The Swamp

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howard 8-1
rex 7-2
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Shirley 4-5

Missed Rasputin (I guessed Lenin), but in a minor miracle, got the Caucasus one. Go Caucasians!

Somehow I missed this movie and I guess it just came out. It looks awesome.

I think there are slightly more of these incidents occurring lately (last 5-10 years) but many more are being caught on video, hence the heightened coverage. Video like this latest murder surfaces ten years ago, media goes wall to wall with it (like Rodney King). All about the pictures. Given the h...

Dammit. Reports are flowing that Justin Anderson is declaring for the NBA. He was a lot of fun to watch.

UVA will still be very good next year, but maybe not preseason top-5 anymore.

Rex wrote:follow up: what is the least populous State to be a geographic identifier for a team?

Utah?

Carolina (0)

Such a huge disconnect here between the chatter and what is actually happening. The ratings are through the roof--the early rounds of the Tournament now rival the World Series and the NBA Finals (both of which are shown entirely on over the air television), and the Final Four blows away everything ...

I finally watched I Hate Christian Laettner tonight. Man, that was a good one. Really well done. It was incredible watching the clips and remembering just how good he was, particularly on the move. Not too many 6'11" guys have ever had skills like that. And boy was he really fucking easy to ha...

Hey, Joe Harris!

I finally watched I Hate Christian Laettner tonight. Man, that was a good one. Really well done. It was incredible watching the clips and remembering just how good he was, particularly on the move. Not too many 6'11" guys have ever had skills like that. And boy was he really fucking easy to hat...

howard 6-1
Pruitt 4-3
Shirley 3-4

Finally got one! Although for a sec I could only think of it by it's unofficial, but probably better-known, title.

I know I'm wrong, but I still say Dangerfield's persona was Fredo, not Don Corleone.

You know, Rob Lowe should be a completely unlikable douchecanoe, but dammit if I don't find myself liking him.

Howard 5-1
Ryan 4-2
Pruitt 3-3
ab 2-4
Shirley 2-4
GPJ 1-5

Damn engineering education. Why not an FJ question about Java or pointers?

Syb 5-0
L-Jam 4-1
howard 4-1
rex 4-1
Ryan 4-1
Bensell 3-2
chedda 2-3
Pruitt 2-3
AB 2-3
Shirley 2-3
GPJ 1-4

I remembered the song and could sort of picture the video, but could NOT think of their names.

Isn't it a rule that coaches can't recruit players in other programs? If so, it seems really weird to punish the kids for it, right? It may be, but I think it's mostly dampened because it costs a year. You hear rumors of it happening anyway with kids that are perceived to be disgruntled enough to c...

How did that whole using a center thing work out for Duke? Serious question, but with teams playing 3 guards and no center, why do the scores seem so much lower than they did 10 or 20 years ago? It's probably not a coincidence that Okafar had a pretty lousy tournament and yet Duke played their best...

If you look at the A-10's transfer history with major conferences, its going to be an a lot to 1 ratio in terms of gaining versus losing. I'm not sure why more kids would be willing to transfer up without the sit year but not willing to transfer down. You'd for sure see a huge increase in transfers...

3. Why is free agency bad? Because its too tough on the poor coaches or because it exposes college basketball for the profit sport it is? Would you be cool with pro sports if there were no contracts and players could change teams whenever they wanted? BTW, I think I'm fine with the one free pass ru...

Bo Ryan whining about "rent a players" and the officiating post-game was not a good look. Yeah, the two missed out of bounds calls late were harsh, but Wisconsin also benefited from Okafor and Winslow being in foul trouble for most of that game. Yeah, I was surprised and disappointed with...

I thought this was very interesting http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-hiring-people-with-autism-2015-4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; However, this came days after this. http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/latest-microsoft-layoffs-hit-hundreds-some-here/&...

howard 3-1
Shirley 2-2

Shit.

Churlish and unnecessary? Maybe. Maybe I read too much into the "not suicidal" part.

2 people throwing lacrosse balls? Where the fuck do you beach at? 5 people in two separate groups. Am I missing a joke here? I should note that this is a fairly redneck section of beach too - right across from a trailer park. Big, nice condos too, but generally the rednecks greatly outnumber the no...

Well, I found myself refreshing Twitter all weekend looking for updates, so I guess I care. Despite the complex relationship Scottie had with most of us here, I am very happy that he's OK. I think being pissed at him now is a pretty natural response. Maybe if I knew more about what led to that Tweet...

That looks nasty. Broccoli has no business being anywhere near a good sandwich.

I wonder how Scottie would react to someone else publicly threatening suicide, going silent for a few days, and then saying he/she was OK and not suicidal?

Random observations at the beach yesterday in North Carolina:

3-4 different groups playing with a soccer ball (including my sons)
2 different groups throwing lacrosse
1 group tossing a football
1 pair tossing a baseball
2-3 playing some sort of beach paddle hitting thing

rass wrote:My wife started treatment for bronchitis today. We leave for Vegas on Wednesday...

Oh man. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Rex 3-0
howard 2-1
Shirley 2-1
Pruitt 1-2

I saw this on the NCAA official FAQ ... Why can’t a student-athlete compete immediately after transferring? Requiring student-athletes to sit out of competition for a year after transferring encourages them to make decisions motivated by academics as well as athletics. Most student-athletes who are...

Poorly worded on my part. Pressure D is meant to speed up the other team. Create extra possessions. Teams like VCU already play higher possession games, so shorter shot clock likely won't affect their games, at least not in terms of # of possessions. They'll more likely play a more conservative D, b...

Syb 2-0
rex 2-0
Ryan 2-0
howard 1-1
Bensell 1-1
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Pruitt 0-2

I shouldn't have missed the word. Got lucky on the city.

Alright, so March is done and I can now complain about that last Godfather answer. The famous "no respect" scene from those movies is the Fredo scene in The Godfather II , right? There's nothing that I can remember like that in The Godfather . I realize that the question also included the ...

Less possessions if offenses are better at waiting for a high percentage shot and defenses are better at not allowing high percentage shots by over-committing. Exactly. I really think a shorter shot clock will create many more teams playing a pack-it-in defense and so you may not really see too man...

All components of shooting are basically unchanged over the past 15 years or so, and offensive efficiency has if anything gone up over that period. This despite the fact that every year, new teams are added to Division I that generally weigh down the overall talent pool. What has definitely happene...

Good thoughts. I would have bet against the IU - UK comparison you cite, so count me among the baffled. Is this an anomaly having to do with those two teams? Or is there data showing a larger pattern? Well, one data point is that despite announcers every year complaining that nobody can hit free th...

The best is the guilt you feel when your dog goes near it and you think everyone else will assume it was yours. When a dog goes to smell another dog's poop, what info does he get out of it? Or in the case of my friend's dog, whether he wants to eat it. My dogs have no such decision to make. They wa...

I almost drove my car into a tree this morning listening to Mike & Mike talk about how broken college basketball is. They were responding to, and agreeing with, Geno Auriema's assholic rant from yesterday. They both agreed that the Tournament is great - nearly perfect even - but the regular seas...

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