Recent content by upstater

Yes, I'm not sure why UConn fans are so apologetic about the reffing. Hall deliberately fouls because they know the refs won't call of them. It's a great strategy against UConn IF 2 things happen. 1. You're efficient offensively. Hall was. 2. The opponent is not a very good FT shooting team...

LOL... I use to say the same thing about Giffey's 3s. If he had time to set, he was a 95% 3 point shooter. But because he shot the call decently, he took many 3s when he wasn't set, and on those, he shot 5%.

I can tell when Tarris is going to miss a free throw and when he's going to make them. When he misses he rushes through and shoots in one continuous motion after the bounce. With a little hitch as he's bringing the ball up. When he makes he comes to a full stop, pauses, and shoots fluidly from...

Are these the same guys who said Bouie from Northwestern was going to go off on UConn in 2024? And then they said Illinois would destroy UConn after Northwestern went down?

I made the same mistake last time we played St John's. I was always given the option to start at the beginning and then when I pressed beginning it took me to the middle of play. For this reason Im not going to watch the game until I see the words REPLAY. I get home at around 9 pm tonight.

They won't need to throw teams out of conference if they leave and create a super division. They could also operate it like the basketball tourney with huge money incentives are given to the teams competing in the playoffs. You have one pot for all 48 teams in the super division and then...

The only way for the top schools to reorganizes things is to dump the NCAA and to create a new structure, so it won't be put to a vote at all. The conferences will cease to exist and then it's everyone for themselves.

Houston may be playing themselves out of that 5th place too, which is where they need to be to get placed in the South bracket to give them home court advantage in the 2nd round.

This game is wide open. Looks so different from a BE matchup. The players just have so much more space to shoot. It's a combo of more athleticism and less defense.

There is no tie-breaker that I know of. Co-Big East Champs of the Regular Season. It has happened before. I should also note that the winner of the regular season is official called the Big East Regular Season Champions, while the winner of the BET is called the Big East Champions.

Yes, but I'm just questioning this recency bias thing we've been talking about.

Just checked the poll tracker by voter. UConn's record is frequently dinged by people mentioning the weak BE. Yet several voters have teams like Gonzaga and Nebraska ahead of UConn.

So let me get this straight. For weeks, we were arguing about recency bias. Then Houston loses 2 games in the same week (granted, to top teams) and they don't have the resume of UConn, yet they are ahead? Seems this recency bias is bunk. I know UConn lost to Creighton, but look at how UConn...

Certainly favors the more skilled players and the best skaters. Reminds me when I used to bring youth soccer players to 3v3 tournaments and coach them. The kids who were sometimes swallowed up on the field would suddenly showcase their skills, outrageous passing, creativity, and especially...

Oettinger too. And Mike Sullivan (lived a few doors down from me in the freshman dorms).