death tribble Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 England beat Pakistan for the first time in 20 odd years in cricket. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63852484 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 7, 2022 Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 How NOT to run a college basketball tournament. https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/basketball/coach-says-vegas-tourney-set-back-womens-basketball-2683189/ I think I remember shots of the "court". Ridiculous. The fallout this week: 3 teams contracted to play in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Shootout, have withdrawn. Those teams were signed by the organizers of the Vegas Invitational. 5 others signed through a different agency are still planning on going, and that agency has said they will not use Destination Basketball in the future, based on their horrific, utterly unacceptable management of the LVI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Wow, that's seriously low budget. I may have seen summer high school leagues run that poorly, but I can't remember any at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 That setup is worse than my high school gym...back in the early 70s. The organizers are going to have a very hard time lining up any more events in the future...but so is the Mirage. This is terrible PR for them. Vegas has several venues that regularly host basketball, including conference championship tournaments; you can figure the Mirage probably won't be one any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Grinnell Basketball Took 111 Shots, All Three-Pointers, on Thursday Quote Grinnell College, a Division III school located in the small town of Grinnell, Iowa, took 111 shots, all of which were three-pointers, in Thursday’s 124–67 victory over Emmaus Bible. The 111 three-pointers were an NCAA record, while every single field goal attempt being a three-pointer is also believed to be an NCAA record... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 England beat Pakistan by 26 runs to beat them in a series for the first time in over 20 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63936216 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/6/2022 at 2:49 AM, death tribble said: England beat Pakistan for the first time in 20 odd years in cricket. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63852484 Earlier in the thread you mentioned a "Ton" when a batsman scores 100 runs in an innings. I thought the term was "Century". Have things changed? On 12/10/2022 at 5:40 AM, Logan D. Hurricanes said: Grinnell Basketball Took 111 Shots, All Three-Pointers, on Thursday I hope thiws doesn't become a habit. The three is difficult to defend, but possible with effort. Live by the three, die e by the three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 Grinnell is Division III. It's not particularly noticed, it doesn't draw big names. VERY, VERY few D III players will make it even to the G League, or a major European league. Even if D II, you see some...not exactly disciplined play, by design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Troy_State_vs._DeVry_men's_basketball_game#:~:text=On January 12%2C 1992%2C Troy,have established several unbreakable records. Much less D III. And this isn't new with Grinnell. From ESPN's story about this game: Quote For years they've used a unique offensive system based on the ideas of Paul Westhead at Loyola Marymount in the 1980s and fine-tuned by David Arsenault at Grinnell, which is about halfway between Des Moines and Iowa City. The philosophy is predicated on quick shots, prioritizing 3-pointers, constant full-court pressure and crashing the offensive glass. In 2012, Grinnell guard Jack Taylor sent an NCAA record with 138 points in a game. He also scored 109 points in a game the following year, while former players Griffin Lentsch and Jeff Clement also held Division III scoring records. I remember seeing highlights from that game...and definitely remember Westhead's LMU. They blew the doors off a very good NMSU team in the tournament...after NMSU pulled off probably its biggest win EVER, beating UNLV, the Augmon/Johnson/Anthony team that won the tournament. And LMU gave UNLV a good fight...lost by 30, but against that UNLV team at that point, that's a good fight...in the Elite Eight. Oh, and yes, lest you forgot, that was the Hank Gathers team. Fast, faster, fastest...except for UNLV which was even more athletic. I'll grant you might not see another game with 100+ 3's and *no* 2 pointers any time soon, but the basic style? Works pretty well for Grinnell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 12:30 PM, unclevlad said: Grinnell is Division III. It's not particularly noticed, it doesn't draw big names. VERY, VERY few D III players will make it even to the G League, or a major European league. Even if D II, you see some...not exactly disciplined play, by design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Troy_State_vs._DeVry_men's_basketball_game#:~:text=On January 12%2C 1992%2C Troy,have established several unbreakable records. Much less D III. And this isn't new with Grinnell. From ESPN's story about this game: I remember seeing highlights from that game...and definitely remember Westhead's LMU. They blew the doors off a very good NMSU team in the tournament...after NMSU pulled off probably its biggest win EVER, beating UNLV, the Augmon/Johnson/Anthony team that won the tournament. And LMU gave UNLV a good fight...lost by 30, but against that UNLV team at that point, that's a good fight...in the Elite Eight. Oh, and yes, lest you forgot, that was the Hank Gathers team. Fast, faster, fastest...except for UNLV which was even more athletic. I'll grant you might not see another game with 100+ 3's and *no* 2 pointers any time soon, but the basic style? Works pretty well for Grinnell. I don't think it would work at any higher level. I still remember the season when the Nuggets attempted a system like that based on getting breakaways in every possession and shooting within 10 seconds. NBA defenses quickly put a stop to that, and the coach was let go as he insisted on his new system despite that it was running his players into the ground At higher levels, a plan like that might work for a game or two, before the intense research of Division I coaching staffs catalog every weakness. Then you get picked apart into ridiculously small pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 Oh, it worked at Div I, for a very short period of time: Paul Westhead's Loyola Marymount. It wasn't all 3's, all the time, but it was run n' gun, play fast, play hard. But that team also had Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers. The problem at the pro level is, I think, the schedule. You can't keep that up over the VERY long NBA season. At the D1 level, the problem is that the other teams adjust to your pace and pressure. We had this down here. Under Neil McCarthy, the Aggies played a full-on pressing, switching defense. It worked in December and January...but come February and March? The Aggies lost a bit, the other teams were crisper and sharper, and that amoeba defense was less effective. Against all 3's, all the time, the first issue is rebounding. Those Scottie Pippen-esque, 6'7 wing players who can play against that speed on the perimeter...almost never play D3, they play D1, and if they can shoot, Power 5. (The Aggies got a bunch of em over the years that couldn't shoot very well.) Players like that can also hassle the 3 point line, and force a lower shooting percentage...all the while getting every rebound on both ends of the court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 https://www.espn.com/soccer/brazil-bra/story/4836397/soccer-legend-pele-to-spend-christmas-in-hospital-after-cancer-worsens slikmar, Cancer and tkdguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 Helen Mead one of the players in the Women's England Football team wins Sports Personality of the Year. The Women's England Football team won the team award. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/64045751 This is well deserved as the Women have done something the Men's team has not done in decades, win a tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 "Why is a puck called a puck? Because 'dirty little bastard' was taken." ~Gordie Howe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 When someone is 82, has a serious medical history, and is held in the hospital for close observation...... Well, yes, it played out. Pele died just a short time ago. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Pele. The one man in the world who could get Americans to care about soccer in the 1970s. Rest in peace, sir. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Indeed. RIP, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 The wife is Brazilian and is genuinely mourning today. RIP Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Some Americans' picks for sports moments of the year Not enough video clips linked in it, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cancer said: Some Americans' picks for sports moments of the year Not enough video clips linked in it, unfortunately. Are these 'good' moments, 'bad' moments or 'End-of-Raiders-vs-Patriots' moments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Seems like the authors went out of their way to include important moments from every sport on earth except ice hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 That's because ice hockey is not, and cannot be, important. <Dimension Shifts to hide out in the plane of shadow for a while.....> Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Hey, I'm just happy they included Big Dumper's 3-and-2 count, two outs, bottom of the 9th drought ending shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Brazil has declared 3 days of national mourning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 4 hours ago, unclevlad said: That's because ice hockey is not, and cannot be, important. Pariah -> <- unclevlad Starlord, you're on my list as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Pariah said: Pariah -> <- unclevlad Starlord, you're on my list as well. Thank you, I've missed that. 😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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