UMFan83

Apparently Michigan fans were chanting "Fire Tressel" in the stands. LOL

All hail, to the Hampton Pirates Rulers of the sea, All hail, to the Hampton Pirates Best team they'll ever be!! All hai! Hail! Hail! To the mighty Hampton Pirates, Hail to the White and Blue! It's H-A-M-P-T-O-N, Hampton Pirates fight to win, Hampton Pirates we love you!!

I didnt even realize that Michigan didn't make a FT all game. No FTM and a 30 point win. Wow

It's just so brutal, just like their other 30 point wins this year. :)

Ho hum, just a 53-17 run for Michigan

Holy [expletive] this is awesome.

Michigan has committed some of the dumbest fouls this half. We need to get Morris out of the game, so we can make this game look a little more like Texas Western vs. Kentucky.

you know the saying. "You die by the 3 and you live by the 3.....either way just keep shootin em!" or something.

LOL *white guy hits a 3* Nantz: AND A SCRAPPY EFFORT BY MICHIGAN

lol has Michigan hit a non-layup today? I honestly don't think so.

I know I cant stand watching this team sometimes. The offense is a lot more complex but to the untrained eye it looks like they are just passing it around the 3 point line until someone gets a halfway open 3 look.

This is a disaster. Michigan can't hit a 3 to save their lives. And if you've watched any UM game over the last 4 years, you know if they can't hit a 3 they don't win. That and the fact that PFs are 8-3 in Tennessees favor and FTs are 6-1 but I won't go any further because I cannot have an emotional investment in the game and call out the refs with an unbiased assessment. It sure looked like our little white dudes are getting contact in the paint though. And on that last 3 pointer, the lunging Tennessee player sure look like he got pretty close. OK I'll stop

Am I the only one that can't get live video of the Michigan game to play? It just says "Please wait, your game will begin shortly"

Getting nervous for Michigan, but part of the nerves are the fact that I have to somehow watch the game with my boss walking around the office all afternoon.

Meh, I'd see why the Mets released him first. I mean if you look at the candidates for the Mets starting 2B job, none of them seem like they really even have any long term upside. We're talking about a Rule 5 pick, Daniel Murphy, and Luis Hernandez. He's also 35 and had a .604 OPS in 250 ABs last year. I'd rather let Jeff Baker and Blake DeWitt fight it out and see if either can give a career season.

Fixed for Chicago

pujols, carpenter, holliday, rasmus, molina (yeah seriously...not wainwright...molina)

Here...this is a breakdown of Rose's shots this year and last year (from hoopdata.com). The numbers in parenthses are his rank amongst qualified PGs (the qualifications were 25+ minutes per game, 30+ games play). LAST YEAR: At Rim: 55.1% (23rd/37) - 439 Attempts (4th/37) 3-9 Feet: 57.5% (2nd/37) - 167 Attempts (1st/37) 10-15 Feet: 50.0% (7th/37) - 164 Attempts (2nd/37) 16-23 Feet: 44.0% (5th/37) - 540 Attempts (1st/37) The 2nd place person had 365 attempts (Curry) 3 pointers: 40.1% (EFG) (30th/37) - 60 Attempts (34th/37) THIS YEAR: At Rim: 58.6% (23rd/34) - 394 Attempts (2nd/34) 3-9 feet: 40.4% (13th/34) - 166 Attempts (1st/34) 10-15 feet: 41.9% (11th/34) - 117 Attempts (3rd/34) 16-23 feet: 39.0% (16th/34) - 331 Attempts (1st/34) 3 pointers: 50.4% (EFG) 23rd/34 - 304 Attempts (2nd/34) So as you can see, his biggest drop off in terms of percentage comes from 3-9 feet out, as he's went from a 57.5% shooter to a 40.5% shooter. But this is only a small effect, as his 3-9 foot shots were only ~13% of his total shots. Other noticable changes are his % from 10-15 feet dropped 9%, but again this is his least chosen shot attempt. He has shot over 200 less attempts from 16-23, which he killed last year, and has pretty much given those attempts from behind the 3 point line, where he has shot around 33%, down from 44% from midrange. So has the decision to take less shots from 16-23 and instead take a majority behind the 3 point line been effective for him? Here is what I came up with: 10-11 - 635 shots to score 559 points (.880 points per shot) 09-10 - 600 shots to score 523 points (.872 points per shot) So Rose has gotten more points this year, but in more shots (and less games). But the efficiency is nearly identical). If you break down his PPS for the various shots, you'd see he is more efficient at the rim this year (1.17 PPS vs. 1.10 PPS last year), extremely less efficient from 3-9 feet (0.81 PPS vs. 1.15 PPS last year), and slightly less efficient from 10-15 feet (0.84 PPS vs. 1.00 PPS last year). I'm not sure what sort of groundbreaking conclusions one can draw from this data, but its interesting to look at nonetheless.

Nashville, Phoenix, Dallas (obviously) and Calgary all won. The only thing going our way is St. Louis is somehow beating LA 2-0 after 2. If things hold, this is how the race will look. 1. Vancouver 103 (72) 2. Detroit 94 (71) 3. San Jose 88 (72)*tied 2-2 with Minnesota 4. Phoenix 87 (72) 5. Los Angeles 85 (71)*down 2-0 against St. Louis 6. Dallas 84 (71) 7. Chicago 84 (71) 8. Calgary 83 (73) ----------------------- 9. Nashville 82 (71) 10.Anaheim 81 (70) 11.Minnesota 77 (71)*tied 2-2 with San Jose Probably the most damaging day for playoff chances/positioning in awhile.

Coyotes up 1-0, Flames now up 3-1. Worse case scenario odds are looking good.

So far Boston and Nashville are tied, Detroit is winning, Calgary is up 2-1 over hapless Colorado. So no help on that front either. Since the best case scenario is looking out of the question, here is what it would look like if everything went wrong tonight: 1. Vancouver 103 (72) 2. Detroit 94 (71) 3. San Jose 89 (72) 4. Los Angeles 87 (71) 5. Phoenix 87 (72) 6. Dallas 84 (71) 7. Chicago 84 (71) 8. Calgary 83 (73) ----------------------- 9. Nashville 82 (71) 10.Anaheim 81 (70) 11.Minnesota 79 (71)

No I am. Way to give up a goal in the last 3 minutes of the first and first minute of the 2nd. 3-0 now. This sucks..this was a really big night and were getting crushed.

I think in that situation, your odds of scoring are higher throwing it up for grabs at midcourt than throwing it to an open person 5 feet from where you are standing and shooting a 2/3rd court shot. I think people believe that getting off a shot, no matter where it is, is better than getting the ball to a position where you would have more than a 1% chance of making, should a shot be attempted there.

So far both the play-in winners who have played have gotten off to good starts. The first, Clemson, faded in the 2nd half. Hope UNC Asheville has a different fate. That would really turn the SE bracket unbelievably wacky.

Typical 1 seed start slow, close at half, then open 2nd half on 20-0 run and win by 30 like usual A 16 seed is bound to win one day. May as well be today. :D UK losing to Princeton would be so clutch. Probably won't happen though. I know there have been some 3-4 point wins for 1 seeds over 16, but the closest I feel like we've come to seeing a 16 seed win was UConn-Albany back in 2006. I think Albany had a 9 point lead with 7-8 minutes left before UConn went on a big run and won comfortably.