Friday Trivia?

Is my hiatus over? Technically, yes, but I have no idea how frequently I'll be updating the blog this summer. That was a two-and-a-half month break! I hate to say it, but I was probably spending more time on the blog than I should've been, and frankly I haven't missed it that much.

That said, I'll try to post updates more than once every three months! So here's a little something for the Crusader fans out there who are still reading "We Are Crusaders." (And thanks for sticking with me!)

Since "Friday Trivia" has been popular over at Crossports, here's some trivia of my own: Name the year of this photo, along with the coaches and players. I don't think I can identify everyone, so your assistance is needed! (The photo contains a dead giveaway on the year.)

Click on the photo to expand it. Then you may be able to expand it further by putting your mouse over the photo and clicking on the "expand" arrow that shows up on the bottom right corner of the photo.

Trivial Pursuit

Last weekend, I was playing "Trivial Pursuit: 20th Anniversary Edition" with some friends, and the following question came up:

What New Jersey university's basketball players sued their coaches for forcing them to run wind sprints in the nude?

The answer, of course, is Rutgers University. And there's a Holy Cross connection, as former HC center, 2001 PL tournament MVP and shot-blocker extraordinaire Josh Sankes was a player at Rutgers while that was going on. Josh subsequently transferred to Holy Cross.

I can't recall, though, if Josh was part of the lawsuit against the Rutgers coaches. I'm pretty sure he was forced to run nude, but for some reason, I don't think he was part of a lawsuit. I'm not sure, though. If someone out there remembers more details of Josh's involvement in this, please leave a comment.

And no, I wasn't fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of that trivia question!

11 points not the fewest

In a recent post on his informative site, Hoop Time wondered if the 11 points given up by HC in the first half at Northeastern were the fewest HC has allowed in a half.

The answer is no. In the homecoming game of Feb. 7, 2004, Holy Cross held Army (surprise!) to 10 points in the first half of a 78-38 win. And if memory serves, discussion on Crossports at the time revealed that the ten points were not the fewest ever allowed by HC in one half of play, but it was the lowest total in something like 60 or 70 years.

Here's scoreboard proof. The above photo was taken at halftime. (The time shown is the time remaining in the intermission.)

And here are a few more of my photos from that game. Some of these are still displayed on one of the "Fan Photos" pages on Crossports:

Pre-game team huddle. Josh Kramer is the player sporting the headband. Josiah "Joe" Young is on the left in the second huddle picture.












Halftime sumo wrestlers. This entertaining feature lasted about three games that season.




John Hurley showing his free-throw shooting "form."






Hurley was awarded the Holy Cross Club of Greater Worcester Homecoming MVP trophy. Frank Mastrandrea is snapping the photo from the front, yours truly from the back, and poster "Tom" is presenting the trophy to John.