09/30: Virginia follows Colin Kaepernick's lead; the motive behind GW's new coaching hire

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🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Is that picture of the entire Virginia basketball team kneeling in support of Colin Kaepernick's protest indicative of what we're going to see once the season begins? Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss that at the top of this episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They then talk about George Washington's decision to name Maurice Joseph its interim coach, Parrish's story on New Mexico transfer Cullen Neal, and the state of American Athletic Conference recruiting. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Gary Parrish, it's Friday, September 30th, and this is the I on college basketball
0:15.9	podcast I got Matt Norlanda with me.
0:17.7	I got a lot of things we want to get to, but I wanted to start with a headline that was
0:21.8	generated last night by the Virginia Minnes basketball team.
0:25.7	Like a team picture, every player on the team on a knee in a clear nod to Colin Kaepernick's
0:31.7	protest.
0:32.7	Other teams have done similar things, but no Minnes college basketball team to date has
0:37.3	done something like this.
0:38.6	Taking a knee, taking a picture, tweeted to the world with the words, Neil for equality.
0:45.1	What do you make of this, Norlanda?
0:46.4	Is this just kids getting caught up in the moment?
0:51.5	Is the real meaning behind it?
0:53.2	And do you think they'll actually do something similar or any team will do something similar
0:58.0	as a team during a national anthem, once his college basketball season actually gets underway?
1:03.2	Well, we're going nice and loaded to start this podcast.
1:07.8	I was, I'll say I was surprised that Virginia did this.
1:13.7	You know, just because, you know, one, I mean Tony Bennett just does not seem like the
1:19.1	coach that would be wanting necessarily his guys to put something out there, not that
1:24.0	he would refrain from them doing it.
1:25.4	I just wouldn't expect this would have been the team that would have done it first.
1:28.4	Would the argument, let me, let me start with the argument in favor of Virginia doing
1:32.2	this be it, they're probably smarter than your average students.
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