Greene Rice FIG said:

Do you want Somerville taking shots at the rim?

You hit on why UM shot chart looks like that

That shot chart is EXHIBIT A why Somerville, in my eyes, can't be a 20+ MPG player in B1G and expect to win.

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He shoots 86% (86%!!!) from the foul line and is going to the line more each game. Not factoring that in, and foul shooting generally, diminishes the shot chart value. And based on his foul shooting he certainly projects to be a good shooter in future years.

LETSGORU91 said:

Keep the roids out.

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Yes, Rose did his time and should now be in. The roids are a different animal & should be kept out.

My father was 90 when he died, his wife was 60, I did not call every few days, knowing he was in good hands.
But I happened to visit him that day, we talked, no problems, I was driving home and about an hour into the drive his wife called and said he
dropped dead, i stopped and turned around
You never know.

Mr Magoo said:

Ll

agree with all of this but I’m just not so crazy about Cease. I wish there was a different pitching target but I’m not sure who that would be.

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Alcantara

I’ve mentioned this before, but in the 80s the bathroom on the 1st floor was one of the most disgusting public bathrooms.

Mr Magoo said:

Agree with you about Baty. He’s still young but I have a feeling he’s not going to live up to expectations and his value is still decent for a trade.

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The only reason I’d hesitate in trading Baty is if Vientos regresses badly - then you’d give Baty another shot. I believe in Vientos - great kid, bat and arm - but there have been plenty of one year wonders.

bac2therac said:

no one really expected wins vs Bama or Texas A&M so cannot consider them brutal losses...sure we played close and had our chances but those were house money games at the time. Losing to kennesaw and Princeton just brutal and the Iowa was the most deflating loss.

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Disagree on definition of brutal

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JudgeSmails56 said:

The camden players got suspended for something similar, but knox gets a pass... bad look

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Yes….further to your point, that Camden team had a top 5 player in the nation DJ Wagner who was part of the the greatest basketball lineage in NJ history.

rutgersal said:

Michigan ate our lunch inside all game long as Goldin was unsolicited, and ended up with 22 points. Their rebounding edge was 38-27. Just a common theme for this season. Cliffs toughness and leadership is dearly missed.

Look at all our close losses and the difference is Cliffs impact.

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We didn’t “lose” Cliff. Cliff graduated and wanted to leave. He was never coming back.

RutgersChow said:

I'm not sure I would call them brutal. They were against really good teams and were early in the season, but the other 12 loses were kind of brutal.

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These were our missed opportunities for an OOC resume. Two neutral court Q1 OOC wins against elite teams

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hrdcorhays said:

I thought it worked off of North-North magnets propelling it? Maybe that was the old Batman & Robin chiller ride?

The one rule on those sorts of rides was to keep your head back against the headrest before launch or you are gonna have a sore neck.

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I was too tall to properly fit in the seats. I rode it once in 2005 and felt fine. However, always assumed it was a bad idea to tempt fate anymore. LOL!

RUSCFORMERLYRULOU said:

Castillo from Seattle? But he’s got a big contract.
IMHO, we are wasting Batys potential value in a trade by making him a bench player.

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Agree with you about Baty. He’s still young but I have a feeling he’s not going to live up to expectations and his value is still decent for a trade.

Shelby65 said:

Both were fouls. Both times the defenders put their bodies into the players causing them to lose their balance. It’s either a push (w/o hands) or cylinder. Can’t call a travel on those.

Didn’t see Michigan do the same thing. I don’t remember prior games.

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Mr Magoo said:

Ll

agree with all of this but I’m just not so crazy about Cease. I wish there was a different pitching target but I’m not sure who that would be.

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Castillo from Seattle? But he’s got a big contract.
IMHO, we are wasting Batys potential value in a trade by making him a bench player.

Cliff needed a change. He had been here four years and while he became more of a physical specimen, his basketball skills, particularly on the offensive end, just did not develop. This is his last year ,and while his role with Bama may not be as large as anticipated ,he is a contributor on a team that could go to the final four. And he is getting what will likely be the biggest check he will ever get from playing the sport. While I will give Pike credit for developing Myles Johnson, he did not get the job done with Cliff.

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bac2therac said:

In the discussion is In was the debate. I still think a hard sell with 14 losses and a 15th coming..2 Q3 losses that others don't have.

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You are saying that even if they won out, got to 17-14, that they were on the bubble but still OUT, correct? Only hope of getting in would have been if committee paid attention to them rattling off a minimum of 3 BTT wins, I assume. They would be 20-15, but committee could have basically determined the field and that they were already out based upon the 17-14 resume. I am surmising that even if we won the Michigan game, we were pushing a rock up a hill regardless as we were not being selected. Only shot for us was finish regular season with 5 straight wins, then rattle off 3 more in BTT (now up to 8 straight wins, my word) and then committee takes account of our BTT exploits and then selects us as an at large. That was a near impossible task, a real Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill kind of task.

Bac, I have a general seeding and placement question for you.
I understand why #1 and #2 seeds get placed in the reigons, but it is mostly a mystery to me how placement in the first round sites are determined. More specifficaly, I have tickets for Cleveland and am on the fence if I should go. Im assuming at least 1 or 2 Big10 teams will be there. Do you have any insights or best guesses on who might be placed there? Thanks and keep up the good work. I really appreciate and respect your opinions and hard work. This board is fortunate to have you.