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Feels like Underwood is getting outcoached, the refs are afraid to blow the whistle, and Guerrier needs to pull his head out of his ass.
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Not an ideal start for Illinois but I can't say I'm terribly surprised. I would have taken UConn and laid the points if I could bet on Illinois at all.
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100% agree on the screens. There were a lot of them where they were bumping a shoulder out and they never got called for it. There were a few at the top of the key that were especially egregious. I don't ever recall watching a B1G team play in a tournament game and having the thought that I wish they'd call this game a little tighter. ISU was incredibly physical all night but to your point, they were in very good defensive position and most of it was legal. I thought Illinois should have used some slip screens and back cuts to alleviate some of that on ball pressure and my god, the free throw shooting.
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Unrelated but fun note, Minnesota St. Mankato is playing in the D2 final four today and I played high school ball with the assistant head coach. Game starts at 3:30 on CBS Sports if anybody cares.
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Maybe they have some working theory on what's going to happen with the CBT and are basing their moves off it being non-existent or much higher in the next 5 years?
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It feels like he's just playing the political game right now to appease the city/fans and they'll end up in AH long term. He was overly gushy about Chicago in his presser at the meetings in Orlando and I think even he knows it was over the top.
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Cody is meh. Busch hits at a near All star level Imanaga is awesome Steele takes a step back Morel turns into an above average 3B
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One who knows he works for an uber rich guy who may bail him out. Or, it was actually Ohtani placing the bets and this is a really bad coverup that's going to blow up in MLB and Ohtani's faces. I personally think option B is a lot more likely.
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Yeah, where they tend to struggle is with close outs where they don't go hard enough and allow easy shots or when there's a lack of communication on a switch and someone ends up completely uncovered. It's 100% related to intensity and sometimes they just don't have it, then it all of a sudden shows up for a 10 minute spurt, they catch up and take the lead and the game is over. Unfortunately, that doesn't work against really good teams like Purdue and Tennessee as we've seen already this year.
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I don't think they came out flat but the defense was predictably soft early. They've tightened that up significantly and it's reaping dividends.
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Morehead shot out of their minds for the first 25 minutes. I said to a buddy Illinois was going to win by 15-20 at halftime. The depth is starting to wear them down and the hot shooting is cooling off.
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It would be incredibly on brand for Illinois to lose to Morehead St. after BYU just got eliminated.
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Illinois played some of their patented lazy ass defense in the first half and allowed 51 points. They played much, much better and with a lot more intensity in the 2nd half and just blew their doors off to the tune of a 58-36 advantage. If they play with energy and intensity on defense, they can beat anybody but it's just a guess as to whether or not they show up with the right attitude game to game. It's an incredibly talented team that is probably a legit point guard from being the best team in college hoops right now.
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As much as I hate it, the new MLS franchise in STL has really done an absolutely bang up job in every aspect of starting the franchise and I've become a fan. The game experience is first class, especially in the supporter's section where the cheapest tickets happen to be ($25 each for season ticket holders, which is the only way to get them other than secondary). As backwards as everything else here is, the fact that the franchise was awarded to the Enterprise Car rental family very much shows up in how well run everything is from ticket purchases, to communications, to the hospitality staff at the stadium. It didn't hurt them they had a fantastic inaugural season either. The experience has definitely made me a fan of an STL sports team and I never thought that would happen. Kind of feeds into the Fire being an afterthought in Chicago for sure.
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Looks like they're just leaning into the championship game not mattering to the selection committee because according to this, the selection show starts at 5:00 central time. Very odd choice. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2024-03-01/2024-selection-sunday-date-schedule-tv-times
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I'm not even talking 50/50 balls. I'm talking about plays like the one last night where the ball got tapped from behind, bounced off the rim and went right to Purdue for a wide open 3 or a dunk, I don't recall which. Just oddball plays that don't necessarily have any rhyme or reason seem to be landing in the other team's hands in opportune positions all the time. That and the amazing ability to miss 400 shots from inside 5 feet every game.
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It's frustrating to watch B1G officiating normally but the lack of calls on Edey is even more so. I've also never seen a team as talented and that gives as much effort as Illinois have so many balls bounce right into the hands of the opposing team for easy buckets or wide open shots. It seemingly happens 2-3 times a game and I have no explanation for it.
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If there's any truth to the Yankees offer of 6/$150 to Snell I think the collusion argument is entirely out the window. There's enough red flags in his profile to justify not going beyond that in AAV or years IMO.
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Their brains were always broken, they just didn't have a platform to tell everyone.
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Do you see similarities between PCA's issues and the stuff Happ had to work on when he first came up? Happ probably overall was more patient but he definitely had to learn to stop swinging at high FBs he can't get to.
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The encouraging part of this for me is that we have another example already on the team who had a similar problem the Cubs were able to fix in Ian Happ. Given the raw ability of PCA and how young he is, seems like something that should be correctable.
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I was just coming to post that.
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Stop. None of them should get a tax subsidy to do a damn thing. They're billionaires and self proclaimed genius businessmen. They can figure out how to make it profitable and if they can't, why should taxpayers foot the bill for any of it? horsefeathers them.
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The catcher )or in Hendricks case, the pitcher) are still calling pitches using PitchCom. It's not coming from the bench.
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2016 World Series Game 7 watch-along with Maddon/Francona
mul21 replied to Irrelevant Dude's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
@Irrelevant DudeI think the conversation around Lester is less about bringing him into the game in general than it is about bringing him into a dirty inning. There were even conversations about that before the game. especially considering his issues with holding runners on and throwing to 1st. The Chapman error was definitely game 6 and re-watching that 9th inning, i have no idea how Cleveland didn't hit several of those meatball sliders he threw into the seats.
