William Paterson men's basketball team walks off court

[Tango Two]

An Instagram video posted Tuesday night showed the players leaving the floor in protest -- with their warmup shirts in a pile on the court -- just after the starting lineups were announced for the home game. The video was taken down late Tuesday night.


http://www.nj.com/setonhall/index.s...terson_hoops_team_reportedly_walks_off_c.html

 

[Jim_from_RU]

An Instagram video posted Tuesday night showed the players leaving the floor in protest -- with their warmup shirts in a pile on the court -- just after the starting lineups were announced for the home game. The video was taken down late Tuesday night.


http://www.nj.com/setonhall/index.s...terson_hoops_team_reportedly_walks_off_c.html

He's a really good coach. I can say that as a WPU hoops follower.

 

[NJ4life]

He's a GREAT guy, it's crazy. He should have left and became a college assistant.

 

[WGLTAUD]

I've interviewed Jose on a number of occasions back when I was writing for local weekly papers for the Record. Guy was very classy, and always pleasant to talk to. Unreal that Paterson State College would let him go.

I hope he finds a great landing spot. I'll always remember him for pulling Horace Jenkins off of the street and sending a DIII player to the pros. Very disappointing on Paterson State's end.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Some of the old dogs around here like me will recall a student demonstration at the RAC (1995?) that cut short a great effort by Rutgers just before the start of the second half in front of a rare sellout crowd against a terrific UMass team (#4 in the country). All of us have forgotten the reason for the student demonstration, but remember Rutgers chance for a huge upset go out the window.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

I've interviewed Jose on a number of occasions back when I was writing for local weekly papers for the Record. Guy was very classy, and always pleasant to talk to. Unreal that Paterson State College would let him go.

I hope he finds a great landing spot. I'll always remember him for pulling Horace Jenkins off of the street and sending a DIII player to the pros. Very disappointing on Paterson State's end.

Paterson State ended in 1971. Just sayin.

 

[S.W.A.I.N]

I remember it. It had something to do with the RU president's comments. A girl sat at half court and everyone was afraid to do anything

And most importantly, Marcus Camby wasn't playing. Then when we restarted the game weeks later, he was allowed to play and all we got was two technical FT's...so bush. The yellow jackets really blew it that night. I was so pissed.
And yes it was Fran Lawrence's comments that minorities were genetically predisposed to score lower on standardized testing.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

And most importantly, Marcus Camby wasn't playing. Then when we restarted the game weeks later, he was allowed to play and all we got was two technical FT's...so bush. The yellow jackets really blew it that night. I was so pissed.
And yes it was Fran Lawrence's comments that minorities were genetically predisposed to score lower on standardized testing.

Lawrence was an ass.

 

[ejgonz]

I had literally just sent in my acceptance letter!!

Won't forget seeing them discuss on ESPN.

 

[S.W.A.I.N]

I had literally just sent in my acceptance letter!!

Won't forget seeing them discuss on ESPN.

I was super psyched when they showed it on MTV news with Kurt Loder and it showed me, my Dad and Uncle with a "WTF: look on our face.

 

[rulaw87]

The second half of that game was played in Philadelphia at the Spectrum in front of about 100 people. I was there.

 

[rulaw87]

This link has a good account of the UMass game. I stand corrected. There were 445 people there for the second half. It seemed like only 100 in an 18.000 seat arena.

http://umasshoops.com/games/1994-95/02071995.htm