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UNC vs. The Giant
Published 1/9/2008 by Dime Magazine at NBA Rumors - Trades - Free Agents - Basketball Olympics - Dime Magazine
... against top-ranked North Carolina, George leads the nation in blocked shots per game (5.4), and he has become a fan favorite here in his junior year. Near the end of a recent overtime victory against Buffalo, George received a standing ovation for his 21-point, 10-rebound, 6-block performance. “We tried not to go under the basket when he’s in, because it’s useless,” Buffalo Coach Reggie Witherspoon said. Gregory goes up against No. 1-ranked UNC tonight. Cehck out the whole story HERE .

Number One Meets Number 155
Published 1/10/2008 by TH <info@carolinamarch.com> at Carolina March: Front Page Posts
... Tonight's game won't do much to bolster UNC's case one way or the other, with most of the attention in what should be an easy win for the Heels being directed at the freakishly ...

The Big Man In The Middle
Published 1/10/2008 by Chris at The Chris West Basketball Journal
... familiar with the Blue Devils, and would therefore have to think less while watching them, they were on an HD channel, and their opponent, Temple, while not stellar, was a bigger name than UNC-Asheville, the Tar Heels’ foe. At the end of the day, though, I ended up going with North Carolina on the grainy ESPNU feed. It had nothing to do with the Tar Heels’ unbeaten record, athleticism, or the fact that Chapel Hill is one heck of a great place to visit. No, it was basically due to my reading beforehand that UNC-Asheville had a player that’s 7'7". And let’s ...

TheTeaBagging Series: Tyler Hansbrough Summits Kenny George
Published 1/10/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... ), who was the definition of a project center when he came to college, he has improved mightily in three years (12 points, 9.4 rebs and 5.4 near goaltends, er, blocks per game) for an Asheville team that is a Big South contender, enough to warrant a nice little New York Times feature yesterday. It's a well-done feature, focusing a lot on the ridiculous, at times frustrating, life of a 7-7 college student (kegstands an impossible dream, sorority threesomes a risk of homicide). ...

Five All-Time Dunks on Crazy Tall Guys
Published 1/10/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... on UNC-Asheville’s 7′7″ Kenny George . If not, let’s go to the videotape … In that spirit, what follows are four more clips of dudes dunking on dudes listed at 7′4″ or above. Truly lovely, it’s KJ scaling Mark Eaton and throwing down a one-hander … This is probably the most similar to Hansbrough-George of the bunch. It’s a young Shaq backing down Gheorge and unleashing the fury … It’s not so much Spud Webb “over” Manute Bol, but we can’t deny Spud and Manute’s inclusion … And, finally, Yao just gets mistreated by Dahntay Jones … I could watch these ...

Quick hits for your afternoon enjoyment
Published 1/10/2008 by Jeff Zillgitt at Sports Scope
Here are questions ex-BALCO boss Victor Conte wants to ask trainer Brian McNamee . ... Seattle kicker Josh Brown will keep warm in Green Bay by wearing battery-powered, heated pants . ... Terry Bradshaw says he expects to retire when his Fox contract ends in 2011. ... North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, as big as he is, dunked on UNC-Asheville's 7-foot-7, 360-pound center Kenny George . ... Here's a hockey brawl from Russia that starts at one end of the ice, goes to the other end and returns to the original end. A total of 378 ...

ATB: Kenny George & the Lilliputians
Published 1/10/2008 by rtmsf at Rush the Court
... But all we really want to talk about is the sheer enormity that is Kenny George.  This was the first time we’d actually seen him standing near other players, and to say that he dwarfed the rest of them is to insult the word itself.  George absolutely miniaturized them.  It was like some gentle giant had been released from his cave to mortify and terrorize the citizens of Far Far Away or Whoville.  Look, for the college game, Tyler Hansbrough is a beast of a guy - 6′9, 250 lbs and cut like a ...

"Giant" Exploitation?
Published 1/11/2008 by Pleats n Cleats at Pleats 'n Cleats
... I watched him play. He looks like a giant. Seriously, I've watched a decent amount of basketball and he makes 6'10" guys look like midgets. But he doesn't really look happy, and he seems to be laboring in his movements. I wonder if he's not in any pain and people are just pushing him for the novelty and the (eventual) money. Here's his take on himself. He can't do a lot of things regular people do, like riding in a car or fitting on an airplane. I actually feel kind of sad for him. But on the other hand, he's the leading shot blocker in the ...

I Had theTamarind Duck for Dinner
Published 2/7/2008 by The OCC at The Off-Color Commentator
Made me feel a bit sluggish. It would probably take a lot of tamarind duck to make Kenny George feel sluggish. He is a very tall man. If I meet him, I will ask him what it's like to have Tyler Hansbrough be your daddy.

In Praise Of Kenny G
Published 3/6/2008 by Tim at The Shamrock Headband
... and if you're still interested read this. I'm a little perplexed why there is not more draft buzz surrounding Kenny. The most respected draft sites have him going no higher than the middle of the second round, if he is to be picked at all. There is no justification in my eyes for such a low ranking. Yes, George is a serious injury risk, and he has problems with his conditioning. But he is also 7'7", 360 pounds, and can actually play basketball. There is one college player in the country who has ...

Saturday's Picks: Big South, Ohio Valley and Atlantic Sun Championship Games
Published 3/8/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... and it was for getting dunked on. Perhaps it says something about my writing (or my readers) that people only come here to see an inhumanly large man get embarassed on video but I'll choose to believe otherwise. As goofy as the guy is, he is an incredibly effective at deterring offenses. You basically can't drive into the lane without a kick-out or a clever dump-off in mind and expect to score. So Winthrop, which is a decent three-point shooting team at 37 percent is going to need a hot night from star guards Chris Gaynor and Michael Jenkins. Look, these two ...