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NCAA Basketball 23-24
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I’ve seen several jokes like this:
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Based on the five minutes I’ve watched (and, perhaps the wine I’ve drunk), I’d say James Madison is going to beat Wisconsin.
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I hope you’re right. Texas State played them tough til the end in the SBC tourney and that’s really all I have to hang my hat on where my alma mater’s basketball team is concerned.
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Trying to figure out whether to take NC State over Oakland in my eliminator pool tomorrow. I really only watch PC games in detail but holy fuck,,,their season is crazy! What is going on there?
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If 20 of us went into 20 private rooms tasked to watch that JMU kid’s interview and pinpoint the exact moment he stopped himself from saying something newsworthy, I’m positive we’d all be within fractions of a fraction of a second.
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This is the 87th review in the last two minutes of the Grand Canyon game.
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They looked like the better team all night. Very impressive.
Totally Kafkaesque
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Looking forward to gohkle going 1-13 today.
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That's a sweet thing to do for a small school like Yale that simply doesn't have the financial resources of so many larger D-1 programs.
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And they get their expenses covered before payouts I think. They just didn’t expect to win!
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Its actually 5-0, but the point stands…
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Was he counting the Arizona Win today? I don’t know how many bids they have.
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That was 20 minutes of really high level basketball, by both teams. Fun to watch.
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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 wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.
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 wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.
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I think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:43 pm 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 wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.
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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.
Good to see the rules are applied consistently, whatever they are.
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Big East fans from back in the day would tell you ESPN wheels and deals a lot of this stuff.sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:46 pmI think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:43 pm 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 wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.
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First time watching referees in literally any sport?EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:01 pm 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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I don’t know about the rest of you, but seeing ads with collegiate players puts a smile on my face.
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For sure, but even there the issues aren’t even necessarily the fault of the league administrators (though much of it was!)sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:46 pmI think the biggest issue was that they never had a decent TV contract. You couldn’t see the Pac 12 network on DirecTV, Comcast, YouTubeTV and others. That really limited the money.brian wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:43 pm 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 wasn’t a guy or cabal twirling their mustache.
The Pac 12 contracts in part were inherently less valuable because of things as banal as time zone issues. But the disaster that was the Pac 12 Network helped start the chain reaction that blew up the league. The insane contracts that the SEC and Big Ten earned in that time frame made competing very difficult. So if you can’t beat them join them in the case of USC and UCLA. Once the Pac 12 loses the second biggest media market that’s the ballgame.
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I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.
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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.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:24 pm I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.
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I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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So it’s SPARTANS ENERGY and I was thinking SPARTAN STRONG would sound better but I guess they’re the Spartans so whatever but then I noticed Izzo has a SPARTAN STRONG shirt on under his pullover.
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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Seemed pretty even to me.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:12 pm I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?
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Driving home just now I heard Self saying his players were totally gassed in the second half. Guys telling him they couldn't go yet after a 3 minute long time out.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:51 pmCurious 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.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:24 pm I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.
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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.
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Not surprisingly, it sounds like 98% of this crowd in Omaha is loudly cheering for Iowa State.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:54 pmSeemed pretty even to me.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:12 pm I had the sound off - was the crowd supporting one team over another?
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The Nuggets absolutely played that way in the 80s. They'd drop 135 on you in a heartbeat. The trouble was they'd more often than not give up 145.L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:26 pm 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.
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Yeah that's what I was seeing. Actually come to think of it, Self was using those timeouts throughout the 2nd half I guess to stave off the exhaustion.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:55 pmDriving home just now I heard Self saying his players were totally gassed in the second half. Guys telling him they couldn't go yet after a 3 minute long time out.EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:51 pmCurious 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.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:24 pm I've watched just about every Gonzaga game this year...they are NOT this good.
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You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Omaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:47 pm You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.
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Sorry, I was talking NC State - Oakland.sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:51 pmOmaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:47 pm You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.
But yeah, I hope Illinois gets the crowd. I really want to see them get through.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Oakland is more cinderella-y.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:57 pmSorry, I was talking NC State - Oakland.sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:51 pmOmaha is like a home game for Illinois (as it also was for Iowa State).Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:47 pm You’d think the crowd would be behind an 11 seed in a second-round game.
But yeah, I hope Illinois gets the crowd. I really want to see them get through.
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