GYERO ARCHIVE

[wcc31]

Since I'm Such a Big College Basketball, More Thoughts on Duke-UNC:

- Odds UKO is a Duke fan by October: OVER

- We would kill UNC off the bounce and I think we'd contain their perimeter players rather easily. Brice Johnson would be a problem, of course.

- Roy is still coaching like it's 2002 with his two post lineup. UK did it last year, but one of our bigs could guard PGs and the other was K-A Towns.

- Loved how Duke kept probing until they found a mismatch (usually whoever was guarding Ingram) and then attacked.

- Duke will be interesting in the Dance. Their D is awful, but they have three absolute studs who can score on anybody in Ingram, Allen and Kennard.

- I hate Allen, but kid is grittier than the typical Duke junp-shooting honk. He attacks the basket. That won't work against UK (you saw what happened) but it will against most guards.

- I've been right about Carolina all year. :100points::lock:ray:

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

We are the Tennessee and Auburn losses from a one seed, the Yum Center and a clear path to the Final Four with one of the weakest fields in NCAA history. Maddening.

On the flip side, those losses probably brought this team together, and let them experience some adversity. Team has done a 180 in the past few weeks. Better attitudes and effort.

 

[wcc31]

3/4 of the NCAA Tournament top line went down last night. [laughing]

 

[Mattox]

That could be true. Glass half full, if we don't stumble from here out, we draw the weakest one seed, have an outside chance at Yum (I am skeptical the NCAA would do that to a one seed) and will have more of a chip on our shoulder and less of a target.

 

[Crankdatmustard_rivals66299]

If we keep rolling there is still an outside chance we can grab a # 1. There are a lot of losses out there still for teams projected or around a # 1 seed

Iowa 20-6
Wisconsin
@OSU
IU
@Michigan

Kansas 22-4
@KSU
@Baylor
@Texas

Oklahoma 20-5
@WVU
@Texas
Baylor

UNC 21-5
Miami
@Virginia
@Duke

 

[wcc31]

It's fun seeing Carolina dealing with their own Tubby. Nobody gave UK fans more hell for "running Tubby out of town."

 

[MaxPowerrr]

this is more fun than playing devil's advocate for a ***** scandal that's for sure

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Resisting urge to bash Tubby....Resisting urge to bash Tubby...

:uzi: -----> Tubby blasts in my head.


I feel like Josh Hamilton at a bar.

 

[UKwizard]

My dream of seeing UNC get hit with a post season ban this year is fading fast tho.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

My dream of seeing UNC get hit with a post season ban this year is fading fast tho.

Instead, you'll have to settle for them getting hit with the gas face.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

Watched a documentary last night about National Lampoon and it was kind of meh. Then I fell asleep on the couch. Typical wild night at the UCL household.

 

[catlanta33]

Not sure if this article was posted before. And @BlueDevilicious is worth a follow. It's amazing that there's so much more that has gone on at UNC than what is already known. I just hope Roy is still at UNC when this finally comes crashing down on them.

Last fall, the university, responding to public records requests, released several hundred thousand pages of emails that had comprised some of the evidence for the Wainstein report. A Twitter user named Ted Tatos — his Twitter handle is @BlueDevilicious, and yes, he went to Duke — began poring though the emails, tweeting out the most egregious ones on practically a daily basis. He has recently been focusing on the improbably high number of diagnoses of learning disabilities among North Carolina athletes — allowing them to receive special accommodations. Hundreds of thousands of additional emails have yet to be released, meaning that the drip-drip-drip of embarrassing disclosures is far from over.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/s...-as-it-struggles-with-a-scandals-fallout.html

 

[wcc31]

Resisting urge to bash Tubby....Resisting urge to bash Tubby...

:uzi: -----> Tubby blasts in my head.


I feel like Josh Hamilton at a bar.

Stay strong, man. You've been doing good.

 

[BBdK]

Jefferson being out has been an underrated part of Duke's struggles...their toughest player & defender. If Jones is out going forward, that's also huge for them, despite last night...he's the only perimeter defender they have.

-Marcus Paige is a good player, but he's gotten no better since his soph year. Preseason AA each of the last 2 years, and hasn't really lived up. Their guards went completely brain-dead last night..."took" over a game in which they weren't even needed, and lost it.

-3 straight Top 25 wins for Tubby, a first in TT history. Happy to see him doing well & back in the tournament.

-Kennard is so fun to watch...had he come here, he'd be an all time fan favorite. Alas, he did not -- but I still love him as a player.

-Sucks A&M isn't ranked when we head out there.

 

[MaxPowerrr]

Not that I feel bad for UL, I mean they made their bed with whores and now they can lie in it with whores, but man if I was a #LouisvilleMan I'd be out of my ever loving mind watching UNC take a #1 seed with all of this crap still out there.

 

[Crankdatmustard_rivals66299]

Jefferson being out has been an underrated part of Duke's struggles...their toughest player & defender. If Jones is out going forward, that's also huge for them, despite last night...he's the only perimeter defender they have.

-Marcus Paige is a good player, but he's gotten no better since his soph year. Preseason AA each of the last 2 years, and hasn't really lived up. Their guards went completely brain-dead last night..."took" over a game in which they weren't even needed, and lost it.

-3 straight Top 25 wins for Tubby, a first in TT history. Happy to see him doing well & back in the tournament.

-Kennard is so fun to watch...had he come here, he'd be an all time fan favorite. Alas, he did not -- but I still love him as a player.

-Sucks A&M isn't ranked when we head out there.

A&M still #24 in coaches poll. NR in AP

 

[BBdK]

Kid is nasty...and likely gone if he's smart. NBA loves drafting these types.

 

[joeyrupption]

Miami Valley scuttlebutt says it was good for Kennard to go further from home than Lexington. So I've been able to make peace with the situation.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Have you met the millenials?

Can you imagine a millennial doctor? Oh boy.

 

[mashburned]

All millenials are like that Martin skrelli ***, imo....except those born before 1987, imo.

 

[wcc31]

Kid is nasty...and likely gone if he's smart. NBA loves drafting these types.

Been wondering about that actually. Have to think NBA scouts may be onto him. Kid is dynamite.

 

[wcc31]

Can you imagine a millennial doctor? Oh boy.

We have one- @catholic_back. But, Boat's more Millennial than that dude.

 

[Crankdatmustard_rivals66299]

No way he leaves. Pitino talked Smith and MEGA into coming back to improve their skills only to cost them both millions.

Although if Pitino is gone....

 

[BBdK]

 

[BBdK]

Btw, IC is in full Roy meltdown mode. [jumpingsmile]

Looks like Peegs after an IU loss, tbh.

 

[wcc31]

-Marcus Paige is a good player, but he's gotten no better since his soph year. Preseason AA each of the last 2 years, and hasn't really lived up. Their guards went completely brain-dead last night..."took" over a game in which they weren't even needed, and lost it.

-3 straight Top 25 wins for Tubby, a first in TT history. Happy to see him doing well & back in the tournament.

-Kennard is so fun to watch...had he come here, he'd be an all time fan favorite. Alas, he did not -- but I still love him as a player.

- Paige is one of those guys who looks good even when he sucks. I think it's the lefty thing. But when you've been "slumping" for two years, maybe you just suck. And he's a marginal defender at best.

- Yeah, me too. Nice work, Tubby.

- Hate the kid, but love his game. Get used to hating him, though, because you've got two more years at least of optimal Dookie Hate coming. He's like a left-handed Chris Kingsbury. PURE stroke.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

I hope Tub makes the tourney. That'd be nice. #HOTTAKE

 

[wcc31]

Btw, IC is in full Roy meltdown mode. [jumpingsmile]

Looks like Peegs after an IU loss, tbh.

:cool2: UKO started a "eat crow" thread for UNC fans after they sweated out the win over 0-11-in-the-ACC Boston College last week. That went over well.

 

[wildcatadam6]

Is uko still destingolfer on Twitter? Wanted to troll him a bit. Or did he suspend/delete his account again? [jumpingsmile]

 

[drxman1]

We have one- @catholic_back. But, Boat's more Millennial than that dude.

You're really poking the bear these days. Watch your mouth, munchkin.

#GenX

 

[BBdK]

:cool2: UKO started a "eat crow" thread for UNC fans after they sweated out the win over 0-11-in-the-ACC Boston College last week. That went over well.

Yeah, that was amazing. They hate him over there [laughing], which is shocking.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

That could be true. Glass half full, if we don't stumble from here out, we draw the weakest one seed, have an outside chance at Yum (I am skeptical the NCAA would do that to a one seed) and will have more of a chip on our shoulder and less of a target.

NCAA would absolutely do it to a 1 seed. Done it to UK multiple times - even as the overall #1 seed. Would they do it, if it actually helped UK? Very doubtful.

Since this year is such a **** show we are going to have even more head scratching seedings than usual. Cause you can make case against pretty much everyone. Even consensus #1 Nova has only played 3 top 25 RPI teams, and lost badly to the two who aren't in the BE.

-Paige, like many many UNC players before him, shoulda bounced after his freshman or sophomore year. Done nothing to help his draft stock since, probably hurting it. Think Roy holding players back from the NBA has hurt his recruiting more than the scandal.

-What family member do they hire once Roy is forced out?

 

[MaxPowerrr]

late but shew wee just burned myself on my morning coffee these yeti cups are no joke for sure

 

[BBdK]

Especially loved Roy's "I've never cared how many points we give up, as long as we score more" quote heading into halftime last night.

They certainly play like it, and have for years now.

 

[UKwizard]

The strength and conditioning program post seems awfully familiar to me for some reason.

 

[wcc31]

-What family member do they hire once Roy is forced out?

King Rice is a good prospect, but I think we still have a good 3-4 years of Daggum Roy Tubbying his way along the recruiting trail.

 

[wcc31]

Yeah, that was amazing. They hate him over there [laughing], which is shocking.

95% of his posts over there are UK-related. The rest are ridiculous crap like that.

I'm telling you- I bet he turns into a Duke fan by late '16.

 

[SAECATFAN]

Like to see Donovan Mitchell in the green room this summer, for sure.

 

[Bonzo_Cat]

6:30 road game Saturday night is an ideal tip time to get a crew out and about for a few domestos and shenanigans with local wildcat friends[cheers]

Wodie, SAE, Richie, Bellydancer.. interested in heading up to Tin Roof for a rare game watch party?

 

[Ribsandwhitebread]

A day after telling HOFCRP that the he was willing to give up his minutes for the future of the team... Damien Lee did sacrifice some time on the court. He only played 39 of 40 minutes. Deng Adel, who needs these crucial minutes so that L1C4 can build for the future, logged 4 minutes. He did not attempt a FG or a FTA, thus he was unable to score any crips.