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Post by smfdaggie » January 10th, 2022, 9:00 pm

Getting some good minutes tonight.



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Post by ThunderAggie » January 10th, 2022, 10:24 pm

Queta had a huge play to get the Kings the ball back with 15 sec but Fox couldn’t hit the game winner. He had some good putbacks and overall played pretty good for getting the most minutes in his young career. He had 11 points and 5 rebounds as well as an assist and a steal.
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Re: Queta

Post by aggies1 » January 10th, 2022, 10:33 pm

He also had +8 which was the highest on the kings team. I’m happy for him and hope he gets more chances!



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Post by usu99 » January 11th, 2022, 9:32 am

He needs to get his fouling under wraps. seems he fouls a lot for his time playing.


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Post by Aggie84025 » January 11th, 2022, 9:38 am

Thanks for sharing the video. Queta is a good dude. Hopefully he can keep performing well and find a niche in the NBA.



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Re: Queta

Post by MrBiggle » January 11th, 2022, 10:24 am

I wonder if going up against three 7 footers had a lot to do with Nemi getting minutes. Hopefully it transitions into continued playing time down the stretch.


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Sacramento Coach Alvin Gentry talks about Neemi at the 1:27 mark and the 6:50 mark
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Tyrese Haliburton talking about Neemi at the 1:39 mark
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Re: Queta

Post by OrangeCountyAggie » January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm

Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
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Post by bigwilly087 » January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm

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Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
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Re: Queta

Post by Real Life Aggie » January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm

bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
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January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.



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Re: Queta

Post by LarryTheAggie » January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm

Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
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Re: Queta

Post by andytheaggie » January 11th, 2022, 6:38 pm

LarryTheAggie wrote:
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
Tai and Neemi definitely not OKGs...


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Re: Queta

Post by Real Life Aggie » January 11th, 2022, 8:39 pm

andytheaggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 6:38 pm
LarryTheAggie wrote:
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
Tai and Neemi definitely not OKGs...


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Nah, they fit the bill. Teachable, focused on fundamentals, not going to have issues off the court, played defense, coachable, teamwork and passing versus athleticism... Not that Tai needed to fit the bill, being from the pre-Smith era.



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Re: Queta

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » January 11th, 2022, 10:19 pm

Hope he gets some good minutes tomorrow night. Lebron has been playing Center for the Lakers the last few games. Want to see Queta go against him.



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Re: Queta

Post by treesap32 » January 11th, 2022, 11:06 pm

LarryTheAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
I wouldn't discount Tai so easily. Tai is easily one of the all-time greats. He is top 10 in 13 career categories for the Aggies. Top 12 in 15. He's on the list for pretty much every main category. Points, Assists, Steals, Blocks, Rebounds. And his efficiency was off the charts (5th All-Time in Career Field Goal Percentage). He did everything for us on the court. Extreme efficiency, toughness, defense. He came in and pretty much started his entire career (all but 11 games, one of which where he came off the bench to allow Seniors to start on Senior Night).

https://www.usustats.com/players/Tai+Wesley

For comparison sake, Jaycee Carroll is top 10 in 16 career categories, the majority of which are scoring categories. He ended up 14th in rebounds (pretty incredible for a guard) and 20th in assists. Jaycee is also top 5 in 12 of those categories, and #1 all-time in 8 career categories. He's on 28 single-season categories, all of which have to do with scoring except for minutes played, games started, and minutes per game.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Jaycee+Carroll

Sam Merrill is top 10 in 15 career categories. Mostly scoring categories, but he clocks in at #2 in assists and #7 in steals. He is also top 5 in 12 categories like Jaycee. He's on 26 single-season leaderboards, mostly for scoring, but 5 for assists and assist-to-turnover ratio.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Sam+Merrill
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Re: Queta

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » January 11th, 2022, 11:22 pm

treesap32 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 11:06 pm
LarryTheAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
I wouldn't discount Tai so easily. Tai is easily one of the all-time greats. He is top 10 in 13 career categories for the Aggies. Top 12 in 15. He's on the list for pretty much every main category. Points, Assists, Steals, Blocks, Rebounds. And his efficiency was off the charts (5th All-Time in Career Field Goal Percentage). He did everything for us on the court. Extreme efficiency, toughness, defense. He came in and pretty much started his entire career (all but 11 games, one of which where he came off the bench to allow Seniors to start on Senior Night).

https://www.usustats.com/players/Tai+Wesley
Yep, Tai is very underrated. His scoring wasn't up with Jaycee and Merrill, but as you point out he did everything and was the anchor of the greatest four years(as far as total wins) in USU history including only losing once in the Spectrum in 4 years.
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Re: Queta

Post by aggies22 » January 12th, 2022, 4:18 pm

treesap32 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 11:06 pm
LarryTheAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
I wouldn't discount Tai so easily. Tai is easily one of the all-time greats. He is top 10 in 13 career categories for the Aggies. Top 12 in 15. He's on the list for pretty much every main category. Points, Assists, Steals, Blocks, Rebounds. And his efficiency was off the charts (5th All-Time in Career Field Goal Percentage). He did everything for us on the court. Extreme efficiency, toughness, defense. He came in and pretty much started his entire career (all but 11 games, one of which where he came off the bench to allow Seniors to start on Senior Night).

https://www.usustats.com/players/Tai+Wesley

For comparison sake, Jaycee Carroll is top 10 in 16 career categories, the majority of which are scoring categories. He ended up 14th in rebounds (pretty incredible for a guard) and 20th in assists. Jaycee is also top 5 in 12 of those categories, and #1 all-time in 8 career categories. He's on 28 single-season categories, all of which have to do with scoring except for minutes played, games started, and minutes per game.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Jaycee+Carroll

Sam Merrill is top 10 in 15 career categories. Mostly scoring categories, but he clocks in at #2 in assists and #7 in steals. He is also top 5 in 12 categories like Jaycee. He's on 26 single-season leaderboards, mostly for scoring, but 5 for assists and assist-to-turnover ratio.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Sam+Merrill
I hope you guys don't think less of me for saying this but Tai was the f---ing MAN!! A leader in every sense of the word!
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Re: Queta

Post by ThunderAggie » January 12th, 2022, 5:06 pm

Queta deserves to have his jersey retired. Let’s be honest, any Utah State player who gets drafted belongs in the rafters. Queta helped us get to the tourney 3 years and put up unreal numbers. Had he not played with Sam it wouldn’t be a question but I feel like his impact is overlooked a bit.
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Post by tugafan » January 12th, 2022, 6:59 pm

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January 12th, 2022, 5:06 pm
Queta deserves to have his jersey retired. Let’s be honest, any Utah State player who gets drafted belongs in the rafters. Queta helped us get to the tourney 3 years and put up unreal numbers. Had he not played with Sam it wouldn’t be a question but I feel like his impact is overlooked a bit.
Couldn't agree more, also Im not sure we had another national award finalist in the last 30 years.



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Post by bigwilly087 » January 13th, 2022, 3:50 pm

It sounds like at least everyone can agree with Jaycee needing to go up there...what are they waiting for?



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Re: Queta

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » January 15th, 2022, 12:22 pm

aggies22 wrote:
January 12th, 2022, 4:18 pm
treesap32 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 11:06 pm
LarryTheAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm
Real Life Aggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
OrangeCountyAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
I wouldn't discount Tai so easily. Tai is easily one of the all-time greats. He is top 10 in 13 career categories for the Aggies. Top 12 in 15. He's on the list for pretty much every main category. Points, Assists, Steals, Blocks, Rebounds. And his efficiency was off the charts (5th All-Time in Career Field Goal Percentage). He did everything for us on the court. Extreme efficiency, toughness, defense. He came in and pretty much started his entire career (all but 11 games, one of which where he came off the bench to allow Seniors to start on Senior Night).

https://www.usustats.com/players/Tai+Wesley

For comparison sake, Jaycee Carroll is top 10 in 16 career categories, the majority of which are scoring categories. He ended up 14th in rebounds (pretty incredible for a guard) and 20th in assists. Jaycee is also top 5 in 12 of those categories, and #1 all-time in 8 career categories. He's on 28 single-season categories, all of which have to do with scoring except for minutes played, games started, and minutes per game.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Jaycee+Carroll

Sam Merrill is top 10 in 15 career categories. Mostly scoring categories, but he clocks in at #2 in assists and #7 in steals. He is also top 5 in 12 categories like Jaycee. He's on 26 single-season leaderboards, mostly for scoring, but 5 for assists and assist-to-turnover ratio.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Sam+Merrill
I hope you guys don't think less of me for saying this but Tai was the f---ing MAN!! A leader in every sense of the word!
Wesley was definitely a great! His senior year when he won conference player of the year, the team went 30-4 and could have gone undefeated had he stayed out of foul trouble.

Against a Sweet Sixteen byu team, Wesley only played 25 minutes before fouling out, but still scored 19 on 9/11 shooting in what would be a close loss.

Against Georgetown, the team lost by 17, but the game was neck and neck until Wesley got in foul trouble. He only played 20 minutes before fouling out.

Our 1 conference loss that year was in Idaho where Wesley had a double double, but again fouled out in a close game.

In the NCAA tournament, he played great. Led the game in rebouding and had 18 pts on 7-10 shooting, but you guessed it, more foul trouble. He fouled out again in a close loss.

Utah State went undefeated in 2010-11 when Wesley didn't foul out of a game and I would bet money USU was in the + in all four of those losses when he was on the court. He deserves to be considered among the Aggie greats and as one of the most valuable players to his team in USU history. His only negative was of course constantly getting into foul trouble.
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Re: Queta

Post by pilotaggie » January 15th, 2022, 12:52 pm

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January 13th, 2022, 3:50 pm
It sounds like at least everyone can agree with Jaycee needing to go up there...what are they waiting for?
Waiting for him to make his way back to the states and give back to the program :) I honestly don't know. When he finished out in the Spectrum I think they said it had to be 5 years before they would retire a number. No question he should be retired. I would retire Sam and Queta as well. Tai probably should be but for whatever reason he has gotten lost in the mix.


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Post by ultramagnus » January 15th, 2022, 6:28 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote:
aggies22 wrote:
January 12th, 2022, 4:18 pm
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January 11th, 2022, 11:06 pm
LarryTheAggie wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:59 pm
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January 11th, 2022, 1:51 pm
bigwilly087 wrote:
January 11th, 2022, 1:30 pm
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January 11th, 2022, 1:19 pm
Aggie legend! I'm looking forward to seeing his number retired in the Spectrum one day.
Speaking of which, last time I was in the Spectrum I looked at the retired numbers and realized the most recent player with his jersey retired is Greg Grant that played from 83-86. There have been a few players that have played since then that I would think warrant consideration.

Jaycee Carroll I would think is a no brainer. Tai Wesley? Sam and Neemi I would think would be sure things. Any others? Is it typical to wait until the player has retired from the game for a number of years before retiring their number?
Let's not get crazy. I think we can all agree that Jaycee belongs up there.
Yeah, Jaycee and probably Sam. As much as I loved Tai, he is not near the level of jaycee, Sam,, grant and Estes.

I could see an argument for Queta, but I don't think he is there either.
I wouldn't discount Tai so easily. Tai is easily one of the all-time greats. He is top 10 in 13 career categories for the Aggies. Top 12 in 15. He's on the list for pretty much every main category. Points, Assists, Steals, Blocks, Rebounds. And his efficiency was off the charts (5th All-Time in Career Field Goal Percentage). He did everything for us on the court. Extreme efficiency, toughness, defense. He came in and pretty much started his entire career (all but 11 games, one of which where he came off the bench to allow Seniors to start on Senior Night).

https://www.usustats.com/players/Tai+Wesley

For comparison sake, Jaycee Carroll is top 10 in 16 career categories, the majority of which are scoring categories. He ended up 14th in rebounds (pretty incredible for a guard) and 20th in assists. Jaycee is also top 5 in 12 of those categories, and #1 all-time in 8 career categories. He's on 28 single-season categories, all of which have to do with scoring except for minutes played, games started, and minutes per game.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Jaycee+Carroll

Sam Merrill is top 10 in 15 career categories. Mostly scoring categories, but he clocks in at #2 in assists and #7 in steals. He is also top 5 in 12 categories like Jaycee. He's on 26 single-season leaderboards, mostly for scoring, but 5 for assists and assist-to-turnover ratio.

http://www.usustats.com/players/Sam+Merrill
I hope you guys don't think less of me for saying this but Tai was the f---ing MAN!! A leader in every sense of the word!
Wesley was definitely a great! His senior year when he won conference player of the year, the team went 30-4 and could have gone undefeated had he stayed out of foul trouble.

Against a Sweet Sixteen byu team, Wesley only played 25 minutes before fouling out, but still scored 19 on 9/11 shooting in what would be a close loss.

Against Georgetown, the team lost by 17, but the game was neck and neck until Wesley got in foul trouble. He only played 20 minutes before fouling out.

Our 1 conference loss that year was in Idaho where Wesley had a double double, but again fouled out in a close game.

In the NCAA tournament, he played great. Led the game in rebouding and had 18 pts on 7-10 shooting, but you guessed it, more foul trouble. He fouled out again in a close loss.

Utah State went undefeated in 2010-11 when Wesley didn't foul out of a game and I would bet money USU was in the + in all four of those losses when he was on the court. He deserves to be considered among the Aggie greats and as one of the most valuable players to his team in USU history. His only negative was of course constantly getting into foul trouble.
Tai was awesome. He was the subject of one of the best Stew quotes of all time. I’m sure I’ll butcher it but it was something along the lines of:

“When it comes to fouling out or fouling at inopportune times, Tai just can’t help himself—just like I can’t help opening the refrigerator every time I walk past it.”

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Post by Aggiefan33 » January 17th, 2022, 9:15 am

Just to be clear, we have 2 retired NUMBERS. The others are retired JERSEYS.

I think you could retire the jersey for some of these individuals as I think that is still an honor. Grant’s jersey is retired, so Sam $ Merrill could still wear that number.


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Post by aggies22 » January 17th, 2022, 6:18 pm

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It sounds like at least everyone can agree with Jaycee needing to go up there...what are they waiting for?
Waiting for him to make his way back to the states and give back to the program :) I honestly don't know. When he finished out in the Spectrum I think they said it had to be 5 years before they would retire a number. No question he should be retired. I would retire Sam and Queta as well. Tai probably should be but for whatever reason he has gotten lost in the mix.
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Post by aggieborn » January 17th, 2022, 7:21 pm

Ayo Dosunmu got his jersey retired at Illinois I dont understand what the wait is to put Sams up in the Spectrum. I don’t see why it isn’t hung up there by the end of the year



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Post by dirtnsnow » January 17th, 2022, 9:53 pm

Aggiefan33 wrote:
January 17th, 2022, 9:15 am
Just to be clear, we have 2 retired NUMBERS. The others are retired JERSEYS.

I think you could retire the jersey for some of these individuals as I think that is still an honor. Grant’s jersey is retired, so Sam $ Merrill could still wear that number.


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If both Grant and Merrill used that number, then it definitely needs to be retired. Either that, or it has to be earned, like you have to be an active player in the top 10 all time in a few categories to be allowed to wear it, or something like that.


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