Re: College Basketball 2008-2009

[imb]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/NCAAchamps/bk01a.jpg

 

http://www.hoops4thesoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/milesimon.JPG

 

http://www.hoops4thesoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mike-bibby_arizona_200.jpg

[snoodmonger]

I hope, right before the plane crashes, someone punches you in the face and breaks your jaw again.

[imb]

i'm trying to think of where to go from here

[snoodmonger]

i'm trying to think of where to go from here

 

I hope you survive the crash though, only to regain consciousness and realize you crashed on Dinosaur Island. Moments later you get eaten by a Spinosaurus.

[imb]

oh well, kansas blows

[snoodmonger]

That team that lost to Arizona was the first sign that Roy maybe didn't maximize his talent, or at the least that he was unable to change his system to accommodate his roster. Paul Pierce should have dominated college basketball. And he's good enough to carry a team to a title, especially a team with several other NBA players.

 

Thanks Roy.

[CubbieBum]

that's the thing with Ryan to me. Great system coach. And he really hides the shortcomings of his recruiting. And due to his familiarity w/ the Big 10, he can routinely beat teams that are much better than his. But in the touney, with less time to gameplan and lots of talented teams that play diverse styles, I think he faces an uphill battle.

That could be, although he does recruit better than people think. The big ten hasn't really had too many great teams lately. I would say since he has been in the conference the only great teams were the '05 Illini and '05 MSU. We beat him three times that year and I think MSU split with him. So even then he went 1-4 against teams with a lot better talent than him.

 

please tell me you just forgot about the '07 Ohio State team

gulty as charged. How did Bo do against them?

 

Lost by 3 at Wisconsin early in conference season, won by 1 at home in second to last conference game, won by 17 in BT Tournament title game.

 

Wisconsin as you might recall was damn good that year too. They were No. 4 in the first game, No. 2 in the last regular season matchup and No. 4 in BT tournament title game. They lost 4 games in the regular season that year but got beat in tournament title and got upset in second round of NCAA tournament.

[Vanilla Ice]

That team that lost to Arizona was the first sign that Roy maybe didn't maximize his talent, or at the least that he was unable to change his system to accommodate his roster. Paul Pierce should have dominated college basketball. And he's good enough to carry a team to a title, especially a team with several other NBA players.

 

Thanks Roy.

he hasn't been maximizing his talent at UNC. that is my only hope for the year. They have sooo much talent this year.

[hawkeyecub]

that's the thing with Ryan to me. Great system coach. And he really hides the shortcomings of his recruiting. And due to his familiarity w/ the Big 10, he can routinely beat teams that are much better than his. But in the touney, with less time to gameplan and lots of talented teams that play diverse styles, I think he faces an uphill battle.

That could be, although he does recruit better than people think. The big ten hasn't really had too many great teams lately. I would say since he has been in the conference the only great teams were the '05 Illini and '05 MSU. We beat him three times that year and I think MSU split with him. So even then he went 1-4 against teams with a lot better talent than him.

 

please tell me you just forgot about the '07 Ohio State team

gulty as charged. How did Bo do against them?

 

Lost by 3 at Wisconsin early in conference season, won by 1 at home in second to last conference game, won by 17 in BT Tournament title game.

 

Wisconsin as you might recall was damn good that year too. They were No. 4 in the first game, No. 2 in the last regular season matchup and No. 4 in BT tournament title game. They lost 4 games in the regular season that year but got beat in tournament title and got upset in second round of NCAA tournament.

 

I was at the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago that year. They started out slow against Michigan and had a close game that Friday in the first half. Then they just turned it on for the last 50 minutes of the tournament. I thought the Championship would be an outstanding game but it was never close.

Then Wisconsin lost to UNLV in the second round of the NCAA's.

[Magnetic Curses]

i'm trying to think of where to go from here

 

I hope you survive the crash though, only to regain consciousness and realize you crashed on Dinosaur Island. Moments later you get eaten by a Spinosaurus.

 

don't worry, dinosaur island is just a name, it's actually a peninsula.

[Guest]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

[CubbieBum]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

 

well it was IMB :P

[imb]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

 

i used to love those ucla vs. arizona games. so much good guard play

[CubbieBum]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

 

i used to love those ucla vs. arizona games. so much good guard play

 

Basketball didn't exist outside of the Big Ten to me until about 8 years ago.

[Andy]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

 

i used to love those ucla vs. arizona games. so much good guard play

 

Basketball didn't exist outside of the Big Ten to me until about 8 years ago.

Didn't? I'm pretty sure it still wouldn't if the conference was worth paying attention to. Lord knows I don't really pay attention to non-Big East games very often, a few regional games like Purdue and IU being exceptions.

[CubbieBum]

espn classic is playing the arizona/ku game from 95 (i think)

 

my best back then was from flagstaff so i sort of picked up UofA love from him. Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, they had it all. I forgot how much I loved that team.

 

i hope they all die in a plane crash.

 

i didn't even think of this angle. beautiful.

 

I hope youre on the plane too.

 

What a horrible post.

 

i used to love those ucla vs. arizona games. so much good guard play

 

Basketball didn't exist outside of the Big Ten to me until about 8 years ago.

Didn't? I'm pretty sure it still wouldn't if the conference was worth paying attention to. Lord knows I don't really pay attention to non-Big East games very often, a few regional games like Purdue and IU being exceptions.

 

I watch some non Big Ten games now and I actually follow the other major conferences. I actually look to see where Purdue should be seeded. Then there's the MAC stuff. Before 99 or so Purdue was always a top team so I never really had to follow anything else. Then the recruiting scandel happened and the team fell in the crap hole.

[shnsajax]

Remember the moment when Simon is taking a free throw, and has that perfect wink into the camera before shooting. That was great.

[Mark_R]

Anybody remember that full court shot by Miles Simon to beat Cincinnati when they were number one?

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3642019

[Magnetic Curses]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

[illiniguy]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

[imb]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

 

back injury, i think

 

i know he was in camp with someone this year, but he's spent the last few years in india doing religious studies or something nutty

[CubbieBum]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

 

back injury, i think

 

i know he was in camp with someone this year, but he's spent the last few years in india doing religious studies or something nutty

 

I wouldn't call being religious nutty

[illiniguy]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

 

back injury, i think

 

i know he was in camp with someone this year, but he's spent the last few years in india doing religious studies or something nutty

Latest I saw he was trying out with the Cavs. But, I thought that was in '03. According to Wikipedia he hurt his hammys and groin.

[imb]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

 

back injury, i think

 

i know he was in camp with someone this year, but he's spent the last few years in india doing religious studies or something nutty

Latest I saw he was trying out with the Cavs. But, I thought that was in '03. According to Wikipedia he hurt his hammys and groin.

 

Dickerson was dealt to Vancouver in the Steve Francis trade, but the durable guard continued to improve. After playing all 50 games in the strike-shortened season as a rookie, he appeared in all 82 games the next year, again putting up stellar numbers. He averaged 18.2 ppg in 1999-2000, 16.9 ppg in 2000-01.

 

That’s when Michael Dickerson’s journey took a sudden turn for the worse. The Grizzlies moved from British Columbia the following season and Dickerson suffered a severe sports hernia just five games into their inaugural season in Memphis. He was limited to just 10 games over the next two years.

 

Unable to heal over the next two-and-a-half years, Dickerson retired before the 2003 season. He finished his abbreviated career with averages of 15.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in just 212 games. Then-Grizzlies coach, Hubie Brown, called Dickerson “a pro’s pro,” adding, “He was mentally and physically tough everyday. Michael had to overcome operations, incredible pain and rehabilitation work on a daily basis.”

 

His career cut short, Dickerson was left looking for answers. He found them over 8,000 miles away.

 

“Just after the retirement, there were a lot of unanswered questions,” said the soft-spoken swingman. “I had just signed a contract and I was progressing in my career. And to have my career taken away from me, I was seeking answers. So I started studying different cultures, different environments. And I found more answers in India than I had anywhere else in my entire life.”

 

Dickerson spent much of the next three years in the subcontinent, studying ancient scriptures and healing his mind and body. Asked what drew him to India to begin with, Dickerson answers unequivocally: “The soul drew me there.”

 

He hadn’t picked up a basketball, but stayed in shape instead by concentrating on martial arts and yoga training. (“I didn’t want to blow up to 300 pounds,” Dickerson smiled.)

 

I wouldn't call being religious nutty

 

yeah but your opinions on most things are pretty irrelevant

[illiniguy]

remember when michael dickerson was a very promising pro and then just fell off the face of the earth?

Didn't he get hurt?

 

back injury, i think

 

i know he was in camp with someone this year, but he's spent the last few years in india doing religious studies or something nutty

Latest I saw he was trying out with the Cavs. But, I thought that was in '03. According to Wikipedia he hurt his hammys and groin.

 

Dickerson was dealt to Vancouver in the Steve Francis trade, but the durable guard continued to improve. After playing all 50 games in the strike-shortened season as a rookie, he appeared in all 82 games the next year, again putting up stellar numbers. He averaged 18.2 ppg in 1999-2000, 16.9 ppg in 2000-01.

 

That’s when Michael Dickerson’s journey took a sudden turn for the worse. The Grizzlies moved from British Columbia the following season and Dickerson suffered a severe sports hernia just five games into their inaugural season in Memphis. He was limited to just 10 games over the next two years.

 

Unable to heal over the next two-and-a-half years, Dickerson retired before the 2003 season. He finished his abbreviated career with averages of 15.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in just 212 games. Then-Grizzlies coach, Hubie Brown, called Dickerson “a pro’s pro,” adding, “He was mentally and physically tough everyday. Michael had to overcome operations, incredible pain and rehabilitation work on a daily basis.”

 

His career cut short, Dickerson was left looking for answers. He found them over 8,000 miles away.

 

“Just after the retirement, there were a lot of unanswered questions,” said the soft-spoken swingman. “I had just signed a contract and I was progressing in my career. And to have my career taken away from me, I was seeking answers. So I started studying different cultures, different environments. And I found more answers in India than I had anywhere else in my entire life.”

 

Dickerson spent much of the next three years in the subcontinent, studying ancient scriptures and healing his mind and body. Asked what drew him to India to begin with, Dickerson answers unequivocally: “The soul drew me there.”

 

He hadn’t picked up a basketball, but stayed in shape instead by concentrating on martial arts and yoga training. (“I didn’t want to blow up to 300 pounds,” Dickerson smiled.)

 

I wouldn't call being religious nutty

 

yeah but your opinions on most things are pretty irrelevant

Eh if it made him feel better I say more power to him. That had to be hard walking away from the money he would have likely got for his ability.