I know it is early, but apparently the UWyo men's team has been playing a Summer tourney in...Calgary. That means the stalwart boys of the Brown and Gold have been faced with the very best that Canada has to offer. Wyoming has done very well, they have beaten teams in the first couple of games by a combined score of 392-12 or something, I wasn't paying attention.
Still, this means that the Wyoming basketball team should go through the season undefeated.
I hope they stomped on thier faces.
Canadians are more of the head stomping types, Wyoming players will just remind the refs of all the egregious fouls that the Canadians are committing to that they can call them when it is an opportune time for Wyoming.
The JC recruit that was suppose to fill scoring void of Washington left school today, but guess should have seen it coming as he has been linked to six schools in last seven years :lol:
Typical Terps season projection: so promising without Stoglin who bailed for the NBA, so could go the other fucking way without Stoglin who bailed for the NBA.
For the first time in God knows how fucking long, they actually have TWO real promising centers; although the Ukrainian is a frosh, Shaquille Cleare's still a man-beast.
I'm just glad the entire North Carolina starting 5 and the rest of the bench all declared for the NBA at once. LULZ, fuck you, 'Lina Blue.
Wyoming is bound to be a fair team, without a star (unless Larry Nance Jr really blossoms), but well coached by former Florida asst coach Larry Shyatt. In the fine tradition of Wyoming athletics, anything above dismal is considered a slam dunk.
Since Wright State had a losing record last season, I'm somewhat anticipating an improvement in wins in the Horizon league. That is the usual pattern.
P.S. Butler Sucks.
Rick Majerus died last night.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rick-majerus-college-basketball-coach-023707131--ncaab.html
:(
RIP big sweater guy. I remember him raging in the AA at the calls, but always being a damn good guy. (One tournament back when it rotated locations he came into the final with a Wyoming sweatshirt on to the delight of the crowd, guy was good)
Quote from: sbr on December 02, 2012, 12:30:50 PM
Rick Majerus died last night.
RIP Rick.
Can't say it was a total shocker.
Nice that Indiana basketball is back.
Wyoming got votes in the AP poll for the first time in a decade. It is hard having my team being better than sucktastic.
Wow Texas sucks. Why do their teams all have to be good or bad at the same time?
I watched some of that Texas game. They do suck.
Arizona looks like they could be a really, really good team come March...
Wyoming went to Illinois State last night, the same team that lost to Louisville by 3 last weekend...and in the first half Wyoming got spanked. 3 minutes into the 2nd half Wyoming was down by 19.
Wyoming won by 14. Jesus.
I won't be able to get away from work early enough to make it down for the annual WVU-Marshall game tonight, dammit. Thankfully they've stopped scheduling this game in the middle of WVU's conference schedule and they can afford not to look past Marshall.
I just noticed Butler is no longer in the Horizon League. Hooray! :)
Butler sucks.
Hey Peedy, did Big Country go to Wyoming or Montana?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2012, 01:47:30 PM
Hey Peedy, did Big Country go to Wyoming or Montana?
Fat Country went to Oklahoma State, didn't he?
Big Sweaty went to the other Cowboys.
Hmmm. Coulda sworn he was a mountain boy.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2012, 02:36:40 PM
Hmmm. Coulda sworn he was a mountain boy.
You swore wrong
And then he went to the Vancouver Grizzles where they had to put a person on him full time to make sure he worked out and ate properly. It started to work. He slimmed down and played pretty well. Then the strike happened. With nobody looking over his shoulder 24/7 he went back to being a slob. Reported to camp grossly overwieght and out of shape. His knees blew out within a month or two and that was that.
Go Horns :punk:
WVU is struggling at home vs. Oakland :mellow:
Wahoo!!11 :w00t: I...can't believe they won. Heck with the Big 12 looking like crap this year these guys might actually have a chance at 3rd place.
Of course the NCAA chose to be a total buzzkill and announce DURING THE GAME that Kabongo was suspended for the season. :(
I am confused by a sudden wave of positive feelings towards Rick Barnes.
Wyoming is 11-0 and getting some (few) votes in the top 25 polls...
You are conflicted, Valmy? I know I can't give in to feelings of hope, this is a University of Wyoming team, but they are doing so well.
Quote from: PDH on December 20, 2012, 09:01:20 AM
You are conflicted, Valmy?
I don't like Barnes. His brand of Basketball is grind it out defense, Texas neither does the fast break thing nor the half court offense very well under his leadership. The only time Texas' offense is any good is when they have a really talented point guard and those do not exactly grow on trees, even with Kevin Durant they had trouble scoring. Without a TJ Ford or a DJ Augustine they are not getting out of the first weekend of the tournament. Granted if he can get another one of those guys they will be fine but can we count on that?
Of course if anybody is any good they are leaving for the NBA after their Sophmore year at the latest even if they still have not really done anything in College but that goes for every major conference program these days. Meh.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.champaignschools.org%2Fcentral%2Fbusiness%2Fjohnson%2F5th2005%2Fcharden%2Fillinois.jpg&hash=4a5fbf2076b78eb751390ca423759df7275aa110)
Undefeated and #10 up against #12 Mizzou Saturday.
Not sure how to feel about this, we've sucked at all sports since I've been here. :hmm:
Illinois is for real, and would be a real contender in several conferences this year. Unfortunately for them, the Big Ten isn't one of them. They face a murder's row of ranked teams (8 of the 18 conference games will be against teams that went into conference play ranked in the top 20). They do not, unfortunately for them, match up well against Michigan or Ohio, and they play both twice. Still, they will make the tournament, probably with ease.
Quote from: Valmy on December 20, 2012, 12:26:57 PM
Quote from: PDH on December 20, 2012, 09:01:20 AM
You are conflicted, Valmy?
I don't like Barnes.
Well, Wyoming has the main guy under Barnes (when he was at Clemson) - Shyatt. Very similar, tough defense, find a way to score, hit the free throws...still Wyoming is 12-0 after tonight, and that is rare air for this team. I really would like to see Wyoming hoops return to the levels they were back in the 1980s, who knows - starting off a a season this way means that the team is at least playing better than they have for years.
QuoteTerps hold off late rally for win over Stony Brook
That's all you really need to know. Weakest 10-1 start evah.
Quote from: grumbler on December 21, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Illinois is for real, and would be a real contender in several conferences this year. Unfortunately for them, the Big Ten isn't one of them. They face a murder's row of ranked teams (8 of the 18 conference games will be against teams that went into conference play ranked in the top 20). They do not, unfortunately for them, match up well against Michigan or Ohio, and they play both twice. Still, they will make the tournament, probably with ease.
Contrast with Arizona, who is also for real, but apparently won't find any real challenge in the Pac-12, which is looking pretty bad again this year.
Man, what the fuck happened to Pac-10 basketball?
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.minus.com%2FibcxZfL6qQrakt.gif&hash=0f36914d01f2250b044c9da1ff8f8724d1c7a541)
This never gets old.
Wyoming is now 13-0, tonight they beat SMU. This is the best start in school history, but Wyoming being Wyoming is also shooting itself in the foot - the number 2 scorer got into an "altercation" (word is he stepped in to stop a fight between some rube and one of the trainers)...and broke his 4th metatarsal.
He is out 4-6 weeks...sigh...
Valmy, we forgot to trash-talk before the UT-WVU game last night. Both teams are so similar-- difficult pre-season schedule (despite what the idiot announcers in the game said), hovering around .500 entering conference play, great defenses, abysmal offenses, and one impressive win each vs. ranked teams.
I say both teams grind it through conference play to end up with 17 or 18 or so wins apiece and land a 9 or 10 seed.
I missed the game last night but am watching it with Lola right now :)
Quote from: derspiess on January 10, 2013, 10:11:56 AM
Valmy, we forgot to trash-talk before the UT-WVU game last night. Both teams are so similar-- difficult pre-season schedule (despite what the idiot announcers in the game said), hovering around .500 entering conference play, great defenses, abysmal offenses, and one impressive win each vs. ranked teams.
I say both teams grind it through conference play to end up with 17 or 18 or so wins apiece and land a 9 or 10 seed.
I missed the game last night but am watching it with Lola right now :)
I was too depressed after the Baylor game, Texas plays one of its best games of the year and still loses :weep:
I will be very happy if this team somehow sneaks into the tournament.
Quote from: Valmy on January 10, 2013, 10:16:41 AM
I was too depressed after the Baylor game, Texas plays one of its best games of the year and still loses :weep:
I will be very happy if this team somehow sneaks into the tournament.
On paper both teams appear headed to the NIT, but both usually find a way to get into the NCAA tourney one way or another.
Hey PeeDee
15 San Diego St 9 Wyoming 20 at the half :lol:
Wyoming lost their best outside shooter to a broken hand (that turned out a week later the bar fight also was where he kicked some dude in the head as well and is now up on charges!). The Pokes can't score any more, but they can play defense.
Offensive explosion in the 2nd half. Wyoming beats number 15 San Diego State 58-45.
I miss Len Bias.
Horrible loss to Kansas...I guess I should feel encouraged but Texas had a similar melt down with a big lead against UCLA and that didn't mean anything.
9th loss of the season. They will be at the point soon where they could win every remaining regular season game and still be a bubble team.
Apparently the Oregon Ducks are pretty good at basketball too.
Who would have thought?
Great game between Michigan and IU.
Quote from: sbr on January 21, 2013, 12:44:52 AM
Apparently the Oregon Ducks are pretty good at basketball too.
Who would have thought?
Neither Stanford or Cal got the memo.
Quote from: katmai on February 02, 2013, 11:58:06 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 21, 2013, 12:44:52 AM
Apparently the Oregon Ducks are pretty good at basketball too.
Who would have thought?
Neither Stanford or Cal got the memo.
Knew could rely on no class from a Huskies fan.
Quote from: sbr on February 04, 2013, 01:15:10 AM
Quote from: katmai on February 02, 2013, 11:58:06 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 21, 2013, 12:44:52 AM
Apparently the Oregon Ducks are pretty good at basketball too.
Who would have thought?
Neither Stanford or Cal got the memo.
Knew could rely on no class from a Huskies fan.
:yeah:
Arizona is back where they belong at first in the conference.
The freshman have been disappointing this year, although Tarc seems to be coming along.
You guys clawed out a win in Seattle. Then Saturday they put on track meet with ASU.
I still can't figure out the Huskies team this year.
Hoyas look very much like a one or two and done team this year, but gotta love the win over the top ranked team in the country. :)
I heard an announcer at the end of a Big12 game Saturday use the term "line of delineation" :huh:
And I'm looking forward to WVU's tard fight tonight against Texas. Winner gets to even up its record at 11-11 and start building its resume for an NIT berth :bleeding:
Quote from: derspiess on February 04, 2013, 11:44:22 AM
I heard an announcer at the end of a Big12 game Saturday use the term "line of delineation" :huh:
And I'm looking forward to WVU's tard fight tonight against Texas. Winner gets to even up its record at 11-11 and start building its resume for an NIT berth :bleeding:
:lol:
A rivalry is born. This season cannot end fast enough as far as I am concerned. Talk about a total humiliation of UT's once proud program. The only nice thing is since TCU has joined the league Texas can count on one more victory.
One of the funniest blog posts I've seen so far this year:
http://www.thechampaignroom.com/2013/2/8/3968762/video-we-made-a-kid-cry (http://www.thechampaignroom.com/2013/2/8/3968762/video-we-made-a-kid-cry)
Just saw on ESPN that Joe Linardi has UK in his first four out. WTF happened to UK this year? :wacko:
It would be fun to dig up that article Timmy linked last year about Calipari's unbeatable, indestructible one-and-done recruiting model.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 16, 2013, 04:59:44 PM
Just saw on ESPN that Joe Linardi has UK in his first four out. WTF happened to UK this year? :wacko:
It would be fun to dig up that article Timmy linked last year about Calipari's unbeatable, indestructible one-and-done recruiting model.
The new recruits haven't been as good as advertised beyond the one who they just lost to ACL tear.
Oh god. The Horns are pretty goddamn bad this year. Yikes.
Maryland got their traditional "maybe-there's-hope-yet-but-not-really" upset of the year.
Joe Linardi has the four #1's as Kansas, Gonzaga, Indiana, and Georgetown.
:hmm: Don't really get it. Georgetown is ranked 7, Duke is 3 and won tonight, but he has GU in instead of Duke.
Arizona is tanking in a spectacular manner.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on February 17, 2013, 01:57:38 AM
Oh god. The Horns are pretty goddamn bad this year. Yikes.
College basketball generally sucks this year :P
Wyoming tanked right after the star player got kicked off the team...imagine that. Still, for a glorious moment of one week the mighty Cowboys were ranked 25th in the nation.
Wright State ended up at 19-11. :)
Crazy ending to the NY state high school championship!
http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/03/new-rochelle-n-y-wins-state-title-on-incredible-buzzer-beater-video/related/
Sectional championship, actually. Not state.
Still freaking amazing though.
QuoteGonzaga, the small Northwest school that consistently delivers big NCAA tournament wins, is on top of The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time.
Zags' Rise To The Top
Gonzaga's No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 is its first in school history. The Zags also are the third non-Big Six school in the past 10 years that voters have sent to the top:
School Season
Gonzaga 2012-13
Memphis 2007-08
Saint Joseph's 2003-04
The last time more than 5 schools spent time at No. 1 through Week 18 was 2003-04. No. 1 this season, in weeks:
School Weeks
Indiana Nine
Duke Five
Louisville One
Michigan One
Gonzaga One
Riding the best record in Division I at 29-2, the Bulldogs took advantage of Indiana's loss to Minnesota last week and switched places with the Hoosiers, advancing from No. 2 and moving comfortably into the No. 1 spot Monday.
The Spokane, Wash., school best known for Bing Crosby's croons and John Stockton's passes received 51 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel, 44 more than Indiana.
Gonzaga coach Mark Few, in anticipation of the Bulldogs being ranked No. 1 overall, told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that the historic ranking would be an "honor" for both the school and the city of Spokane.
"If they choose to do it, it's an honor," Few told Katz prior to the release of the poll. "[The No. 1 ranking] would not only be an honor for the program, it's an honor for Spokane.
"It's a big deal in Spokane, but it's not like [we're] carrying any more burden when [ranked] No. 2 or 3 or 5."
Gonzaga becomes the 57th school to be ranked No. 1 since the AP poll began in January 1949. The Bulldogs are the fifth school to hold the top slot this season.
Indiana was the preseason No. 1 and was on top for nine other weeks. Duke, which was No. 1 for five weeks, and Louisville and Michigan, which were both on top for one week, were the other No. 1s this season.
Gonzaga reached No. 2 last week, at the time its highest ranking. After Indiana's defeat, the Bulldogs capped their West Coast Conference regular season with wins over BYU and Portland to pave the way to the one-spot leap. Their first game as a No. 1 team will be in the semifinals of the WCC tournament Saturday night.
Duke, which followed a loss to Virginia with a win over Miami, stayed third with five first-place votes. Kansas and Georgetown both jumped two spots to fourth and fifth. The Hoyas received the other two first-place votes.
Miami, Michigan, Louisville, Kansas State and Michigan State rounded out the top 10.
Virginia Commonwealth and UCLA, both ranked in the AP poll earlier in the season, returned to the poll at 21st and 23rd, respectively. They replaced Butler and Louisiana Tech. Butler fell out of the rankings from last week's No. 20 ranking after a 32-point loss to VCU. Louisiana Tech dropped out after one week at No. 25 despite winning its two games last week by an average of 25 points.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
So, are we doing a Languish bracket this year?
I see Texas and Wyoming are both in some crappy non-NCAA and non-NIT tournament. Fame and glory are clearly on the line.
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2013, 07:47:11 AM
I see Texas and Wyoming are both in some crappy non-NCAA and non-NIT tournament. Fame and glory are clearly on the line.
:bleeding: Is it one of those tournaments you have to pay to get into? I'm glad WVU wasn't even in a position to do that. No shame in going to the NIT, but if you don't make it there then don't bother.
Hoya-Saxons #2 in Kansas' bracket. I hope JT3's luck with the NCAA gets better this year. At least make it to the 16.
So the Ducks were #10 in the country, their great young point guard gets hurt and they lose some games, just miss the regular season title and win the Pac-12 tourney and get a #12 seed. :hmm:
Oh well, college basketball has gotten so incredibly uninteresting that even March Madness doesn't do anything for me at all.
Counting down until baseball season.
Quote from: sbr on March 18, 2013, 09:25:33 AM
Oh well, college basketball has gotten so incredibly uninteresting that even March Madness doesn't do anything for me at all.
Really? I thought it was just because me team sucks.
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2013, 09:27:27 AM
Quote from: sbr on March 18, 2013, 09:25:33 AM
Oh well, college basketball has gotten so incredibly uninteresting that even March Madness doesn't do anything for me at all.
Really? I thought it was just because me team sucks.
Gotta admit I paid less attention to college hoops this year than I had in ages-- all because WVU was so horrible this year. When I'm not accustomed to your team sucking so much and then suddenly they do, it's just too painful to watch any team play.
Quote from: derspiess on March 18, 2013, 09:55:58 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2013, 09:27:27 AM
Quote from: sbr on March 18, 2013, 09:25:33 AM
Oh well, college basketball has gotten so incredibly uninteresting that even March Madness doesn't do anything for me at all.
Really? I thought it was just because me team sucks.
Gotta admit I paid less attention to college hoops this year than I had in ages-- all because WVU was so horrible this year. When I'm not accustomed to your team sucking so much and then suddenly they do, it's just too painful to watch any team play.
I'm not sure that I've ever watched a regular season college basketball game that WVU wasn't playing in.
Yeah, I live in a hotbed of college hoops now, but the whole NC/Duke/NCState thing doesn't really do anything for me. I've got no dog in that race.
The NCAA Tourney this year is a big, hot mess.
Fuck it, I'm picking Georgetown.
Quote from: dps on March 18, 2013, 11:19:40 AM
[I'm not sure that I've ever watched a regular season college basketball game that WVU wasn't playing in.
Yeah, I live in a hotbed of college hoops now, but the whole NC/Duke/NCState thing doesn't really do anything for me. I've got no dog in that race.
I started out watching as much Big 12 basketball as I could this year (actually last year as well). I'll also usually watch Cincinnati or the big ACC, Big East or SEC matchups and some A-10 here & there. But I mostly stopped watching college basketball in January. Thankfully hockey started back up when it did.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 18, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
The NCAA Tourney this year is a big, hot mess.
Fuck it, I'm picking Georgetown.
My prediction is that Tim will do 250 brackets and then brag when one of them does well.
:D
Quote from: derspiess on March 18, 2013, 11:24:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 18, 2013, 11:21:59 AM
The NCAA Tourney this year is a big, hot mess.
Fuck it, I'm picking Georgetown.
My prediction is that Tim will do 250 brackets and then brag when one of them does well.
I never do more than one bracket. Anything more is intellectually dishonest. Assuming that you're doing them just for fun and/or bragging rights. If you're actually putting up money, then hedging your bets is a reasonable thing to do.
If you were counting on good basket basketball coming from the traditional powerhouses then yes indeed you were in for a disappointing year.
But if you were willing to watch some of the other games you would have seen some good games.
Even so the selection committee was still kind to the likes of Duke etc.
I like Indiana's chances. I also hope the kid from Kamloops BC plays at the level of all the expectations being put on his shoulders. During the selection show someone said Gonzaga would go far because he is the best player in the Country - of course he meant continent :D
So, are we doing a Languish pool or not this year. :unsure:
We are, you just weren't invited. ^_^
i'll go start it now
Hoya Saxa (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=158801&P=hoyaone)
hoyaone is password.
QuoteButler, Creighton and Xavier will join the so-called Catholic 7 schools in the new basketball conference keeping the Big East name, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement will not take place until Wednesday, when it will be made in conjunction with a news conference on the league's broadcast deal with Fox.
Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Seton Hall, Providence, Marquette and DePaul left to form a new league for next season.
Fuck Butler.
Pretty amusing story about SEC basketball coaches whining because their shitty league didn't get more NCAA bids:
http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2013/03/19/sec-seeking-answers-after-getting-only-3-ncaa-bids (http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2013/03/19/sec-seeking-answers-after-getting-only-3-ncaa-bids)
The answer to the SEC's problem is to create better basketball programs. Alabama is not a tourney team - they lost to Mercer, FFS, and of their four games against rated teams, they suffered three blowouts and a closer loss.
Come on, guys. We need more than 6 teams to make my victory look more impressive.
My '06, '10 & '12 Languish Tourney Madness trophies are getting lonely.
I'd love to but every year Yahoo fucks me over.
Was that Jerry Falwell's school in the play-in four? Did they rebrand from Liberty Baptist to just Liberty?
Fuck Obama, I am going back to being a Republican.
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/entry?entryID=4267886
Quote from: Berkut on March 20, 2013, 11:57:22 AM
Fuck Obama, I am going back to being a Republican.
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/entry?entryID=4267886
I have your boys in the Sweet 16 in my Bengals pool, Berkie :hug:
I'm in.
So Xavier is joining the Big East Catholics-Only Conference. That's all anyone wants to talk about here. And Joey Votto :mellow:
Here is a question. What goes into the decision to move conferences? Is it a question of getting more prestige, more chance of going to the big dance, or what?
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 20, 2013, 03:32:54 PM
Here is a question. What goes into the decision to move conferences? Is it a question of getting more prestige, more chance of going to the big dance, or what?
Those things are certainly considered but it usually comes down to TV money. Contracts are different for each conference.
Quote from: Valmy on March 20, 2013, 03:34:23 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 20, 2013, 03:32:54 PM
Here is a question. What goes into the decision to move conferences? Is it a question of getting more prestige, more chance of going to the big dance, or what?
Those things are certainly considered but it usually comes down to TV money. Contracts are different for each conference.
The Catholic thing had something to do with it, but yeah money was the big thing. Xavier was getting a lousy $400,000 a year in TV money in the A-10. In the Big East they'll get like $3 million or so.
Once again, fuck Butler.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 20, 2013, 05:09:13 PM
Once again, fuck Butler.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.empireonline.com%2Fimages%2Fimage_index%2Foriginal%2F52149.jpg&hash=1852c3700b28b1ef09f092b2b63747ea7cff68a6)?
Heh Texas lost in the first round of their NIT/NCAA reject tournament. What a glorious season.
Quote from: katmai on March 18, 2013, 11:37:19 PM
Hoya Saxa (http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=158801&P=hoyaone)
hoyaone is password.
Joined. Straight chalk to the Final Four.
Michigan State :wub:
I'm also in a random draw pool at work.
16 people put in $20 and you get 1 random team drawn from each regional. I ended up with OK State, Kansas State, San Diego State and Pacific. There are payouts after each round.
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 02:11:10 PM
I'm also in a random draw pool at work.
16 people put in $20 and you get 1 random team drawn from each regional. I ended up with OK State, Kansas State, San Diego State and Pacific. There are payouts after each round.
That's probably not a bad idea for a work pool. Round ball retards can feel included.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 21, 2013, 02:13:39 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 02:11:10 PM
I'm also in a random draw pool at work.
16 people put in $20 and you get 1 random team drawn from each regional. I ended up with OK State, Kansas State, San Diego State and Pacific. There are payouts after each round.
That's probably not a bad idea for a work pool. Round ball retards can feel included.
Yeah. It can be shitty if you end up with four double digits seeds, but the odds of that are pretty low. My "supervisor" ended up with 2 #1's, forget which ones though.
Is he running the pool? :ph34r:
Bah, 3 of 4. MY LIFE IS OVER
This tournament bores me so far.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 21, 2013, 03:22:21 PM
This tournament bores me so far.
You are just bitter Butler won.
Wyoming won their CBI game on a last second shot. Into the ELITE EIGHT of that awful tournament!
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 03:28:42 PM
Wyoming won their CBI game on a last second shot. Into the ELITE EIGHT of that awful tournament!
Sorry Wyoming is denied the honor of beating Texas for the title of most awesome crap team in the country.
How crap was Big 12 Basketball this season? Oklahoma State is demonstrating it admirably.
Oregon kind of got dissed with a 12 seed, they finished stronger than that. Plus, the 12 vs 5 seems to always give at least one upset.
In the languish brackets, I saw that Spicey's picks seem a lot like mine with better thought behind them...once again I predict I will finish 2nd to him. (for the 2nd or 3rd time)
Oh, and the finish of the Marquette game was magical.
Oh Gonzaga, really want to be the first #1 to lose to a #16 don't ya?
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 05:41:35 PM
Oh Gonzaga, really want to be the first #1 to lose to a #16 don't ya?
That's going to play serious hell with my bracket :ph34r:\
EDIT: whew
Good Gorgonzola/Southern game.
Does anyone know the logic behind different play-in teams getting different seeds?
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:08:54 PM
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
:nelson:
Even i didn't do that, and i hate them.
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:08:54 PM
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
:nelson:
Even i didn't do that, and i hate them.
I'm more of an OSU fan generally. I let my bias get to me :(
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:19:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:08:54 PM
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
:nelson:
Even i didn't do that, and i hate them.
I'm more of an OSU fan generally. I let my bias get to me :(
:yuk:
Two brackets still perfect.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 21, 2013, 06:36:58 PM
Two brackets still perfect.
How are the other 29 doing?
I only made 12! :mad:
Well you aren't perfect in the Languish brackets.
I won by not playing.
Very interesting win by Michigan. trey Burke was completely cold (2-19 shooting) but the team finally did what the team needed to do, which was pick up the slack. M ended up 50% from the floor, 45% from three. Defense held SD to 21% from three-point range. Belein actually made good floor calls. They may be the youngest team in the tournament, but they did a lot of growing today.
Michigan looked hot for the first time since they got the number one ranking five weeks ago. Hope everyone had them going far when they filled out their brackets. If Burke returns to form and the others keep their confidence, this could be a great run.
I have them meeting Kansas in the 16 in my ESPN bracket. Should give Kansas a handful. Why not, they've got as good a chance as anybody if they stay hot.
Goddamn, Rachel Nichols has a schnoz that looks would make a Jewish anteater self-conscious about its appearance.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 21, 2013, 08:19:43 PM
I have them meeting Kansas in the 16 in my ESPN bracket. Should give Kansas a handful. Why not, they've got as good a chance as anybody if they stay hot.
I ahd them losing to Kansas in my bracket, as well. If Burke returns to form, I don't think they will lose that one.
I have them losing vs VCU
And a Cal win is gonna fuck up my perfect so far bracket.
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 06:20:09 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:19:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:08:54 PM
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
:nelson:
Even i didn't do that, and i hate them.
I'm more of an OSU fan generally. I let my bias get to me :(
:yuk:
OSU meaning Oregon State, not Ohio State.
Just so we're clear.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:45:40 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 06:20:09 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:19:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 06:14:42 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 06:08:54 PM
I shouldn't have bet against Oregon :weep:
:nelson:
Even i didn't do that, and i hate them.
I'm more of an OSU fan generally. I let my bias get to me :(
:yuk:
OSU meaning Oregon State, not Ohio State.
Just so we're clear.
I know, and that is even worse.
:lol:
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:46:09 PM
I know, and that is even worse.
I've got a soft spot for aggie science. What can I say?
Ok Brain.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:48:07 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:46:09 PM
I know, and that is even worse.
I've got a soft spot for aggie science. What can I say?
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:49:18 PM
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
:lol:
I'm conflicted. The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, pass.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:49:18 PM
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
:lol:
I'm conflicted. The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, pass.
In what way are they the Yankees? At least the Yankees have won something?
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 08:45:29 PM
I have them losing vs VCU
And a Cal win is gonna fuck up my perfect so far bracket.
I hear ya
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Not really. Not long enough of a consistent tradition. More like the BoSox. Which makes them even more annoying.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 21, 2013, 08:53:29 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Not really. Not long enough of a consistent tradition. More like the BoSox. Which makes them even more annoying.
HEY NOW!! :mad:
Poop on UNLV
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 08:56:09 PM
Poop on UNLV
Every year's tourney is good for one 5-12 upset. You honestly didn't think it would be Akron this year, did you?
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:52:05 PM
In what way are they the Yankees?
You should see the money they throw at prospects.
No, more like Ol' Miss over Wisconsin though :p
HEY NOW
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 09:23:13 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:52:05 PM
In what way are they the Yankees?
You should see the money they throw at prospects.
truly pays to have Nike in your back pocket.
Quote from: katmai on March 21, 2013, 09:24:08 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 09:23:13 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:52:05 PM
In what way are they the Yankees?
You should see the money they throw at prospects.
truly pays to have Nike in your back pocket.
It really does.
Some big mofos from Microsoft too.
I'm in last place :cry:
New Mexico is gonna lose, there goes my chances as that blows up one of my elite 8 teams...
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 11:08:05 PM
New Mexico is gonna lose, there goes my chances as that blows up one of my elite 8 teams...
yeah fucking mountain west failing me.
WHAT THE FUCK HARVARD
Ha. I never bought into the New Mexico hype. They always underperform. Berkut has to be happy.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 11:26:26 PM
WHAT THE FUCK HARVARD
Our future Presidents, Senators, and Supreme Court Justices just brought it.
I had them winning in two of my brackets IIRC, and going pretty deep in one.
When you make so many, you can afford to just go crazy in some. ^_^
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 21, 2013, 11:55:29 PM
I had them winning in two of my brackets IIRC, and going pretty deep in one.
When you make so many, you can afford to just go crazy in some. ^_^
You're a true champion.
Hey Tim if you make 2^64 brackets you can win every single year :cool:
My straight chalk bracket lost 4 teams, but only 1 Sweet 16 team.
I lost one of my 4 in the work pool, but that was OK ST to the Ducks. I'll take that every time. :cool:
This is going rather nicely so far....
My best bracket is 15/16 so far. Not too confident about Gonzaga making the Final Four after their first game though! :D
GU is losing to 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast. :bleeding:
JT3 just can't cut the mustard at the big dance.
:o
I had them making the Sweet 16 in every bracket, the Elite 8 in most and several Final 4s!
In my one bracket, like normal people make, I should probably just lay down in a shallow grave now.
Tim's wall is covered in brackets. And brackets within alt history maps. And on the shelves? Jars of his urine.
HOYA SUXA
They let you make 10 brackets on ESPN, why not use them?
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZ3qyjSI.gif&hash=a4288a0e4efed39b0b336919b0538d4c289dca90)
See? The coach with the supermodel wife wins, it is an NCAA fact.
I blame Yi for the Hoya collapse.
That's okay to do it, Tim. Just don't brag when one bracket happens to do well.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 22, 2013, 08:13:54 PM
They let you make 10 brackets on ESPN, why not use them?
1) I'm not on ESPN's fantasy site.
2) Making 10 brackets just means you lack the courage of your convictions.
Quote from: derspiess on March 22, 2013, 08:19:07 PM
That's okay to do it, Tim. Just don't brag when one bracket happens to do well.
HAY GUYS I FIRED THIS SHOTGUN AND 1 PELLET HIT THE TARGET GUYS
Guys, Tim can't help being a retard...
...so pile on and give him shit.
There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different possible brackets.
12 brackets vs 1 is not a meaningful difference. I could make 12 million and it would still be just a drop in the ocean.
Dude, will you just die off already and stop destroying this thread? Fuck.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 22, 2013, 08:26:01 PM
There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different possible brackets.
12 brackets vs 1 is not a meaningful difference. I could make 12 million and it would still be just a drop in the ocean.
You could also make one, and not be a dipshit.
Quote from: PDH on March 22, 2013, 08:18:21 PM
I blame Yi for the Hoya collapse.
I blame the unions.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 22, 2013, 08:28:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 22, 2013, 08:26:01 PM
There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different possible brackets.
12 brackets vs 1 is not a meaningful difference. I could make 12 million and it would still be just a drop in the ocean.
You could also make one, and not be a dipshit.
Well, he could make only one, and he'd still be a dipshit. It's just that there'd be a bit less evidence.
Quote from: dps on March 22, 2013, 08:30:07 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 22, 2013, 08:28:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 22, 2013, 08:26:01 PM
There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different possible brackets.
12 brackets vs 1 is not a meaningful difference. I could make 12 million and it would still be just a drop in the ocean.
You could also make one, and not be a dipshit.
Well, he could make only one, and he'd still be a dipshit. It's just that there'd be a bit less evidence.
As Abraham Lincoln famously opined: "It is better to make one bracket and be thought a fool than to make ten and remove all doubt."
You can make one bracket for each group you're a member of that's sponsoring a competition.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 22, 2013, 08:32:57 PM
You can make one bracket for each group you're a member of that's sponsoring a competition.
Sure.
But that's not what Tim did, is it?
:lol: Quitter
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/mexico-beat-writer-rage-quits-lobos-unexpected-loss-225527394--ncaab.html
Quote from: fahdiz on March 22, 2013, 08:34:28 PM
But that's not what Tim did, is it?
Oh hells no. He sprayed his jizz all over the internet like a jellyfish.
I won a tee shirt from ESPN by winning an NIT bracket contest in 2000 or 2001, scoring something like in the 99.5 percentile, practically running the entire bracket.
Cheaply made little tee shirt, but I've kept it all this time. Why? Because it was a major award.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achristmasstoryhouse.com%2Fimages%2FOld-Man-Admiring-Major-Award.jpg&hash=d046e14e8a9e3c02f33b39e15f9644ceb2c2b0ca)
FRA-GIL-LE. Italian!
But I only made one bracket. Because that's what real men do.
Tim shot his eye out.
Lol, Kansas down by 1 at the half
Fucking Scips And Yi.
And Tim if you can't shut the fuck up about your ten brackets (none in the Languish pool i might mention) I will gladly ban you until the tourney is over.
I'll be good. :(
Quote from: katmai on March 22, 2013, 11:15:49 PM
And Tim if you can't shut the fuck up about your ten brackets (none in the Languish pool i might mention) I will gladly ban you until the tourney is over.
Katmai: hero of the republic.
:wub:
Go Bilikens. :wub:
Actually them and 'Zona are two teams left I could see rooting for.
And all this time, I figured a Jesuit Pope was a sign. D'oh. I blame Yi for not contributing to his Alumni Association.
I blame Scips for being a heretic!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 23, 2013, 08:27:39 AM
And all this time, I figured a Jesuit Pope was a sign. D'oh. I blame Yi for not contributing to his Alumni Association.
Blame JT3 for telling his kids to shoot desperation threes when there was plenty of time for them to focus on higher % shots and solid D to get back into the game.
Dang, Michigan is playing like a Final 4 team right now.
Quote from: katmai on March 23, 2013, 08:25:46 AM
Actually them and 'Zona are two teams left I could see rooting for.
You are a good man.
Zona is a good story this year as well.
Parrom makes a big comeback from being shot, Miller is always a guy who is easy to like, the freshman bigs who are developing nicely...
It's not my fault. I actually picked them to lose this game.
Then I changed my bracket out of misplaced loyalty.
Fucking chokers, the lot of them.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:49:18 PM
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
:lol:
I'm conflicted. The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, pass.
Notre Dame is the Yankees of college football.
I was never convinced that GU was that good a team this year.
They had no post play. Porter is not a post up guy, and while Lubick and Hopkins are decent on the boards and defensively neither is an offensive threat.
This weakness didn't show so much against man to man teams because GU runs backdoor cuts really, really well, and a big thug stationed on the block actually interferes with cutters.
But against zone teams GU had no offensive options except passing eight times around the perimeter and hoisting a 3 at the shot clock.
I also think that JT3's basketball philosophy and offensive system undercuts the athletic advantage GU often had.
Against Florida GC for example. The Princeton offense was designed for five middle sized white guys to play competitively with powerhouses. But it also meant that GU's Mandingo warriors (especially in the back court) felt constrained about breaking down defenses with street ball.
Given the mystique of the Thompson name at GU and what I consider GU's sense of loyalty I'm pretty sure JT3's job is safe as long as he wants it. But GU is not going to be a truly competitive team (as opposed to a team that can catch a hot streak when it hits 3's) until JT3 recruits quality big men, gets creative on zone offense, and takes the lid off his players.
Thank you and God Bless. Hoya Saxa. Death to the unions.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 23, 2013, 03:22:18 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:49:18 PM
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
:lol:
I'm conflicted. The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, pass.
Notre Dame is the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, I'd say that fits reasonably well. The Ducks are more like a college version of the Dallas Cowboys--crass, but loaded with new money (at least, I assume that Jerry Jones is loaded).
Quote from: dps on March 23, 2013, 04:46:08 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 23, 2013, 03:22:18 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 21, 2013, 08:50:55 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 21, 2013, 08:49:18 PM
I have a soft spot for winning football programs. :P
Go Ducks!
:lol:
I'm conflicted. The Ducks are from the state in which I reside. But they are also basically the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, pass.
Notre Dame is the Yankees of college football.
Yeah, I'd say that fits reasonably well. The Ducks are more like a college version of the Dallas Cowboys--crass, but loaded with new money (at least, I assume that Jerry Jones is loaded).
The main difference being that the Ducks win a lot.
You know, like the Yankees.
The Ducks have never won it all. Sorry, the choices are Notre Dame, Alabama, and maybe USC and Ohio St. Alabama doesn't have the elitism or long history of media over-hype on their side. They're a poor fit for a New York franchise. The others just haven't won enough. Notre Dame it is.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 23, 2013, 03:33:02 PM
Thank you and God Bless. Hoya Saxa. Death to the unions.
:lol: :mad:
I really thought he'd let the big uglies loose for the tourney and let them play some physical street ball with the early seeds, and then get more conservative later on in the bracket. Sucks.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 23, 2013, 05:17:58 PM
The Ducks have never won it all. Sorry, the choices are Notre Dame, Alabama, and maybe USC and Ohio St. Alabama doesn't have the elitism or long history of media over-hype on their side. They're a poor fit for a New York franchise. The others just haven't won enough. Notre Dame it is.
So what you're saying is, last year aside, Notre Dame has been going through the Bucky Dent years since 1989?
Wow, that was a tough match up against those smart kids.
Thou art mortal :secret:
Gonzaga just lost to Wichita St.
I didn't think Gonzaga looked very good either.
Hoosiers are going to take the big prize.
Quote from: Berkut on March 23, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
Wow, that was a tough match up against those smart kids.
For God's sake man, get hold of yourself!
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.minus.com%2Fit60c6XVaIOQu.gif&hash=d3a81a69f7140b2be823ece402c1ca3231fb08d9)
Wow, the Cats bracket is just a mess.
Ed's forsaken Buckeyes just fell behind Iowa State with 3 minutes left.
That Ohio State kid had ice in his veins. Iowa State gets a whole .2 seconds to answer with a 3 of their own.
edit: make that .5 :D
Not my buckeyes. I could care less about the basketball there.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 24, 2013, 02:44:43 PM
Not my buckeyes. I could care less about the basketball there.
Hence "forsaken" :)
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 24, 2013, 02:44:43 PM
Not my buckeyes. I could care less about the basketball there.
Hence "forsaken" :)
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
Ohio state will survive my wandering eye. Why watch them when Bobby Knight was throwing chairs around?
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
It's reverse Timmy-ism. :yeah:
I reverse the polarity.
Also, if anybody doesn't like it, you are cordially invited to eat the undigested corn in my stool.
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
You can like a school for football and not give a shit about basketball though.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 23, 2013, 05:17:58 PM
The Ducks have never won it all. Sorry, the choices are Notre Dame, Alabama, and maybe USC and Ohio St. Alabama doesn't have the elitism or long history of media over-hype on their side. They're a poor fit for a New York franchise. The others just haven't won enough. Notre Dame it is.
WHATEVER THE FUCK.
As usual, the forest gets lost for the trees around here. :D
The point is, and was, that I don't like the Ducks and I think they buy more of their success than they earn. Who is and isn't the Yankees of college football is really fucking unrelated to my actual point. :D
The Yankee owners buy success but the players still have to earn it.
I would say that the point that you don't like the Ducks wasn't so much lost as accepted without argument. :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 24, 2013, 06:11:16 PM
I would say that the point that you don't like the Ducks wasn't so much lost as accepted without argument. :P
:D :P
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 24, 2013, 04:31:10 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
You can like a school for football and not give a shit about basketball though.
That's okay. I mean I don't give two shits about WVU women's basketball (at least not since Marc Bulger's little sister graduated) but that's because I don't care about women's basketball in general.
No man should watch women's sports.
FGCU continues to be a hilariously entertaining team to watch.
E: Aw boooo just a layup instead of another monster dunk. Oh well. They play Florida next.
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
What if you think that basketball is gay and pointless unless Jordan, Magic or Larry Legend is playing?
For all the OMG parity in College basketball trumped this year only two double digit seeds are gonna make it to Sweet Sixteen, and of them one is Oregon who won Pac-12 regular season, leaving just the true Cinderella of FGCU.
Ooops, forgot there will be third double digit seed from winner of La Salle and Mississippi
UCLA fired Ben howland today.
Quote from: sbr on March 24, 2013, 09:17:42 PM
UCLA fired Ben howland today.
Did they finally make it official?
And darn, means UCLA might become respectable again.
According to Twitter it is official.
Shit, Miami is imploding at the worst moment. I bought into their "oughtta be 1 seed" hype :angry:
Meh, my brackets all fucked up already :lol:
Quote from: Neil on March 24, 2013, 08:26:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
You can't like a school for football but not for basketball. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
What if you think that basketball is gay and pointless unless Jordan, Magic or Larry Legend is playing?
I'd feel sorry for that totally hypothetical person, unless that is specifically in reference to NBA.
And Miami keeps it together. Doing okay in my Bengal pool: 3rd place in terms of best possible score. Just in front of Jay Gruden. For some reason, Marvin is sitting this year out.
Problem with watching basketball is there's just too much scoring, makes the first 3 quarters seem inconsequential.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 24, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
Problem with watching basketball is there's just too much scoring, makes the first 3 quarters seem inconsequential.
Quarters?! That NBA stuff has no place here!
No shit.
College basketball games have quarters too, there's just no buzzer at the end of the first and third. :sleep:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 24, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
Problem with watching basketball is there's just too much scoring, makes the first 3 quarters seem inconsequential.
It should! Lengthen the game, split the halves into quarters, shorten the shot clock and make points rain like blood! :menace:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 24, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
Problem with watching basketball is there's just too much scoring, makes the first 3 quarters seem inconsequential.
Somebody just tipped off their soccer shorts.
Quarters? Fag.
Soccer has too few scores, I'm sure I've said as much half a dozen times. Baseball and football have about the right amount for a spectator sport.
Congrats to the Sun Devils for playing ohio state hard.
Goddamn. Great comeback by Michigan. Hurts my bracket but I can't help but continue to like Beilein.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 08:49:39 PM
Congrats to the Sun Devils for playing ohio state hard.
Dammit Berk. I crafted this fine joke for you. I toiled for 3 hours on it.
Asshole.
Beilein back in the Elite 8. With Kansas out at least we don't have any more awkward moments with black network analysts calling Withey "Whitey" :lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 09:03:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 08:49:39 PM
Congrats to the Sun Devils for playing ohio state hard.
Dammit Berk. I crafted this fine joke for you. I toiled for 3 hours on it.
Asshole.
I don't really follow basketball anymore. Are the Arizona Sun Devils any good?
Quote from: Berkut on March 29, 2013, 09:40:44 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 09:03:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 08:49:39 PM
Congrats to the Sun Devils for playing ohio state hard.
Dammit Berk. I crafted this fine joke for you. I toiled for 3 hours on it.
Asshole.
I don't really follow basketball anymore. Are the Arizona Sun Devils any good?
:)
Quote from: Berkut on March 29, 2013, 09:40:44 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 09:03:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 29, 2013, 08:49:39 PM
Congrats to the Sun Devils for playing ohio state hard.
Dammit Berk. I crafted this fine joke for you. I toiled for 3 hours on it.
Asshole.
I don't really follow basketball anymore. Are the Arizona Sun Devils any good?
Poor Berkut. Football season is only 5 months away :console:
Boy, those Hoosiers sucked.
Ah, and Lucas Oil Stadium. What a great place to watch a basketball game.
Unless you're in the upper 80 percent of the seats :bleeding:
Quote from: derspiess on March 29, 2013, 08:59:07 PM
Goddamn. Great comeback by Michigan. Hurts my bracket but I can't help but continue to like Beilein.
That may have been the greatest comeback in Michigan sports history, in terms of the combined difficulty and significance. Down 10 to a great defensive team with two minutes to go? Michigan never pulls those out, it seems. Last night, they did. I think Kansas got gassed at the end of regulation - they don't play teams that run like Michigan very often.
:nelson: @ Monkeybutt's Ohio St
Quote from: katmai on March 30, 2013, 07:53:51 PM
:nelson: @ Monkeybutt's Ohio St
Lol at katmai's reading skills. Typical beaner.
Oh i know what you say, but i know deep down in your black heart you have nuttin but love for the Buckeyes.
And i guess you will now have to root for UCLA as they picked Steve Alford as new coach.
Quote from: katmai on March 30, 2013, 07:57:03 PM
Oh i know what you say, but i know deep down in your black heart you have nuttin but love for the Buckeyes.
And i guess you will now have to root for UCLA as they picked Steve Alford as new coach.
Only for the powder blue in football against the Kiffin menace.
I assume Thad Matta has had a stroke.
THAT was ugly...worse looking than Theismann to me...
I only heard in on the radio on my way back, sounded ugly. Theismann-McCallum-Gore ugly...
The fact that he landed on it, it snapped, and then he had to slide himself back to kind of straighten it out...jesus, that was bad.
What happened to who?
Kevin Ware of Louisville landed on his leg and had a compound fracture of his fibula and tibia. It was exceedingly nasty.
I wanted to puke after seeing it.
It was worse than Theismann, just because he was out there all alone...no wonder the kids on the Louisville bench were sick.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 31, 2013, 08:18:15 PM
I wanted to puke after seeing it.
I'm electing to not catch a replay.
Really, it is not worth it. I saw it when it happened and the two times CBS replayed it...it was enough. I have been the first on a scene of a motorcycle accident, but then I was helping the guy to try and live - seeing that leg without being able to do anything was sickening.
I had flashbacks.
Ugh, motorcycle accident scenes are nasty. Watched them try to stabilize a kid's neck once after an accident; paramedic's hand went straight through the back of his skull like pudding. I skipped lunch that shift.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 31, 2013, 08:31:52 PM
Ugh, motorcycle accident scenes are nasty.
Some things are not worth reliving.
I don't know if anyone followed the story with Sean Miller's technical foul during the UCLA game this year, and the ensuing blowup on the court, in the press conference, followed by his getting fined $25k afterwards by the Pac-12.
If you did follow all that, then THIS story becomes rather alarming:
http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp (http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp)
Quote
Report: Pac-12 head of officials investigated for targeting Arizona coach Sean Miller (http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsitracking.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F04%2F164829797.jpg%3Fw%3D250%26amp%3Bh%3D250&hash=a8bfc1d18fb689604f1c0f4405b2b4ac7c74cfbc)
Pac-12 coordinator of basketball officials and former NBA referee Ed Rush has been investigated by the Pac-12 for comments made about Arizona (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/ARIZ/arizona-wildcats) coach Sean Miller in meetings that included several Pac-12 referees.
Rush, according to a source within the Pac-12 officiating group, told a group of referees on the Thursday of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas that he would give them $5,000 or a trip to Cancun if they either "rang him up" or "ran him," meaning hit Miller with a technical or toss him out of the game. Rush then reiterated during a Friday morning meeting, according to one referee in attendance, that officials should take similar action against Miller if he did anything on Friday in the Pac-12 semifinals against UCLA (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA/ucla-bruins).
"He was emphatic about not dealing with him (Miller)," the ref told CBSSports.com. "He made that perfectly clear."
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement to CBSSports.com:
"Based on the review, we have concluded that while Rush made inappropriate comments that he now regrets during internal meetings that referenced rewards, he made the comments in jest and the officials in the room realized they were not serious offers," Scott told CBSSports.com. "Following our review, we have discussed the matter with Rush, taken steps to ensure it does not happen again, and communicated our findings to all of our officials."
Referee Michael Irving -- who sources confirmed was in the room with Rush on Friday -- hit Miller with a controversial technical with 4:37 left in the Pac-12 semifinals against UCLA. The Bruins wound up winning the game, 66-64. Miller was upset about a double-dribble call (http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-arizona-coach-sean-miller-technical-20130316,0,3536366.story) on Arizona point guard Mark Lyons (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/players/playerpage/1647632/mark-lyons), arguing that a UCLA player had gotten his hand on the ball before Lyons picked it up.
Miller later claimed he did not direct any profanities at Irving or any of the other officials at the time. The technical was his first of the season.
"The reason I got the technical foul is because I said, 'He touched the ball. He touched the ball. He touched the ball. He touched the ball. He touched the ball,'" Miller said immediately after the loss. Miller was reprimanded by the Pac-12 and fined $25,000 by the league for confronting a game official after the game had concluded, as well as for acting inappropriately toward a Pac-12 staffer in the hallway of the arena.
"They don't talk to me," he said of the officials. "If I cuss and I'm out of control and I've been warned, shame on me. When I say, 'He touched the ball, he touched the ball' because I thought the two of them could have maybe gotten together and explained that, in fact, he did touch the ball."
The source said the technical foul call was out of character for Irving.
"That's not Michael (Irving)'s mentality as a ref," said the source, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of losing assignments within the Pac-12. "He's a really good ref and manages situations without using technicals. It was absolutely because of what was said in the meeting. There's no doubt in my mind. It's a bad position to be put in."
"As a basketball referee, it's a horrible position to be put in by your supervisor," he continued. "If you don't do anything, you probably won't get any good games down the road -- or you may not get any games at all. That leaves us in a tough spot."
Rush was a longtime NBA official who was also the NBA's director of officiating from 1998-2003. He replaced Bill McCabe as the Pac-12's supervisor of officials in 2012, after McCabe retired.
"He's a bully," the referee said of Rush. "He just bullies everyone. That was his whole tenor of the meeting on Friday. We're all afraid of him. He's the most respected basketball officiating person on the West Coast and he's been given all the juice."
Ed Rush did not wish to comment further, telling CBSSports.com, "Larry's made a statement. I'm in concert with what he said. We're going to move on from there."
Speaking of Pac-12, "Dunk City" coach Enfield is heading to USC.
The graveyard of coaches.
Quote from: Berkut on April 01, 2013, 06:27:53 PM
I don't know if anyone followed the story with Sean Miller's technical foul during the UCLA game this year, and the ensuing blowup on the court, in the press conference, followed by his getting fined $25k afterwards by the Pac-12.
If you did follow all that, then THIS story becomes rather alarming:
http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp (http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp)
Rush needs to be fired. I don't care if it was a joke--if you're in his position, YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT JOKE. Period. It's pretty disturbing that Larry Scott doesn't realize this.
I watched the outside the lines video regarding the Rutgers coach abusing his players. What I dont get is why they waited so long to fire him.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 04, 2013, 11:26:11 AM
I watched the outside the lines video regarding the Rutgers coach abusing his players. What I dont get is why they waited so long to fire him.
What I really fucking hate about that story, and stories like it, is the bullshit "Oh, well, that is wrong, because that coaching style just doesn't work!" sort of comments you see from coaches and players. One of his former players said "Yeah, coach was really hard on us because he wanted us to be tough..."
Even Rice himself basically said "Yeah, I fucked up, that was wrong of me, you can't coach that way. That style of coaching just isn't acceptable...".
What bothers me about it is the idea that his actions were some kind of considered (if misguided) strategy and plan. I don't see that at all - what I see is a asshole who has zero fucking ability to control his temper. He isn't trying to toughen anyone up, he is throwing a temper tantrum and becoming physically abusive because he cannot control himself.
This isn't a "coaching style". It is being a douchebag asshole prick. And it comes through elsewhere in his life, I am quite sure.
Quote from: dps on April 04, 2013, 12:06:52 AM
Quote from: Berkut on April 01, 2013, 06:27:53 PM
I don't know if anyone followed the story with Sean Miller's technical foul during the UCLA game this year, and the ensuing blowup on the court, in the press conference, followed by his getting fined $25k afterwards by the Pac-12.
If you did follow all that, then THIS story becomes rather alarming:
http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp (http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp)
Rush needs to be fired. I don't care if it was a joke--if you're in his position, YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT JOKE. Period. It's pretty disturbing that Larry Scott doesn't realize this.
I don't even think it is a matter of whether it was a joke or not. Of course he wasn't really going to pay anyone $5,000 if the rang up Miller.
Joke or no joke, he was clearly and certainly sending a message to his officials. A message that was heard and acted upon. The way he conveyed that message may have been via a joke, but there is no question in my mind that he was telling his officials that he wanted Miller rung up if there was ANY reason to do so, and if they did not, he would take that as mark against them.
And that is simply not acceptable. If Miller was a problem in the past, and that problem was not being dealt with by Rush's officials, then the correct message is "Here are X examples of Coach Miller and/or Monty/Howland/whoever being a dumbass in a game, and nobody rang him. That is not acceptable. If Coach Miller or any other coach acts like this, you must reach down into your panties, grab your balls, and ring him up!".
But specifically targeting Miller and basically demanding that someone ring or run him? Wrong wrong wrong.
And now that it is out, Rush cannot possibly continue in his position. He has zero credibility anymore in the conference.
Now, I imagine the reason Scott doesn't want to fire him out of hand is that Scott is the one who told Rush that he needed to get his officials to start handling the coaches better, so feels some responsibility for the entire mess. I *hope* that Scott is not the one who told Rush to specifically target Miller though - because if that turns out to be the case, then Scott needs to go as well, and I think he has been a great commissioner for the Pac12 so far.
Quote from: Berkut on April 04, 2013, 11:39:01 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 04, 2013, 11:26:11 AM
I watched the outside the lines video regarding the Rutgers coach abusing his players. What I dont get is why they waited so long to fire him.
What bothers me about it is the idea that his actions were some kind of considered (if misguided) strategy and plan. I don't see that at all - what I see is a asshole who has zero fucking ability to control his temper. He isn't trying to toughen anyone up, he is throwing a temper tantrum and becoming physically abusive because he cannot control himself.
Agreed
Rush resigned this evening.
Quote from: katmai on April 04, 2013, 09:13:28 PM
Rush resigned this evening.
Well, I guess that means that Miller won't have to douse him with kerosene and burn him alive.
I love interthread meme shitfights.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 04, 2013, 12:42:23 PM
Quote from: Berkut on April 04, 2013, 11:39:01 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 04, 2013, 11:26:11 AM
I watched the outside the lines video regarding the Rutgers coach abusing his players. What I dont get is why they waited so long to fire him.
What bothers me about it is the idea that his actions were some kind of considered (if misguided) strategy and plan. I don't see that at all - what I see is a asshole who has zero fucking ability to control his temper. He isn't trying to toughen anyone up, he is throwing a temper tantrum and becoming physically abusive because he cannot control himself.
Agreed
Did you watch the video?
One thing I thought was pretty funny.
When Rice beans the player in the head with a basketball, there is an assistant/grad/whatever standing right next to him with another ball which he immediately hands to Rice.
That is when you know you've made it to the big times - when you have a lackey follow you around so you can immediately reload when you nail one of your players in the head with a basketball.
Quote from: Berkut on April 05, 2013, 12:09:02 PM
That is when you know you've made it to the big times - when you have a lackey follow you around so you can immediately reload when you nail one of your players in the head with a basketball.
:lol:
Quote from: Berkut on April 04, 2013, 11:47:09 AM
Quote from: dps on April 04, 2013, 12:06:52 AM
Quote from: Berkut on April 01, 2013, 06:27:53 PM
I don't know if anyone followed the story with Sean Miller's technical foul during the UCLA game this year, and the ensuing blowup on the court, in the press conference, followed by his getting fined $25k afterwards by the Pac-12.
If you did follow all that, then THIS story becomes rather alarming:
http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp (http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/01/arizona-sean-miller-targeted-by-pac-12-officials/?sct=hp_t2_a12&eref=sihp)
Rush needs to be fired. I don't care if it was a joke--if you're in his position, YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT JOKE. Period. It's pretty disturbing that Larry Scott doesn't realize this.
I don't even think it is a matter of whether it was a joke or not.
Isn't that pretty much what I said?
I wasn't disagreeing with you.
Not that I'm rooting for Syracuse, but I still can't figure out how you determine an offensive charge in a situation like that, when a defender has his feet planted. I mean, the guy was in the air.
Sometimes I just don't understand this game.
Louisville and Michigan. That will be a hell of a game.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 06, 2013, 10:33:57 PM
Not that I'm rooting for Syracuse, but I still can't figure out how you determine an offensive charge in a situation like that, when a defender has his feet planted. I mean, the guy was in the air.
Sometimes I just don't understand this game.
You look to see if the defender has both feet planted at the moment the guy with the ball leaves the ground. I saw it as maybe a 60/40 charge/block call. The bad call came right before, when they fouled out Carter-Williams when the Michigan player clearly gave him a forearm shiver.
Well, this one's turning out to be interesting. Fuck, Louisville is fast.
Beilein's team racking up 3's to get out to a big lead, Pitino's Cardinals come back & erase the deficit like nothing happened. I've seen this before. Elite 8, 2005. WVU couldn't miss a 3, including an almost half-court shot from Beilein's son. Then Pitino, almost as if he purposefully had been holding back, unleashed hell.
Looks like Jaron is gonna win the Languish bracket :lol:
Quote from: katmai on April 08, 2013, 10:32:07 PM
Looks like Jaron is gonna win the Languish bracket :lol:
Yeah I was excited to be in 2nd until I saw that he had the same final 2 as I had. And it looks like I'll be one spot away from winning some money in my Bengals pool.
Michigan played a hell of a lot deeper into the tourney than I expected, and they gave Louisville a good game. No dishonor in that.
In non-NCAA news, but still basketball related...
I was just asked if I would be interested in working a minor league professional game this weekend.
Time to go bone up on my NBA rules...
Quote from: Berkut on April 08, 2013, 11:47:05 PM
Time to go bone up on my NBA rules...
Rule 1: let the Lakers win.
10 arrested, tear gas deployed in Louisville. Lulz.
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
:nelson:
With all the UK and Cincinnati fans in my office, Louisville is generally hated.
I'm okay with it, though I would've liked to see Beilein's team win.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
Don't you have an office with a door? :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
You have been identified and will be dealt with appropriately.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
I was thinking that that was just your luck. When you were in Boston the Red Sox had their short moment of glory then you move to Kentucky and UK and Louisville dominate the College BB landscape. Though I guess you do not hate them, you merely do not care.
IIRC, Cal doesn't like Pitino very much.
Quote from: derspiess on April 09, 2013, 11:53:02 AM
IIRC, Cal doesn't like Pitino very much.
Then his post should have been restricted to stupid Pitino or the stupid Cardinals.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 09, 2013, 10:27:50 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2013, 05:30:38 AM
I'm looking forward to not being able to get anything done at work today due to the peons yapping about stupid basketball all day. :)
Don't you have an office with a door? :huh:
Yes, but I still have to interact with people throughout the day. :sleep:
Quote from: derspiess on April 09, 2013, 11:53:02 AM
IIRC, Cal doesn't like Pitino very much.
...or, as I like to call him 'Prick Dicktino'. :)
I thought it was cool when he banged that chick under the desk at the Italian joint though. Only time I ever liked Prick. :cool:
By the way anytime you want to move to Austin and spread some of that Cal mojo around, the Longhorns could really use some :(
I'm not really a fan of the current crop of Wop coaches either.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 09, 2013, 12:02:04 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 09, 2013, 11:53:02 AM
IIRC, Cal doesn't like Pitino very much.
Then his post should have been restricted to stupid Pitino or the stupid Cardinals.
In Kentucky, stupid is hardly restricted to Louisville fans.
Quote from: Berkut on April 08, 2013, 11:47:05 PM
In non-NCAA news, but still basketball related...
I was just asked if I would be interested in working a minor league professional game this weekend.
Time to go bone up on my NBA rules...
When I make it to the NBA, don't none of you gits ask me to get you tickets!
Make sure you call a technical on LeBron James.
Quote from: Berkut on April 09, 2013, 08:57:30 PM
When I make it to the NBA, don't none of you gits ask me to get you tickets!
Can I at least get Kevin Durant's autograph?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 09, 2013, 08:59:20 PM
Make sure you call a technical on LeBron James.
Oh man. If I was a NBA ref James would get no mercy from me. The only way I could want him to fail more was if he was on the Lakers...which I am sure he will be eventually.
Quote from: Berkut on April 09, 2013, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: Berkut on April 08, 2013, 11:47:05 PM
In non-NCAA news, but still basketball related...
I was just asked if I would be interested in working a minor league professional game this weekend.
Time to go bone up on my NBA rules...
When I make it to the NBA, don't none of you gits ask me to get you tickets!
Until there is a team in Seattle again, there is no NBA to me.
Quote from: Berkut on April 09, 2013, 08:57:30 PM
Quote from: Berkut on April 08, 2013, 11:47:05 PM
In non-NCAA news, but still basketball related...
I was just asked if I would be interested in working a minor league professional game this weekend.
Time to go bone up on my NBA rules...
When I make it to the NBA, don't none of you gits ask me to get you tickets!
I would never ask you for such a thing. But if you could tell me in advance which team the crew has decided should win that would be nice.