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He didn't but his father played a bit with MJ, albeit later in his career.

Grew up out of state and wasn't a basketball fan at all. Transferred to UConn in the fall of '04 and still avoided basketball fandom (the motor city bowl was a bigger deal to me than the '04 championship). If I had to pinpoint the switch it probably started with the 6OT syracuse game and was...

Rolled some of my championship winnings into another one this year.

Also in 324 +1. First sporting event in Boston since the '99 ALDS

83-61, 3's land tonight

Syracuse basketball making headlines in march.

I will turn off the TV from time to time if the other team goes on a run and ties/takes the lead. This is because obviously my watching the game is causing bad luck. I can check the score on my phone and when it turns around I have been cleansed of my bad luck and can watch it on TV again. Don't...

I'd watch supply/prices once the big allotment drops (i'm guessing once the regular season is finished and seeding is set?) The Stubhub app lets you see how many are available for each game. If they aren't getting picked up in the lead-up to the tournament (1,000+ or so available - right now...

It's a good point and something that I'm sure factors into coaches' decisions when there is an opening. You kind of have a feel if a school is a football or basketball school - and sports compete for resources, attention and influence within an athletic department. But everyone has a price and...

Sort of a trojan horse scenario to get us into the big 12?

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Part of the reality of having an off-campus stadium. To build the brand you need a good product. After a couple of winning seasons and a p5 conference affiliation, I can see the rent getting sellouts again. Our last sellout was 2010 which was also our last winning season and the last season we...

55 - Dodgers 25 - Seahawks 10 - Syracuse 5 - Duke 5 - Chiefs Hate turns to schadenfreude for down teams - BC, Rutgers, cowboys, otherwise they'd be on the list. Syracuse dropping fast too.

Been a while too but from what I remember (getting tickets in NY and CT) it doesn't hurt to plead not guilty. Buys you time and if the cop doesn't show up too it gets dismissed.

I think two things are true: a) it is sad when people die b) If you pay (or charge) six figures to visit a sunken gravesite where 1,500 people drowned, in an unregulated submersible piloted by a video game controller and the sub implodes at the bottom of the ocean, then the common courtesy of...

What always seemed frustrating about the old big east breakup was feeling like we would have been the next school to get a p5 invite. I'm sure USF and Cincinnati felt the same way but, trying to set aside biases, I think we had the better resume at the time. As for the brand, it's a...

It's such a wide range of reactions that I get. Most of the time I have to bite my tongue to avoid going into the history of the big east, conference realignment, AAC, Television revenues, etc. every time it comes up. Save the table pounding and name calling for twitter and boneyard.

For lunch I'd say Dog Lane Cafe on campus - or the bidwell not too far off campus

I think the revenue split between basketball-only and football schools will always be a contention. Even if you get the split exactly fair, the TV networks have to value it fairly and the conference breakup fee would have to be outsized so that any of the 10-member football schools don't get...

I forgot about that - what a different time. This would not be a story anywhere today. You used to get 2 years to do as bad or worse than your predecessor and as long as the third year showed improvement you'd still have a job. Maybe that changes with the transfer portal.

If we go ACC I foresee the conference collapsing within a year and we'll be stuck with Georgia Tech, BC and Wake Forest and forced to combine with the AAC to form the American Athletic Atlantic Coast Conference.

I do remember that Ogunbowale shot against UConn but that's all the WBB I watch - just UConn. I couldn't name a World cup moment or stanley cup moment either - just haven't been a fan. The fact it is the same exact format as the men it gets the same tier. Same experience for a fan.

Might be some bias in this forum - I'll try and set mine aside and rank them based on format and fan experience. Tier 1: March Madness (Mens & Womens), Superbowl, World Cup - The best format I think is the March Madness tournament followed closely by the world cup but the superbowl pageantry...

Whenever I check in on these kind of conferences I always find a school I didn't know existed. This time its Utah Tech University.

I threw out the big E fairgrounds, they’ll have to rent some bleachers and start planting grass if they want it ready in 7 months

Flew into Cancun, rented a car and drove to Tulum and Chichen Itza in Jan. 2019. Only really spent time in Tulum and Chichen Itza - Both were great, no issues though I did go through a toll with no pesos and had to give the police a $20 USD. Just drive the speed limit and you should be fine...

There are two general reasons for leaving a program: 1. You don't want to play at the school anymore 2. You can't play at the school anymore With the already crowded roster, 2023 freshman talent coming in, and the fact UConn is sitting on top of the CBB mountain - I firmly believe anyone...

It's tough, I think both sports betting and NIL will benefit CBB - more games to bet on for gambling and, as you said, more identifiable players than in football for NIL. But I wouldn't bet on this moving the needle that much, it ultimately comes down to viewership and each of the big four...

No hedging I got burned a couple of times on parlays where I could have cashed out and lost it on the last leg but with the UConn bet I was never tempted.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/28/fanduel-massachusetts-promo-code-get-200-in-ma-for-march-madness-futures-any-sport/ Maybe more incentive for a MA road trip?

two of my annual picks

Couldn't make it last weekend but can on Friday and will bring a few more along. I think we can break 25k again, maybe some masochistic UMass fans show up too.

And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die freeeeee

Just two wins, CCSU and someone else, that's where the bar is.

Utah State - L CCSU - W Cuse - L Michigan - L NC State - L Fresno - L FIU - W Ball State - W BC - L UMass - W Liberty - L Army - L 4-8