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Title: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on November 07, 2018, 02:54:22 AM
It's here!

Duke tonight, speechless.  That was simply amazing.  Calipari probably in therapy tonight.

1973 ABA meets 2018 College Athlete. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on December 12, 2018, 10:35:20 AM
nova's big 5 streak is over.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on January 09, 2019, 11:05:55 PM
this cat on Marquette is unreal
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 23, 2019, 02:33:31 PM
what a disgusting call in tenny lsu
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 27, 2019, 09:14:56 AM
love this girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=665&v=1TTKowewe9E
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 07, 2019, 08:48:31 PM
Watching Cincinnati @ UCF.  UCF has that 7'6 310 freak from Senegal.  Not the best player but his presence on the court is hilarious.  Gets pushed around a lot for being so big, could put on about 50 more lbs.  His wingspan alone occupies two opponents at once.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 15, 2019, 02:36:11 PM
UCF has a guy named Taco who is 7'6". 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 15, 2019, 02:36:26 PM
Ha OK never mind.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Munson on March 21, 2019, 04:55:40 PM
This Winler guy for Belmont is a sniper, goddamn.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 21, 2019, 05:02:37 PM
Tournament off to a great start so far!  Exciting stuff.

That Auburn/NMSU last 5 minutes was wild.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 23, 2019, 08:49:02 PM
Watching Tacko last night was priceless.  He gets Zion tomorrow.

Gonzaga has some monsters on their squad.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 31, 2019, 07:10:33 PM
The Patriots of CBB go down in flames again.   
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 31, 2019, 08:54:06 PM
Both games were entertaining as hell
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 06, 2019, 10:04:13 PM
Poor Auburn, what was it a 14-0 run at the end?  To lose like that sucks.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 07, 2019, 01:32:26 AM
when you take into account all factors is that the worst call in the history of sports?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on April 07, 2019, 08:04:11 AM
Soviet Union literally stole the 1972 Olympic Gold medal from the USA.   50 yrs later it's still mind boggling that that was permitted to stand. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 07, 2019, 09:50:40 AM
that wasnt a split second call, that was a decision

this is the worst title game matchup since 1963 - loyola chicago vs. cincinnati. every game since then has had at least one big time school. i cant think of a worse matchup that zero people will care about more than texas tech and virginia.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 08, 2019, 11:44:30 PM
This #25 on UVA can fly.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 09, 2019, 03:02:43 PM
Actually enjoyed the game last night.  Very entertaining.

Now we wait for the Nike bomb to drop.  Pay these kids already!!!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on May 30, 2019, 10:36:50 PM
I'm rooting for Juwan Howard!  Great press conference today, he broke down in tears at his press conference.

Reportedly offered Phil Martelli an assistant position.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on November 26, 2019, 11:33:48 PM
LOL Duke

SFA aka Jeremiah Trotter U took em down
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 27, 2019, 10:14:51 AM
kind of amazing that duke has played 1000s of these guarantee games against the dregs of cbb for years and never lost. at some point no matter how much 5 star talent you have theres 1 game that just dont go your way
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on December 05, 2019, 09:25:55 AM
baylor basketball is playing undefeated arizona on espn saturday at noon

baylor football plays in the big 12 championship for an outside shot at the cfb playoff

not genius scheduling
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on December 05, 2019, 11:04:20 AM
there is not one solitary person on this decaying planet who cares
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on December 16, 2019, 01:06:53 PM
hard to believe but penn state is ranked for the first time in 23 years
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on December 21, 2019, 02:14:03 PM
Todd's favorite team managed to not lose to Kansas.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on January 04, 2020, 02:04:30 PM
penn state playing iowa at the palestra right now.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on January 10, 2020, 09:13:16 PM
cbb is wild this year

iowa just beat maryland which means ohio state kenpoms #4 is now in 13th place in the big ten
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on January 11, 2020, 09:11:35 AM
theres 1 top nba prospect currently playing and wichita state is apparently going to be a top 5 team next year

what is the point of this
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on January 21, 2020, 09:12:12 PM
Where's Ron Artest

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1219801697289146368 21
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on January 22, 2020, 03:09:42 AM
That was WWF shtein!  The dude grabbing a chair.  Dicky V is wild about this.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on January 22, 2020, 11:50:23 AM
i saw a kansas cheerleader holding back a uniformed cop.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 11, 2020, 08:52:56 PM
penn state all time on the road against these teams before this season...

sparty 1-23
michigan 2-21
purdue 2-22
huskers 1-8

they have won at all four this year are a half game out of first in the big ten and have their highest AP rank in 28 years
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 11, 2020, 09:05:26 PM
is there a bigger dumpster fire than cbb this season
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on February 21, 2020, 06:57:05 PM
ESPN has Kansas, Duke, Kentucky and Penn State as the top four seeds in the Midwest. One of those looks weird.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 21, 2020, 07:27:10 PM
there a minuscule chance two of Kentucky duke Kansas are in the same region there's no chance all three are
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 21, 2020, 09:37:37 PM
yea they have to split those teams up to cover their tracks for tv. kansas kentucky could easily be a hypothetical elite 8 matchup, but theyre not gonna also slide in duke or something to the same bracket
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 06, 2020, 10:51:38 PM
numbers 1 and 2 seeds in the big south went down today and radford a number one seed...all in the first round

its begun
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 08, 2020, 08:11:03 PM
LFG !

https://apnews.com/e5ebeaede887ebd85079b926f18e5028
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 08, 2020, 08:17:32 PM
L'Chaim!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 10, 2020, 12:34:12 PM
lol why do they have to mention the coronavirus in the third paragraph?

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 12, 2020, 01:29:38 PM
I can't imagine how this will be played next week.  64 teams and all it takes is one player to get it.  No farging chance.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 12, 2020, 03:44:32 PM
Yeah they've gotta call it

Duke just pulled themselves out
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Munson on March 12, 2020, 04:19:42 PM
Officially cancelled according to Jake Tapper
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 12, 2020, 06:02:24 PM
unreal decision considering the ncaa would kill humans for money (and have) and this can be technically played in april or may
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 13, 2020, 10:16:22 AM
i'm so bummed about no tournament. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 13, 2020, 10:25:28 AM
Same.

I had already planned early exits from work next week.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on March 13, 2020, 11:01:31 AM
Next week is my spring break (and who knows how long it will last).  No Tournament, no baseball, no nothing.

I'm not generally much of a movie or tv watcher, but I guess I'll have to check out a few next week.  Or else get a few extra projects done around the house.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 13, 2020, 11:10:53 AM
I'm working until I die anyway.  If it's in two weeks at least I got to see the Eagles win the Super Bowl.

And yeah kid grew up and whatnot but mostly the Birds.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 25, 2021, 12:47:46 PM
looking at some lines today I saw that Mississippi valley st is a 30 pt dog to prairie view tonight so I looked on haslametrics and they would have Gonzaga -68 against them

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on February 25, 2021, 07:27:00 PM
IGY, I know you, J and Todd are on this shtein but has Gonzaga beat anyone of signifigance?  I know they are good, I see them all the time on TV but it's when they are destroying USD, Pepperdine, Saint Mary's but I am assuming no signature wins because with the virus who/where have they played outside west coast?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 25, 2021, 07:29:01 PM
I'm not this year...haven't watched a single cbb game...the season from the start has been wrecked by COVID
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 25, 2021, 07:58:24 PM
i cant name 1 player in cbb and that includes temple
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2021, 07:58:29 PM
Kinda the same here, Don.

I've only watched a few games. I don't think the Zags have done much and it could be if Covid has them restricted to relatively local play? Not sure they're doing much traveling.

I'll get into the tourney though I'm sure. I just want to bet and play the brackets and squares.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 25, 2021, 10:52:39 PM
haha

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvHx1r7WQAgdmbZ?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on February 26, 2021, 05:20:54 AM
LMFAO!!!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 10, 2021, 10:43:02 PM
There's been six games in the maac tourney thus far and lower seeds are 5-1 out scoring higher seeds 49-1
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2021, 09:52:54 PM
Good day one so far. Three OT games.

Purdue played like shtein minus a 2H burst. They've barely scored in OT. UNT whipped them.

Weird having this start on a Friday.

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2021, 10:31:32 PM
I hate Syracuse.

San Dawg State going 10 minutes without scoring isn't the way to win a game. Morons
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2021, 11:14:19 PM
games have mostly been really close which is all you can ask for since nobodys good and the sport is a farce

just want a few numbers to hit in mattys pool and im good
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 20, 2021, 04:58:19 PM
I've been doing 6-7 plater stat parlays on the games and have hit two so far.  one for $500 and then the Baylor game for $875.  only $5 bets. about to hit another 6 bagger on Michigan.

gambling aside its been a great first round.  Thought it would be gross due to covid.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 21, 2021, 04:21:12 AM
Nice hits.

We had a ton of shtein to do today and then we hung out with friends so I didn't see much of the games. Went 7-3 on the day though.

Lol at Texas losing.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 22, 2021, 12:51:36 PM
the pace in this iowa oregon game is nuts....entertaining cbb....who knew
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 22, 2021, 12:57:30 PM
I was mad it didn't start Thursday but this ain't so bad - Monday tourney action while sitting at work.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 22, 2021, 01:02:01 PM
The big ten showing in this tourney...not so good.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 22, 2021, 01:23:04 PM
102 first half points

49 needed for the over
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 28, 2021, 09:29:53 PM
Nice to see NCAA officiating as bad as NBA.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 28, 2021, 09:34:21 PM
Wowowow

Bama
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 28, 2021, 09:43:55 PM
Their FT shooting is all time awful

Ucla owned OT

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 28, 2021, 09:49:25 PM
PAC 12, this is shocking.  3 in Elite 8 after USC/Oregon game.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 28, 2021, 10:11:02 PM
Hopefully Oregon can win this one
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 29, 2021, 03:25:06 PM
im in 95% of these games but thus far have hit 1 number, a sweet 16 game which basically made me even

i also have a shot to win my office pool if gonzaga wins (like 3 bills) but this is much less important than matty's squares pool
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 29, 2021, 09:36:50 PM
Gtfo Oregon state

-8 on Houston was cruising. And then...  :'(
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 30, 2021, 01:18:27 PM
Baylor looked great last night but I don't see anyone beating the Zags.  One of the most well rounded teams I've seen in a very long time.  Suggs is going to be an all-star in the NBA.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 31, 2021, 12:07:36 AM
Michigan...couldn't buy a bucket. Scrubs.

I stayed up late for this?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 31, 2021, 12:11:01 AM
martelli falls one shot shy of the final 4 again
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 02, 2021, 07:47:58 PM
staley v. stanford is so good

after i watch the final four tonight i still wont have watched more womens than mens this year but its not that far apart either
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 02, 2021, 08:15:57 PM
OMG that ending
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 02, 2021, 10:48:50 PM
girl on arizona legit jump shoots her free throws
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 02, 2021, 11:12:30 PM
how do you feel about geno

i am torn between hating him because hes an icehole and loving him because hes an icehole from norristown
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 02, 2021, 11:18:33 PM
having nothing to do with norristown i love him....but i love most iceholes

really tho hes a fleshpop not an icehole
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 03, 2021, 12:08:57 AM
important distinction

ill always remember him hijacking tonya cardoza's presser when she got hired at temple...soaking up the attention on what was not his day. but an affable prick from philly on the national stage is fun. im torn.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 03, 2021, 12:12:09 AM
speaking of temple hes a fleshpop like john chaney...

probably was influenced by him
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 03, 2021, 05:37:09 PM
for what could have been a shtein show of a season and tournament, the fact that's is going to come down to Baylor and Gonzaga, the two best teams, is pretty cool.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2021, 10:33:44 PM
Ucla annoys me.

Especially juzang and campbell
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Eagles_Legendz on April 03, 2021, 10:48:30 PM
this is a great game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 03, 2021, 11:01:25 PM
all time great
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 03, 2021, 11:02:37 PM
yeah timme is one of those guys who can dominate college but will barely make an nba team its weird.

but this zags team is one of the best in years.  props to ucla though.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2021, 11:11:36 PM
Wowowoowow

farging wow
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 03, 2021, 11:11:50 PM
I've been on Suggs d all year but my man should be the number one pick.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 04, 2021, 01:15:07 AM
if thats a 2 not a 3 i hit my numbers
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 04, 2021, 08:08:53 PM
Now the women are down to the last shot
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 05, 2021, 06:34:45 PM
Anyone taking Baylor plus the points and/or on the ML?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 05, 2021, 07:01:30 PM
I legitimately couldn't name a single player on Baylor and have never seen them play.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 05, 2021, 07:20:34 PM
Scott Drew is their HC - you should know that name

#45 Mitchell is their best player
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 05, 2021, 07:25:37 PM
i dont want to go on a rant but farg the drews

theres been a 1000 tournament moments equal to or better than bryce drew's shot but because its a dopey white school in dopey white indiana with a dopey white father/son moment behind it, it gets replayed all the time
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 05, 2021, 08:59:38 PM
def the bet two teams playing tonight. Mitchell is the second best player on the court after Suggs and Baylor can get really hot.  my money is on Gonzaga tho.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 05, 2021, 09:38:38 PM
Good lord. Zags are asleep at the wheel
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 05, 2021, 10:50:40 PM
ya this is surprising.  Gonzaga never going to win it.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 05, 2021, 10:52:28 PM
Baylor is a farging machine.

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 05, 2021, 11:33:49 PM
what a stinker to end a great tourney.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 06, 2021, 06:04:24 AM
Exactly, insane tournament and to get this finale, well it sucked.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 06, 2021, 10:13:50 AM
i think the suggs shot gonazaga/ucla made up for a pretty awful tournament...i dont ever recall this many non games

36% of the games were decided by 16 or more pts

65% of games were decided by double digits

14% were one possession games

i dont have historical context so maybe thats normal but just from an eye test it seemed even while it was happening that there were an inordinate amount of blowouts

also something else that really hurt this tournament and its not the games fault its just how it happened but there were no breakout stars like a steph curry on davidson type where you meet a new stud in the tourney

cade cunningham didnt get out the first weekend also hurt

i mean "cinderella" was the school with the most national championships
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 06, 2021, 12:20:50 PM
64% of the games were decided by 15 points or less.

35% were decided by 9 or less.

1 out of every 7 games was a one possession game. 

the ucla thing is pretty funny though.  scrappy little ucla almost making it to the title game.

I love the tournament even in an off year but the fact we lost a year made this one so much better.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on May 16, 2021, 08:23:08 PM
Jay Wright selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

https://twitter.com/VUCoachJWright/status/1393953964048138241
Title: Re: 2021 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on June 29, 2021, 08:09:33 AM
really great piece on syracuse's maniac womens coach....


QuoteOn March 23, the Syracuse women's basketball team lost to top-seeded Connecticut in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. By April 20, 11 players, eight with more than one year of eligibility remaining, had announced their decision to transfer from the program. Among the defections: Kamilla Cardoso, the ACC rookie of the year; Kiara Lewis, the team's leading scorer; and Emily Engstler, the one-time No. 9-rated player in her class.

Asked to address the exodus in a Zoom call with reporters, head coach Quentin Hillsman, 50, known for his fancy haberdashery and success as a recruiter, seemed unfazed. "We have some seniors that have opportunities to pursue other options," Hillsman said, highlighting just three of the 11 transfer players. "They're going to schools in our conference. That's a compliment to us. I'm good. If I had a problem, I would tell you. We're fine."

The number of transfers from Syracuse's women's program this year is the most among any Division I program, men or women. Since 2018, 20 have left, the highest rate among any Power 5 women's team during that span that has not endured a coaching change. Of the 14 top-100 recruits Hillsman has signed since 2015 – which is more than both UConn and South Carolina have signed over the same period – nine have left after two or fewer seasons. The question isn't just why 11 women left Syracuse this year. It's why players have been ditching the Orange for years.

The answer – gleaned from interviews with nine former players as well as 19 others, including team managers and staff members – is that Hillsman' often-inappropriate behavior, including unwanted physical contact, threats and bullying, and the program's generally pernicious culture, pushed many players and staff members to leave. After a 2016 run to the national championship game, Hillsman's ego also ballooned – "I'm a star,'' he told them frequently – and players felt his attention to their well-being shrunk. In an era when player support, mental health, trust and relationships are paramount, many players felt Hillsman treated them like replaceable cogs in his wheel.

Among the nine players who spoke to The Athletic, three said they experienced suicidal thoughts due to their experiences in the program, and a fourth said she experienced thoughts of self-harm. Five said they received therapy; two of those women were prescribed antidepressants.

The most troubling allegations leveled against Hillsman, who is Syracuse's women's basketball's all-time winningest coach, included:

He often threatened the players, sometimes using vulgar language. "The way he threatened us, like we all knew he would never physically harm us, but he'd always be talking about beating our asses. Like, 'I'll f— you guys up. I'll f— you up. It's gonna be your ass if you f— this up,'" said one former player. More than 10 people described Hillsman acting in that manner.
At halftime of one game during the 2019-20 season, Hillsman went around the locker room, standing before every player and saying to each: "I don't give a f— about you." Then he flipped a table. Seven people present recalled this incident.
One player said she felt violated after Hillsman came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, placing his hands near her pelvic region before brushing it off as a joke. Two others witnessed the incident.
Three women said they felt uncomfortable when, after a discussion about playing time, Hillsman kissed each of them on the forehead.

Hillsman allegedly created a staff position in 2019 and filled it with a longtime friend, Ronnie Enoch, who was dismissed from a previous coaching job after being accused of sexually harassing a player. Enoch subsequently made multiple Syracuse players and managers uncomfortable with his actions, including asking one woman if she was menstruating.
Two players described instances in which Hillsman refused their requests for water after running "Big Fives," a series of punishing sprints. One manager went to offer one of the women water but Hillsman pushed away the bottle. "(The player) was literally gasping,'' the manager recalls.

The Athletic also found that Hillsman's biography in the team's media guide and on its website includes embellishments and falsities about Hillsman's playing career.

In a lengthy email to school officials, The Athletic detailed the allegations against Hillsman and the program and asked for comment from Hillsman, athletic director John Wildhack and others. The school responded with a statement from Wildhack that read, in part: "Syracuse athletics remains committed to providing a healthy, academically rigorous, competitive and rewarding environment to all our student-athletes. Any behavior – from our student-athletes, coaches and staff – that contradicts our commitment to these ideals is investigated thoroughly, and if necessary, appropriate action is taken."

Players said they tried to alert school officials to the problems within the program. One player said she filled out and submitted an online questionnaire about her experience that was supplied to her by a school employee. In response to a question about the weaknesses of the coaching staff, she wrote: "Ego, manipulation, controlling, disrespectful to women/girls, anger issues, mood swings, gas-lighting (sic), lying, emotionally abusive, not caring, doesn't communicate, doesn't follow through, empty threats (fear tactics), anytime any girl is talked to we are disrespected in some way." No one from the school followed up with her to learn more. Another player signed up for a Zoom meeting to explain her departure to administrators, but she said that when she logged on no one else joined the call.

"I was a great player. I was excited to play for a top program. We were top 10 when I committed, and all I wanted was to thrive," one former player said. "It's not just a bad culture or program. It's so toxic. It doesn't matter who you are, what your light is, if you're a positive person, it's going to break you.''

Hillsman arrived at Syracuse in 2005 as an assistant, the latest step in a peripatetic career. After graduating from St. Mary's College of Maryland, he jumped from job to job at prep schools and in the college ranks, never lasting or choosing to stay in one place more than two years. Following just one season on the Orange bench as an assistant, Hillsman was hastily promoted to interim head coach after Keith Cieplicki resigned amidst his own roster exodus. Five players and two assistant coaches left the program, accusing Cieplicki of threatening scholarships, using racially insensitive language and behaving disrespectfully toward staff members. (Cieplicki denied the allegations.)

Hillsman was plugged into the interim role on June 6, 2006. On Oct. 1, former athletic director Daryl Gross made the job official, signing Hillsman to a five-year contract. Gross, who initially pursued Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer, said he promoted Hillsman because he was impressed with his work with the players in the offseason as well as his efforts in recruiting. Gross called Hillsman "extraordinary.''

Hillsman's bio on the school's website from his first two seasons as the Orange's head coach included this passage detailing his accomplishments from his playing career (1990-93) at St. Mary's: He led the squad to two Capital Athletic Conference championships and one tournament championship. He earned all-conference accolades and set the school's single-game and single-season assist records. Hillsman finished his senior season ranked in the top 20 in the nation in assists.

An examination of the Capital Athletic Conference (now known as the Coast-to-Coast Conference) online record books reveals that, while St. Mary's did win its conference tournament in 1991 as Hillsman's bio claims, the Seahawks did not win the regular-season crown in any of the seasons he played. They finished no better than second. And Hillsman's name does not appear on any of the All-CAC first or second teams, also listed in the online record books. Via email, conference commissioner Chris Roekle said he also did not find Hillsman's name on any all-conference lists.

An NCAA official, responding to an email request from The Athletic, provided a list of the nation's top 24 assist leaders in Division III for the 1992-93 season. Hillsman was not among them. In later bios, the reference to being among the nation's top assist leaders is dropped, but Hillsman still is referred to as an all-conference player who led the Seahawks to two league championships.

Syracuse did not respond to a question about who wrote Hillsman's bios over the years. However, a school spokesperson attempted to defend the inaccuracies in the bios, claiming that Hillsman was an "honorable mention all-conference selection." However, Roekle, the current league commissioner, said via email that he is not aware of the conference having an honorable mention all-conference team. That Syracuse official also said that Hillsman's bio should have stipulated that Hillsman won one regular-season crown and one conference tourney, the first in 1989-90 and the second following the 1991 season. However, Roekle said that the 1990-91 season was the first year of competition for the conference.

There is no arguing that Hillsman made Syracuse better on the court. Before he took over, the Orange had one winning season in the previous 16; by his second year as head coach, he had his team in the NCAA Tournament and ranked in the top 25 for the first time in school history. Hillsman always operated more as a delegator, assigning his staff not just coaching duties – in charge of guards versus bigs, for example – but distinctive roles. One assistant was in charge of X's and O's, another player development and another dubbed the "relationship coach." Hillsman acted as an overseer.

In the early years, that approach worked. Hillsman attracted hard-nosed players eager to build a program. They could not only handle what he dished out but also served it right back. "Spit nails'' is how one person described his early teams. 

As Syracuse moved into the ACC for the 2013-14 season, it became a draw for top recruits, and in 2016 Syracuse played for a national championship against UConn.

Several people point to that national title game appearance as a line of demarcation. From that 2015-16 roster, six women transferred before their eligibility ended, and since then 19 more, including the 11 this season, have left. The departures were not limited to role players; stars and former high school All-Americans, many of whom went on to have success elsewhere, also left. Among them:

Pachis Roberts, a Parade All-American, played sparingly in one season at Syracuse then became Georgia's leading scorer and rebounder, as well as an All-SEC second-team selection. Jade Phillips, a top-100 recruit who struggled for playing time under Hillsman, led Charlotte in scoring and rebounding. Kadi Sissoko quadrupled her production after moving on to Minnesota, and Alisha Lewis, who played only seven games at Syracuse, was named league Newcomer and Sixth Player of the Year after her first season at Central Florida. Finally, Desiree Elmore barely played for Hillsman and yet at Seton Hall became a 1,000-point scorer and first-team All-Big East.

Meanwhile, since 2016, Syracuse has not made it out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and has not finished better than tied for fourth in the ACC.

What changed within the program?

Thanks to the team's success, Hillsman began to attract better recruits, but around the same time, student-athlete welfare became a more pronounced issue. It was in 2014, just two years earlier, that UConn's Shabazz Napier's comments about going to bed hungry spearheaded the cost-of-attendance policy in college sports. Hillsman, however, remained distant and demanding of his players without backing it up with emotional support. 

"The thing is, this isn't old-school America anymore,'' one person associated with the team said. "Times change. You have to adjust your coaching style, or you lose players and you may lose your job. A simple word might be misconstrued, but you have to be aware of that. You say someone is out of shape, they interpret it as you calling them fat. You never said that, never used that word. You're talking about fitness level. But that doesn't matter anymore.''

Players and others in the program said that following the success in 2016, they felt as if Hillsman began treating some of them as mere role players in his one-man show. "There was this time in the film room where he mentioned something along the lines about how he doesn't really care about us, and that he doesn't care if we like him, because he's a star," one former player said. "He beat his chest and said, 'I'm a star.'"

Some players said it felt as if Hillsman had little interest in their well-being, keeping off-court conversations and interactions to a minimum. Taleah Washington contracted COVID-19 last winter, and then she was diagnosed with heart inflammation as a result of the disease. Hillsman, she said, only called after her father berated Hillsman for his inattention. "My dad hung up with me, Quentin calls me 30 seconds later,'' Washington said. "The call lasted 26 seconds. 'You good?' ... I'm like, 'Don't call me now because my father is in your ass.'''

Another player, one who suffered a head injury that caused her to miss an entire season, said Hillsman only checked on her once, and it was to relay that he'd try to get her an extra year of eligibility. Even before the injury, the player was seeing a therapist, which she had to book through the coaching staff. "I thought I was going to be on top of the world at Syracuse,'' said the player, a former five-star recruit. "I felt six feet under."

Wrote one player in her exit questionnaire: "(Hillsman) would barely look me in the eyes or talk to me all year. He avoided (me) anytime I tried to meet with him to understand him. I think we had two meetings all year, after months of trying to get him to meet with me and I begged him to coach me. He would cut the meeting as short as possible."

Tough love is far from uncommon in college sports. The late Pat Summitt made a career out of demanding the most out of her players; South Carolina's Dawn Staley is known to be brutally honest in her assessment of players. Yet the people who played for those women have long explained that the public doesn't always see the other side – the coach who cares about them and earns the right to demand so much.

Players said Hillsman rarely showed that other side, and sometimes they believed he was trying to sew discord within the team. In one instance, he told a star player to text the team to inform them she was quitting, even though she had no intention of doing so. "And then he had a team meeting the next day and told her not to come to make it seem real," one player said. "I don't understand how that's supposed to fix team drama. But that was his plan." In another case, two players approached Hillsman to ask what they could do to help lead the team. During that meeting, the players said Hillsman thanked them for their concern. Later, during a team meeting, "He starts going into the speech about how some of your teammates came up into my office and were talking about you guys and asking me what they could do to fix your attitudes," the player said. "He just really twisted the narrative."

One player said that on the rare instances when Hillsman would meet with her: "He always manipulated me into thinking I wasn't doing enough or I wasn't good enough."

One mother said that on a road trip during her daughter's freshman season, the parent of a senior player approached her at the team hotel and warned her of the impact Hillsman's behavior would have on her daughter.

"Watch over her. You will see what we're talking about soon enough," the mother of the freshman said she was told. "This mom is talking to me with tears in her eyes. Like, what in the world? ... We were just excited to be along for the ride, but the older parents, they knew exactly what was going on within the team and they were trying to give me little hints."

Her daughter later transferred.

As the players waited aboard the bus, the managers stood sentry outside in the frigid winter weather. Eventually, Hillsman pulled up, popped his trunk and walked, empty-handed, toward the bus. A manager hustled to fetch Hillsman's Louis Vuitton luggage from the trunk, loading the head coach's gear into the bus' belly. Meanwhile, a staffer placed a towel in front of Hillsman's seat on the bus, so he could remove his designer shoes and not have his feet touch the floor. Later, at the team hotel, a manager took the luggage up to Hillsman's room, whereupon the coach wordlessly took his bags and shut the door. At checkout, a manager would similarly collect and load Hillsman's bags.

Hillsman's affinity for fine clothes was well-known. In a 2009 story by Syracuse.com, he boasted about his custom suits and necktie collection, nearly 100 strong, many of them silk and made by either Versace or Gucci. It was also well-known within the program that he treated some student managers as his personal valets. Multiple managers told of being called over by Hillsman at practice and being ordered to throw away his trash, whether it be that day's practice notes or a granola bar wrapper.

Menial tasks are part of a manager's job. The students get asked to pick up dirty locker rooms, grab rebounds, wash laundry, all in exchange for a catbird seat of the action. Despite their menial duties, most managers are highly regarded, their contributions not lost on head coaches who understand how they keep their programs running. In February, the Syracuse men's basketball Twitter page shared a 5-minute video of their managers, dressed in Syracuse gear, loading bags in the snow, delivering snacks, but also joking around with the players, shooting halfcourt shots and enjoying a game of backgammon. The men's team account shared a reply to the thread, adding: "they are the unsung heroes and make it all happen!"

On the women's side, "(Hillsman) didn't even know our names,'' one manager said.

Managers for the women's team tell stories of showing up for 6 a.m. practices, only to learn that the schedule had changed, or being scolded for eating before the players, even after the players and assistant coaches encouraged them to grab food so as not to be late for class. At practices, they stood around the court – a ball tucked under one arm, a towel over their shoulder –  not allowed to speak to one another. During road trips, they were not permitted to leave the hotel – for meals, to meet with family members – without permission, which they said typically wasn't granted by assistant coach Cedric Solice, who oversees the managers.

"I knew something wasn't right, but I didn't know really. I'd never worked anywhere else,'' another manager said. "I thought maybe this is how it was. We'd go on the road and talk to other managers and you'd put the puzzle together, that this wasn't normal."

During Hillsman's 15 years as head coach, nine women have served on his staff in basketball roles. Many of them were accomplished former players (two were WNBA champions) and several would later become Division I head coaches. But his program hasn't reflected the shift in women's college basketball to employ more females. Since Hillsman took over in 2006, only eight women have held basketball positions, including two Hillsman inherited from his predecessor. Since the 2015-2016 season when the team played for the national championship, he has never had more than one woman on the basketball staff in a given year. On average, they lasted less than three seasons before departing.

Hillsman treated some of his female coaches condescendingly, players and staff members said, silencing them with a hand in their face if they yelled instructions during a practice or game or talked during drills. On occasion, he told them to stop speaking altogether. He could be hard on his male coaches, but managers and players said it happened more frequently and with more fervor with female staffers. Several players recalled one instance when a female assistant tried to encourage players during a rough practice, clapping and reminding them to "keep their heads up." Hillsman turned to her and screamed an expletive before telling her to be silent.

"And she didn't say a word the rest of practice," said a manager. "When you speak to your female assistant coach that way, but you don't speak to any of your male assistant coaches that way – that says something."

Said a staffer: "You can't have other women thinking that women's voices aren't being heard or are being dismissed."

In the middle of a July 2020 faith testimonial entitled "Servant Leadership" posted to Facebook, Ronnie Enoch pauses mid-Zoom call to read from the Bible. Wearing an orange Syracuse polo, headphones nestled in his ears, Enoch reads, "Jesus let them know one of them will betray Him, which made them feel more uneasy."

Enoch, 50, then revisits his experiences, explaining, "someone done betrayed me, that I didn't do nothing to.'' According to Enoch, North Carolina Central head coach Vanessa Taylor approached him during the MEAC Tournament in 2015 with a "worried look on her face,'' telling him they had to go to the athletic director's hotel room immediately. Enoch goes on to explain that AD Ingrid Wicker McCree informed Taylor and Enoch that allegations have been made. "What did you do?" Enoch said he asked Taylor. The head coach explained that the allegations were against Enoch and he was being placed on administrative leave. In May, Taylor informed Enoch that his contract would not be renewed. "It's not her fault. It's the devil,'' Enoch says in the Facebook video.

What Enoch fails to include are the details: The mother of a North Carolina Central player complained to school officials, alleging that Enoch behaved inappropriately with her daughter. Ultimately, two players, Tia Clement and Imani Atkinson, claimed that the university terminated their scholarships in retaliation for their allegations against Enoch. Among their claims: Enoch made inappropriate comments about their bodies (including asking about menstruation) and relationships with their boyfriends and sent text messages that made them uncomfortable. Tamara Clement, Tia's mother, told the Durham Herald Sun that her daughter was especially upset during a road trip bed check. "He raised the cover off her during room checks once, and she had on a bra and panties,'' Tamara Clement told the newspaper in May 2015. (North Carolina Central officials didn't respond to interview requests.)

After leaving North Carolina Central, Enoch spent a year as a coach at Hillside High School in North Carolina. He describes his interview for the job in the video: "First meeting, the coach says, 'I have two questions to ask. Did you take any money? And did you touch any of them girls?' I said no. He said, 'Let's go.' We call each other jive slayers. I had to slay what they did to my reputation."

Hillside High School principal William Logan confirmed Enoch was an unpaid volunteer assistant coach during that season, but he said he was unaware of the sexual harassment complaint and the lawsuit. Regarding Enoch's recollection of the interview process at Hillside, Logan said, "That's not a standard procedure. I wasn't at the interview because normally when we have volunteers come on board, the coaches will facilitate the process themselves."

From Hillside, Enoch moved on to Mississippi Valley State for one year and then followed head coach Jessica Kern to Tennessee State. After two seasons, Enoch says in his continuing testimonial, "things didn't go right. I gotta look for a job." Enoch does not explain what happened, but a letter from athletic director Teresa Phillips, dated April 24, 2019, to Enoch reads, "I have been authorized to notify you that the University is terminating your employment, effective May 24, 2019, under the terms of your contract." In an interview, Phillips called Enoch's removal a "staff decision," and said there were no complaints about Enoch's behavior during his time at Tennessee State.

After Tennessee State, Enoch says, his old pal Hillsman stepped in. "I've known him 30 years,'' Enoch says on the Facebook video. "We always said we'd never work together. We're good friends. I figured he'd make some phone calls for me. He does. Nobody interviewed me. He called me and said, 'I'm tired. Tired of making these phone calls. You're going to come work for me.' He makes a position for me that he didn't have."

Enoch joined the Orange in July 2019 as director of recruiting and athletic performance, but players and staff members said his actual duties are nebulous. Other than Enoch working the clock at practices or watching players work out in the weight room, they weren't certain what he did. One manager describes Enoch giving her a once-over after being introduced and then licking his lips, and two managers said they watched him scroll through dating apps while on team bus rides and flights. One player recalled an instance in which Enoch questioned whether another player, riding a stationary bike at the time, was menstruating. "I'm not sure if she gave him the attitude or something. But he had said, 'Oh, you must be on your period or something like that,''' the player said.

The Athletic detailed the allegations against Enoch in an email to school officials and requested comment but got no response.

Enoch says in the Facebook video: "It's all about God, nothing about what I did. The strength of God is more powerful than what I went through at North Carolina Central. (Cedric) said, 'You gotta get that stuff off of Google.' He's right. I do gotta get it off. But gotta trust God and what He's doing."

Athletic director John Wildhack said of Hillsman in a recent interview: 'I totally support him.' (Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
In early 2011, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights investigated a Title IX claim of sexual harassment against Hillsman. Gary Lampkins filed the complaint on behalf of his daughter, Lynnae, whom he said Hillsman text messaged: "I love you. I miss you. I can't wait to see you." The complaint also detailed unspecified instances of "mental, physical and emotional abuse." Gary Lampkins filed a grievance with the Department of Education because he believed the university failed to conduct a fair investigation.

Hillsman denied the charges and Syracuse said its investigation found no wrongdoing. Lynnae Lampkins left the team. The outcome of the Title IX claim is unclear. Syracuse did not respond to a question about the resolution of the claim nor did a spokesperson at the Department of Education.

Ten years later, with a staggering amount of players and staff leaving the program, the university remains unmoved by the issues swirling around the program.

During a recent interview with Syracuse.com, Wildhack, the athletic director, chalked up the departures to "a sign of the times, a sign of reality,'' insisting that Syracuse was like many programs that have lost players to the new transfer rules. Wildhack then backed Hillsman. "I totally support him. I support the values that he has for this program. I support the standards that he holds everyone to, regardless of what your high school ranking was, or how good a player you are or how good a player you aren't.''

While in the program, some players worried that if they raised an alarm, word would get back to Hillsman and he would make life more miserable for them. When they left, some players and others associated with the program said they felt that school officials simply weren't really interested in learning why they chose to do so. It was easier to cite individual circumstances or a one-time transfer rule than confront what Hillsman and the program have become.

Wildhack said in his statement to The Athletic: "Learning after-the-fact through the media that a student-athlete has had a concerning experience limits our ability to investigate an issue in real-time. We urge any student-athlete – from across all sports, past and present, to bring to our attention any incidences of inappropriate behavior so we may initiate an investigation. We also implore student-athletes to be candid in their exit interviews. The only way our leadership can address issues is if we know about them."

Meanwhile, Hillsman keeps restocking his roster and deflecting blame for the exodus. "We just want to get to a place where it's our standard,'' he said in his postseason news conference, "and for us, it's about being athletic, it's about wanting to come in every day and work. And more importantly, just wanting to be here. That's all we've been talking about since Day One – just having people here who want to be here.''
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on August 27, 2021, 10:27:17 AM
wow Penny Hardaway quickly building Memphis back.  what a get.  mich. st rarely loses local kids.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on October 04, 2021, 11:49:48 AM
this is pretty dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMahowkiFfw&t=123s
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on October 06, 2021, 01:26:56 PM
There's a book called "The Hot Hand" that I recently read - pretty self explanatory about whether it's a real phenomenon or not.  Talks about economics, statistics and obviously sports a lot, and it goes back to Steph pretty often.  They specifically call out this game, as well as his one against the Knicks which basically changed his career. 

Good read.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 20, 2021, 01:01:33 PM
some of the dumbest scheduling you'll see is putting nova tenny a top 20 matchup at 1pm on a CFB Saturday
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on November 20, 2021, 01:39:33 PM
finally some good stuff to watch on Saturdays.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 22, 2021, 01:59:36 PM
Dumb schedule alert

Duke Gonzaga is Friday at 1030
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on November 22, 2021, 05:06:01 PM
how dare they schedule a game convenient to their own lives and not east coasters.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 23, 2021, 12:29:26 PM
Quote from: phattymatty on November 22, 2021, 05:06:01 PM
how dare they schedule a game convenient to their own lives and not east coasters.

tv is kinda dependent on viewers so to cancel out the most populous part of the country from the game is kinda not smart
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 26, 2021, 10:41:12 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 22, 2021, 01:59:36 PM
Dumb schedule alert

Duke Gonzaga is Friday at 1030

theres this thing called pre existing contracts
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 27, 2021, 09:41:33 AM
there's also a thing called negotiation before a contract exists
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 27, 2021, 10:11:50 AM
the unc/nc st has been scheduled for friday primetime for months...they arent giving up that spot nor is espn breaching their acc deal to move that game for a stupid regular season college basketball game that nobody cares about anyway
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 27, 2021, 11:21:28 AM
it was one of the bigger regular season cbb games in at least a few years....it was absolutely inexcusable to have it on when they did
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 27, 2021, 12:07:13 PM
i dont know how else to explain this but there isnt a single soul who cares about cbb before march

its quite literally time filler for espn
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 27, 2021, 02:57:03 PM
simply a lie

it got incredible ratings for when it was on led off sports center etc

Imagine if it wasn't when it was
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 27, 2021, 07:47:22 PM
no way ratings are even available for that yet...an espn game leading off an espn branding show is as important as my fantasy team

even if a game here or there can generate a decent audience, its a pretty irrelevant property. all decisions for college sports are made with football 1st 2nd and 10th. cbb property matters in march and march only. theyve cannibalized themselves over the past decade+ and its a pretty irrelevant sport until the tournament

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 28, 2021, 10:41:04 AM
you can write tv gobblygoop for the next ten years and still not come up with something that makes the day and time of that game make sense

but keep trying
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on November 28, 2021, 12:58:31 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 28, 2021, 10:41:04 AM
tv gobblygoop

these preseason tournaments have pre determined timeslots. most college football games have pre determined timeslots. there is no wiggle room and nothing anyone can do it especially when it doesnt matter like this didnt matter

you need to turn off espn and get out in the real world to see how bizniss gets done, kiddo
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on December 06, 2021, 07:44:59 PM
florida -23.5 is down 18 to 0-7 Texas Southern with 4:30 to go.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on December 11, 2021, 04:57:59 PM
this is unbelievable...its a d3 school but this dude is obese and showing crack out there balling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIorWQnAOuM&ab_channel=PSCHighlights
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on December 11, 2021, 05:07:20 PM
Greatest screen player ever
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 12, 2021, 12:38:55 AM
Quote from: MDS on December 11, 2021, 04:57:59 PM
this is unbelievable...its a d3 school but this dude is obese and showing crack out there balling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIorWQnAOuM&ab_channel=PSCHighlights

Lol big boi dropping dimes
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on February 23, 2022, 04:42:45 AM
https://twitter.com/kenpomeroy/status/1496368428113973250 21
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 11, 2022, 11:05:56 PM
This va tech beat down is nuts
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 15, 2022, 10:54:03 PM
WTF! Gene Steratore is an NCAA basketball official?  He's the rules analyst.  Guess he did it last year too.

He and TMac just had a lovefest on tru tv.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 17, 2022, 05:53:35 PM
At least NCAA basketball is constitent with the rest of the sports world with god awful officiating.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 07:24:00 PM
Wish I was in Vegas.

Hope teams keep covering for me today. Need UCONN and SDSU and St Marys in these early evening games.

Didn't get to veg out all day like I wanted to. And we are going out of town this weekend so hopefully tomorrow I'm able to watch uninterrupted.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 08:16:00 PM
UCONN is dead.

No action on Kentucky but St Pete is giving them a run
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 09:23:40 PM
Wow OT forced by St Peters!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 09:48:00 PM
Yuuuuuge upset there

Meanwhile sdsu let creighton get back in it. Bums
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 17, 2022, 10:07:34 PM
been a point or two away from multiple games today...love mattys pool

hate to see kentucky get bounced womp womp
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 10:57:58 PM
Would also love to see ucla go down
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 17, 2022, 11:21:09 PM
Quote from: MDS on March 17, 2022, 10:07:34 PM
been a point or two away from multiple games today...love mattys pool

hate to see kentucky get bounced womp womp

How do you check results? I clicked on the link in the email but it just shows me who's got what numbers. I downloaded that Dropbox app but ain't shtein in there
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 11:23:19 PM
He doesn't email results til end of the round. I print the sheet out and check the numbers after each game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 17, 2022, 11:25:49 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2022, 11:23:19 PM
He doesn't email results til end of the round. I print the sheet out and check the numbers after each game

Werd

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 18, 2022, 10:53:37 AM
you guys could, you know, just jot down your numbers
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 18, 2022, 12:25:18 PM
when i played i would actually print out the sheet and mark down the winner of every game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 18, 2022, 12:48:33 PM
Quote from: MDS on March 18, 2022, 10:53:37 AM
you guys could, you know, just jot down your numbers

Ain't nobody got time for all that
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 18, 2022, 03:00:06 PM
Jameer Nelson has a son playing college ball. We're all old as farg
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: QB Eagles on March 18, 2022, 03:55:48 PM
I'm reminded of that every time I see Montae Reagor's son farging up.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 18, 2022, 07:19:12 PM
 :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 18, 2022, 07:29:04 PM
Gene Steratore must be one bad ass dude.  15 years as an NFL official, 26 as an NCAA basketball official.  That's alot of years of verbal beatdowns.  Good friend of mine was a Pac 10/12 official and he had horror stories.  He actually officiated a Hawaii conference game about 20 years ago out here and he had some close calls and the crowd was brutal as game went down to the wire.  One of the only times I had a vested personal connection to an official at that level.  I felt the poor guys pain.  Took he and the other mainland official to lunch the day before the game and it was amazing listening to their stories. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2022, 08:02:09 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on March 18, 2022, 03:55:48 PM
I'm reminded of that every time I see Montae Reagor's son farging up.

Lolol

Hope Tenn Chatt holds on and knocks Illinois out
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2022, 11:35:20 PM
Davidson is choking

And the refs aren't helping at all. Every call against them
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2022, 01:32:51 AM
Faves 23-9 straight up but 17-15 ATS
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2022, 10:03:00 AM
im 2nd in my work pool (agency is giving 5 large to the winner...hello) but most notably did not hit one single number in mattys pool despite being within 1 digit of seemingly every game

leggo arizona, lute olson miles simon and i dont know who else because i dont watch this sport
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 19, 2022, 02:22:05 PM
Baylor showing some heart
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 20, 2022, 01:36:42 AM
Didn't get to see any games today but i was checking scores

How awesome is the St Peters run?!

Also didn't expect Michigan to get this far
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 20, 2022, 11:24:21 AM
I was just reading an article on saint peters and they don't have a single player on their roster that was rated at all
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 20, 2022, 07:12:01 PM
Duke/MSU this is going to be a great last 4 minutes
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 20, 2022, 09:29:17 PM
st peters is a fun story but they are coached by shaheen halloway...who got hurt in the seton hall/temple round of 32 game in 2000 which prompted ty shine to come in and have the game of his life, knocking out john's best team

not over that one
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 20, 2022, 11:33:36 PM
Purdue got to the line 46 times. That is ridiculous.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 21, 2022, 12:39:24 AM
ive crushed cbb for a low quality of play but some of these tourney games have been great...tcu/zona was spectacular 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 21, 2022, 12:50:07 PM
I unplugged and went fishing for a few days like an old man so missed 75% of the games so far, but almost every one I've watched has been great and down to the wire. I actually have st. Peters in the sweet 16 in the one bracket I did for work lol. and picked a Villanova / ucla final with nova taking it.

I'm tallying squares today but I don't think I hit any either. Bunch of 1-1s and 0-0s hit though.  those are usually the people who hate their numbers.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 21, 2022, 05:19:17 PM
Yeah the 1-1 and 0-0's usually are cringe

We were out of town too and I did get to get snippets here and there...I was mostly unplugged too for Sat/Sun games.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2022, 08:09:24 PM
Come on Nova and Zags

I took both of them.

Got TTU and UH later
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2022, 08:57:41 PM
TT is a virtual lock
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 24, 2022, 09:04:50 PM
my money is on duke.

I'm torn whether timme can actually make it in the nba.  leaning towards great college player but mediocre nba player, kinda like hansborough.  but his footwork is amazing, almost Tim Duncan like.  he might be able to hang.   
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 24, 2022, 09:06:26 PM
It sure seems the officiating has been awful this tournament.  Two huge missed calls favoring Arkansas, the obvious trip and then foot clearly on the line
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 24, 2022, 09:36:09 PM
Never knew Martelli is a Michigan asst coach
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2022, 09:37:28 PM
absolute disgrace nova is going to win another title

if zona wins your boy wins 5 bills in the work pool...virtual lock they are going out tonight or for maximum pain on saturday to the anti philadelphia suburban traitors
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2022, 09:40:39 PM
Yeah Nova winning means you'll be in pain so it'll happen

It'll be nice tho to see them knock Houston out

Gonzaga all time paper champs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2022, 10:11:20 PM
as un philadelphia as it gets...selling the proximity of dc and wall st to their douchebag student base that thinks the city is full of dirty darkies

https://twitter.com/JohnGonzalez/status/1507168931575857186
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2022, 10:14:46 PM
It's truly amazing what jay wright has done there....he gets a ton of credit and it's still not nearly enough....one of the best coaches in any sport I've ever seen
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2022, 10:17:38 PM
I agree. He's legit.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2022, 10:37:22 PM
jay is a great coach no doubt, i got no issue with him

his school can burn to the ground
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 24, 2022, 11:23:50 PM
banchero is a massive human being.  ben Simmons size and ability but also shoots. not a fast as ben but dude is gonna be good.  teams are gonna regret it if they pass on him in the draft.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2022, 11:58:51 PM
everything  today has been bricks and air balls like cbb always is but damn if this TT Duke game hasn't caught fire here
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 12:21:13 AM
Duke makes me want to vomit

Go away
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 12:24:45 AM
nah duke is cool again.  JJ is even lovable.

that last missed 3 by AZ is one of the worst shots ever ever seen.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 02:11:23 AM
I don't give a farg about Duke it's mostly anyone else but damn that game got crazy
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 25, 2022, 04:25:26 AM
https://twitter.com/ToddO243/status/1507181361211318277 20&t=wdOWNsRaM56QWGUoeVRpKA

Came across a Gonzalez tweet about Nova not being in the city, and whaddya know...
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 10:29:00 AM
Possibly the dumbest shtein I've ever heard.  That's like saying anyone not from the city proper ain't a Philly person much less be a true Philly fan.  The union who lil guy adores not a Philly team.  I could go on forever but I'd be wasting my life.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on March 25, 2022, 10:35:41 AM
I'm straight Philly, yo!

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/12QFEN2CnnREVG/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: General_Failure on March 25, 2022, 11:02:19 AM
Thanks for the 49ers and Levi's Stadium, the cutoff for being from a city is 50 miles outside the city limits.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 11:03:50 AM
Sixers are only HALF a Philly team bc they practice in Camden.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 11:33:01 AM
villanova being close to the city but not in the city doesnt make un philadelphian, its the way they conduct themselves

their student body base first off is as un philly as it gets. some stick around or are from the toney burbs but the rest are richie richies from the east coast who then farg off to suck the country dry on wall st or capitol hill. their alumni base was so afraid of attending games at the liacorous center they demanded parking garage spots so they wouldnt have to step foot outside in north philly. god forbid.

then you have what they did to temple (the true philadelphia school), which was an act of terror on par with 9/11 and one i will never forgive.

farg nova to the ends of the earth they arent from the city

i root for la salle, the joe, even penn. drexel is cool. nova should be bombed by russian forces.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 11:55:39 AM
you can hate them all you want and have valid reasons for doing so but they are Philadelphia...period

jay wright is as Philly as it gets
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 12:04:03 PM
i will not fight jay but this

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 11:55:39 AM
they are Philadelphia...period

NO

they are radnor township
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 12:19:46 PM
U of H will probably bomb them - but Nova winning it all would be funny just for lil guy factor. We'll need a livestream of him hate watching the Final
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 25, 2022, 12:21:16 PM
Who hates what more:

Todd/Nova

Or

Havas/WC soccer
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: QB Eagles on March 25, 2022, 12:25:01 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 25, 2022, 12:21:16 PM
Who hates what more:

Todd/Nova

Or

Havas/WC soccer

Easily Todd/Nova, it's the most homer thing on this forum and this forum includes Phreak.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 12:52:51 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 25, 2022, 12:21:16 PM
Who hates what more:

Todd/Nova

Or

Havas/Soccer fans

havas
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 12:54:21 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on March 25, 2022, 12:25:01 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 25, 2022, 12:21:16 PM
Who hates what more:

Todd/Nova

Or

Havas/WC soccer

Easily Todd/Nova, it's the most homer thing on this forum and this forum includes Phreak.

lolol
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 01:05:40 PM
some solid differences of opinion but the answer is me

i have a blood feud with nova, havas is 75% shtick
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 01:08:32 PM
No I legitimately despise soccer fans....I really really hate soccer too don't get me wrong but I can just not watch
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 25, 2022, 01:14:04 PM
Imagine having a blood feud with someone who has no idea you exist. 

That's just awesome, actually. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 01:18:47 PM
someone? i have blood feud with what is essentially a place of business (that doesnt know i exist)
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: QB Eagles on March 25, 2022, 01:33:13 PM
I don't have an issue with soccer fans in general but MLS fans always feel like they are larping. I live near the stadium where the Timbers play and the fans are as real as MLS fans get, and it's still fake.

Also lame when an American picks like Real Madrid as "their team". Maybe pick one of the teams that doesn't spend about 10x more than 90% of their league, so it actually means something when they win?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 01:36:42 PM
i wont fight people randomly picking european soccer teams to like then pretending they truly care how they do...its mostly performative

the mls is what it is, a handful people are into it but its basically like AAA baseball - a fun thing to do when its warm out but not anything people are super in to

the world cup is different. im into the usmnt and i care how they do, not as much as sixers/phillies/eagles but my heart rate was going up last night during the final 25 minutes 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2022, 01:54:14 PM
American soccer fans regardless whether fans of mls or euro league or whatever are only about scarfs and made up chants and 9am drinking (which I can respect)

They couldn't care less about the outcome of any game

they are a way worse version of the Cameron crazies
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 01:59:14 PM
no matter how many times you're told this is false you still go with it

at least my hate is fact based
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 08:27:41 PM
Soooo about college hoops

St Peters is gonna do this
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 08:45:05 PM
Damn. They've lost momentum
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 08:49:10 PM
man this st. Peters team is fun.  their D has Purdue shook.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 09:03:25 PM
Yeah man I want their run to continue
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 09:15:41 PM
i have a very convoluted path to winning my pool but need purdue here...they are awful

they keep running offense through their 2 big men who are complete stiffs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 25, 2022, 09:24:36 PM
Good God was Purdue a trainwreck tonight.  That was bad basketball. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 25, 2022, 09:25:06 PM
I love that St Peters all wear BLM t shirts. Go away MAGA douches you don't get to root for this underdog.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 09:26:14 PM
that was a fun game.  peacocks taking the whole thing.

SD you won that one.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 09:27:14 PM
Quote from: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 09:26:14 PM
that was a fun game.  peacocks taking the whole thing.

SD you won that one.

this is the 8th time my numbers hit backward
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 25, 2022, 09:44:47 PM
Quote from: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 09:26:14 PM
that was a fun game.  peacocks taking the whole thing.

SD you won that one.

Do I win anything? I haven't kept track. I did a bracket pool for $10 but was too lazy to pick teams so I auto selected. I'm 72 out of 72.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 09:49:53 PM
lol yes every game wins.  you won $45 for a sweet 16 game.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2022, 10:44:49 PM
putting this out into the universe. i win $250 if the following happens
-unc wins
-miami wins, then beats kansas
-nova and duke lose tomorrow

all of these things are lock city to happen except nova
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 11:14:46 PM
UH is gonna be tough for Nova especially if they Jack up threes all game

Also check this out

St. Peter's has more victories over #1, #2, or #3 seeds in the 8 days than Gonzaga has in the past twenty years.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 25, 2022, 11:24:04 PM
Nova - UCLA title game.  book it.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 11:25:15 PM
UCLA doesn't miss.

I have UNC +4.5 live
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2022, 11:59:46 PM
UCLA missed a lot down the stretch.

Love with a monster game

Leggo cyclones
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 12:18:00 AM
Iowa State dead

Tomorrow should be fun. Hope Duke gets got
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2022, 12:26:10 AM
Quote from: MDS on March 25, 2022, 10:44:49 PM
putting this out into the universe. i win $250 if the following happens
-unc wins  :yay
-miami wins  :yay, then beats kansas
-nova and duke lose tomorrow

all of these things are lock city to happen except nova

i will keep everyone updated here

unc - st peters is gonna be a fun one

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 26, 2022, 12:45:06 PM
How much money has shaheen Holloway made this week
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 02:37:59 PM
A farg ton. Deservedly so too. He has those dudes ballin. I heard he will end up at Seton Hall
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 26, 2022, 03:43:56 PM
I feel like he could do a lot better
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 05:37:46 PM
Me too. SH is good what maybe...one every ten years?

I took UH -2 tonight
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2022, 06:31:59 PM
just cancel the tourney and give nova another title
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 06:56:08 PM
Yeah houston can't hit a shot

I should've taken Nova since you wanted them to lose
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2022, 07:07:22 PM
free money going against what i want to happen

houston was DOA the moment i saw they had the cheapest get in price for the weekend. they are playing close to campus yet nobody wants to go because nobody cares in that crap sports town
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 07:42:41 PM
That is accurate.

We are at a sports bar and it's got a buncha bandwagoners in it.

The Cougars cannot buy a farging shot
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 26, 2022, 07:46:09 PM
Any Trotter fans there?  Because farg those guys.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 07:47:38 PM
Lol none except ya boi here

All houston bandwagoners
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 26, 2022, 08:22:24 PM
Now WE just need a USMNT win over Panama tomorrow night
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 08:25:46 PM
Hey lil guy plz tell me you like Duke in the late game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 08:29:16 PM
1/20 from three is hard to do

If houston makes even 30% they win
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 26, 2022, 08:53:02 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 26, 2022, 08:22:24 PM
Now WE just need a USMNT win over Panama tomorrow night

I will be there.  I might be in camera range too.  I was thinking of bringing either a "I ❤️ IGY" sign or "Let's Go Nova!"
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2022, 09:10:46 PM
Quote from: Rome on March 26, 2022, 08:53:02 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 26, 2022, 08:22:24 PM
Now WE just need a USMNT win over Panama tomorrow night

I will be there.  I might be in camera range too.  I was thinking of bringing either a "I ❤️ IGY" sign or "Let's Go Nova!"

IceGrillinYouLovesFooty
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 26, 2022, 09:22:28 PM
Quote from: Rome on March 26, 2022, 08:53:02 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 26, 2022, 08:22:24 PM
Now WE just need a USMNT win over Panama tomorrow night

I will be there.  I might be in camera range too.  I was thinking of bringing either a "I ❤️ IGY" sign or "Let's Go Nova!"

Nice

How bout: Havas 3:16
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 26, 2022, 09:48:11 PM
Both are stellar.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 27, 2022, 10:39:37 AM
Quote from: TAFKASD on March 26, 2022, 08:22:24 PM
Now WE just need a USMNT win over Panama tomorrow night

they all wont coincide but tonight

unc/st peters
sixers/suns
us/panama
oscars

lets get it
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 27, 2022, 04:17:59 PM
Amazing collapse by Miami

Up 6 at half and now down by 19
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 27, 2022, 04:25:31 PM
Kansas went into the lockeroom at the half and opened up a can of whipass
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 04:48:18 PM
setting up to be the best final four of all time
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 27, 2022, 05:08:36 PM
Legggggoooo St Pete
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 27, 2022, 05:37:51 PM
unc-duke and kansas-nova is pretty god damn strong

nothing for the casual fan to root for but its 3 blue bloods and the one of the best modern day programs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 27, 2022, 05:44:53 PM
Damn shame that St Pete's early shots weren't falling. Good looks but no dice.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 05:51:47 PM
Quote from: MDS on March 27, 2022, 05:37:51 PM
unc-duke and kansas-nova is pretty god damn strong

nothing for the casual fan to root for but its 3 blue bloods and the one of the best modern day programs

you are burying the lead

Duke Carolina finally in the F4 in K's last year....,.can't script this
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 27, 2022, 06:38:04 PM
almost the same final four as the year duke took out grandmama and unlv except replace unlv with nova. 

I only did one bracket this year and got 3/4 final four teams right. had ucla in over Carolina. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 06:57:45 PM
where we watching brohan
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 27, 2022, 07:56:41 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 05:51:47 PM
Duke Carolina finally in the F4 in K's last year....,.can't script this

yea im not feelin this...both teams can get bent

coach kkk is a POS
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 27, 2022, 08:07:51 PM
Hope UNC drills Duke again.

Nova and UNC final
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 08:36:12 PM
Quote from: MDS on March 27, 2022, 07:56:41 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 27, 2022, 05:51:47 PM
Duke Carolina finally in the F4 in K's last year....,.can't script this

yea im not feelin it

cool
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 27, 2022, 08:44:19 PM
coach kkk refused to go into the hood for 30 years then he hung with lebron and now he john brown

just give it to nova for all i care
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 02, 2022, 07:55:36 PM
lil guy is greasing his bird up as we speak to rub one out
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 02, 2022, 08:12:00 PM
im not a fake internet fan...nova has 2 titles, whether they win this one or another doesnt matter

with that said, farg your main line snobbery go home back goodbye see ya bye
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on April 02, 2022, 08:16:58 PM
Kansas is good, boys.  Wow. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 02, 2022, 11:12:44 PM
farg off Duke

UNC +4.5 and ML winner

Kansas also opens as a 4.5 fave
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2022, 03:52:13 PM
I have 1 6 on the pool and the games last night landed on 1 5 and 1 7 lol
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on April 04, 2022, 09:32:30 AM
Dawn Staley is a basketball goddess.  That's it. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 09:13:47 PM
This game starting at 920pm ET is farging stupid
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 10:23:40 PM
UNC opened up a can on their ass

Keep it up Heels
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 10:56:48 PM
So much for that

15 point lead is down to 1
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 11:21:50 PM
Kansas stormed all the way back

And first time I've ever seen a hoops player vomit on the court. Puff Johnson for UNC doesn't play much but he's getting a lot of run and the pace for him
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 04, 2022, 11:39:59 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 09:13:47 PM
This game starting at 920pm ET is farging stupid

the game has started at this time for as long as ive been alive...you think theyre doing it to inconvenience you or because its the time that maximizes viewership? nah nah the world needs to revolve around old man hentz who cant keep his eyes open past 8pm

btw if that idiot doesnt step OOB, im kansas going 1/2 from the line away from hitting my number
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on April 04, 2022, 11:41:42 PM
Great game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 11:44:15 PM
I knew TeeVeeTodd would be in here defending the late start.

Ain't nothing wrong with tipping at 8 ET. I don't care that it's been like that forever.

Anyways how about Kansas just murdering people in the 2H's?! Sucks to see the Heels lose. I'm thankful the dude ran out of bounds. It meant I didn't have to push on +5 and actually won.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 04, 2022, 11:46:28 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 11:44:15 PM
I knew TeeVeeTodd would be in here defending the late start.

Ain't nothing wrong with tipping at 8 ET. I don't care that it's been like that forever.

the sweet spot for tv sports viewership is the around 1130. they want the game ending at that time and lookie what happened

i cant stress this enough - the people who make these decisions have eons and eons of data and the people who complain about it have twitter
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2022, 11:54:45 PM
It always isn't about data. Sometimes the public should get a win too.

But whatev.

NC had a 91% win probability at half. What a choke.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 04, 2022, 11:58:15 PM
the public is getting a win...they vote with their eyeballs and the votes say a 920 start is great

you do realize there are people outside the east coast who cant catch a 630pm game...the world does not revolve around old people from new york and thank god
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 05, 2022, 12:11:06 AM
What's your data on west coast time zone viewership over east coast?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 05, 2022, 12:44:24 AM
more people are turning the game on at 1100 than are turning it off. the gains made out west outweigh the losses from the east, basically.

nba, nfl, mlb all do the same thing. and every year white people (its always white people) complain and every year the games start at the same time because the universe in fact does not revolve around old people from the east. no start time is perfect for everyone. we've got 4 time zones and 350 million+ people, there is no consensus on anything.

just remember people its about we not me
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 05, 2022, 12:08:35 PM
that David mccormack is one handsome man.  I'm not sure why he isn't projected to go in the draft, he could definitely get solid nba minutes.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on April 20, 2022, 05:57:59 PM
every single LSU scholarship player entered the transfer portal this year.  only one guy left and he is a freshman walk on.  that is farging crazy.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on April 20, 2022, 07:49:38 PM
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1516926184138883080
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 20, 2022, 07:52:46 PM
Damn that's a shocker
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on April 20, 2022, 07:52:53 PM
I googled this cause I thought it was a joke. That blows for the city
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 20, 2022, 08:37:20 PM
Quote from: TAFKASD on April 20, 2022, 07:52:53 PM
I googled this cause I thought it was a joke. That blows for the city

which city, radnor?
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on April 20, 2022, 08:41:27 PM
Same city they had their parades
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on April 20, 2022, 08:43:57 PM
Lil guy doesn't consider Villanova Philly but worships the stupid soccer team
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 20, 2022, 08:48:54 PM
im trolling but saying i worship the union is the lie of lies

jay is a great coach and it wont be as fun without him even though the big 5 is on life support...hes gonna do well for himself on tv.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on April 20, 2022, 10:19:03 PM
Official.

https://twitter.com/VUCoachJWright/status/1516949304224751616
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on June 07, 2022, 12:22:57 PM
Duke hired Rachel Baker to be their GM. 

LaSalle alum and worked as a PR intern for the Sixers back in the day before working for Nike and the NBA league office.   
Title: College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on November 23, 2022, 06:18:25 PM
Not because it's in Hawaii (well maybe it is) but I love the Maui Invitational.  Top college basketball programs playing in a 2000 seat Civic Center, basically a high school gym, love it.  These teams bring a ton of boosters, $$$$!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on November 24, 2022, 03:01:41 PM
Agreed. It's fun watching that over there as kinda of the kick off to CBB
Title: Re: College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on November 24, 2022, 11:21:13 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on November 23, 2022, 06:18:25 PM
Not because it's in Hawaii (well maybe it is) but I love the Maui Invitational.  Top college basketball programs playing in a 2000 seat Civic Center, basically a high school gym, love it.  These teams bring a ton of boosters, $$$$!

Cbb gets more unwatchable by the year....just when you think it can't sink lower it finds a way
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on January 04, 2023, 08:29:19 PM
georgetown hasnt won a big east game in nearly 2 calendar years

this is impossible
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on January 04, 2023, 08:30:27 PM
Quote from: MDS on January 04, 2023, 08:29:19 PM
georgetown hasnt won a big east game in nearly 2 calendar years

this is impossible

I was just thinking how old I feel that I remember Georgetown being one of the top programs.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on January 05, 2023, 02:50:58 AM
Quote from: MDS on January 04, 2023, 08:29:19 PM
georgetown hasnt won a big east game in nearly 2 calendar years

this is impossible

Wait! What?  That is nuts.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on January 06, 2023, 10:45:28 AM
Since the god left, Georgetown has a habit of holding onto coaches about 3 years too long. 

They're ruined the whole sport of cbb for me, used to be my favorite by far. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 19, 2023, 06:26:59 PM
Watched quite a bit of college hoops this weekend. Bama, Houston and Purdue look like machines.

This Nebraska/Maryland game is hard to watch. Sluggish offense. The Huskers have a little Japanese dude and it makes me laugh thinking of him in redneck ass Nebraska. Oh and the Huskers uniforms are some of the worst I've ever seen.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 19, 2023, 06:54:31 PM
houston is such a machine that lost to temple and almost lost again to them....man you love h town

penn is in the mix in the ivy, thats the only philly team with a shot to get in. im curious what the committee does with duke/unc/kentucky. all are kind of mediocre and hanging on the bubble...the ratings difference between having and not having them is very real
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 19, 2023, 11:06:25 PM
Love em so much I've watched...one game.

I'm going off of rankings, record and this game.

Also have to include Kansas no? They snatched Baylor's soul.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 21, 2023, 07:00:05 PM
This Bama basketball story is wild. Reeks of the old Baylor scandal in a few ways.

Came out in court that Brandon Miller gave the guy the gun. And it seems as if the coach knew about it and did nothing
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: QB Eagles on February 21, 2023, 07:31:36 PM
QuoteAlabama coach Nate Oats said Tuesday that Miller is "not in any trouble" as a result of his alleged involvement.

"We knew about that. Can't control everything everybody does outside of practice. Nobody knew that was going to happen. College kids are out, Brandon hasn't been in any type of trouble nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time," Oats said.

Yeah what a stroke of bad luck, accidentally giving a loaded gun to a murderer. Could have happened to anyone.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 21, 2023, 10:48:47 PM
I mean it's unbelievable he'd say that.

Wrong place wrong time?!

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on February 24, 2023, 09:53:50 AM
March madness starts in 2-3 weeks and I'm not sure I could name who is in the top 10 right now.  Alabama with the murderer guy and Houston I know are good and that's about all.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 24, 2023, 05:51:46 PM
cbb only matters within the context of your box pool
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on February 25, 2023, 04:55:15 AM
Quote from: phattymatty on February 24, 2023, 09:53:50 AM
March madness starts in 2-3 weeks and I'm not sure I could name who is in the top 10 right now.  Alabama with the murderer guy and Houston I know are good and that's about all.

Everytime we watch SportsCenter it's non-stop "What?  So and So is #4?  Holy shtein!  XYZ is top 10?  No way!  They're 24-4? Didn't know that."

Other than Houston, Murder Inc., and Gonzaga & Saint Mary's because those games are on at 6 PM here, I have no idea who's ranked.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 02:19:41 PM
Iowa down 13 with 1:34 and down 10 with :55 and they just tied it to force OT

Wow

Sparty killed themselves at the FT line
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 02:37:48 PM
And Iowa ends up losing by six.

What an epic choke by Michigan State
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 25, 2023, 02:45:06 PM
how did they choke if they won
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 02:49:37 PM
Oops Iowa won my bad
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 05:31:06 PM
Texas A&M hasn't hit a bucket in like 12min of game play. That and the refs calling every little touch foul have made this some unwatchable dreck
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 06:01:59 PM
What a day

Iowa, Florida State and Arizona State with wild come backs and wins
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on February 25, 2023, 06:21:07 PM
I started to watch that ASU game of course "errands".  Wow!  Just saw that score and that half court prayer that went in!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 25, 2023, 11:24:16 PM
Feels like Timme has been on gonzaga for a decade
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 26, 2023, 08:18:17 PM
Add another huge blown lead in ncaa (and nba while we are at it); Penn State was up 25-9 and up as high as 19.

Rutgers now leads 57-56

Unreal
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 27, 2023, 12:23:39 PM
is it unreal to blow a 19 point first half lead in a sport that has an enormous amount of runs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on February 27, 2023, 01:20:15 PM
stop being a contrarian

Yes it is rare to blow a huge lead like that
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on February 27, 2023, 01:36:15 PM
i feel like theres nothing noteworthy about a 19 point 1H lead being lost but maybe im just dead inside

in the nba that happens almost every night, maybe less so in college where everyone sucks
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 02, 2023, 09:11:24 PM
Heckuva win by the Owls
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 02, 2023, 09:15:52 PM
This March Madness may be insane if things continue like they have

Minny just beat Rutgers on a buzzer beater three
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 02, 2023, 09:20:36 PM
Mich and Illinois is pretty damn good too
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 12:41:33 PM
Every time I watch penn state they seem to go on ten minute scoring droughts

10 points in three minutes
9 points in seventeen minutes
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 05, 2023, 12:43:59 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 12:41:33 PM
Every time I watch penn state they seem to go on ten minute scoring droughts

10 points in three minutes
9 points in seventeen minutes

you mean every time you watch college basketball
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 01:48:56 PM
And they've come back to take the lead

Houston has blown a 12pt lead too
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 01:55:25 PM
What a finish by PSU!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 02:12:48 PM
Houston is playing dumb

Memphis with some impressive pressure the last couple mins tho
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 05, 2023, 02:14:07 PM
I understand it's not comparable but dallas phx having more pts at half than duke NC did in a game is pretty wild 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 02:15:17 PM
Onions! What a finish
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 02:16:24 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 05, 2023, 02:14:07 PM
I understand it's not comparable but dallas phx having more pts at half than duke NC did in a game is pretty wild

No doubt
I didn't get to see the game last night. But the Mavs and Suns has been solid
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 05, 2023, 02:32:10 PM
This tourney may be the most wide open ever

And now it's time to watch Purdue blow a huge lead. Up 24 and now down to 4
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 07, 2023, 11:42:55 PM
Louisville finished the season with 4 wins
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 12, 2023, 01:33:21 PM
College refs love their whistles

Bama dude just got jobbed on perfect defense
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 12, 2023, 05:38:09 PM
I've bet on 3 games today and went 0-3. Each game the line was off by half a point.

Odds makers are getting better or something fishy going on
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: phattymatty on March 12, 2023, 05:42:40 PM
If Penn state somehow hit a game winning 3 they would have beat the line by half a point also.

They didn't though
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 12, 2023, 05:43:20 PM
Who were you on?

I've won on PSU and Bama straight up

And Houston ML killed a couple small parlays.

Helluva run by Penn State to get it down to down two and have a shot to win after being down 17 with 6:00 left
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 12, 2023, 08:28:11 PM
find you someone who loves you the way j loves pointing out that a team was up by a bunch and now isnt
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 12, 2023, 11:04:46 PM
It's true.

Huge leads getting gagged away has been a thing and I'm fascinated by it
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2023, 12:22:10 AM
Fun day. I wanted to take off tomorrow but half the office is out so I'll be watching on my iPad at my desk.

The Furman ending was incredible.

Houston looks like shtein

A&M crying all week about getting shafted in seeding and then getting slaughtered by Penn State was hilarious.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 17, 2023, 12:28:08 AM
i was 1 point off 6 different games in matty's pool....nothing in the world is a bigger lock than me narrowly missing half of the games each day

my agency put 5 bills on the men's and women's (!) pools. $500 on picking womens basketball games! go woke go broke. i took south carolina there and went with marquette for the men. i wanted something practical that nobody else would have and sure enough i got it. spent 5 seconds filling out each bracket. leggooo
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Geowhizzer on March 17, 2023, 09:10:33 PM
...wrong thread.  Nevermind.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2023, 09:11:01 PM
Purdue is the king of losing to low seeds

What a game!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 17, 2023, 11:10:21 PM
eddy is such a giant stiff...how zesty is the big 10 they let this team run up wins

i love how teams like purdue and virginia playing 1970s slow down set shot ball are getting run out of the gym.

but even so how hot garbage is this sport. a 13 and 15 and 16 winning...nobody at all is good
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 17, 2023, 11:59:08 PM
Another great finish!! FAUUUUUU
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on March 18, 2023, 12:04:24 AM
Penny
https://youtu.be/zzYW-6EF99M
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 12:26:20 AM
Another great finish with TCU knocking off the Sun Devils

Wow
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 18, 2023, 12:33:09 AM
how could you not mention asu had a big lead then blew it

you blew it j

you blew it
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 01:19:58 PM
Blow me!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 07:52:05 PM
Loving this

Duke out
Kansas out
Purdue out

Houston on the ropes
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 18, 2023, 07:58:48 PM
j how much would you love a princeton/farleigh dickinson natty that ends on a buzzer beater!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 08:26:00 PM
Meh

FDU and someone else maybe
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 09:09:06 PM
Lil guy alert

Auburn has blown a big lead

Up 10 to down 7

Their inept offense in the 2H is frustrating. War Eagle ML bet in peril - need to hold on for the spread. But JFC they can't even make FTs now
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 18, 2023, 09:22:31 PM
cant believe youd go against your boys like that

deserve the L
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 09:31:54 PM
lol they've played zesty lately

Impressive tonight tho and that's with Sasser at 60% and half of them in foul trouble

50-23 in the 2H.

Come on Penn State
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 10:00:34 PM
There we go Penn St!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 18, 2023, 10:05:04 PM
Nvm they can't stop Disu
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 18, 2023, 10:13:21 PM
go against your in state squads, get what you get

you are TEXAS J not pennsylvania J

joe pa spinning in his grave in hell rn
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 12:21:42 AM
Won on +6 so thanks JoePa!

Bama opened it up on MD nicely.

Can't wait for tomorrow
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Rome on March 19, 2023, 07:14:00 AM
Me and my daughter were watching Kansas lose last night at a bar and she turned to me and said, "Dad, why is it pronounced KanSAS and not KanSAW like ArkanSAW?"

She's a grown ass woman and I've never been prouder of her.

Also - that was a great game btw. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 03:44:13 PM
Love KState's uni's

Hope they can knock calipari off but the shooting is so bad this game

FDU upset again tonight would be nice too
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2023, 06:15:24 PM
what is the last truly great cbb team? maybe nova in the first title run

besides the 2022-23 farleigh dickinson whateverthefarg they are
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 06:36:02 PM
Yeah it may be Nova.

Parity has taken over and it's great.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2023, 06:48:14 PM
you and i have very different ideas of quality entertainment
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 09:36:15 PM
Tell me you aren't enjoying this FDU game right now
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2023, 09:44:26 PM
this game is fun in a vacuum but so are random high school games....the talent in the tournament is so low. there arent any good teams. theres no real upsets because nobody is that good to be upset.

but if you just want brackets and buzzer beaters, you got it
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 09:51:20 PM
I want buzzer beaters, unknowns making runs, all of the excitement that comes with it

You can't rip havas for his wbc takes and then dump on the tourney
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2023, 09:54:24 PM
ive done nothing but watch the tourney the last 3 days...i love it but its complete garbage

i want great teams and future all stars with fun upsets thrown in
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 19, 2023, 10:31:57 PM
And that's usually what happens. So FAU won - what stars and great team are they? Answer is none and not one. So FDU upsetting them would be fun.

Or would you rather see Purdue? Because they farging suck
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 19, 2023, 11:07:37 PM
id rather see upper classman lottery picks and truly great teams...the college game doesnt have that anymore so it is what it is. its a 1 month sport. the tournament is fun but its a shell of what it was i20 and even 10 years ago

there being 0 good teams from philly does not help. i was still living in texas when la salle made the sweet 16. i was in high school for the jameer team. temple hasnt made a 2nd weekend since i was in middle school. big yikes.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 20, 2023, 12:11:42 AM
Haha wow

Had TCU +4.5 and +6.5

And they make a 3 with 0.7 left

I'll take it
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 20, 2023, 08:22:45 PM
This is great

https://twitter.com/cbssports/status/1637914693846065152 46&t=Uib2YOn6CJgx-z2RaE9o7Q
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 23, 2023, 08:09:02 PM
the gap in the quality of tonites card v. tomorrows is bigger than my bird 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 08:23:10 PM
lolol

Rooting hard for KState

Hate that Arky is getting blown out
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 08:36:44 PM
Awful shot by Nowell wtf
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 08:55:09 PM
Nowell is great.

But bro stop with the threes from Mars!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 09:02:28 PM
farg yeah! Great farging game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:12:52 PM
Tennessee choking big time

15-2 run by FAU
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:17:07 PM
And now a bogus flagrant call on Tennessee
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:35:51 PM
Classic Rick Barnes choke job
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:37:51 PM
Watching the Vols get murdered on the offensive glass is something

Over to the UCLA game I go
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:46:30 PM
I see UCLA has taken on the Tennessee role
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 23, 2023, 11:46:44 PM
Tennessee Duke is idiot sports narratives in a nutshell....duke had a run over shtein teams who all sucked or were injured and were going to the final four then a zesty tenny team beat a bad duke team and then they were going to a final four...sports fans and media are 95% morons
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 23, 2023, 11:58:31 PM
Timme annoys me with his stupid headband and mustache
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2023, 12:08:45 AM
How is it possible for a team to not score a basket in 12 minutes of game time?

And the crazy thing is that the Bruins just let Timme go singled up the entire time while he was roasting them
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2023, 12:16:46 AM
its so easy j just go out there and show them kids whos boss

zags are gagging here
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2023, 12:18:01 AM
Omg!

Come on ucla
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2023, 12:19:29 AM
Whoa what a timme choke
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2023, 12:20:18 AM
he was bailed the farg out....what a game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2023, 12:20:22 AM
Wow

Holy shtein that three
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2023, 12:23:27 AM
sports!

i cant believe he made the FT...ucla got a damn good look. you cant do anything off a miss with 1.1
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2023, 12:23:47 AM
no one will say anything about it but that look gonzage gave up from full court and 1.4 left was absurdly pathetic
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2023, 12:29:53 AM
Yeah Campbell almost buried that.

They deserved to have that shot go down after 1) not missing the FT 2) letting ucla back in it at all and 3) letting such a clean shot go up
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2023, 12:32:34 AM
they gave zero effort to defend on that play its like they were looking for where they were all going to group jump up and down and celebrate...still glad they won because farg LA 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 12:32:21 AM
Miami and SDSU played great. Miller and Bama got punked. Houston too.

First time ever no 1 seeds are in the Elite Eight

Let's go KState!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:15:49 PM
KState has farged themselves

Missing FTs
Johnson in foul trouble and now out
Lazy possessions of just dribbling

About to be down 8
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:17:46 PM
FAU going on a 15-1 run is not ideal

Thought K State had it in the bag at 63-57 but they farged off and got sloppy
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:20:11 PM
Goddammit!

Cut it to three and Putin missed a dunk but they can't grab the board and end up fouling
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:21:32 PM
Goddammit again! Dude misses the front end of the 1 and 1 and another offensive rebound

They're getting murdered on those 14-5
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:23:30 PM
Sheesh

Nowell goes for a wild lay up after they get the ball back down 3
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 08:32:39 PM
What a game. Bummer that KState didn't win. I wanted to see them keep going

FTs and rebounding killed them
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 25, 2023, 10:05:33 PM
how bad is cbb that florida atlantic #1 was a 9 seed and #2 is going to the final 4

Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 25, 2023, 10:22:26 PM
Timme with four fouls with 17:00 left.

Lol
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2023, 04:26:55 PM
does any sport lose momentum in the final seconds more than cbb...its absolutely brutal
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 04:30:29 PM
What a garbage ass foul call

Are you serious
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 04:36:46 PM
Lol and then they just end it despite being .3 or .4
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2023, 04:43:46 PM
the clock started a few beats after the touch...they went back and redid the clock and the game was indeed over

it was a foul but its just a very tough call in that spot. kinda like the super bowl...by the letter of the law, sure, but unless its egregious youd rather swallow the whistle there

sdsu/fla atlantic has to be the least appetizing matchup in final four history. im sure cbs is thrilled
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 05:26:52 PM
They used a hand held stop watch to try to figure it out. Amateur hour shtein

And that foul on UT was a joke too. I'd like for these officials to choke on their whistles
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 07:07:33 PM
Another blown double digit lead and another zesty foul
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 07:21:06 PM
Wow. What a choke job by Texas
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2023, 07:29:52 PM
sorry bud...i know its not houston but them still your peoples

3 games left i have not hit 1 square in mattys pool. talent
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 26, 2023, 07:31:58 PM
You should get a bonus for your annual propensity to get shut out of that thing

Miami had 32 FT attempts and shot like 60% from the field.

I had Texas ML so that one stung
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 26, 2023, 08:32:07 PM
its all good brotha

if lsu makes the natty and iowa doesnt, i win my womens ncaa office pool and collect $500. yes. god bless woke libs.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 31, 2023, 11:04:00 PM
i win 5 bones if SC wins this

i would also stick more than a finger in caitlin clark
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 31, 2023, 11:08:57 PM
 :-D :-D

This is a great game!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 31, 2023, 11:48:43 PM
dykey dawn just letting caitlin clark do whatever she wants and take every FT

cant trust people from philly...now i need lsu to beat iowa which will not happen
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on April 01, 2023, 06:38:24 PM
Tornado warning locally so they took the game off cbs and put it on cw 57
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 01, 2023, 08:10:25 PM
FAUs rebounding is pitiful

SDSU has like 7 OReb in the last three mins and 5 of them are on missed FTs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 01, 2023, 08:16:03 PM
San Diego State is god-awful offensively, and this free-throw shooting is beyond pitiful!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: SD on April 01, 2023, 08:30:07 PM
Holy shtein great game
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 01, 2023, 08:30:26 PM
This game went from being so frustrating to watch to an incredible finish
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 01, 2023, 08:33:39 PM
My brother is SDSU grad, co-worker is a grad, and my neighbor is in senior year there so I guess I've got Aztec blood on me.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 01, 2023, 08:33:41 PM
Holy shtein what a finish

That is a typical SDSU win.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 01, 2023, 10:01:16 PM
Miami can't hit shtein

Good lord
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 01, 2023, 11:46:49 PM
if uconn hits one more FT i hit my number

utter disgrace
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 02, 2023, 12:01:10 AM
lol if Miami hits that three I'd have hit that and covered Canes 2H

Started the tourney off hot. Icy cold the last week.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 02, 2023, 05:59:53 PM
eat shtein you whore caitlin clark

kim "covid is lie and the gays are taking over" mulkay bringing home 5 bills for ya boy
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2023, 09:54:37 PM
SDSU was up 8-4.

They're down 22-12 now and have missed their last 12 shots

Woof
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2023, 10:04:32 PM
Quite embarrassing by the Aztecs
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2023, 10:15:43 PM
The fact they're only down 12 is a miracle
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on April 03, 2023, 10:43:48 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2023, 10:04:32 PM
Quite embarrassing by the Aztecs

you remember 3 last week ago when you didnt know san diego st existed? well
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on April 03, 2023, 11:14:27 PM
Pretty amazing the Aztecs are even in this.  They should be down by 20+ and cut it to 8 with plenty of time left. 
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on April 03, 2023, 11:27:12 PM
They had it down to 5.

And now about to be 14.

Damn
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 22, 2024, 06:41:00 AM
Samford got robbed.

Decent opening day of the tourney. I'm gonna try to play hooky today and dip out early.
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 22, 2024, 06:58:27 PM
Colorado and Florida was fantastic wow

And Auburn is struggling with Yale
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 22, 2024, 07:09:18 PM
you and havas crying in your SEC pillows cutting checks to greg stanky

yale!!
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 22, 2024, 08:52:50 PM
Them and the mountain west have been zesty

A&M is blasting Nebraska. I think it's funny the Huskers have a Japanese dude. Talk about culture shock walking into Lincoln Nebraska for him
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 22, 2024, 10:10:36 PM
when the tournament is ruined in 5 years and its all power conference teams do you still watch
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 24, 2024, 12:13:07 AM
creighton oregon is something
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2024, 12:40:52 AM
Oregon was cooked. Pathetic double OT
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: MDS on March 24, 2024, 09:16:09 PM
grand canyon is a fake school run by Christo fascists but man they are fun
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on March 24, 2024, 10:23:27 PM
They're also publicly traded - currently $133 a share.

FT shooting today has been atrocious
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: ice grillin you on March 25, 2024, 12:08:15 AM
three point shooting was worse...they shot 32% from the field 2-20 from three and 62% from the line and were somehow in the game almost the whole way
Title: Re: 2018-19 College Basketball
Post by: Don Ho on March 25, 2024, 03:18:40 AM
^^could not believe that stat when I heard it! 

Games have been ok, Colorado/Florida & Yale/Auburn going down to the wire almost simultaneously was awesome.  A&M's run was unreal.