Alex WOLF

[Corning Tax Payer]

Does anyone know if Alex Wolf will be using mini basketball's to go along with the mini courts they play on for home games ?

Could be entertaining for the Vermont FrostPukes (heard it somewhere thought it was funny and fitting ) seeing as that roster does make the most settle of stomachs want to barf !

Alex Wolf the next article you write will be about how your lucky to still have a job at SI after u bombed out in the ABA by creating a roster of d-2 and d-3 poop to play in a professional basketball leaque.;)


GO BULLDOGS !

[preeths]

Does anyone know if we can see another three threads proclaiming CTP's hate for Vermont and the Frost Heaves? Pretty please? Will someone please give this guy back his medication?

[rams80]

Does anyone know if Alex Wolf will be using mini basketball's to go along with the mini courts they play on for home games ?

Could be entertaining for the Vermont FrostPukes (heard it somewhere thought it was funny and fitting ) seeing as that roster does make the most settle of stomachs want to barf !

Alex Wolf the next article you write will be about how your lucky to still have a job at SI after u bombed out in the ABA by creating a roster of d-2 and d-3 poop to play in a professional basketball leaque.;)


GO BULLDOGS !

I'm not going to dignify the first part with an intelligent response, except to inquire what Alex Wolf did to you at some unforseen time in the past.

As for the d-2 d-3 poop line, clearly you have never watched Division II or Division III athletes compete. While they may not have the talent of a Division I team, they are still gifted enough to play basketball better than most people in the country. So I'd lay off on that line of reasoning.

[psbf]

I think CTP craves attention. What would happen if nobody responds?

[Chuck the Writer]

Okay, let's correct a few things here.

First, the owner of the Vermont Frost Heaves is named Alexander Wolff. That's "Wolff" with two f's.

Now, as for the cracks about Div-2 and Div-3 players, I can assure you that there have been many occasions in which a Div-2 or even a Div-3 player has excelled in basketball.

In fact, earlier this year the NCAA honored the greatest players in the 50-year history of Div-II. Maybe you've heard of some of them -

John Ebeling, Florida Southern College (1980, 1981, 1982)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1980, 1981, 1982); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1981); only three-time Elite Eight All-Tournament Team honoree; holds the NCAA Division II Championships game record for most free throws made (13); Finished third in the NCAA Division II National Championships (1980); NCAA Division II National Champions (1981); NCAA Division II National Runner-up (1982)

Walt Frazier, Southern Illinois University (1965)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1965); NCAA Division II National Runner-up (1965)

Antonio Garcia, Kentucky Wesleyan College (1998, 1999)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1998, 1999); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1998, 1999); one of three players in Elite Eight history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice; NCAA Division II National Runner-up (1998); NCAA Division II National Champions (1999)

Phil Jackson, University of North Dakota (1965, 1966)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1966); holds the NCAA Division II tournament game record for most field goals made (22); finished third in the NCAA Division II Championships (1965); Finished fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships (1966)

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Winston-Salem State University (1967)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1967); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1967); holds the NCAA Division II Championship game-only records for most points (40) and field goals made (16); NCAA Division II National Champions (1967)

Jerry Sloan, University of Evansville (1963, 1964, 1965)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1964, 1965); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1964, 1965); one of three players in Elite Eight history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice; holds the NCAA Championship game record for rebounds (25); NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals (1963); NCAA Division II National Champions (1964, 1965)

Ed Smallwood, University of Evansville (1958, 1959, 1960)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1958, 1960); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player; one of three players in Elite Eight history to be named Most Outstanding Player twice; Finished third in the NCAA Division II Championship (1958); NCAA Division II National Champions (1959, 1960)

Kebu Stewart, California State University-Bakersfield (1996, 1997)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1996, 1997);Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1997); NCAA Division II national quarterfinals (1996); NCAA Division II National Champions (1997)

George Tinsley, Kentucky Wesleyan College (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1968, 1969); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1969); played in four straight Elite Eight tournaments including three NCAA Championship games; NCAA National Champions (1966, 1968, 1969); Finished third in the NCAA National Championships (1967)

Marvin Webster, Morgan State University (1974)
Elite Eight All-Tournament Team (1974); Elite Eight Most Outstanding Player (1974); NCAA Division II National Champions (1974)

As for Division III, I can tell you that one of the CBA's greatest all-time scorers, Derrick Rowland, has a Div-III championship as a member of Potsdam State. I'm sure if I looked further, I could find more Div-III players out there who have excelled in pro sports.

And before anybody says anything about the NAIA, you can start with Dennis Rodman, an NAIA alum. Surely there's more NAIA players out there. Any takers on this one?

[heavesrock]

I have three words for you CTP: GO **** YOURSELF

[Sam Hill]

Does anyone know if Alex Wolf will be using mini basketball's to go along with the mini courts they play on for home games ?

Will they use invisible basketballs to go along with your invisible team?

2,000 season ticket requests my ass.

[heavesrock]

If the Corndogs have received 2,000 season ticket applications, and are obviously going to be a dynasty, why don't they play this year? Also, no players on the Heaves roster graduated from a D-3 school. Once again, let's wait to see who you sign.

[BreakersFan]

Does anyone know if Alex Wolf will be using mini basketball's to go along with the mini courts they play on for home games ?

Could be entertaining for the Vermont FrostPukes (heard it somewhere thought it was funny and fitting ) seeing as that roster does make the most settle of stomachs want to barf !

Alex Wolf the next article you write will be about how your lucky to still have a job at SI after u bombed out in the ABA by creating a roster of d-2 and d-3 poop to play in a professional basketball leaque.;)


GO BULLDOGS !


Alex Wolff doesn't own a professional basketball team. He owns an ABA team

[BreakersFan]

Will they use invisible basketballs to go along with your invisible team?


Too funny :)

[heavesrock]

I forgot to mention Antonio Burks. He scored 21.5 ppg at Steven F. Austin and shot 46% for 3.

[Fells]

First off, I wonder who took a giant dump in Corning's Wheaties when he wrote that.

Secondly, Vermont has to be one of the better run organizations in the league. Open tryouts were well planned, very well run, and done with total and complete class. The invite only camp was run much the same way. Coach Voigt instilled in his invitees they needed to play hard, clean, and as a team without the rampant individualism that prevails in the NBA.

As a man, Alex is a prince. He is very accessible, very open, unfailingly polite, and has to be one of the more intelligent sports people I have run into. He is open to the media and literally will answer any question asked. When I started looking into the ABA for a freelance article, Joe was forwarding everything onto Alex. I thought the next time I ran into him Alex would be none too happy with me, but his attitude was that I had a job to do and left it at that. Soon after, he was one of the first to offer assistance with a charity event I was helping with. If you rip on Alex, you have no clue as to what you speak of.

Meet the man's family sometime and you will see. When I was introduced to his two ADORABLE kids, it was with an unprompted handshake and "It is nice to meet you Mr. Fells." My jaw DROPPED!!! Whenever I see the two of them, they are always polite, well mannered, and are just wonderful children. Us media guys don't get much fun sometimes, but in the middle of another one of my marathon weeks, I ended up on the floor rolling a basketball back and forth with Alex's young daughter. I don't know who was having more fun in the exchange; his daughter or me.

The man is class and he attracts class guys to his team. I wish the man all of the success in the world, and his team will be one of the, if not the best run team in the league.

[heavesrock]

Was anyone at the intrasquad game in Barre on Oct. 28?

[Fells]

I missed that one. I was in meetings all day and had prep work to do for the Middlebury College game that Saturday.