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    Interesting sideline reporter choice given Ms. Jacobson’s history with ND.

    Heh. This is our announcing crew tonight. The crew was originally announced with Lewis Johnson listed as the sideline reporter and not Jacobson … so I dunno what happened there.

    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Entire ND frontcourt – such as it is – in foul trouble already. Auguste and Colson both with 2 fouls each very early

    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Tip times w/ tv listings

    Notre Dame – Northeastern up first! Two good 3-point shooting teams, could see a lot of them. ND offense is fun to watch.

    Cheats take on Harvard at 7:20 in the battle for the ‘Moving Forward‘ trophy

    Then of course our game at the end of the night. Louisville, Duke, and UVa all tip tomorrow.

    Bracket

    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    If the Holes are sent to the deepest recesses of the Gulag, then the NCAA has ZERO legitimacy.

    I’m sure you meant aren’t … right? 🙂

    in reply to: Eric Leak Is Under a Federal Investigation #80384
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    I’m sure Eric Leak didn’t associate or do anything unbecoming prior to these kids declaring themselves professional athletes. No way a guy that stole millions from NC Medicaid would do such a thing. Got to think everything is way above board.

    And Eric Leak + NC State should suffer the consequences if so. That said:

    1) Proof?

    2) Kind of a huge difference between doing all you can, legally speaking, to get rid of a known wart (NC State) as opposed to actively encouraging warts and then attempting to cover up their existence and/or lie about your own involvement (Cheats).

    F Wral for this complete mockery of ‘objective’ reporting.

    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Hey Alpha –

    Would you mind if we used this as the Thursday games open thread? I might edit the title to append that if so.

    in reply to: Eric Leak Is Under a Federal Investigation #80337
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    … you’ll find Smokey.

    in reply to: Are you ready to win a title? (Part III) #80323
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    … I’m simply laying out an emotion free case for what to expect from Gottfried as well as the realistic likelihood of advancement into the NCAAT for any team, especially NC State

    This, to me, is what makes it beautiful.

    There are no ‘catch-alls’ assigned and the numbers are what they are – results-based and predictive.

    in reply to: Boeheim to retire in three years #80321
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    I think he wants to stay long enough all of the kids he has recruited to date and not have recruiting suffer from the uncertainty of his departure date.

    ^Every move Syracuse has made to this point with regards to the NCAA investigation has been calculated to save recruiting classes as much as possible.

    I hope Syracuse-produced sports broadcasters give the Cheats hell.

    in reply to: Are you ready to win a title? (Part III) #80301
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Might be fun to compare and contrast Jig’s ODS against something like 538’s complex model:

    FiveThirtyEight interactive predictions

    in reply to: Eric Leak Is Under a Federal Investigation #80297
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    It is important to note before sports media partisans and message board lunatics try to make the connection, the University, the athletics department and coaches are not being implicated, and in fact, the school had already taken legal steps to distance itself from Leak as much as possible before any of these alleged events occurred.

    And yet, shockingly, WRAL sensationalizes the headline and story to the best of their ability. Oh, and it’s the top story at WRAL.

    “WRAL Investigates”. Yep, great work. Any other schools around here worthy of “investigating” and putting up as the #1 story? Any at all? No???

    Ok.

    Can’t wait for the next NC State athletics associated “story”.

    “Man who attended NC State football games robs bank in California.”

    I hate that I even have to watch CBS affiliated programming on that station. Oh and just in case anyone sees this before clicking the WRAL link, here’s the archived version of the link:

    Archive

    If you’re not familiar, what this does is to capture web content, regardless of it is edited or deleted in the future. Plus, it’s a way to share a link without giving any page hits to the website in question. It’s incredibly useful in my opinion. Down with clickbait!

    You can use it at https://archive.today/

    in reply to: Are you ready to win a title? (Part III) #80285
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Great series. Thank you.

    It’s hard to think of K and ‘underperforming’ at the same time, but I suppose that’s what the losses to Lehigh and Mercer speak to. That said, while I love the predictive nature of the formula I can’t get behind assigning labels such as ‘underachieve’ and ‘underperform’ while using it.

    Losses like Lehigh and Mercer can, will, and do happen. It’s the definition of 1-game tournament basketball. I feel the formula could be incredibly useful for identifying patterns of “falling short” which could support a “you’re an underperformer” type of conclusion.

    Using K as an example (and I know there was no assertion K was an underperformer), he has won a National Title in the same time span listed while also falling well short with some teams … So I think the formula is a very useful metric for both predictive values and pattern identification, but it’s not a catch all 🙂

    I’d also say that using the formula adds more weight to the ‘I trust what my eyes tell me’ element of judging teams. While Herb obviously created a couple of ‘high potential’ teams I find it hard to believe anyone picking a Herb-coached team to reach a Final Four haha. Also, some of K’s over the years have screamed “we will be upset early”.

    Wildly interesting stuff. Thanks for your work!

    in reply to: Lady Pack Selected 2015 WNIT – GREAT #80232
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Glad they get to extend their season. Maybe they can go on a run …

    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    ^Yeah that cat poster was hilarious.

    Great vid. Thanks for sharing.

    I was a bit wary of it possibly being used as ‘everybody does it’ Cheats propaganda, but he went right after them. Kind of a cheap shot on Dabo, that guy came from nothing to get to where he is so he’d know a little about entitlement. Still, not a good look to have a multi-million dollar contract in hand while talking about entitlement from the players who are enabling said contract.

    The issue is murky … Not sure what would be or if there is a possible catch-all solution.

    in reply to: First Wave of Coaching Changes #80223
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Not that they had much choice, but Gregory to return.

    in reply to: First Wave of Coaching Changes #80220
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    I have no idea why Wes Miller is being retained with a four year of 45 – 73 (11-11, 9-22, 14-18 & 11-22). I guess his pedigree is just too great to ignore with the amazing jobs that have been turned in by Jason Capel, Buzz Peterson & Jeff Lebo at other UNC systems universities.

    Gotta keep the UNC system ‘in the family’! Look at all the benefits their mafioso system has reaped upon UNC system schools!

    in reply to: NC State #8 in the East — Plays LSU #80207
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Yep, I think Trevor will get 1st crack at him, and possibly Dez will get some PT as well.

    The LSU team reminds me very much of the Tennessee team we played and beat last year. They had two big bodied projected NBA draft picks in Jarnell Stokes and Jordan McRae. Lennard Freeman had a great game and was a big part of shutting them down. I think Gott & Lutz will have a great game plan for neutralizing LSU’s two big guys.

    I think this is a good comparison.

    in reply to: NC State #8 in the East — Plays LSU #80174
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    We’ve beaten three TOP 15 teams already this season

    Notable wins (Top 25 RPI – H/A/N):

    NC State 5 – Duke (H); 11 – Cheats (A); 21 – Louisville (A)
    LSU 19 – Arkansas (A); 24 – West Virginia (A)
    Villanova 14 – VCU (N); 23 – Prov (H+A+N); 25 – Georgetown (H)

    Just interesting to compare, that’s all …

    in reply to: SFN Bracket Challenge '15 #80172
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Too late … I have also registered ‘PoorDecisionMakingRobLowe’

    It’s over.

    in reply to: SFN Bracket Challenge '15 #80171
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    All your brackets are belong to me.

    I dare someone to come up with a better bracket entry name than ‘uclashouldntbehere76’. Go ahead. Try.

    in reply to: Bubble Review #80163
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    More on UCLA – historically bad selection. This is not a ‘wah wah’ nit-picky conclusion … it’s one of the worst inclusions of all-time.

    Jerry Palm

    This year, that team was UCLA, which has yet to beat a tournament team in a true road game. They were awful away from Pauley Pavilion this year, going 4-12 overall. Two of those wins were against USC. The others were at Stanford and a neutral court win against UAB. I went back over my 21 years of data and could not find a poorer team off their home floor that got an at-large bid. The committee has a history of rewarding teams that can beat tournament quality teams away from home. The Bruins fail that test.

    Even UCLA’s home wins weren’t that great. They beat Utah and Oregon for their only top 50 wins. The Bruins were 2-8 against the top 50, and had three bad conference losses at Arizona State, Oregon State and Colorado.

    Espn (more of emotional-based whining article rather than anything truly substantive)

    Selection committee chairman Scott Barnes called the UCLA pick “one of the tougher decisions we had to make.” But he defended putting the Bruins (20-13) in the bracket despite an RPI of 48, which is 18 spots lower than Colorado State.

    “We felt they were gaining steam,” Barnes said. “They did have a good strength of schedule. They were playing better against tough competition. An example is the last game against Arizona [a 70-64 loss in the Pac-12 semifinals]. I think the eye test was also a plus in putting them in the field.

    ^Notice he didn’t say anything about actually effing ‘winning’ against tough competition. Feels > reals. Disgusting.

    in reply to: Bubble Review #80151
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    I don’t really have any problem with anyone left out, I have a huge problem w/ UCLA being in however. Horrible, awful, no good, terri-bad inclusion. Completely f***tarded.

    Take Tulsa and Texas A&M out of Va’s listed table, and I would’ve taken every other team there ahead of UCLA. Their inclusion is mind-blowing to me. The pick quite literally shits in the face of “body of work” – there was no “work” done by UCLA this season. They really got in by benefit of playing against UK and losing by 400 to them, and by beating a ‘meh’ Oregon team that had it’s numbers go on a meteoric rise over the last 3 weeks? Really committee? Really?

    “But they played Arizona pretty well for 30 minutes!!!”. This is your ‘eye test’? Double-triple-mega Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

    But this year, I can’t defend a number of decisions made by the Selection Committee.”

    Ding, ding, ding. Some of the seedings are just ‘I can’t even’.

    Anyway, I’d note that just b/c you may stump for the mid-majors once in while doesn’t make you a Socialist. Despite my avatar and that I take up for the ‘mids’ of the world, I’m about as far from a Socialist as one can be 🙂 . I agree with you on Temple.

    in reply to: NC State #8 in the East — Plays LSU #80113
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    we always get to be that team that *could* “surprise” someone. so what else do we know about LSU..

    Athletic, some talent – horrible, horrible decision making. Wildly inconsistent. Smart, disciplined ball will beat them 9 out of 10. Also to note on the ‘focus’ and ability aspects – Tigers went 25-44 from the FT line in their OT loss to Auburn. That says a lot. Hornsby is their (poorer) version of Turner. Neutralize the guards, let the big men make mistakes and bad decisions. Get them in foul trouble – you don’t do that by settling for contested jumpers.

    If we play to their whims though it would be a long afternoon. They hurt you when you let them hurt you. They’re a terrible match-up for a team like West Virginia. West Virginia’s style of play is not smart, decision-making basketball – LSU’s athletes feasted. Against teams that execute, LSU is behind the 8-ball.

    in reply to: NC State #8 in the East — Plays LSU #80109
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Kiss of death, Jay Williams just said we would beat Nova

    I don’t know, on one hand I’m glad to not be alone in thinking so highly of State’s talent level and ability. On the other, I hope Gottfried has mandated ‘positive press’ ear plugs for the entire team.

    Just keep feeding them Kellog’s nonsense over and over.

    in reply to: NC State #8 in the East — Plays LSU #80103
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    A chance for Purvis to shine!

    Really, when you think about it, it would be great exposure for Purvis to show off his leet jumpshooting skills in Madison Square Garden at the NIT Final 4

    (*snicker*)

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