It's a cautionary tale.

Georgetown as a Universoty can get away with neglecting basketball because, well, they're Georgetown.

Marquette on the other hand likely pays a huge penalty as an institution if mbb turns Gtown or DePaul. I wouldn't go as so far to say survival is threatened, but it would definitely because a very different type/tier of University.

Gauff dumps the 1st set.  Her serve and forehand can still go haywire. 

Quote from: jesmu84 on January 22, 2026, 07:39:42 PMThat all sounds bad.

But at least daily living is affordable now. And my taxes are down.

And those $3 meals are great - especially the piece of broccoli.

Quote from: BE_GoldenEagle on January 21, 2026, 08:16:05 PMI went

PG: Kolek
SG: Wade
SF: Crowder
PF: Novak
C: Chones

Kolek shot 38% and 39% from 3 his final 2 years here and 3s play in the modern game. Novak is a lights out shooter around the playmaking Wade. Crowder can shoot and is sort of interchangable with Novak at the 3/4. Chones a double-double machine as a rim presence on both sides of the floor. Shooting, defense, athleticism, passing.

I also don't think those are the best 5, just a group of 5 I'd love to see play together.

If no Butch not legit

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on January 22, 2026, 08:55:53 PMThank you for your response. Wow! This is really eye-opening, an autopsy of a school's team's self-inflicted destruction. One thing that I cannot understand...why bother hiring a guy like Cooley at his salary if there is no plan or willingness to turn things around? It seems to me that a coach from a mid-major would have been all that was needed.

The former president would pay market rate. The next president likely won't.

Absolutely horrific story about this former NFL D-Lineman, Kevin Johnson. 

Quote from: JWags85 on January 22, 2026, 08:41:14 PMMy parents lived in a townhouse when I was born across from a park.  Their next door neighbors had a former barn/farm cat named Cleetus.  Cleetus would get let out for a few hours each day, as he still had claws, to indulge his inherent wild streak and then make his way home to lounge and be a friendly house cat.  He was a great cat and really loved my parents for some reason from the moment they moved in and pet him.  So at least once or twice a week, they would open the door to find a mouse or toad or some other small creature that Cleetus had dispatched and happily left on their porch as a gift and token of his adoration. 

My neighbors' cat also brought me his kills. He would hop up on my kitchen sill, knowing I would always open the window and give him a treat. He suddenly became much less interested in the kibble that my neighbors were feeding him, and their vet could find no medical problems to account for it. Also, he maintained his weight despite eating much less.

Then one day, some people a couple of blocks away stopped in front of their house and said "so this is where he lives! We love it when he comes to visit. We're big on seafood and give him fresh tuna or whatever else we have available." 

Quote from: Shaka Shart on January 22, 2026, 08:38:25 PMTien is fun but his let ups are a bit frustrating. Hope he gets a little more comfortable on the attack

For sure. I guess I attribute that to age but it's something to watch

Quote from: JWags85 on January 22, 2026, 08:35:11 PMHe's not all that short, no more than an inch shorter than Alcaraz, but the stats on players under 6' winning majors, even at 5'11 like Tien, is crazy over the last 25 years.  Though Ive seen numerous people say Nadal is barely 6'.  But how fast things changed...Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Agassi were all under 6'

Laver was 5'7.  Now he's probably closer to 5'5. 

Quote from: Warriors4ever on January 22, 2026, 05:37:09 PMAfter my mom died I took  in her cat. Cat had been a stray that someone had rescued. I did not let the cat out but outside found us, one Thanksgiving morning I came home from
church and was sitting on my couch reading while the cat played with a stuffed animal - until it occurred to me that I didn't own a grey stuffed animal.
Squirrel had gotten into the basement ( we surmised through the chimney or something) and they had a royal battle down there, by the looks of it.. until the cat prevailed.... My neighbor kindly came over to assist me, I tried very hard to be an independent woman but was not prepared to deal with disposing of a dead squirrel....

Cats are often fearless.  Mine on the other hand is just an eating machine.