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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by sagegrouse View Post
    "Fast paste" has potential -- could it be the new "amphibious?"
    And the OP repeated the spelling in his rejoinder to the critics.
    There's a difference between a university player and a poster that may not have graduated from a rural KY high school yet--perhaps even Bracken County. The former should know better. The latter obviously doesn't and may have eaten some of that fast paste.

  2. #22
    Quote Originally Posted by duke2x View Post
    There's a difference between a university player and a poster that may not have graduated from a rural KY high school yet--perhaps even Bracken County. The former should know better. The latter obviously doesn't and may have eaten some of that fast paste.
    Taking that comment a little too seriously, aren't ya?

  3. #23
    Quote Originally Posted by roywhite View Post
    Current thread titles:

    Worst loss in UK history?

    Usually Positive, That Was Pathetic

    If you're not sick of it, I can't help you.

    Swaggy Cal strikes again

    Will this game convince Cal to get kids that can score??!!!
    Change the name of the school and the name of the coach and this could be a listing of threads in pretty much any teams' fan discussion board after a loss.


    Quote Originally Posted by UrinalCake View Post
    I don’t see an AP poll thread so I guess I’ll ask this here. We are going to take over the #1 spot next week, barring a shocking upset to Georgia State. Many of us feel undeserving of that ranking based on what we have seen from our team. Who does everyone think the #1 team *should* be? Not based on actual results or win/loss record, but who you think the best team is? In other words, if the tournament were to be played today, who would be your pick to win it?
    Yes, we'll be #1. Yes, we deserve to be, based on the rankings and results thus far. No, it doesn't matter one iota—as we all know, it only matters who's #1 at the end of the season. And 3 games is too small a sample size to pick a 'best team'—which is why we're looking at an AP poll with a 1-loss previously #1 MSU and UK... They should wait a couple months before ranking teams, like they do now with the football playoff rankings...
    Last edited by Papa John; 11-13-2019 at 10:06 AM.

  4. #24
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    After reading the 'fast paste' thread, I can't tell if the guy is a genius troll, or if I should feel sorry for him.

    Either way, it's no reason to come unglued.

  5. #25
    Quote Originally Posted by TheOldBattleship View Post
    Down goes Kentucky! Evansville takes the Cats down in Rupp! Wow. Did NOT see that one coming.
    As far as substantive takeaways from that game: Evansville played a smaller lineup, and routinely attacked Kentucky forward Nate Sestina off the dribble. Sestina is a grad transfer from Bucknell, and while he is a versatile offensive player, he doesn't appear to have the quickness to stay in front of attacking wings. He'd do better as a center (6'9" 234 lbs), but Kentucky was sticking with Nick Richards at center (and will soon get EJ Montgommery back from injury).

    The other stuff is a bit flukey--everyone has bad games from time to time, though it is certainly hilarious to see it happen here--but Sestina's inability to stay in front of drivers is a structural problem Kentucky will have to address.

  6. #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by UrinalCake View Post
    I don’t see an AP poll thread so I guess I’ll ask this here. We are going to take over the #1 spot next week, barring a shocking upset to Georgia State. Many of us feel undeserving of that ranking based on what we have seen from our team. Who does everyone think the #1 team *should* be? Not based on actual results or win/loss record, but who you think the best team is? In other words, if the tournament were to be played today, who would be your pick to win it?
    Heck, why couldn't Duke be the favorite? Our defense would probably be too much to handle for many of these early-season offenses. As it was against Kansas.

    But obviously what matters is where we stack up after several months of development and teams gaining cohesiveness. Hopefully we won't need to force 20+ turnovers to beat good teams in March.

  7. #27
    VCU upset #23 LSU last night, in a homecoming for Will Wade. Apparently there is no love lost between VCU and their former coach. Hilariously, VCU students trolled Wade dressed as FBI agents and even jokingly attempted to hand cash to players. Lots of articles and pictures floating around about it, here's one:

    https://247sports.com/Article/vcu-ba...on--138541517/

  8. #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by SavDukeGrad View Post
    VCU upset #23 LSU last night, in a homecoming for Will Wade. Apparently there is no love lost between VCU and their former coach. Hilariously, VCU students trolled Wade dressed as FBI agents and even jokingly attempted to hand cash to players. Lots of articles and pictures floating around about it, here's one:

    https://247sports.com/Article/vcu-ba...on--138541517/
    That's one of the best troll jobs I've heard about in a long time. LMAO.
    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by left_hook_lacey View Post
    After reading the 'fast paste' thread, I can't tell if the guy is a genius troll, or if I should feel sorry for him.

    Either way, it's no reason to come unglued.
    Definite genius. Figured out how to paste to a thread.

    On a related note: my car in high school had fast brakes …


    Is brunch brakefast?

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    Sparty

    Just was giftwrapped a win courtesy of the zebras @ Seton Hall. Their manhandling of people and getting away with it chaps my hide. The Seton Hall coach showed way too much restraint. His team got hosed.
    Windy City Devil

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    Quote Originally Posted by left_hook_lacey View Post
    After reading the 'fast paste' thread, I can't tell if the guy is a genius troll, or if I should feel sorry for him.

    Either way, it's no reason to come unglued.

    Left Hook - totally agree. They just need to brush off the loss and keep moving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoachJ10 View Post
    Just was giftwrapped a win courtesy of the zebras @ Seton Hall. Their manhandling of people and getting away with it chaps my hide. The Seton Hall coach showed way too much restraint. His team got hosed.
    Although I agree MSU is allowed to be too physical, I didn’t see a blatant foul on either of those last two plays- but I was surprised the refs let the plays go. I also thought the Spartans were the better team and Seton Hall stayed in it due to hero ball by Powell, which eventually cost them when he forced it into a defense who knew what was coming. It was difficult to watch because I like seeing MSU lose, but I want it to have as few losses as possible when Duke plays there.

  13. #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa John View Post
    Change the name of the school and the name of the coach and this could be a listing of threads in pretty much any teams' fan discussion board after a loss.




    Yes, we'll be #1. Yes, we deserve to be, based on the rankings and results thus far. No, it doesn't matter one iota—as we all know, it only matters who's #1 at the end of the season. And 3 games is too small a sample size to pick a 'best team'—which is why we're looking at an AP poll with a 1-loss previously #1 MSU and UK... They should wait a couple months before ranking teams, like they do now with the football playoff rankings...
    The AP ranks college football starting as early as it does with hoops...except it arguably actually means something because, with fewer games and less opportunity to correct a bad result early in the season, football teams can cost themselves from the jump. The CFP committee can say they don't pay attention to rankings when making their own later in the season, but I don't buy it. It's human nature.

    Rankings in college hoops are largely just an exercise to catalyze interest throughout the season, and I'm all for it. What's the value of sports fandom if you can't argue about meaningless fluff for an entire season (and offseason)?! It's why I don't understand some posters around here who go out of their way to denigrate Duke's top-5 ranking early each season or why anyone would care. It's just fun to debate with friends (and annoying coworkers) about why your team is ranked too low, your rivals are ranked too high, and who is a fraud in the top-25 in November, December, and January.

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    That tOSU beadown of Nova on Wednesday night was something to behold. I don't take much from it on either side beyond that a team playing a true home game can catch fuego early and the opponent basically has no shot. Nova looked bad on both ends, but Ohio St was torching the nets and built an insurmountable lead from the tip. It was impressive. Reminded me a bit of what the natty champs Nova team did to KU (or am I think of OU?) in their NCAAT game a couple of years ago.

    I suspect neither tOSU is as good as it looked, nor is Nova as ineffectual as it looked. I'm just so glad college hoops is back and we get some random top-25 matchups to keep our attention when our guys aren't playing. Curious is that Nova-tOSU matchup is a home-and-home. Not sure why Jay Wright would play @tOSU otherwise, rather than a neutral.

  15. #35
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    There's some Big East-Big Ten/Eleven/Whatever Challenge going on this week that has given us some pretty interesting games, and the OSU-Villanova game was one of those - I'd guess one-off match-ups without return games the next year between the exact same teams.

    This is why there was that quite good Mich. St.-Seton Hall game last night, two teams who can actually make 3s (we better be at our best when we go to East Lansing if they shoot that well again), but also a not very good Georgetown team handled easily even at home by Penn State, the perpetual 'sleeping giant' of college b-ball, and Depaul surprisingly slamming Iowa. And interesting to see Wojo's Marquette come from way behind to catch and beat Purdue, a shell of last year's team that couldn't hit anything in the 2nd half.

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    Oh, Chris Collins' Northwestern also beat an evidently quite bad Providence in this challenge too, and Northwestern really needed that after losing their opener to mighty Merrimac. Yikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faustus View Post
    losing their opener to mighty Merrimac. Yikes.
    ask the Monitor.

  18. #38
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    ask the Monitor.
    Ironclad response, as usual/expected, from OPK.
    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

  19. #39
    Quote Originally Posted by devildeac View Post
    Ironclad response, as usual/expected, from OPK.
    NW's shots must have been clanking off the iron...

  20. #40
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    Ah, but certainly you all know the Merrimac's name had been changed to CSS Virginia (no doubt pronounced Vuh- JIN- yah with a nice drawl), so see what you can do with THAT... (and let's see if Tony Bennett's kids clang more off the rim this year than last)

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