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Post by algtiger on Oct 6, 2008 20:34:48 GMT -5
I think it is important to note that last year, Rivals ranked us 10th, and put USC 9th. Preseason rankings mean nothing.
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Post by algtiger on Aug 30, 2008 22:16:36 GMT -5
A couple of things:
1) While certainly the argument that Palin's lack of experience is more "okay" because she is on the bottom of the ticket, Senator Obama has much more experience on the national stage. He has been in the spotlight for 4 years (since his 2004 DNC speech) and has gotten to the top of the ticket by winning millions of votes. Palin entered the national spotlight this week and got to where she is by the pick of one person.
While Obama's long, drawn-out campaign may not make him prepared to answer the 3 am phone call, at least voters know who he is and are experienced with him and can thus feel comfortable with his judgment.
2) Palin is not going to solve the energy crisis or lower gas prices. Her husband works for an oil company and thus depends on Big Oil, just as her state depends on oil tax revenue. In fact, she is in favor of more drilling (including in ANWR) which is exactly what the oil companies want. For Big Oil, more drilling creates more product to sell on the international market to the highest bidder. More drilling will not give us energy independence (most of the oil gained will be sold elsewhere) or lower gas prices (it will be sold at the same price as all the other barrels of oil).
3) She named her kid Piper Palin. What does that say of her judgment?
But, I think she was a good pick and will make this an entertaining and exciting--not to mention historic--election. While I feel the people on both tickets have their flaws and drawbacks, hopefully this campaign will be about the issues because I think we all can agree this is too important of an election to be decided like a beauty contest (sorry, I couldn't resist myself). McCain's choice was a gamble, and only time will tell if it will pay off or crash and burn. But, it should be fun either way.
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Post by algtiger on Aug 28, 2008 16:41:17 GMT -5
yeah, and in their team rankings thus far (very few '09s have committed) they have us third behind UNC and Nova, though they still have Braswell as one of our commitments...
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Post by algtiger on Jun 20, 2008 17:02:15 GMT -5
The important thing that will help us is how our opponents will adjust. If we can continue to have multiple threats from the outside, opponents who are used to packing into a zone against us (like 'Cuse for instance), will either have to extend out even further, thus opening up more cutting lanes, or will have to stay in tight and allow us to shoot over them all day.
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Post by algtiger on May 25, 2008 10:36:07 GMT -5
Story is a good player. I'm from Southern California and watched his Artesia team beat a Taylor King-led Mater Dei team in the section finals. But, after that year, Renardo Sidney transferred out, James Harden left for Arizona St. and Story left for Oak Hill.
Then, I believe Story got into some trouble at Oak Hill and may have been suspended or kicked off the team (I don't know this for a fact, so please don't take it as one).
Bottom line: The guy can play, but I believe there has been character/academic issues in the past and it comes down to need. How much do we need him, and based on the number of shooting guards coming into our program, we probably don't need him.
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Post by algtiger on Dec 2, 2007 17:04:12 GMT -5
The LA Times reported this afternoon that LSU and Ohio St. will play for the BCS National Championship. USC will meet Illinois for the Rose Bowl. The other three match-ups have yet to be released, but Hawaii-Georgia in the Sugar, Va. Tech-WVU in the Orange, and OU-Kansas (or possibly Arizona St.) in the Fiesta. It is unclear who will get that last at-large bid.
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Post by algtiger on Dec 18, 2007 13:52:00 GMT -5
Any Hoyas in Southern Cal (especially Orange County, LA, the Inland Empire, or the Coachella Valley) getting together? I'll be the guy at the bar at 9am if I have to, but would rather see this game with some fellow Hoyas. I'll probably be at the Beer Hunter in La Quinta (Coachella Valley).
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Post by algtiger on Dec 18, 2007 22:18:49 GMT -5
Back to Lavin for a second...
As someone whose parents both went to UCLA during the Wooden years, I can tell you that Steve Lavin is an idiot. In fact, my father refers to him as "the slick-haired moron." In my opinion him picking Memphis to win pretty much means that they won't.
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Post by algtiger on Dec 16, 2007 15:41:06 GMT -5
Keys for us to win:
Defense: Let Roy dominate inside and force Memphis to shoot from the outside. Let Rivers keep good ball pressure on Rose, making make mistakes and force shots. Rebound. They'll miss a lot of shots, we can't let Dorsey or others get easy looks inside on 2nd and 3rd chances.
Offense: Slow it up, make Memphis guard us man on man for 30-35 seconds each time down. They'll get frustrated and foul, or overplay looking for a steal and the backdoor will be open. Take care of the ball, don't give them turnovers which they can convert into easy baskets. Shoot a high percentage. They can't run if they have to take the ball out of bounds under their own basket.
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Post by algtiger on Nov 10, 2007 21:12:06 GMT -5
To answer an earlier question:
The shots today were decent. Most were fairly open because W&M packed themselves into a tight zone and left the outside open for the three's. But, that being said most were not good shots because they were forced. Very rarely did we run the offense and get deep into the shot clock, rather most times we shot an open three ten seconds into our possession. While these shots weren't bad, it just shows that we aren't patient enough yet to let the offense work and open up a better, higher percentage shot.
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Post by algtiger on Nov 6, 2007 18:56:58 GMT -5
I thought his name was "Dukie" V
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Post by algtiger on Oct 31, 2007 22:15:59 GMT -5
Jeff just scored his first ever NBA field goal. Congrats!
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