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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 15, 2024 18:07:18 GMT -5
I agree with this in theory, but the defense has to be way, way, way better than what we saw this year. I'm just not sure if the holdovers from this year have it in them. Maybe if we add two or three defensive studs we can be competitive.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 19:18:13 GMT -5
That is what it looks like from the outside. What we need however is a high profile signal of early momentum that will help others get over the record of the program for the last few years. Agreed and let's hope that the "high profile signal of early momentum" is not guys like Judah Mintz or Dug McDaniel. Dudes like that have plenty of warts and it will be important to go out and get some studs that nobdoy can poke holes into. Who do you have in mind? You might recall my earlier post about Wembanyama. I hope it's not that level of expectation.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 3:59:34 GMT -5
Someone I correspond with has been referring to the House anti-Ukraine Republicans as the Putin Caucus. I thought that was worth passing along.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 3:53:39 GMT -5
De Niro is right, we all have to vote four times.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 3:47:51 GMT -5
I did not watch the Nova/DePaul game, but I'm guessing that Nova's win did absolutely nothing to improve their bubble situation (in fact, it likely hurt them). They have to win tomorrow to have any shot at all.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 3:25:27 GMT -5
The spread is no different than a golf handicap. Not covering the spread means that the team underperformed. So yes for some of us who use it as a performance indicator it is most certainly relevant. Does profanity violate board policy? Check the board rules about gambling discussion. The point is more that betting lines and spreads are not relevant here. Talk about the game. Sh!t is hardly profanity, it’s my 91 year old mother’s favorite word. Your mother and my mother would have gotten along great. Mine made it to 100. Hopefully yours will, as well. As Roseanne Roseannadana used to say, it's always something. But never in my worst nightmare would I have envisioned a 4-19 game from this team.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 14, 2024 3:19:52 GMT -5
Claude would be great if he were playing against Georgetown's 2023-24 defense every game.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 12, 2024 19:32:43 GMT -5
This is beyond awesome. You could just feel the emotions while she was talking. A must view for everyone.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 12, 2024 19:26:43 GMT -5
"College basketball transfer portal: What to expect from the 2024 cycle... WHAT DOES THIS MEAN Because of these changes, we will likely see another large portal class. We will see more multi-year transfers than years before since there is no fear of punishment. Also, a lot of players may enter the portal to leverage in negotiations with NIL collectives since this is now total legal by NCAA standards. So, don't be surprised if you start seeing some notable players this year — especially ones that transferred previously — hit the portal during this cycle only to eventually pull their names out of the pool. As it stands today, the transfer portal is a way to potentially drive up a player's "marketability" in addition to helping other players find new homes... There was also another recent change this 2023-24 season that will impact how the portal operates. On March 1, the NCAA sent out a letter to member schools stating that they are going "to pause and not begin investigations involving third-party participation in NIL-related activities." In other words, NIL collectives and others involved in the NIL marketplace will be allowed to directly communicate with transfers during the recruiting process as long as it is in compliance with state law... Without getting into the weeds, collectives not being allowed to directly communicate with recruits prohibited any for of paper trail with the end result being verbally agreed upon terms but verbally agreed upon terms is just another way of saying: one team/collective said the highest number and the recruit then committed. It absolutely didn't mean the player would or even did get that number as in many cases they haven't and there's nothing to account for it and zero liability. On the other hand, players, families or their agents could simply fabricate competing NIL offers to fraudulently drive up market prices for players.However, in a world of contracts, a competing collective can simply see what is truly being offered and will result in helping cool down this hyper-inflated market. Again, collectives will only be able to do such things as long as it is in compliance with state law... The majority of highly notable and impactful transfer will occur the later we get into March and into early April. Then, we will see players hit the portal based on roster changes and recruitment during this window. Again, some will enter solely to renegotiate their NIL deals (especially once they see the new deals made by other players who have been plucked out the portal)." 247sports.com/college/transfer-portal/longformarticle/college-basketball-transfer-portal-what-to-expect-from-the-2024-cycle-228461240/#2383147Total wild west show. Not pretty.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 20:48:03 GMT -5
Wow. I watched that clip, and wish I hadn't. That is such patent nonsense that I don't know how she can look at herself in the mirror. How about a cat fight between her and Elise Stefanik?
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 20:33:49 GMT -5
Sick imbeciles and morons.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 20:32:29 GMT -5
Count me among those who would prefer a different Democratic candidate, but consider that it is almost impossible for a party to depose an existing president who chooses to run again. If, just to pick two names, Gavin Newsome or Gretchen Witmer had announced 18 months ago that they intended to challenge Biden, we might have an interesting situation now, and maybe either of their numbers against the Big Insurrectionist would be better, but it's far, far too late at this point.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 20:18:39 GMT -5
I think we can take comfort based off his AAU performances against top big men and his performances at top camps where he was consistently named a top performer. Understand the high school basketball scene he plays in might not be great but I do think that type of environment can actually be really beneficial for players on the cusp of being “elite” because it teaches them how to dominate and be the man. I’d rather Thomas have the margin of error to try and develop and I think someone like McClung is great proof of that environment working. I'm glad Sorber has done well in AAU performances but what scares me about big men who come from weak high school programs is they have a hard time adjusting to the physicality of D1 basketball. It's easy to feel good about yourself if you're over 6'10" and playing against guys who are rarely over 6'5". Plus you're weaknesses are never really going to be tested in that setting. I hate to pick on RM but clearly he is the poster boy for this phenomenon. Hey, as been pointed out great players have come out of small towns and small schools so I'll join the chorus and hope that Sorber becomes the rim protector we need. Just don't be shocked when he's still on the bench after 5-6 OOC early season games and is averaging less than 2 minutes a game come next February. This is an extraordinarily low bar, and I will be very surprised if Sorber doesn't easily exceed it.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 20:07:12 GMT -5
Hit the wall against UConn, but so what? A big tip of the hat for a great season to the women and the coach. Has he had the interim tag removed yet?
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 19:56:12 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 11, 2024 19:53:19 GMT -5
I know this is beating a dead horse, but I look at all of these firings, and with the exception of Mike Davis at Detroit (1-31, good God), none of these coaches did as poorly as Ewing in 2021-22, but we're better than that, so we opted not to fire Ewing (yeah, I know, stupid new contract, blah, blah, blah).
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 8, 2024 19:30:37 GMT -5
This is very cool. The cross street should be Practice Boulevard.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 8, 2024 19:29:27 GMT -5
Unsurprising that TC is the type who spends time reading message boards for other teams. Really checks out. Yea! What a dork! Have to admit, this made me laugh. Nicely done.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 8, 2024 19:24:34 GMT -5
A bipartisan laughing stock. But still the smartest Senator from Alabama! And the Grifter weighs in - Britt still in the running for Veep! Katie Britt’s kitchen-table rebuttal to State of the Union baffles GOP The kitchen was among several elements of her speech that drew criticism ranging from baffled to mocking — not just from Democrats, but from Republicans who said the setting undermined Britt’s stature as a senator and questioned her halting, theatrical delivery. The speech swiftly began drawing jokes and parodies. “Not sure whose genius idea it was to put a U.S. Senator in the kitchen to deliver the response to the [State of the Union],” Republican pollster Christine Matthews said in a social media post Friday morning. Some members of Britt’s party praised her performance, including Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who applauded her on Truth Social, writing, “Great job Katie!” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/08/katie-britt-sotu-rebuttal-criticism/She is without a doubt the smarter Senator from Alabama, but of course that's an insanely low bar. Frankenstein's monster would probably be the smarter Senator from Alabama when compared to Coach Tommy.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 8, 2024 18:38:39 GMT -5
Wo, what a surprise! The state that once elected William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson.
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