 2 weeks ago.

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=63698.msg1583137#msg1583137

Sorry, I missed page 130 in a post from two weeks ago.

I'll be sure to run future ideas by you.

[oilcan]

Bill Walton would say the best power forward he ever played with was Maurice Lucas. The NBA's first power forward. They won the first and only championship for Portland in 1977.

[oilcan]

Oh, and bye the way, 1977, the year the Warriors won the natty, the Trailblazers won the NBA title, and Joe Montana and Notre Dame won the National Championship. I will always remember that year, even now, when I can hardly match my own socks or tie my shoes.

[wadesworld]

Sorry, I missed page 130 in a post from two weeks ago.

I'll be sure to run future ideas by you.

Yeah, kind of weird to just now be discussing DePaul's attendance against Purdue Fort Wayne from 2 weeks ago. So please do feel free to run those ideas by me first.

[1SE]

Are you all who are there surprised by the overall attendance? I know it's a way bigger venue than Maui, but this tournament has been as good as the elite 8 is likely to be and better than then final 4 - I would think any causal b-ball or even sport fan on the island would want to come for these games - this is the best basketball they're ever gonna see. Are the unsold tickets somehow difficult to get or really expensive or something?

[Vander Blue Man Group]

People lie. Nobody turns a game on mute. That's just odd behavior.

I absolutely turned the volume off in the 2nd half because of Walton.

[tower912]

Any truth to the rumor that the MU contingent drank a concession stand dry?

[Goose]

tower

I heard similar. Way to go, MU faithful.

[DarkWarrior]

There are very few beer stands at the Stan Sheriff Center. The line at the concession near the MU crowd was about 100 deep whern I got there last night! To it's credit there is some awesome local food at the game and the people are really gracious! Can't wait for game time!!!! Let's rock the Stan Sheriff Center once again!

[muwarrior69]

Any truth to the rumor that the MU contingent drank a concession stand dry?

That is why Marquette is not allowed to play games in our neighbor to the North; our contingent will drink Canada Dry.