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| Bo Ryan |
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26 | 23.01% |
| Pat Forde |
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14 | 12.39% |
| Tom Crean |
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15 | 13.27% |
| Rick Pitino |
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18 | 15.93% |
| Are you sure it's not Bo Ryan? |
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40 | 35.40% |
| Total: | 113 votes | ||
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I wonder if the Swop injury means we'll see Aaron Lieberman get off the bench in both home and away yamulka situations.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 02:50 |
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| # ? May 19, 2013 08:50 |
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Wait you mean Dev Marble could have been dunking on someone in a yamulka? Goddammit.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:06 |
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MourningView posted:Wait you mean Dev Marble could have been dunking on someone in a yamulka? Goddammit. Arguably the funniest thing happening in that scenario would a person named "Dev Marble" existing.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:15 |
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Fisticuffs posted:Go to a road game. It's more fun being booed in someone else's arena anyway. 2 tickets to IU@Purdue cost me $200 and they were good seats. Going to see IU at Illinois wasn't much more expensive. The Crossroads Classic was cheaper. The road games we have left are a little more hotly anticipated than IU@PU or IU@UI, at least this year, but they're probably still cheaper than going to a non-Nebraska game at Assembly Hall at this point. Agreed, being the "enemy" at someone else's place is so much fun.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:26 |
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How the gently caress did Virginia lose to three 3 CAA teams. We should be an insanely overrated 20-3 team that would cakewalk into the NCAA tournament. Granted our record still inflates their actual ability but whatever. I'll take a down ACC year if it means an undeserved tourney bid. Also Virginia Tech is real bad
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:29 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:Arguably the funniest thing happening in that scenario would a person named "Dev Marble" existing. Well Devyn. Technically Roy Devyn, but the only people who call him Roy are the Iowa marketing folks desperate to remind people that he's related to Iowa's all time leading scorer and racist white people who find the very name Devyn upsetting.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:33 |
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I hope the Iowa scoreboard operator plays terrifying Mr. Marbles noises every time he does something.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:41 |
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Ungratek posted:How the gently caress did Virginia lose to three 3 CAA teams. We should be an insanely overrated 20-3 team that would cakewalk into the NCAA tournament. The thing with the 3 CAA losses is that senior PG Jontel Evans played in only one game for three minutes. He is a limited player, but is fantastic on defense and crucial to the team's chemistry. Frankly we're better than all the teams we lost to, and only one loss was by more than 6 points. We should be an insanely overrated 22-1 team. The pack-line defense sometimes has trouble when we have to play inexperienced players, or face teams with very athletic guards. Last year we only beat Towson 57-50, and they only won one game all year! The UNC game in Chapel Hill on Saturday looms large. Win there and we win all tiebreakers for 3rd place in the ACC.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 03:54 |
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N:  V: 
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:43 |
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God drat it. Just read that when Nerlens got to the hospital he screamed "my knee exploded" down the hallway.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:47 |
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on the news here they showed Calipari and Donovan during the post game handshake, and apparently Donovan asked about Noel, and you could read Calipari's lips as he said "I think it popped out".
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:49 |
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It's a split second thing so there's nothing actually mean going on, but the lady standing up and leaning forward smiling creeps me out.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:50 |
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Billy's a cool guy. I think him and Cal get along really well (they were joking before the game) and that he's being pretty sincere in asking.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:51 |
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Grittybeard posted:It's a split second thing so there's nothing actually mean going on, but the lady standing up and leaning forward smiling creeps me out. I think she's starting to grimace.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:52 |
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So Georgia had three players at the first half with points tonight. This team loving sucks rear end
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:53 |
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:So Georgia had three players at the first half with points tonight. Did you get to watch any of the game? I ended up going at the last minute and it was pretty aggravating to watch this team blow so many opportunities. Early in the first half, they had multiple changes to pull away and establish a 5pt+ lead going into half, but they just couldn't convert. This was a very winnable game, but guess what? You probably need to score 50 loving points if you want a decent chance at it. I pray KCP comes back. This team will be lost without him. Morris, Mann, KCP, and Nemi are the only four I really want to build around. Donte is a complete letdown, Florveus is soft and uncoordinated, and Cannon/Dixon are in wtf space. Brantley and Vinnie are trash most of the time too.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 04:58 |
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Yeah I was there. Really it just boils down to not having players with any ability to get open and get good looks against a physical defense. KCP is a solid player and Nemi's getting better in the paint but if you have two guys that can actually get in the paint and score, then they're gonna get double teamed and then you have Donte taking contested jumpers from the parking lot. I feel bad for Mark Fox. He's been in a rebuilding stage for like four years because he has no steady talent to build off of. Thompkins and Leslie declaring gutted the team.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 05:03 |
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vikingstrike posted:God drat it.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 05:10 |
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Yeah I was there. Really it just boils down to not having players with any ability to get open and get good looks against a physical defense. KCP is a solid player and Nemi's getting better in the paint but if you have two guys that can actually get in the paint and score, then they're gonna get double teamed and then you have Donte taking contested jumpers from the parking lot. You're totally right that no one on the team can get open. It's absolutely painful to watch them pass the ball at times. It just goes around the outside and nobody will move or engage. And then again. And again. Gaines is all right, but he doesn't play enough. Not really sure why, but I think he should be getting Brantley's minutes. Morris has moves but can't finish.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 05:12 |
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Frot Lesnar posted:N: was not expecting that welp, thanks
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 06:19 |
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Some Florida trainer said he ruptured his patellar tendon.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 06:45 |
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kiimo posted:Some Florida trainer said he ruptured his patellar tendon. Jesus God. His screams were horrible, man.  Heal up please, Nerlens.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 08:03 |
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Declan MacManus posted:was not expecting that
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 11:18 |
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The 1 and done rule is dumb, ya'll. No reason Noel should have been playing college ball. Adopt a system like MLB and move on.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 12:29 |
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Regnevelc posted:The 1 and done rule is dumb, ya'll. 
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 12:40 |
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No shut up.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 14:56 |
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MourningView posted:No shut up. Players staying longer would benefit college basketball and make the regular season more watchable if every player with an iota of talent didn't jump right to the NBA. I like seeing players grow and develop with my college football team, and I like seeing it with my basketball team as well. I also don't give a poo poo about the NBA so there's that
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 15:39 |
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I am also not for anybody jumping straight to the NBA and ruining the college game. I think it should be two years and if you want to go pro, go Euro. College baseball sucks.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 15:41 |
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Baseball is the one you can go pro at right out of high school, but if you go to college you're there for 3 years? It's the rule that makes sense. The one and done rule is crap and needs to go. It doesn't benefit anyone. If you make the wrong decision, too bad.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 15:47 |
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Regnevelc posted:Baseball is the one you can go pro at right out of high school, but if you go to college you're there for 3 years? I agree with the baseball rules as well.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 15:50 |
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sportsgenius86 posted:I agree with the baseball rules as well. A few years ago there was a lot of support from that by NBA GMs (at least per the Nuggets GM at the time). It just didn't work out. I doubt 3 years would fly, but no reason 2 years wouldn't be sufficient for the NBA.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:01 |
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gently caress you, kid who is risking potentially millions of dollars, I want my dumb sport to be more watchable.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:07 |
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MourningView posted:gently caress you, kid who is risking potentially millions of dollars, I want my dumb sport to be more watchable. Correct. I am not personally invested in college basketball players financial futures the way you seem to be.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:15 |
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MourningView posted:gently caress you, kid who is risking potentially millions of dollars, I want my dumb sport to be more watchable. Considering that 99% of guys who go pro end up without a career or money in a decade, making them get an education, even in something stupid like phys ed, would be better than turning them loose at age 19.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:18 |
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I just don't see the purpose of the 1 and done rule. Most players who are one and done players could go to the NBA straight out of high school. What's the point of making them go to college for a year? If you want to go to the NBA out of high school, good luck to you. If you make the commitment to a university, you should have to stay for two years.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:22 |
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Peanut President posted:Considering that 99% of guys who go pro end up without a career or money in a decade, making them get an education, even in something stupid like phys ed, would be better than turning them loose at age 19. Three years towards some worthless bullshit degree is not going to save them from financial hardship later on, come on. Especially since the time demands on college athletes make it very difficult to actually take advantage of those educational opportunities and they are frequently actively encouraged by their coaches and schools to take the easiest route possible. There should be something done to make sure players are better educated on how to handle their money, but that's a seperate issue and should probably come from the NBA. SteelAngel2000 posted:Correct. I am not personally invested in college basketball players financial futures the way you seem to be. It's more that I am not a bad person. SteelAngel2000 posted:I just don't see the purpose of the 1 and done rule. Most players who are one and done players could go to the NBA straight out of high school. Yes, they should be able to do exactly that. MourningView fucked around with this message at Feb 13, 2013 around 16:39 |
| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:28 |
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MourningView posted:Yes, they should be able to exactly that. I agree 100%. There's zero reason to risk injury in college, so they shouldn't have to go. I just think that if you commit to a university, you should stay for two years, minimum. MourningView posted:
Oh gently caress off
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:31 |
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It's all academic anyways. Stern isn't going to change the rule and Adam Silver isn't going to open up his tenure with something as controversial as that.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:39 |
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Declan MacManus posted:It's all academic anyways. Stern isn't going to change the rule and Adam Silver isn't going to open up his tenure with something as controversial as that. I don't know about all that. Any talk of the rule disappearing or the NBA moving to allow high school players to enter the league again is strictly academic but I do think the rule will change. Stern tried to get the rule pushed to 2-and-done recently but the NBAPA was able to fight it off during the lockout. The owners are major fans of the 1-and-done rule and will most likely push for 2-and-done again during the next negotiation with the NBAPA. It'll eventually get pushed through.
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| # ? Feb 13, 2013 16:51 |
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| # ? May 19, 2013 08:50 |
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I don't really have a problem with the way things are now, probably because I don't see it changing, but I'll throw in with those who think baseball has the best approach. I feel like everybody wins in that scenario -- kids who are pro-ready don't have to waste their time or risk injury, and college fans can enjoy the players who do sign on for more than a nanosecond. In both situations, it's totally the athlete's decision, which is nice as well.
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