Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 02:59:47 PMI think Johnson comes off to rival fans the same way Kolek did.  He's been super animated and emotional and bombastic in the locker room all year and it's clearly worked in terms of energizing the team and creating a culture.  The pearl clutching over the F bomb is silly.  Of course he would annoy me as a Packers fan, especially after how the season ended.  But neutral fans, gimme a break.  It's not like he's been loud and combative as the Bears piled up losses. I'm sure Al dropped more than a few F bomba toward teams, both in and out of the locker room

And on the flip side opposing fans rightfully made fun of the aura that Eberflus curated, of quiet incompetence.

No matter what you do, your average passionate packers fan will find reason to dislike/mock the bears coach.

just like despite me thinking he's a top 10(?) football mind in this league, I think Matt Lafleur's 5 haircuts and beard trims a week suggests he's a peacocking high maintenance weenie.

But I do respect him for his offensive prowess.

Quote from: GoFastAndWin on Today at 03:58:10 PMDePaul gambling scandal.

Butler, St John's, Georgetown

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 03:56:24 PMIt started in 2011 when Shaka got to the Final Four with a buncha mid-major schlubs.

That famously led him to say: "If I can win big with schlubs at VCU, I sure as sh!t can win big with schlubs at, say, Marquette."

Yes! I remember that when he was on top of the ladder cutting down the net after the Regional Final.

Quote from: tower912 on Today at 03:36:46 PMI think the weather is a push.  Yes, the Rams haven't played in it.  Neither have the Bears.  Not like Sunday's forecast. 

No there is a magical effect when you wear the Bears' uniform in this 'Bears' weather. 

I agree, Stafford is always good and has experience in Chicago and GB.

Quote from: MU82 on Today at 10:51:54 AMJalen Brunson got hurt 5 minutes into last night's game and didn't return, so Kolek played 24 minutes. He had 7 points on 3/9 shooting (1/4 from 3), 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 0 turnovers. He was +2, one of only 4 Knicks in the plus column as they lost at Sacramento.

Kolek's performance this year has been kind of funny.  There is some recency and confirmation bias, to be sure.  But it feels like when he gets normal (low to mid teens) minutes, he'll be decent but sometimes uninspiring.  But whenever he gets elevated minutes for whatever reason, he fills up the stat sheet to some extent

Quote from: tower912 on Today at 11:43:22 AMThere has been something rolling around in my head this season.  Wojo could not attract an impact guard while Markus was at MU.

Shaka did not land an impact recruit while there was no immediate playing time available.

So you are saying next year will be a swamping of incoming "Sudden Impact" players with the exception of PG with Nigel James?

Another big sports betting scandal...including DePaul!

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47619154/many-college-players-20-charged-point-shaving-scheme

Best quote from the article...
https://x.com/tom_winter/status/2011827808197067139?s=46

Some of the amounts bet on no name college games are SHOCKING.  Half a million dollar bets on Towson over NCA&T. $425K on the first half line of a Kent St/Buffalo game.

Beyond the absurdity, some of the books had to be in on it, cause what book is taking that action on those games?

Also indicted is former Bulls LEGEND, Antonio Blakeney for fixing CBA games in China. Hence the quote above. As a recovering degenerate who actively bet CBA games in the past cause nothing else was going early in the morning, I'm SHOCKED it took this long.  You had a league with very minimal defense featuring American "stars" who were only there to score tons of points.  You'd regularly see teams score 35-40 points in a quarter with primary scorers draining buckets at will...only to see the same team score 17 points in the second quarter.

I remember watching a former high level Euroleague player, past his prime now playing in the CBA. Absolutely scorching in the first quarter, DeRozan like mid range game burying jumpers or blowing by to the rim if they jumped at him.  2nd quarter, with a lead, suddenly this guy is only shooting 3s, mostly step backs or pull ups no less, with basically no success.  He finished the half with like 25...but had probably 20 in the 1st quarter.  And his team had a narrow leader after leading by 15ish after 1. I'm sure fixing has been going on for years, but it wasn't American based

Quote from: NCMUFan on January 14, 2026, 12:46:18 PMThe BB program has been a money maker and great University promotional tool.  Why settle now for making it insignificant and loose all this upside?

We are already there. Low major status

Quote from: tower912 on Today at 02:40:55 PMYou never find joy in anything.  You should try it.

You are wrong. Joy always arises when I read your posts. I found lots of joy in your undying support of Wojo, as I am finding joy in your undying support of Shaka. Spread the joy, I embrace it. I also find joy in your expert psychological analysis. I try to find joy in this season's journey. You should try to be objective. You might get joy from it.