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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 3906989, member: 181"] Hey, this is a first, and please don't take it the wrong way. It is NOTHING personal. If any such thing, it's a thank you note. After decades of reading miswritten English such as, "I shouldn't of said that" when it was supposed to be, "I shouldn't have said that," you have done the opposite. What you have written should be, "I kind of..." rather than, "I kind've." You intended to say, "I somewhat..." rather than, "I kind have... ," the latter of which makes no sense. I have (I've) never seen that done. Ever. And it has changed my mood, for the better. More than 90% of the time, I might point out an error like this to imply of the the person who made it, "What an idiot!" Not here. Somehow it's just funny. Because I truly have never seen it done before. And it's a lot like this thread, enough so that I can move on without reading several more pages. This minor but novel mistake is the jewel that makes it worthwhile that I read this far. Thank you. Really. I am not making fun of you or having a laugh at your expense, even though it could easily look that way. Your goof has served as a wake up, and it will remain for me. The rest was just me wasting time reading other people's thoughts and feelings and arguments about a game that last night struck me as so bad that it wasn't worth getting sad or angry over. It was just one of those, "Oh, look, it's going to be a crummy loss in the NCAA Tournament that ends a team's season abruptly" games. Teams have them. Some solid examples have been mentioned. I don't need to look further and see if anybody brought up the Tennessee game when El-Amin limped, or the Mississippi State game when Ricky Moore was injured. Some games simply deliver the season's death blow early, and without much surprise, and then the clock runs out according to the rules. No tears, no teeth-gnashing. Just, "Yeah, we could have had a game like this, and we did." Or, as some might say, "We could of had a game like this, and we did." I kind of like that it took an absurdity to remind me to let it go. Or, as I now might joke, "I kind've like that it took an absurdity..." I really do apologize if it feels like I've been putting you down. Sometimes I do that. Definitely not this time. And, yeah, that Iowa State game was a stinker, and Oriakhi missed around the rim that season more than I've ever seen anyone do until this year when it was a team 'feature' (or was it a bug? ). I watched this team, this conference, this college basketball season for more hours and with greater interest than any year since 2014. Other than last year's cancelation, may it be nothing worse than "that COVID year." And thank you again to whoever posted that first heads up about Paige Bueckers. I've watched every Women's game this year, and I don't think I have ever done that before, even though I've paid attention since '95, with a wide variety throughout, before settling into only marquee match-ups and Elite 8 & beyond since Taurasi. And the George Mason game was ours, but Calhoun didn't give Adrien the chance to dominate, which was more unforgivable than taking Sanogo out against St John's. I like that the ACC is 2-5, that Buddy Boeheim looks like a world-beater, that Vance Jackson will play his 2nd Tournament game now buried deep on Eric Musselman's bench and down to under 5 minutes per game. It's "So what" time. I could watch all day (some good match-ups), or nothing at all until UConn-High Point. Madness! [/QUOTE]

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