Ostensibly Hoops

guncase · Post by **guncase** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:13 am

Thats cool.... one is plenty... at that age you need alot of energy to keep up with them.....I have a 2.5 year old grandson (from my son that went to duke) .... I love it when they visit, but damn, I love it more when they leave... that little jackrabbit runs me ragged.

Saint · Post by **Saint** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:16 am

not just the running but making up shit to play with him because he's got an active imagination. "will you play with me?" ends up wanting me to indulge his superhero obsession and fight make-believe bad guys. I like being the bad guy, dammit, but he won't let me. I'm probably not a great playmate

guncase · Post by **guncase** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:51 am

Don't worry. you'll be the bad guy soon enough. Like when he turns 16 and wants a new car.

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:26 am

man, if I were a UNC fan, I"d be over Zeller right now.

Dude can't catch a ball at his waist after like 20 years in college years, gets shoved around almost every game, and he had one job at the end of the game which was to get a hand in the face of Austin Rivers, the guy everyone KNEW was going to take the shot, and he stood there waiting for his testicles to drop so he could be a man.

I know he is still a kid but damn.

He is going to spend the rest of his career at UNC seeking to redeem himself for tonight. Maybe he'll get that shot against Cuse, Ohio St. or Kentucky

Hell I wanted UNC to lose (normally its Duke but not when UNC is our chief rival for a championship) and even I'm pissed at Zeller right now

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:41 am

hedge wrote:This is going to be one of those moral victories for Dook, even though they'll claim there's no such thing as a moral victory. Just getting it back to this point is a moral victory for them tonight. But they're still going to lose...

DOH!

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:44 am

look at Anthony Davis' parents, his mom has a "bow to the brow" shirt on. I guess they all are having fun with it

Bklyn · Post by **Bklyn** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:42 am

I think the turning point was 50 posts ago hedge calling the game over and goldie "giving" Rivers the 3 ball "all day."

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:03 am

Rhymes, rhymes, I don't know how...

THE BROW!!!!!

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:06 am

"You tell me to grow up and not be pissed about them losing, but you want to have someone kill themselves that you do not even know. ANd you use the term faggot that is real mature.

Typical message board tough guy hypocrite."

I apologize for my tirade towards you last night, goldie. I was pissed, too, but trying to convince myself it was no big deal, so I lashed out at you. Sorry about that...

Last night was that once-in-a-generation (maybe once in a lifetime) loss to Dook that you wished had happened 20 years ago or 2 years ago or anytime but now (while you're watching). Probably doesn't top our 8 points in 17 seconds victory (before the 3 point era), but certainly is the equal of our comeback in '05. Just awful...

eCat · Post by **eCat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:13 am

worse, UNC allowed that punk Rivers to be elevated to hero status.

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:31 am

From Pat Forde's column:

"The timeline of how it happened:

• Carolina’s Harrison Barnes bounces in a jumper for an 82-72 Heels lead with 2:38 left. Roy Williams calls timeout to plot endgame strategy, which apparently he cribbed from the captain of the Italian cruise liner."

Ouch...

Bluecat · Post by **Bluecat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:33 am

Dammit Heels, I root for you twice a year and you let that happen?

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:40 am

I see that goldie also posts over at IC:

"This team will over achieve if they reach the Sweet Sixteen!!!!!!!!!!

THEY ABSOLUTELY DO NOT HAVE IT AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT ANY TIME IN THIS CENTURY!!!!!!!!

DOOK: 14 MADE THREES

UNC: 1 MADE THREE

^^^ DOES IT TAKE A GENIUS TO FIGURE THAT OUT OR A COMPLETE MORON, OR MORONS, LIKE OUR STAFF COACHED (OR NOT)!!!!!!!!!!!

ROY WILLIAMS AND HIS STAFF DID AN ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS JOB OF COACHING THIS TEAM, AND IT WILL CONTINUE!!!!!

ROY GOT B**CH SLAPPED AGAIN BY COACH K AND IT WILL CONTINUE, AGAIN, AGAIN, AND AGAIN...............

ROY CRYING LIKE A BABY TO ESPN AND ALL OTHER POST GAME REPORTERS ABOUT HOW WELL HIS TEAM PLAYED (THEY DIDN NOT!!!) AND HOW GREAT DOOK IS, AND HOW GREAT COACH K IS, AND TOTALLY DEFLECTED AND IGNORED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW INCREDIBLY TRAGICALLY HIS TEAM FOLDED DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This team is going no where slowly, and will continue to disappoint and choke down the stretch!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roy has lost the fire, and is content to cash the big pay checks, and so has our team, as they reflect the lack of spirit and heart of their coach, and it is painfully obvious, and well known by several ex-players and major donors.................

"

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:44 am

Funny how one shot can change most people's entire perception of a game and a team and even an entire season (a season that is basically at the halfway point right now). Even if Zeller had played it the exact same way (which was admittedly poor defense), but Rivers' last shot had rattled out last night, most people would be thinking we played poorly at the end, got a bit lucky, but somehow managed to hang on for the win. Probably would be focusing on how we hung in in the first half and took the lead at halftime, would be focusing on how well we played for the first 17 1/2 minutes of the second half (and really, the first 37 1/2 minutes of the game), how Zeller played like a man in the first half and kept us in it, how Barnes played like a man in the second half, all that shit. Might not have been jubilant about the win, but would definitely be upbeat.

But Rivers' shot goes in and now we're not even a Sweet 16 team, we have no heart, half the guys on the team outright suck, etc, etc. All b/c of one shot. Interesting...

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:20 pm

The flip side is that while everyone would be whewing with relief and shaking their heads at our good fortune if that last shot doesn't go in, hardly anybody would be extremely concerned with the complete meltdown over the last 3 minutes. And that's the crucial thing that has to be addressed and corrected if we're going to do anything this year (by anything I mean at least a FF appearance). Any team can have a mental and executional slip like last night. The fact that it came against Dook is admittedly far more troubling than if it had happened against, say, Ga. Tech, but we didn't exactly put Tech away either after being up by 20 at the half. But that can hopefully be corrected. Because if it can't, we'll be watching the FF from the stands, and probably a couple of games before that as well...

Jungle Rat · Post by **Jungle Rat** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:41 pm

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hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:48 pm

I liked his introduction for Jerrod Jack...

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:50 pm

Emeka Okafor is averaging 9.7 ppg and 7.9 rpg. Numerical palindrome!

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:51 pm

It's so rare to get a numerical palindrome with decimals...

hedge · Post by **hedge** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:23 pm

Somewhere Crotch is shedding a tear of respect...

"As Missouri students prepared to flood the court just after their team's memorable 74-71 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday night, several Tigers players stood in their path and motioned for them to stay in their seats.

It wasn't that Missouri wasn't excited about erasing a late eight-point deficit to beat the Jayhawks for just the fourth time in Bill Self's tenure. It was just that the Tigers didn't like the message that a court-storming against a team ranked lower than them would send.

"We know Kansas is a great team but we're at home and we expect to win," senior Marcus Denmon explained to ESPN's Holly Rowe afterward."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the ... 41660.html

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