wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:38 pm
Georgetown just lost two of their best players off the team. Reddit has some thoughts on why. Hope this means playing time for George Mureșan.
So the Hoyas are on a 4 game win streak since losing players.
brian wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:01 pm
Wiseman done at Memphis.
So, he couldn't come up with that $11,500 for restitution? Color me surprised.
I don't think that's it, but who knows. My theory is that after all this shit that happened he probably didn't want to go through the motions of taking second semester classes and just figured he had cemented his draft position well enough by the few games he played.
brian wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:01 pm
Wiseman done at Memphis.
So, he couldn't come up with that $11,500 for restitution? Color me surprised.
I don't think that's it, but who knows. My theory is that after all this shit that happened he probably didn't want to go through the motions of taking second semester classes and just figured he had cemented his draft position well enough by the few games he played.
Oh, I agree. Jumping though the NCAA's bullshit is a waste of fucking time. He can now sign with an agent and shift into training for the draft, which is probably just as good as playing at all but the most dominating level.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
Everybody's fanbase has their own weird thing that they obsess about, but never gets mentioned outside their fanbase. UNLV's is that they're the only team in the NCAA to have hit a three-pointer in every game they've played (amongst teams that were around when the 3-pointer was adopted). Once they go through the first-half without hitting a three, the beat writers and the fans start to obsess on Twitter if this is the end of the streak.
North Florida leads the NCAA in threes attempted and made and the 2-3 zone encourages threes, but I didn't expect 46 of UNF's 55 shots last night against Syracuse to be threes.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
Between the two big holidays, I got to see Dayton play in person (their arena is fantastic, way better in person than on television - they recently completed a $70 million renovation). While facing an undersized opponent affected my opinion, the NBA player Obi Toppin reminded me of was Amare Stoudemire. His teammates were aiming to get him dunks for a large portion of the second half (he obliged), but some of the other skills are there, as well.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
Kentucky Shot 50% last night. From the field, from 3 and from the free throw line. The last two are secere anomalies, as this is generally a poor 3 point team and a great FT shooting team.
You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:39 pm
Between the two big holidays, I got to see Dayton play in person (their arena is fantastic, way better in person than on television - they recently completed a $70 million renovation). While facing an undersized opponent affected my opinion, the NBA player Obi Toppin reminded me of was Amare Stoudemire. His teammates were aiming to get him dunks for a large portion of the second half (he obliged), but some of the other skills are there, as well.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this for a bit now. There were Camby and Lamar Odom in the late 90s, but I can't think of an A-10 player this century who seemed like a lock to be a legit player at the next level. Usually our best players are "A-10 great", like Andrew Nicholson, or are 4 year guys who fit a rotation like Jameer Nelson or David West. Toppin, both athleticism and skillset, looks can't miss.
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:39 pm
Between the two big holidays, I got to see Dayton play in person (their arena is fantastic, way better in person than on television - they recently completed a $70 million renovation). While facing an undersized opponent affected my opinion, the NBA player Obi Toppin reminded me of was Amare Stoudemire. His teammates were aiming to get him dunks for a large portion of the second half (he obliged), but some of the other skills are there, as well.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this for a bit now. There were Camby and Lamar Odom in the late 90s, but I can't think of an A-10 player this century who seemed like a lock to be a legit player at the next level. Usually our best players are "A-10 great", like Andrew Nicholson, or are 4 year guys who fit a rotation like Jameer Nelson or David West. Toppin, both athleticism and skillset, looks can't miss.
North Florida doesn't play anyone taller than 6'7" and one of their two starters at that height is a skinnier, stretch four-type. They had no chance of slowing Toppin down. He just seemed more interested in getting his teammates going and being part of a team instead of showing out. He's been their top scorer just twice in their last 10 games. The athleticism at that size was striking, particularly when he elevated.
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:39 pm
Between the two big holidays, I got to see Dayton play in person (their arena is fantastic, way better in person than on television - they recently completed a $70 million renovation). While facing an undersized opponent affected my opinion, the NBA player Obi Toppin reminded me of was Amare Stoudemire. His teammates were aiming to get him dunks for a large portion of the second half (he obliged), but some of the other skills are there, as well.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this for a bit now. There were Camby and Lamar Odom in the late 90s, but I can't think of an A-10 player this century who seemed like a lock to be a legit player at the next level. Usually our best players are "A-10 great", like Andrew Nicholson, or are 4 year guys who fit a rotation like Jameer Nelson or David West. Toppin, both athleticism and skillset, looks can't miss.
You’re underselling David West! I saw him play live when he was on Xavier and he was really, really good. He also had a damn good NBA career. Much more than just a rotation player for most of his career. Arguably better than Camby or Odom even.
I think your standard all-A-10 level player is either extremely skilled and lacking major conference athleticism or super athletic but lacking the major conference skill (versus Toppin who combines the two). Like in terms of guys who atleast temporarily made the jump, Nicholson was the former and someone like Cleanthony Early would be the latter. My memory of West is far closer Nicholson or Lou Roe made good versus a guy like Camby where you knew he was going to be in the league a long time. It could just be personal bias, but I would have bet on college Posey making it way more strongly than college West.
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
I'm curious to see what happens if Rutgers ever gets good at something. They get local news coverage, but I don't think I've ever heard a real human being talk about Rutgers mens basketball or football.
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
Gonzaga looks really good. Also...my daughter was about 2 rows from where the dude rolled out his ankle landing on a BYU players foot. She said she could hear it snap.
Went to the Nevada - Colorado State game last night. Ended up being a fantastic game...final score in the 90's with no OT and a home-team buzzer beater. What was interesting to me was the students storming the court...I'm not sure a conference matchup between unranked teams warrants the rush:
I would like expensive whiskey.
We only have beer & wine...
What am I, 12?
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:35 pm
Hey Duke and UNC. Maybe one of the teams should wear a color other than blue. Doesn't the NCAA and the TV networks have rules for this shit.
I'm interested in how the officials called things last night, as they usually use a monosyllabic color as a notifier when making calls (in a rec league, we wore maroon uniforms, but were always identified as "red" on calls). Maybe blue for UNC and black for Duke?
“All I'm sayin' is, he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall.”
I gotta think that at this level, the refs can just go with team names instead of colors. This isn't the Y league.
BTW, that game was just nuts. Duke worked their way out of seemingly insurmountable odds in the last minute of both regulation and overtime. That had to really hurt for those Carolina kids who've had a really tough season.