Duff Man

Mason is an idiot for not reporting his license lost to the DMV and keeping a legit undoctored ID handy for police inquiries. That sort of thing really should be covered at freshman orientation.

Matta coaches at Ohio St, which MB73 will probably write off as being too much of a professional program.

Herb Sendek is hardly a "pro", and has a much more impressive coaching tree than Coach K Thad Matta (14 Years, 377-114, .768 W-L%, 23-12 NCAA, 2 Final Four) Sean Miller (10 Years, 249-95, .724 W-L%, 14-7 NCAA) John Groce (6 Years, 128-84, .604 W-L%, 4-3 NCAA) Charlie Coles (22 Years, 357-311, .534 W-L%, 2-4 NCAA) Jim Christian (12 Years, 242-154, .611 W-L%, 0-2 NCAA) Ron Hunter (16 Years, 283-216, .567 W-L%, 0-1 NCAA) Coach K Mike Brey (19 Years, 399-211, .654 W-L%, 6-11 NCAA) Tommy Amaker (17 Years, 315-210, .600 W-L%, 4-4 NCAA) Jeff Capel (9 Years, 175-110, .614 W-L%, 4-3 NCAA) Quin Snyder (7 Years, 128-96, .571 W-L%, 5-4 NCAA) Johnny Dawkins (6 Years, 117-87, .574 W-L%, 2-1 NCAA)

Coach K has the NCAA titles and the Final 4s, but his coaching tree is not all that impressive at this point in time. Rick Pitino has the most impressive coaching tree of any active NCAA coach, although there is a strong case for Larry Brown. Pitino has protégés who have protégés who have more impressive protégés than Coach K. Really, who is on Coach K's list? Mike Brey (career 6-11 NCAA tournament record), Johnny Dawkins (1 NCAA tournament in 6 years), Tommy Amaker (he's done well at Harvard, but mediocre before that), Jeff Capel (made 3 NCAA tournaments in 9 years at VCU and Oklahoma, has been a head coach since 2011), Quin Snyder (5-4 NCAA tournament record, hired by the Jazz), Wojo just got hired by Marquette, Chris Collins has coached a year at Northwestern That's not a very impressive list. Am I missing anyone? No Final Fours that I can think of. Now compare that with Pitino... Billy Donovan and Tubby Smith both won NCAA titles. Jeff van Gundy, Frank Vogel, Jim O'Brien, Stu Jackson, and Reggie Theus all coached in the NBA. Herb Sendek has taken 3 different programs to the NCAA tournament, and had Thad Matta, Sean Miller, and John Groce serve as assistants under him. Mick Cronin, Travis Ford, Marvin Menzies, and Steve Masiello have all been successful college coaches. Richard Pitino's career is off to a promising start. Larry Brown's coaching tree includes Gregg Popovich (who is officially in the GOAT discussion), Bill Self (16 regular season conference championships in 21 seasons including 10 straight Big 12, 7 conference tournaments, 36-15 NCAA tournament record, 2 Final Fours, 1 National Championship), and John Calipari (the best of the sleazy). Not exactly a lightweight. By those standards, I'm not sure you can even consider Coach K's protégés successful at all.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2014/06/06/quin-snyder-utah-head-coach-missouri-duke-dleague/10099729/ "Quin Snyder combines a unique skill set with several intangibles that makes him the right fit for our team and approach to basketball," Lindsey said. "He is passionate about the game and has a 20-year track record of teaching and developing young talent. His personality, work ethic and communications skills are important traits that will benefit the Utah Jazz. We have taken a significant and exciting step forward in the evolution of this franchise." I don't know if he actually banged Linas Kleiza's girlfriend or not...I don't know if he's still a cokehead...but the above is a laughable statement

Coach K has been bounced from the dance 2 of the last 3 seasons, as a 2-seed and a 3-seed. No effing way he's #1. Donovan would be a good choice.

H Waldman and Bill Clinton met at a Fayetteville titty bar VIP room after this game, and remain friends to this day...

When the facts do not help MB73, he chooses to change the subject. The Heisman Trophy is irrelevant to this discussion. Heisman winners are disproportionately awarded to QBs of National Title contenders. Often times the QBs of the best teams do not project as NFL QBs. Fact: No SEC defensive player of the year has ever gone undrafted. They started giving separate offensive and defensive awards in 2003. Here are the players to have won the award. 2003: Chad Lavalais, Drafted 2004, 5th round, 142 overall 2004: David Pollack, Drafted 2005, 1st round, 17 overall 2005: DeMeco Ryans, Drafted 2006, 2nd round, 33 overall 2006: Patrick Willis, Drafted 2007, 1st round, 11 overall 2007: Glenn Dorsey, Drafted 2008, 1st round, 5 overall 2008: Eric Berry, Drafted 2010, 1st round, 5 overall 2009: Rolando McClain, Drafted 2010, 1st round, 8 overall 2010: Nick Fairley, Drafted 2011, 1st round, 13 overall 2011: Morris Claiborne, Drafted 2012, 1st round, 6 overall 2012 (Coaches): Jadeveon Clowney, Drafted 2014, 1st round, 1 overall 2012 (AP): Jarvis Jones, Drafted 2013, 1st round, 17 overall 2013 (Coaches): C. J. Mosley, Drafted 2014, 1st round, 17 overall 2013 (AP): Michael Sam, Drafted 2014, 7th round, 249 overall Prior to 2003, there was only 1 SEC player of the year award, and it almost always went to an offensive player. Here are the defensive players to win SEC player of the year, with their NFL draft position. 2002: David Pollack, Drafted 2005, 1st round, 17 overall 1988: Tracy Rocker, Drafted 1989, 3rd round, 66 overall 1983: Reggie White, Drafted 1984 supplemental draft (for USFL players), 1st round, 4 overall 1968: Jake Scott, Drafted 1970, 7th round, 159 overall 1957: Lou Michaels, Drafted 1958, 1st round, 4 overall

Deeply sorry for your loss. Hang in there, duder.

http://www.insidestl.com/insideSTLcom/RadioShows/TheDriveHome/tabid/319/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/13052/The-Drive-Home-50714.aspx

TMZ - the sleazeball tabloid publication that misidentifies Hughes as a former "Knicks star" is hardly a reliable source Ex-Knick Larry Hughes questioned and released by NYPD after 22-year-old woman makes rape allegation: sources http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ex-knick-larry-hughes-released-woman-rape-allegation-sources-article-1.1761230 Former Knick Larry Hughes was briefly questioned Friday at the 1st Precinct stationhouse Friday after a 22-year-old woman accused him of raping her at the Trump SoHo Hotel, sources told the Daily News. Hughes met the woman at the club Greenhouse on Varick St. and they left together around 4 a.m. Friday, sources said. Video shows the two of them walking to the nearby hotel. Sources said he did not appear to be forcing her. After she left the hotel she went to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell with a friend and told doctors she had been raped, sources said. Police went to the hotel to talk to Hughes, 35, who was led away in handcuffs because he didn’t want to go with cops. Hughes was released a short time later and has not been charged. Ex-Knick Larry Hughes released without charge after cops cuffed him in SoHo http://nypost.com/2014/04/18/ex-knick-larry-hughes-busted-at-trump-soho-hotel/ Former Knicks player Larry Hughes was walked out of the Trump SoHo hotel in handcuffs Friday after a night of partying at notorious club Greenhouse, which he partly owns. Hughes, 35, was questioned at the 1st Precinct about an earlier incident at the luxury hotel and was then released without being charged, sources said.

okay, so he did take off from inside the line and even if it wasn't you can't score a 3 for the other team...fine, it's still a blooper rather than a highlight Reminds me of this (1:30 mark)

There was massive anticipation for the incoming 2010 class on this board. McCall and Loe were thought to be the stars moreso than Jett and Evans, but it was being hailed as the best SLU class in a long time from the moment Loe rounded out the class. Then Kwamain and Willie got kicked out of school and everyone lost their mind. The initial impressions to the open practice were overwhelmingly positive. Lisch and Liddell were local HS stars so there was naturally a lot of hype for them. Ditto for Claggett and Highmark (I was pretty young, but I remember Julian Winfield being the most hyped) Classes with local stars that fans have seen play many times get the most hype. That's just the way it is. Any fan who has been around for more than a single recruiting cycle understands that HS recruits are prospects and you don't get too excited until they start playing against D1 competition.

you guys do realize that was a 3 pointer into his own basket, right?

This is the most WTF?!? hire since Georgia Tech took Brian Gregory off Dayton's hands. this is a positive development for SLU, since the new Mizzou coach might actually be open to scheduling the Billikens the give Quin another chance thread on tigerboard made me chuckle

Finishing was a bit rusty, but he had many impressive assists and iced a pull up mid range jumper with under a minute in the game.

SNL Presents: "NCAA Tournament: Best Of The White Guys" deadspin.com/snl-presents-ncaa-tournament-best-of-the-white-guys-1559311200 McCall, Lancona, McBroom and Loe at 0:57

I guess if you ignore level of competition, field goal attempts, 3pt %, scouts' opinions of how a player would project against D1 competion, and focus only on points per game and ranking in a local publications all-metro HS team, then yeah...it's a bit of a mystery why we didn't offer the kid...but fortunately SLU's recruiting process is more sophisticated than yours. Josh Robinson played for a St Mary's team that went 11-14 (4-4 in conference). He averaged 35 PPG, but he also averaged 25 (!) shots per game. To give you some perspective on how many shots that is, Michael Jordan averaged 25 shot attempts per game only twice in his NBA career - and keep in mind NBA games are 50% longer than HS games. Robinson took 48.5% of his teams shots on the year. He was playing against mostly lightweight and middleweight schools. He only shot 32% from 3. He committed to Austin Peay, with offers from SIUE, SEMO and Eastern Illinois. Why not take a chance on him? That's why. Gillman is 6'11 and had a nice season (averaging over 16 points and 9 rebounds and 3 blocks) for an Oakville team that went 19-8 (7-1 in conference) against mostly large schools. Moreover, there is a scarcity of big men in college basketball. There are a handful of polished centers, and they are the easiest blue chip recruits for the Elite programs to key on. Every one else must recruit unpolished projects and develop them over several years in the program. Bottom line: You only have 13 scholarships. You take chances on big men who you hope to develop. With guards you can be more selective.

to recap winning > losing postseason > no postseason NCAA > NIT > CBI all that said, simply making the NCAA tournament remains a MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT for all but the very elite programs. A MUCH bigger deal than winning the NIT. The experience gained earning an NCAA bid outweighs the experience gained winning the NIT. You're going to win more meaningful games - and have more fun watching your team - over the course of a full season than ends with an NCAA tournament bid than a season that ends with an NIT championship.

I assume you play video games at the easiest setting with the offsides turned off.

Maybe failure is too harsh. Disappointment? Let down? They hadn't been to the dance in 30+ years. They were clearly on the upswing in 1986-87. What era in the last 30 years of the program would you consider a bigger disappointment than the Bonner/Gray/Douglass teams not ending the tournament drought? Lisch/Liddell? The 1 and done departure of Hughes? Willie Reed and the situation? I can't even think of anything else that registers. Are you going to say that the 1994 or 2000 teams getting bounced were bigger let downs than the golden late 80s generation missing the dance? I don't think so. That's the context. rebuilding year or not...if you're good enough to win the NIT, you're good enough that you should have made the dance and the season was a blown opportunity. also, the MCC was a 2-bid league the 2 years we finished 2nd in the NIT.

There is absolutely no scenario where not making the NCAA tournament > making the NCAA tournament. The 1994 and 2000 teams are some of the most revered in SLU history regardless of their first round NCAA exits. On the other hand the fact SLU couldn't get to the dance during the Bonner era represents the programs greatest failure in the last 30 years. I assume the NIT voters are trolls.

McConnell campaign pulls a Dickey of their own... http://deadspin.com/mitch-mcconnells-uk-campaign-ad-goes-from-bad-to-worse-1551862810