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College Basketball ver Do Wedzenia Krzyzewski

Proud2baLaker said:
That's a conference realignment idea I could get behind. Group them by mascot. An all bird conference. Can probably do one of just tigers. Would create some interesting and wildly one sided matchups at times
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According to Wikipedia, there are 14 Bulldogs.

Good luck, Yale.
 
I think a conference could be made of the teams that have names that don't end in "s" =)

We all know Alabama likes scheduling a "light" schedule anyways, lol.
 
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Texas A&M trailed before the opening tip at Florida, a scenario neither coach had experienced or even knew was a possibility before Wednesday night.

Shortly after leaving the court following final warmups, the Aggies realized managers had left their game jerseys at the team hotel. They double-timed it back to grab them, but officials hit them with a delay of game penalty — officially deemed an administrative technical foul — because the start had to be postponed a few minutes.

Florida guard Will Richard made the free throw for a 1-0 lead before the opening tip.
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...ith-rare-tech-before-tip-off-for-17695793.php
 
Whoa. That's a first for me in sports. I mean, I guess it's the right call. But if I'm the opposing coach I say, nah, decline. Or tell my player to brick it. I don't want an honest mistake to be held against someone.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Whoa. That's a first for me in sports. I mean, I guess it's the right call. But if I'm the opposing coach I say, nah, decline. Or tell my player to brick it. I don't want an honest mistake to be held against someone.
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Yes and no.

I can see the sportsmanship argument, but I also don't think that taking advantage of your opponent's mistake is egregious in this scenario either. I mean it is D-I, Power-5 bouncy ball. You have to win.
 
RaceBoarder said:
Yes and no.

I can see the sportsmanship argument, but I also don't think that taking advantage of your opponent's mistake is egregious in this scenario either. I mean it is D-I, Power-5 bouncy ball. You have to win.
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If I'm coach I tell my kid to turn his back to the hoop and throw the ball over his head without looking. If it swooshes, great. That is the balance between not deliberately bricking it but also not contributing to a stupid technical situation that would give you an unearned advantage.

IIRC a 19th century British soccer team would miss penalty kicks on purpose if they felt the infraction was too stupid. This is The Way. The Refs are just the Law. The Law serves humans, not the other way around.
 
As a referee just call a foot fault or something. I get why they called the technical, it is likely protestable so they’re better off calling it.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Well, I’m taking the point. It’s Division I basketball, not a middle school B game. You Play To Win The Game.
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But you play to win the game. Otherwise start poisoning opposing players. Hey, otherwise you're not trying.

The win only has value if it is the athletic competition. Otherwise it's just the usual unfair bullsh-t of life.
 
SonofSouthie said:
Texas men's basketball coach Chris Beard, who led Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA championship game and was hired away by the Longhorns with expectations he'd elevate his alma mater to the same elite level, was arrested early Monday on a felony family violence charge after a woman told police he strangled and bit her.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...assault-charge
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Texas men's basketball coach Chris Beard is now unemployed.
 
Kepler said:
But you play to win the game. Otherwise start poisoning opposing players. Hey, otherwise you're not trying.

The win only has value if it is the athletic competition. Otherwise it's just the usual unfair bullsh-t of life.
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I mean, uniform requirements are in the rulebook for every sport I've ever cared to look up. The fact that the rulebook identified this as a possible violation and specified the penalty (a technical foul) seems like it's part of the game.

look up the rules about starting lineups and the timing of getting those in sometime. Coaches will play games with those too, to try to get the other team a technical or bench minor to start the game.
 
Kepler said:
But you play to win the game. Otherwise start poisoning opposing players. Hey, otherwise you're not trying.

The win only has value if it is the athletic competition. Otherwise it's just the usual unfair bullsh-t of life.
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And anyone in athletics will tell you sports are a metaphor for life. Being on time and wearing jerseys are part of the game as well.

Teams get to the arena at least two hours beforehand. It should’ve taken like ten minutes for someone to notice they didn’t have jerseys, rather than ten minutes before tip. If the team doesn’t have their lineup in the scorebook at the right time are you going to miss that free throw too?
 
Kepler said:
If I'm coach I tell my kid to turn his back to the hoop and throw the ball over his head without looking. If it swooshes, great. That is the balance between not deliberately bricking it but also not contributing to a stupid technical situation that would give you an unearned advantage.

IIRC a 19th century British soccer team would miss penalty kicks on purpose if they felt the infraction was too stupid. This is The Way. The Refs are just the Law. The Law serves humans, not the other way around.
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Yeah, that's a better option.

And 100% agree with the bolded.
 
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