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  1. UMFan83
    Would be great to have revenge on Mexico for the loss in pool play, but a game against Japan would be really damn fun. Anyone know who is lined up to potentially start for Japan?
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    Except for the inevitable 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER performances against the Cubs
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    Cardinal hits a home run off a Cub and I’m cheering. Weird.
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    Definitely a lot of pitching death with this organization. Not as much as cardinals though I don’t regret my typo
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    Seems sub-optimal. Seems like we have a lot of pitching death so not devastating if he can’t get it going but he was so useful in the multi-inning relief role last year
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    Do you happen to have a video I can watch? Find your own wanking material lol As much as you hate Michigan I doubt you want to watch NIT highlights but I want people to understand how stupid this was so I’ll take a chance. Starts at 22:00 with Hunter missing a point blank layup
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    Yeah that was incredible
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    No one should care because its the NIT but after losing 6 other games with an 80%+ chance of winning in the 2nd half this year, Michigan managed to save their best for last. Up 8, with the ball, 1:06 left and their best player with the ball in his hands under the basket with a clean look, and they managed to lose in regulation. Vanderbilt didn't hit any 3 pointers. Michigan didn't shoot (and miss) any FTs. They just turned the ball over 4 straight times leading to easy baskets (and a FT). 97.7% chance of winning and they lost it. Good times
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    On one hand Puerto Rico is the funnest team in the tournament. On the other hand Yadi doesn’t get to coach his country to a championship
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    I honestly feel this way right now. But then everybody brings up Virginia's struggles, then their Championship. Also, assuming Edey isn't crazy enough to try to go to the NBA(And the transfer portal doesn't hit too hard), Purdue probably returns their whole roster except for David Jenkins. We're talking their top 7 guys in minutes played returning. Hopefully after time has passed you can at least take solace in the fact that Purdue won the regular season and conference tournament championship. But I totally get it if this completely ruins those accomplishments. I was talking with some Michigan fans after the game about whether you’d rather miss the tourney or be a 1 seed and lose to a 16. I think I’d rather actually miss the tourney of those scenarios
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    Also nice to see Nelson Velazquez hitting 3rd for PR and hitting a single, then scoring on Javy’s bomb. Past, present and (sort of) future Cubs staring for PR
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    FDU was Kenpom’s 297th ranked team, and had the 4th worst defense of any team in the country. They did not even win their conference tournament. They lost their championship game but got the auto-bid because Merrimack was ineligible. This is worse than UMBC/Virginia despite the score being closer. Painter has now lost to an 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 seed
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    Purdue reminds me of 2012-2013 Michigan. They brought back some returning players like Burke and Hardaway and had a great incoming freshman class. Ranked 5th going into the season, they started 20-1 and at one point were ranked number 1. Their defense then fell apart and they went 6-7 the rest of the season including getting knocked out early in the Big Ten tournament. They even lost to a Penn State team that went 2-16 in the conference. Over the last 2 weeks they dropped from a 1 seed to a 4 seed and their expectations were much lower (I remember everyone picking 5 seed VCU to upset them in the 2nd round), but they found another gear and went all the way to the championship game. Not saying its a perfect comparison by any means and admittedly just drawing parallels without much actual analysis (though I know Purdue's defense has really dropped off lately similar to Michigan's) but just saying don't completely dismiss the early season performance or take too much stock in the late season lag. Expected to be a top team heading into the season, they played like it initially and then slipped before putting it back together. Sounds like Purdue so far. ….or not
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    0-7 today on upsets, and only 1 of the 7 games has gone down to the final seconds (Xavier-Kennesaw St). Zzzzzzzz
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    Yikes
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    I’ve thought that too. They’ll also have 2 first round picks with at least one of them hopefully being top 10. But I don’t think Poles is a splashy FA guy in general. Not sure if he’ll ever make the splash you think he makes. I think he is carefully building this thing up and doesn’t necessarily have a timeline in his mind. He absolutely should be trying to win ASAP with Fields on his rookie deal though
  19. UMFan83
    Love the Foreman signing. Very underrated though like others pointed out I was hoping we’d have a better pass catching option.
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    They’re also the only 1 seed to ever lose to a 16. Happened 5 years ago today. ?? what am I missing
  21. UMFan83
    Insane, absolutely insane. Hopefully the Bulls can get an injury waiver to give them some space to find a replacement PG this offseason. Though I think with cap holds for guys like Vuc, the Bulls are over the cap even without Lonzo's cap number.
  22. UMFan83
    Bottom 10 but hopefully improved LB play and likely improved secondary play (with Brisker and Gordon in their 2nd years) to mitigate some of the challenges of having a below average DL unit, maybe? Pretty please?
  23. UMFan83
    Wondering if the strategy for spending the money is more about lets get adequate players in the door so we have some baseline depth and then focus on bringing in impact players through the draft. Not having marginal NFL talent in key roles helps bring the floor of the team up without giving out too many outlandish contracts. Or I'm just talking out of my ass
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    I don't even know who Mark Pennel is and I watched every game last year lol
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