{"id":7582,"date":"2015-02-27T07:40:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T12:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2015-02-27T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T14:03:42","slug":"this-story-about-former-duke-abdulai-jalloh-should-live-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7582","title":{"rendered":"This Story About Former Duke Abdulai Jalloh Should Live Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=7583\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?fit=1600%2C1034&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1034\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jmubasketballteam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?fit=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?fit=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?resize=588%2C380\" alt=\"jmubasketballteam\" width=\"588\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?resize=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jmubasketballteam.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>One of the only good things about JMU&#8217;s loss to UNCW was the fact that our favorite CAA hoops writer from the past, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BGMull\">Brian Mull<\/a>, came out of semi-retirement to cover the game. Mull covered UNCW and the CAA at large back in the day for the Wilmington Star News and he was great. After UNCW got out to an insurmountable lead the other night, he mentioned via Twitter that he wasn&#8217;t sure &#8220;Abdulai Jalloh, two girls and a plate of chicken can save JMU now.&#8221; Given the state of mind we were in at the time, it went right over our heads. But then <a href=\"http:\/\/dubhub.blogs.starnewsonline.com\/10206\/caa-preseason-fun-the-players\/\">Mull followed up with an explanation<\/a> and oh what an explanation it is. It goes like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After setting the Trask Coliseum scoring record with 37 points in a 99-85 UNCW victory, Jalloh came into the interview room to talk with JMU beat writer Dustin Dopiriak. Only, he didn\u2019t come alone, nor did he leave emptyhanded. By his side were two young local ladies he\u2019d recently befriended. While conducting the interview, he talked to the ladies about a return trip to Wilmington and also piled high on a plate leftovers from the pregame media buffet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s amazing. Jalloh was a heck of a player and we knew he loved to score buckets. He also apparently liked to take the all the food and women too. If we retired jerseys here on JMUSB, Jalloh&#8217;s might be the first one hoisted the rafters.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7582&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the only good things about JMU&#8217;s loss to UNCW was the fact that our favorite CAA hoops writer from the past, Brian Mull, came out of semi-retirement to cover the game. Mull covered UNCW and the CAA at large back in the day for the Wilmington Star News and he was great. After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2383,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2383","url_meta":{"origin":7582,"position":0},"title":"Diamond Dukes Sweep Their Way Into Tournament Position","date":"May 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Diamond Dukes took 3 out of 3 against UNCW over the weekend to\u00a0sweep the crucial late season series. The series matched-up the two teams preseason CAA favorites both trying to finish strong and secure a spot in the CAA tourney. 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JMU blows lead, still wins!","date":"January 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh yeah, and the Wizards held off the Thunder.\u00a0 Maybe\u00a0should all\u00a0get shootin' lessons from the Nuge and move to Montana.\u00a0 Before getting to the Dukes, a quick question:\u00a0 Would it have been inappropriate for Wiz fans to storm the court tonight?\u00a0 Never even occured to me at the pro level,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Basketball&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pig-300x272.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10187,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10187","url_meta":{"origin":7582,"position":2},"title":"JMUSB Pod: CAA Hoops Preview With Brian Mull","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When we came up with the idea for the JMUSB Podcast, Todd and I had a list of guests we'd like to have on, should we actually get thing off the ground. 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