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linkster
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Shades
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Posted: 02/05/17 4:15 pm ::: |
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Tomorrow is pretty good
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linkster
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Posted: 02/05/17 5:02 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
Tomorrow is pretty good |
7:00pm #13Louis@ #8N Dame(-9)
7:00pm #18Miami@ #6Fla St(-14)
8:00pm #11Texas@ #2Baylor(-15)
9:00pm #14UCLA@ #9Stanford(-9)
I realize the difficulties involved but do these games have to be put on against each other? If Stanford's game can start at 6:00pm local time why can't the Game in S Bend also start at 6:00 and them have Miami@ Fla St at 8:00?
Let's hope Texas gives Baylor a tougher time than they did in both games last year.
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 02/05/17 5:05 pm ::: |
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Shades wrote: |
Tomorrow is pretty good |
Certainly is.
Texas-Baylor
Notre Dame - Louisville
FSU - Miami
UCLA - Stanford
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brunie1064
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Posted: 02/05/17 5:16 pm ::: |
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Washington vs Colorado turned out to be pretty competitive. Only a four point win for the Huskies.
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bballgrl
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Posted: 02/06/17 2:55 pm ::: |
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linkster wrote: |
Shades wrote: |
Tomorrow is pretty good |
7:00pm #13Louis@ #8N Dame(-9)
7:00pm #18Miami@ #6Fla St(-14)
8:00pm #11Texas@ #2Baylor(-15)
9:00pm #14UCLA@ #9Stanford(-9)
I realize the difficulties involved but do these games have to be put on against each other? If Stanford's game can start at 6:00pm local time why can't the Game in S Bend also start at 6:00 and them have Miami@ Fla St at 8:00?
Let's hope Texas gives Baylor a tougher time than they did in both games last year. |
I agree with you wholehardly! We either get a day where there are no games televised or we get Sunday(here lately) where there are many games overlaping. Really pisses me off.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 02/06/17 11:09 pm ::: Re: When do we see big conference games |
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Except for the PAC 12 the P5 conferences have very few compelling games because they are top-heavy. |
From the ACC (each game with at least one team that is currently ranked):
NC St: 70 ND 62
ND 62 Duke 58
ND 82 UVA 74
NC St: 70 FSU 61
Miami: 67 NC St: 64
NC St: 55 Duke 52
NC St: 72 Louisville: 70
Duke: 58 Louisville: 55
FSU: 72 Louisville: 65
FSU: 80 Miami 71
Syracuse: 54 UVA: 49
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CBiebel
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Posted: 02/26/17 6:00 am ::: Re: When do we see big conference games |
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linkster wrote: |
Except for the PAC 12 the P5 conferences have very few compelling games because they are top-heavy. |
Well, I'd say that this comment really falls on its face in the last few weeks:
In reverse order chronologically:
Iowa St. over Texas: 70-66
Or. St. over Stanford 50-47
Kentucky over MSU 78-75
KSU over OK 79-71
tOSU over Maryland 98-87
Miss. St. over Texas A&M 72-67 (not an upset, but a close win)
Missouri over USC 62-60
ND over Syracuse 85-80 (another close one)
OK over Texas 74-73
UCLA over UW 90-79
UVA over FSU 60-51
ND over Clemson 84-80
Stanford over Cal 72-66
Even UConn got into the act: UConn 63 Tulane 60
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linkster
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Posted: 02/26/17 2:04 pm ::: Re: When do we see big conference games |
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CBiebel wrote: |
linkster wrote: |
Except for the PAC 12 the P5 conferences have very few compelling games because they are top-heavy. |
Well, I'd say that this comment really falls on its face in the last few weeks:
In reverse order chronologically:
Iowa St. over Texas: 70-66
Or. St. over Stanford 50-47
Kentucky over MSU 78-75
KSU over OK 79-71
tOSU over Maryland 98-87
Miss. St. over Texas A&M 72-67 (not an upset, but a close win)
Missouri over USC 62-60
ND over Syracuse 85-80 (another close one)
OK over Texas 74-73
UCLA over UW 90-79
UVA over FSU 60-51
ND over Clemson 84-80
Stanford over Cal 72-66
Even UConn got into the act: UConn 63 Tulane 60 |
A close score isn't exactly the same as a compelling game. Did you happen to catch the Stanford-Or St game the other night? Murphy & her sidekick tried to sell it as a defensive struggle but to me it was a display of offensive ineptitude. At one point in the second half OSU got 7 consecutive offensive rebounds before finally scoring on a Wiese basket. Yeah it was close but hardly compelling, even with the PAC 12 title at stake.
And at least half of those ND games you listed were close only because ND is a shadow of their last few years. I only point you to the choke job they pulled at Tenn. Diggins/Mallory/ etc must have been sick watching that display.
What I'm looking for are games that are won with great play, not games that are lost through bad play.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 02/26/17 4:42 pm ::: Re: When do we see big conference games |
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linkster wrote: |
CBiebel wrote: |
linkster wrote: |
Except for the PAC 12 the P5 conferences have very few compelling games because they are top-heavy. |
Well, I'd say that this comment really falls on its face in the last few weeks:
In reverse order chronologically:
Iowa St. over Texas: 70-66
Or. St. over Stanford 50-47
Kentucky over MSU 78-75
KSU over OK 79-71
tOSU over Maryland 98-87
Miss. St. over Texas A&M 72-67 (not an upset, but a close win)
Missouri over USC 62-60
ND over Syracuse 85-80 (another close one)
OK over Texas 74-73
UCLA over UW 90-79
UVA over FSU 60-51
ND over Clemson 84-80
Stanford over Cal 72-66
Even UConn got into the act: UConn 63 Tulane 60 |
A close score isn't exactly the same as a compelling game. Did you happen to catch the Stanford-Or St game the other night? Murphy & her sidekick tried to sell it as a defensive struggle but to me it was a display of offensive ineptitude. At one point in the second half OSU got 7 consecutive offensive rebounds before finally scoring on a Wiese basket. Yeah it was close but hardly compelling, even with the PAC 12 title at stake.
And at least half of those ND games you listed were close only because ND is a shadow of their last few years. I only point you to the choke job they pulled at Tenn. Diggins/Mallory/ etc must have been sick watching that display.
What I'm looking for are games that are won with great play, not games that are lost through bad play. |
Seems like an overstatement. A shadow of their former selves? The past 3 seasons they were the second 1-seed twice and the 3rd 1-seed once. This year they are presently probably the 3rd 1-seed. Not that far off.
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cthskzfn
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Posted: 02/26/17 6:37 pm ::: |
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I'd say ND is improving at just the right time.
Pending the bracket, I'd pencil in Baylor, ND, UConn, UDub for Dallas.
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myrtle
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Posted: 02/27/17 12:31 am ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
I'd say ND is improving at just the right time.
Pending the bracket, I'd pencil in Baylor, ND, UConn, UDub for Dallas. |
It would be good publicity if Plum could get back to the final 4, but I doubt UW gets in the West region which makes this highly unlikely. And also a team with zero depth will have a tough road - it's a precarious balance when you're that short handed. I also think that a team with good bigs and at least one really good defensive guard should be able to handle them (Baylor or UConn for instance...and they've already lost once to ND). On the other hand, they do seem to be getting some help from the helpers these days and on any particular night they are practically unstoppable.
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if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 02/27/17 5:21 am ::: Re: When do we see big conference games |
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linkster wrote: |
A close score isn't exactly the same as a compelling game. Did you happen to catch the Stanford-Or St game the other night? Murphy & her sidekick tried to sell it as a defensive struggle but to me it was a display of offensive ineptitude. At one point in the second half OSU got 7 consecutive offensive rebounds before finally scoring on a Wiese basket. Yeah it was close but hardly compelling, even with the PAC 12 title at stake.
And at least half of those ND games you listed were close only because ND is a shadow of their last few years. I only point you to the choke job they pulled at Tenn. Diggins/Mallory/ etc must have been sick watching that display.
What I'm looking for are games that are won with great play, not games that are lost through bad play. |
Translation:
"My comment was wrong, but I'm going to discount the evidence to counter it so that I can pretend I was right."
The ND-Syracuse game is an example. If you watched that game, you would have noticed that Syracuse was playing extremely well in front of a packed crowd.
I think your experience as a fan of a team that tends to blow out teams has jaded you to what a "compelling" game is. If you take an attitude of "my team only had a close game because we didn't play well" you can project that onto every game. I'm not saying that's necessarily your attitude, but your response does kind of hint at that kind of thinking.
An underdog playing well often can make it look like the good team is just playing crappy because what the underdog needs to do is stuff that disrupts the good team.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 02/27/17 5:28 am ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
I'd say ND is improving at just the right time.
Pending the bracket, I'd pencil in Baylor, ND, UConn, UDub for Dallas. |
That's what I've been thinking. They're now using Turner better without just throwing the lob to her under the basket. The defense has improved a lot. They're moving around more without the ball and passing much more to get the open shots. They're rebounding much better. Boley is starting to get the hang of defense. Even their FT shooting the last couple of games has gotten better.
It's like "Holy Crap! They're finally starting to get it together! What took them so long?"
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