The Swamp

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So uh…Why is there a half hour layover between the first and second games today?

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Oregon only played two bench players tonight.

What the ... must it feel like to be the other guys on the Oregon bench as they watch the Oregon players look like zombies in that 2nd OT?

ETA - a third bench guy got into the game tonight for two minutes in the second OT.

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brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:18 pm Pittsburgh crowds got lots of extra basketball.

Cousinard and Dante are freakin dog-tired.

What's the elevation in Pittsburgh?

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In the Oakland game, I thought the ball did hit the NC State guys pinkie, but I thought it happened before the ball left the Oakland guy's hand. Not one announcer mentioned that though. Yup. It took the guy who gets turned to explain ref decisions to make that point. FWIW, I hate when a team gets t...

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You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game. Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State). Sorry, I was talking NC State - Oakland. But yeah, I hope Illinois gets the crowd. I really want to see them get through. Oakland is more cinderella-y.

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I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good. Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half. Driving home just now I heard Self saying his p...

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Similarly, I always thought that the Nuggets should just run-and-gun and make that their identity. Outside of the Doug Moe years, and when they had Carmelo and AI, I don’t remember them playing that way. Being up in that altitude has to be a huge advantage in terms of conditioning. The Nuggets abso...

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DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:24 pm I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.

Curious if Spokane (1843’) being an extra several hundred feet above sea level compared to Lawrence (991’) mattered, cuz Kansas looked like they were tired in the 2nd half.

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The word “they” is doing a lot of work in that tweet. He realizes it’s the universities themselves that did most of the “killing”. There’s blame to be had at the commissioners office to be sure but this was more about the greed (and yes, insecurity) of the member schools who decided to bolt. There ...

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Interesting how a felled Gonzaga player clearly in pain doesn’t warrant a stoppage of play like when FAU’s Goldin flopped like he was on a broadway stage yesterday. Hell, that whistle stopped a Northwestern fast break.

Good to see the rules are applied consistently, whatever they are.

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Giff wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:25 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:09 pm Life size bobblehead day!
Right? Missed opportunities!

Oh my goz! I took home the real Jose Altuve!

WHERE'S MY BOBBLEHEAD!?

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Life size bobblehead day!

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mister d wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:01 pm Gonzaga Generosity! Florida Friendliness!

Florida Man!

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FAU is puzzling. Like, if you're going to foul, FOUL. Don't let them dick around for 10 or so seconds.

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LOL at the refs not calling a foul there. And now the announcers are saying they can't call a foul. Despite the fact Goldin flopping to the ground caused a stoppage of play several seconds later, and then they decided the no-call was actually a technical foul. But the intentional foul by FAU can't b...

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I never realized Goldin was such a prima donna.

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So the lesson kids is to flop like a bitch to get the refs attention if they miss an errant arm that slaps your face.

I honestly didn't know they could review a blown call and apply a penalty in the past. I know about upgrading penalties, but not that.

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govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:07 pm

Yeah that tweet didn't age well.

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Sorry - I saw his right knee did go down, but it was after or around the tag (not the typical 75% of the bag taken up when the MI drops the knee while lowering his body to make the tag). The fact is Lindor was blocking the basepath as he positioned himself to field the ball. No longer allowed.

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Huh? What kind of rule is that? You can't block the bag if the ball is in the glove? So are they only supposed to do swipe tags now? And no more blocking the plate when the catcher has the ball? You can’t block the bag. Lindor’s knee went down, forcing the runner to the OF side. That’s out. SS/2B h...

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SEC lost three games to lower seeded teams today. Seems like a good place to drop this quote: "We are giving away highly competitive opportunities for automatic qualifiers (from smaller leagues), and I think that pressure is going to rise as we have more competitive basketball leagues at the t...

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DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:38 pm Coach Cal....Hot Seat?

1 tourney win in the last 4 years is not a good look for Kentucky.

He’s taking that whole “one and done” thing to new extremes.

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A_B wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:43 pm They use surge prices whenever a game is within 2 points.

Yeah, the time the other day I bought that dollar burger? It was great. But then yeah when it cost me $27? Not so much.

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How can a player be compromised in baseball if they’re betting on hockey? There are like a million ways to go into debt, that’s just one. Are you saying there should be zero risk to the knowledge that Aaron Judge loses millions a year betting hockey? I get that the Swamp loves to gamble, but what h...

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sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:58 pm Pretty hypocritical of major sports administrations to get in bed with the gambling industry, yet be puritanical about athletes gambling on sports other than their own.

I've seen this before but the argument to me doesn't hold up. It's about keeping players from being leveraged / compromised.

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Ippei turns to Shohei in a postgame interview last August and says in Japanese:

“Shohei, the reporter just asked ‘What’s your mother’s maiden name?’”

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When I’m uh ‘irregular’ I just mix in some Miralax into a 6oz glass of water. Belt it, and then make sure I’m within walking distance to a bathroom over the next hour or so.

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Colorado St is solid, but there are at least three dozen programs that would’ve put up a better game than UVA did last night. There’s a lot to unpack here. Yeah, CTB has the spotlight on him (as he should), but their ACC SoS was weak as hell when you look at how they finished third in the ACC this s...

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DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:04 pm The dinner scene with her high school classmate is so well done. So creepy...

That’s one of those scenes that made that movie so special, and ultimately a litmus test for the episodes / seasons of the show, as well.

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Adrian Belew to play King Crimson shows centered around Discipline, Beat, & Three of a Perfect Pair LPs with Tony Levin, Danny Carey & Steve Vai.

Apparently the first date is Sept 17 in San Diego. Rumors it will be a substantial tour.

GIMME

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Houston got freakin destroyed tonight. So much so that you have to wonder if Tennessee had reached the SEC final that maybe Houston would be looking at a 2 seed.

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I got into Brooklyn 99 as a casual mindless enjoyable show, but then they had to put in a really good cliffhanger at the end of season 4. Netflix has just the four first seasons and YouTube TV has 1-4,7-8. Now I'm deciding if I should do the PeaCock trial and steam through two season, or just wait ...

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Is there a more unlikable coach than Dan Hurley? He was a real twit for his first few years in college, no real surprise he coaches the same way. I don’t know if that guy actually got kicked out but I love Pitino telling him not to leave. Yes mister d I realize Pitino has had his own issues! Pitino...

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Juwan Howard out at Michigan.

Maryland’s too cheap to do the right thing and can Kevin Willard, but it’ll happen soon enough.

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Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:34 pm Devin Carter is a straight-up superstar. Scary to think how good PC would have been this year if Hopkins hadn't gone down.

Dude straight up looks like he’s 8 years older than the guys he’s playing with, but he finished HS in ‘21.

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Loving Shogun. Really like The Gentlemen. There’s been a few moments where I expected hundred mile high city to bust in.

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I was listening to the latest Pod Save America with guest host Jane Coaston. She said that what's happening to TikTok with this bill is the exact same thing that happened with Grindr 4 years ago. Grindr is being sold by Chinese owner after U.S. raises national security concerns If TikTok is owned b...

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I mean, the critiques are fair, but they were also equally fair 4 or 5 years ago. And back then, Tik Tok wasn't nearly the behemoth it is today. Seems similar to the attacks on Twitter before Musk destroyed it. Any large messaging platform that they can't buy or influence enough is a threat (which ...

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So now we’re focused on the evils of Tik Tok? Fortunately, there are aren't any more important issues ongoing in our country, right? Right? I mean, the critiques are fair, but they were also equally fair 4 or 5 years ago. And back then, Tik Tok wasn't nearly the behemoth it is today. Seems similar ...

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