I was a big fan of the Gary Williams teams. You had players like Hopson and Francis, along with Burson among others. Trying to find those rosters

bipolar as fuck over the last week or so.

28° when i woke up last Monday.
got as high as 104° yesterday
back down to 48° this morning
should be 100° by tomorrow afternoon.

Tough loss, but Wiscy was always the odds on favorite this year. They lose all their stars though while we have most coming back including all our Olympians which includes the top overall scorer (Svensson) and top goal scorer (Dunne). We should be the machine next year that Wiscy has been the last two.

DZ83CK said:

McCollum and Hoiberg have done an outstanding job this season. That being said, Jake Diebler managed to lead a team to the NCAA tournament even though it was one of the very worst in college basketball in terms of scoring off the bench & lacked strength in the post.

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and had multiple injuries....

Absolutely remember an announcer, at one of Tiger's first PGA tournaments, suggesting that his 'reverse C' swing would injure his back. I kinda laughed, because that was what one aspired to. Anyway, after what, 6 back surgeries to date, Tiger is no longer a feared competitor in a tournament. It's been a minute since he was on Ryder Cup, President's Cup, or other honorary team. Anyway, my father is resting easier now that he's not going to take Jack's title of most 'big four' wins away.....

Highest paid WR. I believe that is a good thing;-)

Ho-hum. kinda expected, no? Ty's teams are juggernauts, and we, the unwashed folk, very much expect W's. When it doesn't, then we're flabbergasted. Where's all the New Albany kids?

Well, he certainly exhibited how to turn a tryst into moneytization. PS, on another note, wonder how the new Prez will react to the money spent by the Athletic Department. Even though it's a 'profit/cost center', and self-sustaining, he's an academic at heart, so wonder if he'll try to snake some more into education.....PSS, used to be that the Athletic department would 'give' $20-30 million a year to the academic side of the house. Does anyone know whether that still happens, or no.

Looks like a Buckeye to me.

Good-bye Puff. We hardly knew ye.

Read a report (fake news?) that negotiations between Bjork and Diebs were going on, with the outcome determining whether new coach or not. My mind immediately said, 'not about salary', but about NIL money for the team. (Maybe more for assistants?) I guess in today's college world, it's apparent that one must 'put one's money where one's mouth is'. You cannot just mouth the words, 'we want our basketball team to equal our football team', or somesuch, gotta put some dollars behind it. Something we all see and know. tOSU funds, what, 36 collegiate sports, and only 3-4 are revenue generators, yet we take pride in the diversity. Kinda an obvious question, but wouldn't one want to stimulate those three-four revenue generators to make even more money? Anyway, some mental masturbation for a Monday morning.

Seem to recollect, every high school kid that got 'recognized' was a big scorer. Hardly ever (?) does a kid make 'Mr. Ohio Basketball' as a defender or assist maker. Gotta be a scorer. Recognize that at the collegiate level, players have 'roles', scorers score, tall people rebound and swat shots, etc. Anyone else watching the NCAA's and seeing the ball get passed around the court, and players take turns popping 3's? Maybe our guys don't move enough to 'get open' to be able to pop? Cupp was a Mr. Basketball, no? He is an excellent defender, and can dribble rings around you. He sometimes hits the three. Coincidence, dunno. At this level, everyone can shoot the ball. Else they play intra-mural basketball - like me.

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Need to see these guys again and soon!

According to the trends........Arizona, Duke, or Michigan is going to win it all.

Since 2002, a team that finished in top 3 of KenPom has won it all except for 3 occasions.

2003 - Syracuse who had the best player in the country at the time, Carmelo Anthony
2011 - UConn who had the best/hottest player in the country at the time, Kemba Walker.
2014 - UConn......still have no clue how they won it that year. That was a weird year.

Thump said:

Wow!

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Right? I’ve done this on water and it’s a blast. To be clear, I was happy to just stay up on the water, I was not getting 30 feet of air like these guys. But, I have the kites and snowboard… I’ve just not had the space to do it on the snow yet. One day... Candidly, I’m more into the idea of kite-buggies than snowkiting. I’m not much for cold weather sports.

Here’s a really good (read: it’s real, not overproduced influencer crap) video of a kit buggy. It looks so much fun, but I don’t know where I’d ever find a beach / field or whatever like that.

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This just makes me want to go get out my kites.

This is another fun video. This guy pretty much flys down the ski hill on a Flysurfer Peak 5 6-meter kite. FWIW: This is my primary kite model. I have it in a 2.5, 4 and 8 meter for different wind conditions for when I want to fly with a bar but I have a couple of small / medium Peter Lynn kites that are 4-line handles for stunting.

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Kid is bigger than I thought! Smith 2.0 with higher top end speed? Lmao

buckeyemania11 said:

1-0 final. Nobody was beating the Islanders tonight with that goaltending performance

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And the flame-out begins……..

Zippercat said:

Bah! I don’t feel sorry for Petey. He deserved to be banned. He knew the rules. He knew the consequences of breaking them. He still bet on baseball, including Reds’ games.

Then he lied about it. Repeatedly. For years. And to say he didn’t tarnish the game is hogwash.

After all the lies, he finally changed his stories and said his bets didn’t really matter because he never bet for the Reds to lose. Even if you’re naive enough to believe Petey never bet against the Reds, he still rigged games. As manager he chose who played when.

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1. He’s dead.
2. If he is where I expect, continued punishment is covered.
Put him in the Hall.

Should be on board Friday

JohnnyCockfight said:

I thought Davino acquitted himself well. Jax is unreal. Davino is national champ in a normal year without that wunderkind.

I'm low key depressed about Jesse. So grateful to have had him these 4 years, and wish he could have gone out on a winning note. Went up against a human gumby. Can't wait to see what Jesse does next.

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Low key depressed on Jesse too. Not for me, but for him. He's worked so freaking hard and is a great representation of our university and team. Really wanted him to go out on top.

Back in the right dominant color. Flip the switch now Justin

ScriptOhio said:

R.I.P.

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So Chuck Norris ends his ass-kicking career with a record of 1,238 wins vs one loss.

Death, however, remains undefeated.

RIP to a true legend.

Princeton demolished Hilliard Bradley 59-28 to bring the D1 title to Cincinnati for the first time in a while. OSU recruit Kam Mercer had a quiet game offensively, scoring 3 points, but his +/- was large. Amire Gill was on fire, scoring 24 points on 10-12 shooting - I've heard rumors he is going the prep school route. Rognny Santiago Lugo had a monster tournament, 12 points in the final, but had 28 in the semifinals over St. Eds. He is a PURE shooter, set to play college ball at Findlay next year. I don't know what his actual height is, but a bigger school might want to take a chance on Santiago - he fills a need for most teams.

Link to a local news story about the game

buckeyemania11 said:

The problem with Ojianwuna is that it's still has to be seen if he can truly bounce back from his injury. You can't fully rely on that happening.

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As long as he doesn't see Kremcheck, he's got a chance