SouthSideRyan
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Wont' stick around with the name ktown either.
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Oh, no doubt Tennessee is the better team. That's what's so frustrating, when a team has a chance to beat the better team and loses it because of fundamental mistakes. Point taken on the timing of the gaffes, though that was one of the most frustrating parts of hte layups was that they were missing them down the stretch. They did hit their free throws then though. As I mentioned I agree with the general principle that there's a lot of noise involved in a basketball game, which is why I don't trust the advanced basketball stats nearly as much as I do baseball. They're fun to look at, and I do think they do a better job than looking at the conventional stats, but basketball has too much outside involvement to break it down(even though I love Pomeroy) so easily with stats.
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But I'm not playing the what if game over every event. I'm playing it over events that Butler should've had complete control over. Put it this way, if Butler missed one of those many wide open layups, or free throws with 1 second left in the game everyone would be saying they blew it. Don't get me wrong, Tennessee won the game, that's it. Everything that happens in a game matters, regardless of whether Butler shot themselves in the foot or it was Tennessee's defense doing it. My only point is that 9 times out of 10, Butler hits another free throw, or hits one of those layups and wins. I didn't see those independent chokes from Tennessee other than the travel near the end of regulation.
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For the 3 other people that care about Pomeroy: At-larges that would be out going by strict Pomeroy: BYU Villanova Oklahoma St. Mary's St. Joe's Vandy Kentucky South Alabama And taking their spots: Nebraska Ohio St. New Mexico VA Tech Florida Arizona St. Syracuse Illinois(last spot in!!) Pomeroy rating of remaining teams 1. Kansas 2. UCLA 3. Wisconsin 4. Memphis 5. UNC 6. Washington St. 7. Louisville 10. Texas 11. Stanford 13. Michigan St. 14. Tennessee 18. Xavier 19. West Virginia 29. Davidson 46. Villanova 61. Western Kentucky
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I didn't mention turnovers cause those rely heavily on the opponent's defense. Obviously Butler is going to turn it over more against a defense the caliber and style of Tennessee. I didn't mention Buter's poor shooting because again, function of the defense. Fouls, again, function of the team you play against, and the refs calling the game. Tennessee committed 24 fouls in the game, and averaged 20.6 on the season. Butler committed 25 in the game, 17.2 on the season. Not a complaint, as I said there's a ton of noise in a stat like that to say anything. Uncontested layups and free throws are independent acts, and Butler choked the game away on those. Edited: Found stats
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Tennessee shouldn't be in the Sweet 16 why? It wasn't exactly a miraculous upset we pulled over Butler. It was exactly as expected, they play a very disciplined style that usually gives Tennessee problems. The Vols played well and barely beat a very good mid-major. I would even argue Vandy is a better team than they showed against Siena, but I won't press the point. They lost and that's the way it is. But there's no good reason why Tennessee shouldn't be in the Sweet 16. Butler missed more layups in that game than they've missed all year. They also shot poorly from the FT line. And of course Vandy is better than they showed. They were blown out by Siena.
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Dumpster Diving
SouthSideRyan replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Is this the same Steve Kline, who once wish that Mark Prior took a line drive off the head, and that he could no longer pitch in the majors? I mean no longer be a fan or Prior, but I'll never forgive Kline for wishing bodily harm on a fellow player. well you could make an argument the franchise would have been in much better shape the past couple years if this had happened. just sayin. Yeah, that makes no sense. -
WGN Radio: Vote for Cubs Opening Day Song
SouthSideRyan replied to 98navigator's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I can't see any choices, but the band of idiots out there are gonna vote for something in the past few years instead of Jump. Idiots. -
For all the crap I've given the SEC, they have an incredible chance of having 0 Elite 8 teams. And should probably have 0 Sweet 16 teams.
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Cubs to Announce Rotation & Bullpen Roles Tomorrow
SouthSideRyan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This whole Dempster to the rotation is the dumbest thing the Cubs have done since they put Dempster in the rotation in '05. -
Yeah, Gus was booted for the horrible James Brown.
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Georgetown was 23% better on FG% and lost. That's insane.
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I have Nova in this game, but Siena was my spread pool team. Guessing they don't cut this to 5. Bastards.
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Little overreaction there snood. I did forget about ASU though, they should've had Baylor's spot instead. I'd put OSU as #66. I was pretty dubious about South Alabama, and pretty much the entire SEC after Vandy, but the bubble was weak enough that they belonged.
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The live angle and replay(s) didn't really show anything to raise my suspicion. Of course, had the shot gone in, it would have only tied the game and UCLA still would have had plenty of time to set up a final shot. And I certainly would have favored them in OT. Which is why you don't take a 2 there. Drive to the basket kick it out. Don't give UCLA another 5 minutes to prove they're more talented than you.
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because they assumed it would be Vandy vs. Clemson when they scheduled it An entirely unintriguing(not a word) matchup.
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Man Indiana sure played well in the tournament. And the fifth and sixth place teams, Ohio State and Minnesota, had good showings as well. Oh wait...... Maybe they would have done OK if they had put them in instead of garbage like Baylor and South Alabama. Baylor, I'll agree with in terms of shouldn't have been in but not South Alabama. And if I was going to remove Baylor, I sure as hell wouldn't have put Ohio State or Minnesota in. Easy to say off the top of your head. When you look at it, OSU was one of the best teams snubbed. Minnesota certainly had no shot.
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Current conference breakdown. ACC: 3-2 Pac 10: 3-3 Big XII: 5-2 SEC: 3-3 Big East: 8-1 Big Ten: 4-1 A10: 1-2 Mountain West: 1-1 West Coast: 1-2 Sun Belt: 1-1
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This Xavier/Purdue game is all kinds of fun.
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As I mentioned, I really like patting myself on the back.
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Fritter fritter fritter. Can't afford Johan.
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He'll be right more often than not though. It's not like you have 1-2 matchups yet. He doesn't have any money riding on his bracket. Why would he not pick the better team? Cause he's contributing nothing by doing so? I'm not saying he should be picking a ton of upsets to be controversial. I'm saying he should put a little more work into his job beyond saying Well Connecticut is the 4 seed, so you know I gotta go with them. And I too have only one 2 seed going to the sweet 16.(Texas)
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Unless you have a mediocre starting catcher, just drop Napoli for a closer, he's not worth it unless it's a hedge against your starter.
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Clark Kellogg is friggin annoying. Don't bother making predictions if you're going to pick the higher seed every time you're asked. What purpose is he serving there?
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Final game as in national title game? Clemson isn't very good. I like patting myself on the back.
