Golden Eagles Alumni TBT 2020

[Miss Katie’s]

Not that this has any bearing on anything, but I'm curious why the team doesn't have a more creative nickname.  Most of the others seem to.  It's kind of like how the mascot is just called "the golden eagle".  Most other mascots I can think of have an actual name (Bucky, Bernie, Bango, etc). 

[brewcity77]

They were one of the first big alumni teams, I think they just went for the easy name and stuck with it. I also wonder if it's somewhat deliberate as they are the generation that has always been Golden Eagles.

[warriorchick]

They were one of the first big alumni teams, I think they just went for the easy name and stuck with it. I also wonder if it's somewhat deliberate as they are the generation that has always been Golden Eagles.

It still bugs me that their logo is of a bald eagle, not a golden eagle.

It's like having the nickname of "The Huskies" and having a Samoyed as your logo.

[oldwarrior81]

Maybe it's just a logo of an older golden eagle.  Like the players.

With a bit of grey up top.

[brewcity77]

Best Virginia, the WVU alumni team, has been removed from the field after multiple players tested positive for COVID.

[Galway Eagle]

Best Virginia, the WVU alumni team, has been removed from the field after multiple players tested positive for COVID.

There's three alternate teams right?

[brewcity77]

There's three alternate teams right?

Two, I believe. Playing for Jimmy V & D2 All-Stars.

[Hards Alumni]

Well, TBT was a fun dream for a little bit guys.

[forgetful]

Best Virginia, the WVU alumni team, has been removed from the field after multiple players tested positive for COVID.

I wonder what procedures they have in place to deal with false positive tests. Testing that many people is going to lead to some false positives.

[JWags85]

If absolutely no positive tests/cases is going to be the requirement/baseline for anything to proceed/continue, then we should plan on no sports or group activities of any kind for another 6+ months.

[Hards Alumni]

If absolutely no positive tests/cases is going to be the requirement/baseline for anything to proceed/continue, then we should plan on no sports or group activities of any kind for another 6+ months.

Well, it will have to be.  It's a respiratory disease and highly contagious.  If half the team is out 'injured' then we should look forward to nothing but exhibition games.

Hard to isolate everyone associated with the teams and their families.

[GooooMarquette]

Hards - I agree. A team needs to be banned when somebody tests positive because of the close contact inherent in the sport.

To me the more interesting question once the tournament begins is whether recent opponents should be banned as well. We know that there is a lag between contracting the virus and testing positive, and opponents in a basketball game are banging into each other, falling on top of each other and breathing all over each other.

I am desperate to see team sports again, but I worry that this could fall apart quickly.

[Hards Alumni]

Hards - I agree. A team needs to be banned when somebody tests positive because of the close contact inherent in the sport.

To me the more interesting question once the tournament begins is whether recent opponents should be banned as well. We know that there is a lag between contracting the virus and testing positive, and opponents in a basketball game are banging into each other, falling on top of each other and breathing all over each other.

I am desperate to see team sports again, but I worry that this could fall apart quickly.

Just play the whole thing in three days! 

[brewcity77]

If absolutely no positive tests/cases is going to be the requirement/baseline for anything to proceed/continue, then we should plan on no sports or group activities of any kind for another 6+ months.

At the NCAA level, you're 100% right. If a player or few players test positive, you certainly can't put them on the court with another team. And anyone they've been in close contact with (like all their teammates) will also need to quarantine.

If it's midseason, anyone they've played against recently will also need to quarantine for at least a few days, so any team they played against in the last week?

A couple positive tests at the big eight team MTEs could completely cripple the sport for weeks right in the heart of non-con play. Do you reschedule hundreds of games? Cancel them?

It's easier when you have pros that can be brought to one location, like the NBA at Disney or TBT, but none of that is an option for collegiate sports.

[marquette20]

Just noticed DJ Newbill is on Brotherly Love they could play Marquette in the quarterfinals.

[Herman Cain]

Looking forward to more of this great play from Dwight Buycks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I010TVDd8eI

[bilsu]

Hards - I agree. A team needs to be banned when somebody tests positive because of the close contact inherent in the sport.

To me the more interesting question once the tournament begins is whether recent opponents should be banned as well. We know that there is a lag between contracting the virus and testing positive, and opponents in a basketball game are banging into each other, falling on top of each other and breathing all over each other.

I am desperate to see team sports again, but I worry that this could fall apart quickly.

In theory there will be no recent opponents, because you immediately go home, if you lose.

[#UnleashSean]

In theory there will be no recent opponents, because you immediately go home, if you lose.

I think he's asking what if a losing teams member tests positive

[Herman Cain]

Team Picture
https://twitter.com/MarquetteMBB/status/1276514789116821508

[brewcity77]

Getting more glad by the day that we're on the opposite side of the bracket from Overseas Elite. They've added Joe Johnson, Jarrett Jack, & Jordan Crawford. That's a lot of NBA experience.

[Galway Eagle]

Getting more glad by the day that we're on the opposite side of the bracket from Overseas Elite. They've added Joe Johnson, Jarrett Jack, & Jordan Crawford. That's a lot of NBA experience.

Oh damn, scoop campaign to get wade there?

[brewcity77]

Oh damn, scoop campaign to get wade there?

It wouldn't shock me. They keep adding new names, maybe they know he will be there and are trying to downplay it. My main hope right now is that the Golden Eagles TBT team is going to benefit more from consistency and that Overseas Elite may be adding too many names without regard for how they fit together.

[Herman Cain]

It wouldn't shock me. They keep adding new names, maybe they know he will be there and are trying to downplay it. My main hope right now is that the Golden Eagles TBT team is going to benefit more from consistency and that Overseas Elite may be adding too many names without regard for how they fit together.

Luke gives the Golden Eagle TBT team the Big Man dimension it has not had in years past.  The other teams will have to respect his inside scoring ability which should really open things up for our bevy of long range bombers to get clean looks.   

[Skatastrophy]

Team Picture
https://twitter.com/MarquetteMBB/status/1276514789116821508

I lol'd

[GooooMarquette]

I lol'd

Ha! Great response by Travis!