And Kentucky and Texas on hostile turf. Not sure about the third game. We'll see a lot of them at tourney time.
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And Kentucky and Texas on hostile turf. Not sure about the third game. We'll see a lot of them at tourney time.
Losing to Texas is no big deal. OTOH, Tennessee got waxed by USC, Florida lost to Richmond and Georgetown lost to Old Dominion. Ouch!
Carolina's played the toughest schedule in the country as far as I know. 5 ranked opponents, 3 in the top 5.
That's right, especially if Roy keeps tossing the opposing fans.UNC will be there in the end. They always are.
Anyone have any idea where to find (easily) how many years schools have had their basketball programs playing? Wikipedia is littered with some data, but it seems to be less than factual in some cases.
UK managed 2000 wins in 106 years (per the local paper) and was wondering just how long UNC and others chasing the plateau of 2000 wins have been playing (and counting wins in their record.)
Just was wondering if this trivia can be found.
Thanks!
UK managed 2000 wins in 106 years (per the local paper) and was wondering just how long UNC and others chasing the plateau of 2000 wins have been playing (and counting wins in their record.)
Just was wondering if this trivia can be found.
Thanks!
boring!
Not for UK fans, but others could pretty much assume it would be an ugly blow-out.
Not for UK fans, but others could pretty much assume it would be an ugly blow-out.
It really could have bee 60 or more, than the 44 it was.
Carolina is in its 100th year of playing basketball and will have 2000 wins shortly.
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/alltimewinningest.pdf
It doesn't include this season's numbers though.....
Newbies. My team has been shooting soccer balls through peach baskets since 1899! Glad you posers finally caught on to this wonderful game.
Don't make me laugh. Camby was often seen wearing this gaudy medallion that cost thousands of dollars, and the athletic director said they just assumed it was costume jewelry, because they knew he was of modest means and couldn't afford such real jewelry.
Calipari is disdained, fairly or unfairly, because he pushed the recruiting envelope by taking in Donta Bright and Lou Roe. I never talked to Roe, but believe me, Bright would not have qualified for undergrdute admission even AFTER he had graduated. Sports Illustrated ran a short feature on UMass basketball before it peaked, titled "UMess" in which it said that nearly all of its starters were on academic warning, but Calipari responded that they will be off warning by the time grades come out and they were. Calipari was and is the master at letting people know that he wants things done and then they do those things, and that is why he leaves so few fingerprnts.
There was also that strange story that didn't get national attention, which I posted about, where a coach at Pittsburgh said he had convened a meeting of assistant coaches, including assistant coach Calipari, saying that the regular payments to players was going to stop, and when Calipari was asked about that, he gave a real Calipari answer, saying that he didn't remember anyone saying anything that he thought could have meant that.
Calipari's assistant, Bill Bayno, went on to bigger things. UNLV, I think, where a booster friend of his was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to players. Bayno knew nothing about it. That's the way accommodation works.
I'm inclined to agree with that. Calipari did other things at Memphis, like hire Dejuan Wagner's father as newly created somethingorother of basketball operations, at twice the salary he was making elsewhere, and he signed those kids who were videotaped beating up another highschool student in the hallway. Calipari is not John Wooden. He is a coach for the 21st century.
Whereas I trust the UK administration to reasonably believe that Calipari is guilty of everything he has ever been accused of as well as a lot that he has not been accused of, and that under his leadership, things will continue to be done to benefit UK basketball in contravention of the rules, but they will be the net beneficiary of that, and the chances of continuing to get away with it make it worth taking that risk.
And as far as Knight is concerned, that is as ridiculous as Charles Barkley criticizing Allen Iverson for his off-the-court conduct, or John McEnroe criticizing anyone for their on-the-court behavior.
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THANKS to all! That pdf file has exactly what I was looking for. Some interesting data there.
