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| A contracted Cleveland Cavs team. |
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| Not Gonzaga |
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| gently caress Duke |
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| Not your team, that's for sure |
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| Your 10 y/o niece's bracket pick |
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elentar posted:UVA scuffled some but ended up beating Dayton, which means that tomorrow the crime against basketball that is Virginia-Wisconsin will be perpetrated once more. Virginia wins a barnburner, 53-46, and with it apparently dominion over Atlantis? I'm not too sure on how this all works.
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Nov 23, 2018 21:53
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I only watched a few seconds of the second half by oh my god please ban UVA and Wisconsin from playing basketball
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Nov 23, 2018 22:06
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I think ESPN finally learned their lesson last year not to pair them in the ACC/B10 Challenge, but this time some organizer at this tournament invited both teams and put them on opposite sides of the bracket knowing full well that was probably going to be their final. Probably that person should get fired.
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Nov 23, 2018 22:39
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Fire Danny Manning. Immediately. Dude can recruit and nothing else.
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Nov 23, 2018 22:46
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Northwest Nazarene knocked off Idaho to become the third non-D1 school this season to beat a D1. The Nazarenes are a Christian denomination that believes that anytime you sin, you lose your salvation and are bound for hell unless you get saved again immediately. So you could be totally saved, miss a shot or something, say "Goddammit", and drop dead of a heart attack and that's it for you, which seems inordinately panic inducing but at least adds a little spice to life? (NNU is D2, the only non-NCAA school to beat a D1 so far this year was Loyola New Orleans against McNeese State. They're Jesuit there, so to lose your salvation there you'd have to enter into mortal sin, which would be difficult to do on the basketball court. Also, they're an excellent school academically, even if one of the things they are known for is having a school called the Butt College of Business.) elentar fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Nov 24, 2018 |
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Nov 24, 2018 07:43
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wvu is playing an unbracketed game versus valpo in the tournament that was over last week woo loving hoo kill me
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Nov 24, 2018 18:46
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I hope Gonzaga is #1, not Kansas. The thing is if KU is the best team in the country we are in for some seriously bad basketball this season, friends.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:48
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VT likely to get star freshman wing Landers Nolley back for our next game, Tuesday against Penn State. gently caress the NCAA for waiting until the season started to question how well he scored on the ACT and make him retake the test. gently caress them forever and ever, amen. In other super good personnel news, hearing the team's expecting to have Chris Clarke playing again by the time we play Washington in a few weeks. Woo!
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Nov 25, 2018 05:13
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Nur_Neerg posted:VT likely to get star freshman wing Landers Nolley back for our next game, Tuesday against Penn State. gently caress the NCAA for waiting until the season started to question how well he scored on the ACT and make him retake the test. gently caress them forever and ever, amen. In other super good personnel news, hearing the team's expecting to have Chris Clarke playing again by the time we play Washington in a few weeks. Woo! lol hello and welcome fwend
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Nov 25, 2018 19:01
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Nur_Neerg posted:VT likely to get star freshman wing Landers Nolley back for our next game, Tuesday against Penn State. gently caress the NCAA for waiting until the season started to question how well he scored on the ACT and make him retake the test. gently caress them forever and ever, amen. In other super good personnel news, hearing the team's expecting to have Chris Clarke playing again by the time we play Washington in a few weeks. Woo! Standardized testing is a lovely relic that needs doing away with across the board. A lot of grad schools have axed requirements for the GRE or SAT subject tests, hoping more undergrad schools make them optional and the College Board will just wither away and die. Also, goddamn but Virginia Tech is going to be good. edit: Villanova beat a really good Florida State team so it's possible they've recovered from that Michigan-Furman week. elentar fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Nov 25, 2018 |
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Nov 25, 2018 20:47
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The first NCAA computer ranking is out and is of course flaming trash. Interesting to see if it evens out as sample size increases. (Scroll down the list for more highlights) https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/1067105577661276160?s=21
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Nov 26, 2018 18:42
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elentar posted:The first NCAA computer ranking is out and is of course flaming trash. Interesting to see if it evens out as sample size increases. (Scroll down the list for more highlights) Congrats for falling for the sports version of clickbait.
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Nov 26, 2018 18:47
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iospace posted:Congrats for falling for the sports version of clickbait. I mean it's of note because this is what they're using to rank teams for the tournament in place of RPI.
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Nov 26, 2018 18:51
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I do not think KU is the #1 team. I also do not WANT to be the #1 team. That said have you ever heard of Team A being ranked #1 and then beating the #10 team in the country on a neutral court and getting leapfrogged because Team B looked so good? Then Team A also beats the #5 team on neutral a court, and Team B loses to Team C and then Team C ALSO leapfrogs Team A? I've just never seen that before. But Zion weighs 280 and can dunk soooooo here we are. 
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Nov 26, 2018 19:22
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I'm guessing the NET thing HEAVILY favors road wins because otherwise I can't see why OSU would be #1.
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Nov 26, 2018 19:33
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everyone focusing on ohio state and I'm over here looking at Loyola Marymount edit: which is not the same Loyola from last year's final four, for those who are confused
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Nov 26, 2018 19:42
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iospace posted:Congrats for falling for the sports version of clickbait. Sorry, in the future will refrain from bringing relevant content into a moribund thread. edit: lord, why did any voter rank UVA number 1? They're good but nowhere near Duke/Kansas/Gonzaga good. Fully expecting them to lose this week here at Maryland; I'd go but they don't discount single-game seats and for many reasons really don't feel like handing 25 or 30 bucks of my UMD salary over to the athletic department. elentar fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Nov 26, 2018 19:48
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:lol hello and welcome fwend Hi Andi 
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Nov 26, 2018 19:54
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elentar posted:Sorry, in the future will refrain from bringing relevant content into a moribund thread. I'm glad you posted it for the comments alone
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Nov 26, 2018 19:58
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iospace posted:Congrats for falling for the sports version of clickbait. if you don't actually pay any attention to the sport you don't have to post about it Iowa is 15 so that poll is good imo
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Nov 26, 2018 20:01
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I like how Nebraska fell to 14 from 1
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Nov 26, 2018 20:08
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^ the best is San Francisco from 5 to 25 Peanut President posted:everyone focusing on ohio state and I'm over here looking at Loyola Marymount Who
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Nov 26, 2018 20:08
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Metapod posted:^ the best is San Francisco from 5 to 25 it's easy to miss it because it looks like an extension of the LAX satellite parking.
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Nov 26, 2018 20:10
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Big mad at all the bad hbcu teams being at the bottom of the ranks
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Nov 26, 2018 20:12
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ACC-Big Ten Challenge starts in an hour with Nebraska at Clemson. That game, like many of the others this year and the Challenge as a whole, actually has a chance of being pretty interesting; the only complete dogshit games are Pitt at Iowa and Rutgers at Miami, though I'm sure Wisconsin is going to dismantle NC State as well and probably any hopes of Indiana beating Duke will be over by the second media timeout. Schedule: quote:Monday elentar fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Nov 27, 2018 |
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Nov 27, 2018 00:01
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elentar posted:Sorry, in the future will refrain from bringing relevant content into a moribund thread. I’ll be going since it’s only a 10 minute drive from my house and they don’t play GW this year
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Nov 27, 2018 00:11
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Wednesday starts a brutal stretch for Purdue 11/28 @FSU 12/1 @Michigan 12/6 Maryland 12/9 @Texas 12/15 Notre Dame in Indy Going from FSU Wednesday night to Michigan Saturday afternoon is probably not going to go well. 3-2 would be a good result.
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Nov 27, 2018 00:49
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elentar posted:ACC-Big Ten Challenge starts in an hour with Nebraska at Clemson. B1G 1 ACC 0 y'all
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Nov 27, 2018 04:40
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Nov 27, 2018 04:59
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I have a feeling that Oregon may not actually be good.
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Nov 27, 2018 13:34
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Bird in a Blender posted:I have a feeling that Oregon may not actually be good. At least Bol is fun to watch I guess but yeah, this team is bad so far. Hopefully they improve over the course of the season, PAC-12 is kinda trash this year so they'll probably look improved regardless.
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Nov 27, 2018 20:48
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:I mean it's of note because this is what they're using to rank teams for the tournament in place of RPI. Fair enough then! elentar posted:Sorry, in the future will refrain from bringing relevant content into a moribund thread. Didn't know that that was the new tourney seeding method, my apologies.
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Nov 27, 2018 22:46
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This Nevada/Loyola game is extremely fun to watch as a Nevada alum. Fully expect them to pile it on in the 2nd half. Caleb Martin really wants to blow them out.
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Nov 28, 2018 02:45
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A little surprised Penn State beat Virginia Tech. Challenge is tied with Michigan State-Louisville in an equally unexpected overtime for the lead. Meanwhile Wake Forest saw off Western Carolina to clinch the ACC-Southern Conference Challenge, 1-0.
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Nov 28, 2018 03:51
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This Missouri team is a joy to watch on defense, they play super solidly. Somehow that doesn't translate to valuing the ball on offense and the contrast is unbelievable. Turnover city.
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Nov 28, 2018 03:57
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it's silly that zion has to play college ball
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Nov 28, 2018 04:37
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elentar posted:A little surprised Penn State beat Virginia Tech. Challenge is tied with Michigan State-Louisville in an equally unexpected overtime for the lead. I so wanted us to lose that game. Danny Manning is a worse head coach than Jeff Bzdelik.
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Nov 28, 2018 05:47
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double negative posted:it's silly that zion has to play college ball It's very upsetting that Duke has a cool player, they should only be allowed to have obnoxious try hard floor slappers
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Nov 28, 2018 07:29
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Asleep Style posted:This Missouri team is a joy to watch on defense, they play super solidly. Somehow that doesn't translate to valuing the ball on offense and the contrast is unbelievable. Turnover city. They're actually pretty good on offense when they get to take shots too, so it's doubly disappointing.
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I mean Duke was good on offense last year and really bad on defense. Anyway WVU is going to have a struggle session with Rider tonight. Send good thoughts.
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