TheOpenThread: Syracuse vs. UConn
by Andrew Porter on Feb 25, 2012 8:00 PM EST
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PrintSyracuse Orange at Connecticut Huskies, Feb 25, 2012 9:00 PM EST
There are a lot of ways to approach a game like tonight's. You can talk about matchups and ask questions like how will UConn deal with Fab Melo? Or Can Syracuse slow down a resurgent Jeremy Lamb? You can look to the recent past and examine the game from two weeks ago, if only to once again marvel at Syracuse's insane outside shooting. Or you could take a historical tact, talk about the history of the rivalry, the dominance these two programs have shown over the Big East, six overtimes, etc. There's a future-tense angle as well. Syracuse is leaving for the ACC. Will UConn get a chance to join them? Is this the last time Syracuse will come to Storrs?
But those questions are not what I have been thinking about for the last week, or really since the schedule was released. Instead, I've been thinking about Gampel Pavilion. It's not the most famous arena in college basketball, and it doesn't always get thrown in the conversation for "toughest places to play", but for my money it's the best arena in the country. We give UConn fans a hard time for their fair-weather tendencies, but when they get excited about something they can create some real havoc and something tells me they'll be plenty excited tonight.
Gampel is a small arena for a big-time school, seating only 10,000 people (imagine if UConn knew where its program was going when the arena was commissioned in the 1980s), but it's loud as all hell when the crowd wants it to be and the Huskies have posted an eye-popping .877 winning percentage in it (129-18 heading into tonight).
Of those 129 wins, four have come at the expense of the Syracuse Orange, who have never won in Gampel. Here's hoping that UConn notches win 130 tonight so that when Syracuse heads off the to ACC they can do it knowing they never beat UConn on their real home floor.
The game tips at 9 on ESPN. Gameday will be broadcasting from Gampel starting at 8. Join us below to talk about and, of course, Go Huskies.
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Let's fucking do this
by CJ17098 on Feb 25, 2012 8:06 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Courtesy of the UConnHuskies Twitter
Great moments in the history of the rivalry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGLBAbGmeI&feature=youtu.be
Some classic footage here…
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
Wow
That was a great video.
by Monquencio Hardnett on Feb 25, 2012 8:27 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I like this post
Cram it up your ass (respectfully)! Here’s for a good game.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
FOR GOOD LUCK!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 8:09 PM EST reply actions
Let's ggooooooooooooooooooo
Get well soon Coach!
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What a coincidence.
I just talked to a SU grad today!
I asked him for the Crunchwrap Supreme.
SAFETY SCHOOL!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
This comment
is US News & World Report approved!
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Also, D. Quaiddddd with the comment of the year
I’d cover my yawn, but these three rings are holding my hand down
Get well soon Coach!
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by derbyguy on Feb 25, 2012 8:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Digging through some old Cuse Hate Week stuff:
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 8:42 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
lol
Get well soon Coach!
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I SEE JJHUSKY!!!
Get well soon Coach!
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I'm disappointed in myself
I was heavily considering coming back for this game. Very much regretting it right now. I’m jealous of you The Columnist.
Get well soon Coach!
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But for my job, I'd be there
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
?
I would as well…?
Get well soon Coach!
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Aight
I am well into my 30 of Keystone now. Along with my converted UConn fan we will finish it this game in the name of UConn.
Get well soon Coach!
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Things you don't about!!!
;)
Get well soon Coach!
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Glad we could come to a consensus.
Get well soon Coach!
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I like that I have more comments by far on BCI than you
You’re Porter’s friend right?
Get well soon Coach!
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he was a honorary husky in houston!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Honorary my ass
I’m the good luck charm and the entire reason Uconn won
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Oh man
This is an awesome thing to learn.
Get well soon Coach!
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I know some of the guys who write BC Interruption
They’re complete tools.
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Personally?
Cause I interact with them fairly frequently and internet versions of them are definitely tools.
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The human versions
are also massive tools
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Excellent. Sometimes I wonder why I bother arguing over there.
Get well soon Coach!
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well they created a college sports blog
and got it on sbnation. Like anyone that does that could be a good person.
i kid of course
and thank our fearless bloggers for this forum. been a enjoyable day/week leading up to this game. now let’s finish it off right.
No title
But its all good cause this needs to be permnanent.
Get well soon Coach!
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This is why you're the best
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Regarding BC Interruption
Go there now. Note that the first post is a fucking poll about which terrible meme is the best. You know what would be the best? if that blog died in a fire.
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:02 PM EST reply actions
Lulz
My favorite part is how much they talk about the Big East.
Get well soon Coach!
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You know
they should make a bigger effort to support their hockey team. Consistently a top ten and title contender. Why waste energy on basketball? Games are televised. Stick to your strengths, I say.
To be fair
They talk about that alot as well.
Get well soon Coach!
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LET'S GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN!!!!!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:02 PM EST reply actions
Who cares!
Doubtful though
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Second question
Does AO shit in the woods?
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
No, but apparently...
he still knows how to boogie!
Let it never be said that we UConn fans can't get up for a big game
with months-worth of promotion.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Did that guy with the green shitty sunglasses
look like Porter to anyone else?
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:07 PM EST reply actions
I know this has probably been discussed a ton, but...
Is Ollie the heir apparent?
Everyone else thinks so
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That's what people are saying
Though nothing has been said officially.
BLOCK PARTY!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:07 PM EST reply actions
Jim Burr is broken
like anything could make him a worse ref
HOLY CRAP
That was the first-ever double-clutch alley-oop I’ve ever seen.
More dribble penetration, plz.
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LOB TOWNNNNN!!!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of lobs
is anyone keeping track of the dunk contest tonight?
Doubtful
The dunk contest is a joke
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Oof, offense
If we’re gonna do high-low, we’re gonna need Olander or Giffey.
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Or just stick Lamb in the center
ALL THE TIME.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, I forgot about the key part of our offense
The “hey, all 3 of us are open 20 feet from the basket!” passing sequence.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Oriakhi.......
he’s playing offense like a mumu.
by Hambone83 on Feb 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
He handchecks like he's a guard
A 7-foot guard.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Ahh yes
Andre Drummond fouling 18+ feet from the basket…goodie
What were they doing??
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:17 PM EST reply actions
Fucking hate Burr
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:19 PM EST reply actions
I wish
he was more broken
So 'Cuse is gonna get the hometown calls, I see
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And only allowed like 8 or 9
I miss Hasheem.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
What in the fuck was that possession
YOU BEAT THE ZONE BY GETTING INTO THE MIDDLE. Dribble past these lanky fucks.
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BAD O
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
So the NCAA ruling...
Why is it that the NCAA seems to single out UConn?
Did Calhoun spit in their soda?
He had the nerve
to win the national championship after being sent to his room.
Indeed
Golf claps all around.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
Fucking banked 3's
fucking fuck
Danger time
Here’s where the offense sucking really holds us back.
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Ruh-roh
Scoreboard. That’s what I was referring to.
by Anonymous Coward on Feb 25, 2012 9:28 PM EST reply actions
Alright, fire everyone
What the hell are we doing out there.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
I would love to know
what a good thing to say to a team during this timeout would be. I mean Calhoun would just swear his head off at them, I suppose.
Hey, we finally get a bank 3
Now, let’s try defensive stuff.
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FIRE BURR
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions
Ugh.
Can’t believe I missed the Haier Shooting Stars competition for this. I hope Team Texas won.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions
Whichever team has Lindsay Whalen definitely won
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
No Whalen this year!
I’m as pissed as everyone should be.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
I love this.
UConn hits a 3. TV Timeout. Thanks for killing momentum, Burr.
Well he doesn't control those things
He does control knowing who touched it last, though.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Getting out rebounded 18-9
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:33 PM EST reply actions
16-8*
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
5-1 on offense
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Literally every gray-area call and break
goes to Cuse. The fucking universe has to even things out at some point, right?
Unfortunately for us
It will happen in March, in the round of 16, against a Missouri Valley Conference team.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
If they break our rim
We automatically get to win.
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
More Please?
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions
In college
37%-ish, I think? Between 35 and 40 is considered above-average.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
"...a much needed 3 for Syracuse!"
What? They’re up by 14.
Vitale's batting about .400
on saying the right team name at the right time thus far
Has Oriakhi
done anything of relevance!? Where’s the holy water!!!
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
Just dunk the damn ball Alex!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
Drummond and Oriakhi
couldn’t even get jobs at Bed, Bath and Beyond.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
Lamb from like 8 feet all night please
I don’t care if he takes 65 shots, that’s there all the time.
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THEY DONT FUCKING MISS
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:37 PM EST reply actions
C'mon with this
They’re 3-10 from 3.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
whats defense
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:38 PM EST reply actions
We really need to stop settling for 3s on fast breaks
Enough of that shit. Wasted possessions.
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boat got fouled
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:38 PM EST reply actions
Hold on.
Pink Hat Kid is wearing pink clothing now? Where are your morals, sir?
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 9:39 PM EST reply actions
Everytime I see him I say
I wonder if he’s parlayed this into some kind of breast cancer awareness gig. And he never has.
Our shot selection is the fucking worst
Seriously.
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Worst 3 point shooting team in the BE and we keep hurling them
?
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
You think that's bad?
You should see what’s on TNT. Not a single drive to the lane and there’s no defense.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able
to listen to Dick Vitale all game. He’s irritating as all hell
So, I'm not a basketball guy, per se...
So forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I just realized whenever an announcer says a team “lacks chemistry,” it’s just a backwards, sensationalist way of saying they aren’t that good.
They usually say that
when there is talent and they aren’t playing that good.
This is true
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Same is true
of “toughness”, “heart”, “hustle”, etc.
Yeah
I wasn’t expecting that.. Who knew lol
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
by lookitsnikole on Feb 25, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
BOAAATTTTT SHOW
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:43 PM EST reply actions
I'm gonna have to pull out my comment from the Marquette post-game thread
in response to this “THEY HAVE SO MUCH TALENT” deal.
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We literally can't stay in front of anyone.
Doesn’t matter how many 3s we make. We’re losing by 35 unless we start playing D.
"I don't get defeated by things." - James A. Calhoun
On fast breaks
why does everyone play like they’re avoiding fouls? Napier would be far more valuable if he just parked a cuse guy on his ass
I just checked
That was ’Cuse’s 2nd foul. Draw some fouls boys.
Can't do that with our dysfunctional offense
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Stop talking about how great Boeheim is. 3 titles is better than 1 all day long.
by johnf34 on Feb 25, 2012 9:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
"He bleeds [university name] [team color]!"
Seriously, is Dickie V getting his material from Bleacher Report?
I wouldn't call Boeheim's
handling of the Fine situation “beautiful” by any stretch of the imagination…
At one point I believe he almost
Got himself fired, right?
He succeeded
In getting himself sued
To be fair
The controversy was over Boeheim saying that the accusers were lying. And the accusers were pretty much lying.
Did anyone else come across this online?
http://mad.blog.dccomics.com/tag/otto-the-orange/
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
by lookitsnikole on Feb 25, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
amazing
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
I would laugh
if they called Cuse for an intentional foul here.
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The fuck
is Drummond trying to do dunking a 3 attempt 3 seconds after the buzzer?
It’s amazing that the NBA is gonna make a big athletic UConn center with no offensive game a top 5 pick for the second time in five years.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
I write for SBNation’s Cleveland Cavaliers site, and I tell the people there every couple days that we don’t want Drummond if we get a top 5 pick. Yet 90% of people strongly disagree with me.
He sucks now
But, honestly, the talent’s there. He just needs to figure out how to use it.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
I think Lamb is perfect as a No. 3/4 option on a pro team. Think he’ll actually be a better pro. UConn asks him to be someone he’s not right now.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know
He doesn’t seem to have any post moves, he hasn’t been particularly motivated to rebound. So far he’s kinda all athleticism.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
He's shown some flashes
He can catch/finish around the rim at least. Seems somewhat competent in the post on defense (though his dumbass fouls on the perimeter are infuriating).
The rebounding thing is pretty interesting. He just looks like a kid who has grabbed every rebound his entire life by virtue of being 6 inches taller than everyone else his whole life
He does have nice hands at least
which is about the only thing that separates his offensive game from Oriakhi. Which is sad, because he’s four inches taller and faster.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
I expected a better feel for the game
You heard a lot about his passing as a prep star, but he can barely execute the basics.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Which is all he needs to be.
He’s the most athletic center since Amare.
by UConnBlog Justin on Feb 25, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Can that be our mulligan half?
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:51 PM EST reply actions
however many it takes
how many did it take last year?
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Jerome Dyson took 2018 free throws his senior season.
Which is more than Shabazz and Lamb combined this year.
Uh
They were 4-13 from 3. They could very much be playing better. They’ve made layups and grabbed every rebound/loose ball, not because of luck, but because this team is just unmotivated.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
"this team" being UConn, of course
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
I want to see the Rudy enshrinement...
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:56 PM EST reply actions
Was prior to the game
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
dammit
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:57 PM EST reply actions
meant to reply
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
KU was down 19
BELIEVE
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 9:58 PM EST reply actions
oops
“/cries”, that is. Forgot how the code worked on SBN.
by hamdenhusky on Feb 25, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Kansas has very good basketball players
So it’s different.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Kansas has Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson
Product of NJ!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
maybe the single biggest difference
Between this year and last year. We just aren’t getting to the line.
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We're barely even driving into the lane
And when we do, it gets stripped or we get a little bump with no call → missed shot → fast break.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
Calhoun's going to come out from that tunnel any minute...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:06 PM EST reply actions
I wish this as well
But working on an ortho floor, I’ve spinal stenosis/any back surgeries, and they are pretty awful, it’s gonna be awhile if he ends up going to surgery route
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NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
by lookitsnikole on Feb 25, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Give me a fucking break Blaney
15 minutes to talk and we come out and run that shit?
And then Syracuse gets ANOTHER offensive rebound and ANOTHER wide open three.
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UConn 2011-2012
Where making the extra pass goes wrong
FOUL?! He stepped out
Burred
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:09 PM EST reply actions
Good news bad news
Good news: Just got back from The Woods after friggin’ crushing at poker.
Bad news: Rudy Gay and Kemba Walker didn’t suit up for this game.
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God
even when things go right they go wrong
AO looked like drew bledsoe...move
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:12 PM EST reply actions
And we don't have a single player who can do what Fab Melo just did
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This game is stupid
I mean, I watch other teams play and their games aren’t as stupid as this.
Somewhere, Derrick Coleman is punching a woman in the face. That has nothing to do with this game. It’s just fact.
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Him
And Devendorf.
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And then, theres the Mets.
by lookitsnikole on Feb 25, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
i miss the lamb floater
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
Can't get that shot
We have to keep running that zone offense where Drummond or Oriakhi is in the high post, so no one passes to them because they can’t handle passes to the high post.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
i feel like he's been in the time out corner for 10 games
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
bazz....dumb dumb dumb
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:13 PM EST reply actions
Any football or hockey player
Would laugh at our defense.
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No one
wants to go to the fucking rim. On defense everyone plays like they have 4 fouls. If Jardine goes to to the rim like that, KNOCK HIM THE FUCK OUT! Is anyone going to care that Shabazz has 3 fouls to give at the end of the game?
Hey look
Now we’re sticking Roscoe in the middle of the zone. It’s almost like we’re looking for every single who player who can’t do it.
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GET LOUD!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:18 PM EST reply actions
NIELS SIGHTING
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:19 PM EST reply actions
And he did used his skill in a useful way!
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
Fucking love SCOE
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:19 PM EST reply actions
FUCK HIM UP
STAY THE FUCK DOWN
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:21 PM EST reply actions
Great foul by Giff
Finally!
He should play the last 13 minutes.
Already done more positive things than almost anyone else.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Separated at birth
Jim Burr. Corky from Life Goes On. Discuss.
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Glad he's playing hard
That was an awesome play, but not a foul, it was perfect
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UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Giffey in
And we start playing with some heart
WHAATTTTT
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NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
LETS FUCKING GOOO
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:23 PM EST reply actions
Here we go boys
I believe the worm has turned.
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Just gotta keep playing defense
And stop giving those fuckers four chances every time down the floor.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Damn beat me to it
Get well soon Coach!
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Eat a bagel (like a mumu)
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I had laryngitis going into this game
Now I think my vocal cords are just broken
So wonderful.. COME ON UCONN
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NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
I HAVE STREP!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
KEEP EM COMING
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:27 PM EST reply actions
LETSS GGGOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Get well soon Coach!
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1967: Embrace it
travel
Time to get this shit going.
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Also
That was a shooting foul? Fuck the heck?
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
+1
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
ATTACK BEFORE 5 SECONDS LEFT ON THE SHOT CLOCK
I seriously can’t even watch this shit sometimes.
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SEE?
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
Sad
When Vitale is explaining how to beat a zone in a simple calm manner while we make a fucking hash of it.
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STAND UP GAMPEL
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions
BURR...ALWAYS BURR
SWALLOW THAT FUCKING WHISTLE
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:32 PM EST reply actions
See my above comparison to a retarded actor portraying a retarded person.
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'SCOE with the heart
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:33 PM EST reply actions
I think we just have to go without Drummond the rest of the way
Bazz-Lamb-Boat-Scoe-AO
Sprinkle in some Giff here and there.
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BURR
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:34 PM EST reply actions
How many botched dunks has UConn had tonight?
It’s gotta be at least 3 or 4.
JIM BURR YOU MUDEROUS BASTARD
WHY ARE YOU IN MY LIFE!??!?!!?!?
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?
Do you really think winning no titles is better than winning three?
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no
but his calls are always against us
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
Why is he still employed?
Is there that bad of a referee shortage…?
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
Casino news:
There was a riot at the MGM last night. Diddy was having a party at the suite, some shit happened, rappers were fighting people, one slugged a tribal rep (which is a HUGE no-no).
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Yep
If you like setting foot in the place, you don’t even look at them funny. They decide who gets suites. If you had to hit someone and had to choose between hitting them and hitting an old lady, well, tell gramma to brace herself.
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Yeah
We don’t have that much margin for error here.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
SCOOOOEEEE
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:38 PM EST reply actions
Hey
Is the guy who did those cartoons the same guy who did the UConn/Cuse poster?
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HERE WE GO
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:42 PM EST reply actions
I've only seen one of them naked
So Erin wins.
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STAND UP GAMPEELLLLLL
D UP!!!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:44 PM EST reply actions
TURNOVER
HERE WE GO
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
JONATHAN
GETTING EVERYONE UP
HERE WE GOOOOOO
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UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
It's getting to be about that time.....
….you know what time…..
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ALL WE DO IS AIRBALL SEVEN FOOTERS AND GET THE REBOUND
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BLOOOOOCK
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:45 PM EST reply actions
Shut up Vitale
Take your good eye out and eat it.
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YOU BRING THE ALLEY
WE BRING THE OOP
TIE GAME
ALL WITH THE CRAZINESS
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:46 PM EST reply actions
NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
COME FUCK WITH US
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:46 PM EST reply actions
Holy. Fuck.
New rule: Never play any important game at the XL Center again.
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This team
some days
gives so few shits about everything. and when it works it is absolutely beautiful
Now, here's the key
DO NOT LET UP.
We did this same shit against Notre Dame last Senior Day. DO NOT LET UP.
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UGH BAZZ
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:48 PM EST reply actions
Dear Shabazz
Just cause you made one 50 footer doesn’t mean you should take them all.
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BAZZ
WTF
Literally hurls it whenever he feels like it
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
Yup
He’s not great at switching gears. Like if the shot isn’t falling, being more of a facilitator. If Lamb is missing shots, you want him to keep shooting because he’s a good shooter. Shabazz, less so.
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Here's the thing though
He kind of has been a good facilitator tonight. 7 assists, only 3 shots. It’s just that these shots are terribly, terribly, TERRIBLY timed.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
So
We kinda did the SAME FUCKING THING we did last year on Senior Day.
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Shabazz...
jesus…
Is there anyone in the history of basketball who makes memorable mistakes more frequently than Shabazz Napier? Unreal.
D UP!
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions
the shit's on now motherfucker
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HERE WE GOOOOOOOO
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:54 PM EST reply actions
WE HAVE LAST POSSESSION
PLEEEEASE REBOUND OR STOP
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:54 PM EST reply actions
Seriously
Every game at Gampell except for the non-conference games during winter break.
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It amazes me how good we can look when we actually give a shit
or when we realize that you can beat the zone by doing the same, like, 2 things.
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or not...
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
THANK GOD
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions
Did anyone else just say
No Shabazz DONT DO IT
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
Was that in the cylander?
I think it was.
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twas
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
FUCK IT...
I WANT A 3
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:57 PM EST reply actions
Please set up something for Lamb
Or even Boat. No Bazz pull up 3.
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putting laptop down so I don't throw it across the room in anger/happiness.
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Melo dunk
because of rookie mistake. But AD recklessly gambled and it forced a switch with Roscoe guarding Melo. I know Drummond’s kept us in it, but it still sucks.
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
WHERES THE HOLY WATER
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 10:58 PM EST reply actions
Terrible.
Fold the football program, and deposit monies previously budgeted for said program into a savings account in Coach Calbertus Magnus's name.
JIM BURR
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
A. Drummond 17 Pts, 14 Reb, 3 Blk
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by kemba walker is my hero... on Feb 25, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
Should have had about 8 blocks and 19 rebounds
But Melo and co. were abusing those boards and attacking that rim
Yeah
I would be his Reb% is pretty low for a 14-rebound game.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
That's how it ended?
No, I refuse to believe I watched that
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
Oh, lawd.
Shades of the KU-MU game from earlier today.
Does losing a close one
factor into bracketology?
We're fine for now
Lose to Providence or Pitt, then we’re in trouble.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously
The way they set that play up after two timeouts was abysmal, and if you don’t want it going down to the last minute don’t get down 17 in the first half, but the go ahead basket was a goaltend and 9 times out of 10 a foul gets called on that last play. NBA-like.
Oh well. Win the rest, a couple in the BET and we’re still OK hopefully.
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Good night everyone
I’m going to go watch 40-year-old virgin. That ought to take the sting off all of this.
I think MSG will put a spring in our step
This team should get fairly deep if they play like they did tonight.
Minus the first half
UConn '11
UConnW '10
NYG '12
And then, theres the Mets.
by lookitsnikole on Feb 25, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
At the very least, there’s no more excuse for sucking against the zone. Roscoe, Giffey, Lamb in the middle ALL THE DAMN TIME. They’re either always open, or it should be a dunk for someone else.
And we can only play with one of Drummond or Oriakhi on the floor at all times, officially.
If we can just get through this week with a couple wins, we’ll be in and dangerous.
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by Kevin Meacham on Feb 25, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
I was either going to be drinking
Due to pure elation or depression. Looks like the second.
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