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It’s been almost a week since Lincoln University put up 201 points against Ohio State-Marion while pressing the entire game. Since then, more details have come out, including that OSU-Marion’s coach played in the game, Marion is really a club team and they were simply a replacement for a team that dropped out of the tournament.
Today, the West Chester Daily Local’s Dave Zeitlin has a column about the whole situation, defending Lincoln U. from some of its more vociferous detractors. (I still don’t get how a team can press up 100 points — isn’t it just not any fun? — but whatever.)
And, sure, Lincoln coach Garfield Yullie may have been a jerk for pressing that whole night, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a fine person and a quality coach to his kids, some of whom have been in jail previously. (This is known as the John Chaney rule.)
In the story, Zeitlin (disclosure: a good friend of mine) quotes OSU-Marion coach/player Mark Sisler:
“I personally want you to know that I am not holding any animosity towards you, your student athletes, or anyone associated with your basketball program,” Sisler wrote in an e-mail to [Lincoln coach Garfield] Yuille. “I have no hard feelings for what had happened and my players don’t either. They actually had a great time this past weekend, and they have told me that they will always remember this experience for the rest of their lives.”
And get this: The national attention has actually provided a major boost for Ohio State-Marion basketball, which has played as a club team for many years and is only now trying to earn NCAA status.
“The publicity we’re getting is actually helping us,” said Sisler, who also serves as the school’s athletic director. “I have received many e-mails from prospective students wishing to become a part of our basketball program this year and next. Isn’t it mysterious how things work out?”
Wait. Who are these kids? Seriously. Who sees a 201-78 score and says, “Man, I want to play for the team that scored 78!”
More to rout than detractors proclaim [West Chester Daily Local]
Archives: Lincoln University
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dmac | 1:08 PM | 1 Comment
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Dec
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• Sly Stallone donated some Rocky memorabilia to the Smithsonian yesterday. D.C. hipsters seething on their blogs as we speak. [AP/Metro]
• Lincoln University’s athletic director has apologized for his school’s 201-78 win over Ohio State-Marion, and apparently lectured the coaches, too, though as of last night no coaches had been lectured. [Inquirer]
• It’s not just Cherry Hill that’s fighting the War on Smut! Two Burlington strip clubs are suing the township over new laws that bar them from doing pretty much everything. Cue the “But we’re saving the children!” reference. [Bucks County Courier Times]
• The City Controller’s office says that police buildings are substandard. KYW 1060’s Steve Tawa reports the controller had photos showing “showing walls in imminent danger of collapse, basement fire exits blocked by grates, pipes and wire mesh, and prison holding cells beyond filthy.” Oh, goodie. [KYW 1060]
• Oh, and the mayor of Lake Como, N.J., is going to ask Kuwait if the Arab nation will build a $4 million police station for the town. Guh-wah? [AP/NBC 10]
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dmac | 4:33 PM | 1 Comment
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Dec
5
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On Saturday night, Lincoln University — a Division III school located in scenic Chester County — defeated Ohio State-Marion 201-78 while pressing the entire game. One player, Sami Wylie, shot 44 times in 24 minutes, which is no surprise since his favorite book is by Terrell Owens.
While the Lincoln players are probably still flexing their muscles about what big men they are, the NCAA’s official blog has already chastized the team for, aside from pressing the entire game, taking more shots in the second half than they did in the first, despite being up 97-44 at half.
Of course, fair’s fair, and since I’m fairly sure I called Lincoln coach Garfield Yuille an asshole yesterday — and if I didn’t, I’ll do it now: He was an ass for pressing the whole game — let’s take a look at Ohio State-Marion’s basketball team:
Okay, so it doesn’t help that the camera angle makes the team like a bunch of dwarves. And the men’s basketball team is probably better than the soccer team, which from the looks of it has 10 players on it, one of whom is Ron Jeremy and one of whom is a girl.
But, still: Does getting to play a team of undermatched players — who only had six of these mean you get to press the entire game and run up the score to 201 points? Gee, what do you think?
Disgusting Display Of Sportsmanship [Double-A Zone]
Ohio State Marion Scarlet Wave Men’s Basketball Team [OSU-Marion]
Archives: Lincoln University
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dmac | 2:52 PM | 105 Comments
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Chester County school Lincoln University is ranked 11th in Division III, but the Lions suffered their first loss of the season Friday night. And so, the school decided to take it out on Ohio State-Marion, a school with only six players on its team.
And, uh, they did, to the tune of a 201-78 victory Marion, setting boatloads of NCAA records in the process. Sam Wylie shot 44 times in just 24 minutes, setting a record with 21 three-pointers. The Lions also set a record for margin of victory, previously held by Eureka College in a 1989 game against a school called Borat. (Eureka vs. Borat: A game for the ages.)
Strangely, though, no one to my knowledge has yet asked Lincoln head coach Garfield Yuille why he decided to press the entire game. (Even worse, he didn’t put in any white players! Erhm.) Yes, despite scoring 97 points in the first half, the Lions decided to press the obviously overmatched Marion team the entire game. Of course, Wylie has an explanation for that:
“Our coach tells us to go out there and kill opponents with an ax. We score most of our points off defense pressure. That’s the way we played today. We pressed the whole game. Sure, some people might look at it like we ran it up, but we play like we practice.”
Some people might look like you ran it up? Although I do get it now. You practice to prepare for games, and then when the game is already in hand in record fashion, you just turn it into a practice! And kill your opponents with an ax!
All of Lincoln University must be proud.
Lincoln sets D-III record for points in game, half [ESPN.com]
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dmac | 9:32 AM | 3 Comments
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