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HookEm

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  1. I think the conferences will continue to expand. I see the SEC and Big 10 eventually expanding to 20 teams and stopping there. That is going to continue to create instability. And where will the expansion come from? NOT the Big 12. And probably not from the dross of the PAC-10. The remaining west coast assets are garbage. So that leaves the ACC. And as good as the academics are at Cal and Stanford, there are also extremely good academic universities in the ACC that also are decent on the field / court. It is a game of chicken. No school will want to be where Oregon State and Cal are right now. So if a few ACC teams decide to move - or there are even RUMORS that they will move, the 2nd tier teams will immediately start scrambling, just like ASU, Utah, Colorado, etc. Boom, it will be easy to get the 6 signatures needed. If we assume the SEC and Big10 will get to 20, then I see it playing out like this: SEC Florida State - This will be the first domino in the next phase IMO Clemson - Best asset available outside of ND and FSU Virginia Tech (or Virginia) - Virginia is the better all around get IMO, but I think they are a better fit in the Big 10. Miami - Best brand available. Keeps the Big 10 (and largely the Big 12) out of Florida Big 10 Notre Dame - Obvious destination Virginia - Flagship school with solid athletics and great academics Big 12 North Carolina - Basketball school who will fit right in to the Big 12 and will take advantage of a Big 12 hoops contract Duke - Part of the deal with UNC. Also private schools that could do well in the Big 12 Louisville - Another great school to add to the hoops contract. Can be decent at football Pitt - Last, best available piece. Natural partner for WV. (Better add than NC State or Georgia Tech) Then you wind up with the following footprints:
  2. Fair. What if the Big 12 also added Pitt, Miami and FSU? ND has had good rivalries with all those schools. And they would be free to play Michigan and USC out of conference instead of having to meet them in conference (or even risk not playing them due to conference scheduling difficulty). (Puts the crack pipe down)
  3. I don’t see why the Big 12 doesn’t push to get to 20 and stop there. I think I’m the end we wind up with three 20 team conferences and everybody else. The Big 12 could make a strong case to Notre Dame that they are the only conference who respects religious institutions. I think this matters more than many realize. Baylor, BYU and TCU would all help make the case. Plus if ND goes to the Big 10 or SEC, they will always be wrestling for power with the old guard. The Big 12 has a power vacuum that Notre Dame could immediately step in and fill. And the ACC will not survive once a few of the big names start getting poached. If the Big 12 could get Notre Dame, then FSU and Clemson also become realistic. Round it out with North Carolina or Virginia Tech or Miami and then be done. Things are going to get crazy once the ACC fire sale starts.
  4. Did you forget Baylor who won a title like 2 years ago? Sooo many good hoops schools in the Big 12. Houston also has it going.
  5. When do you need to know definitively?
  6. In in for 4. Possibly 6.
  7. Air Max shoe has too much black, which isn't even one of our colors. Looks like crap IMO. The Pegasus 40 on the other hand looks great.
  8. I'm not saying Dwyane Wade is better than Kobe. Kobe obviously had a better career. I'm just saying I would probably rather PLAY with prime Wade. Here are the stats from both of their best years (in PTS, PER, WS and VORP). Both at 27 yrs old. Wade ('08) - 30.2 PTS, 7.5 AST, 5.0 TRB, 1.3 BLK, 2.2 STL, 56.2 TS%, 51.6 eFG%, 9.6 VORP, 14.7 WS, 0.232 WS/48, 30.4 PER Kobe ('06) - 35.4 PTS, 4.5 AST, 5.3 TRB, 0.4 BLK, 1.8 STL, 55.9 TS%, 49.1 eFG%, 8.0 VORP, 15.3 WS, 0.224 WS/48, 28.0 PER Tell me any of you would honestly rather play with Kobe from these years. Wade was more efficient, had more assists, played better defense, more steals, more blocks, better WS/48, better PER, better just about everything. And he did it all while involving his teammates to a much greater degree. If there is another Kobe year that was better than Wade in 2008, go ahead and post it.
  9. That was probably the nadir of his young life.
  10. On the wrong team Kobe could be a cancer. And also didn’t seem especially fun to play with.
  11. (Correction: Top 30 in PLAYOFF blocks)
  12. Wade also made an All Defense team 3 times. He got a ton of blocks for a guard and actually ranks top 30 in career blocks. I’ll take prime Wade and career Wade all day every day. I’m not actually sure I would pick prime Kobe over prime Wade if I was on a playground. Wade was a better teammate and would be much more fun to play with.
  13. I've been meaning to take a closer look at WV. They actually have done very well in the portal this year and most seem to be staying. Here is what their roster currently looks like: G - Kerr Kriisa - SR - 9.9 PTS, 2.4 TRB,5.1 AST, 70 GS, 76 GP - Transfer from Arizona (#17 Transfer) G - RaeQuan Battle - SR+ - 17.7 PTS, 2.9 TRB, 0.9 AST, 35 GS, 104 GP - Transfer from Montana - 1st Team Big Sky (#43 Transfer) G - Omar Silverio - SR+ - 10.9 PTS, 3.3 TRB, 1.1 AST - Transfer from Hoffstra F - Quinn Slazinski - SR+ - 11.3 PTS, 5.7 TRB, 1.9 AST, 34 GS - Transfer from Iona (#281 Transfer) F - Jesse Edwards - SR+ - 14.5 PTS, 10.3 TRB, 1.6 AST, 56 GS, 95 GP - Transfer from Syracuse - 3rd Team All ACC (#14 Transfer) G - Jeremiah Bembry - SO - Redshirted - Transfer from Florida State - (#260 Transfer) G - Seth Wilson - JR - 4.2 PTS, 0.9 TRB, 0.5 AST, 0 GS, 54 GP - Returning player F - Pat Suemnick - JR - 1.4 PTS, 1.3 TRB, 0.1 AST, 0 GS, 37 GP - Returning player G - Kobe Johnson - JR - 2.0 PTS, 1.0 TRB, 0.5 AST, 4 GS, 61 GP - Returning player F - Josiah Harris - SO - 1.8 PTS, 0.9 TRB, 0.1 AST, 0 GS, 17 GP - Returning player Still in the portal, but may return: G - Jose Perez - SR+ - 18.9 PTS, 3.2 TRB, 4.5 AST, 76 GS, 97 GP - Transfer from Manhattan - 1st Team All MAAC Departing Erik Stevenson - NBA Tre Mitchell - Transfer Kedrian Johnson - Graduated Emmitt Matthews - Graduated Joe Toussaint - Transfer Jimmy Bell - Transfer Mohamed Wague - Transfer James Okonkwo - Transfer Josiah Davis - Transfer Jamel King - Transfer Maybe having them in the 40s is too high, but they aren't going to suck IMO. They haven't played together, but overall their roster will be one of the most experienced in the country. Just about everyone is a senior or 5th yr senior. They also have a couple of potential all-conference type players in Edwards and Battle. They still could sign another player or two.
  14. Here is what the schedule might look like, along with where I think teams will land in the preseason rankings: KU - 1 - Away UH - 6 - Home & Away UT - 17 BU - 18 - Home & Away TCU - 23 - Away KSU - 30 - Home ISU - 37 - Home CINC - 38 - Away OU - 40 - Home & Away TT - 42 - Home & Away WV - 44 - Home & Away OSU - 48 - Home UCF - 68 - Home BYU - 70 - Away
  15. Team 3 defense is pretty bad. Magic (28), Dirk (38) and Jokic (35) have never sniffed an All-Defense team (best All-Defense award shares in parentheses). Jordan is obviously a great defender and Giannis has a DOPY award, but overall this is pretty weak defensive squad. Compare this to Team 1 which has the following all-defense shares in their prime: CP3 (3), Kobe (1), Durant (14), Garnett (DPoY), Kareem (2) And thinking back, there were some great matchups between Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson. Zeke definitely held his own against Magic, and CP3 is probably a better all-around player than Zeke - especially on defense. CP3 isn't going to get bullied around by Magic on defense. He would lose the matchup, but it wouldn't be as lop sided as I thought initially.
  16. We should do it again. The game has changed a lot over the last 5 years. Regarding the four teams above, team 1 could be pretty solid. Great perimeter shooting from KD, Kobe and CP3. Unstoppable interior offense from Kareem. Great perimeter defense from CP3 and Kobe. Great interior defense from Garnett and Kareem. Prime Kobe would not be a cakewalk for Jordan on either end of the court. And prime KD is a significantly better, more versatile player than Giannis. Dirk and KG are basically a wash. Prime Kareem is better than Jokic on both ends of the court. The only real advantage for Team 3 is Magic over CP3. Team 2 is a terribly constructed team. No shooting. They would get destroyed. LeBron and Stockton eventually learned to shoot the 3, but they weren't good at all in their prime - and I assume that is when you would get them.
  17. I'm pretty sure I won (under the handle LazyEngineer). I had Moses Malone and Dennis Rodman. All your rebounds are belong to me. Can't recall who else was on the team.
  18. Sure Rice had a decent summer league, but we really won't know how good he will be in the NBA until the lights go on.
  19. I can mostly agree with that. I thought Carr was pretty good the previous year too though. I still think that team could have made a decent run in the tourney. Matchups are also important and we ran into a terrible opponent against Purdue the year before in the tourney. And "how" a game is called can also make a big difference, even if the game is called evenly. Basically a lot of luck is involved to win a title in basketball. But if you keep putting out a top-10 team year after year, you will finally get one (or more).
  20. Yeah, he didn't do much. Marcus Carr got more run with Phoenix, but he didn't have a very good showing either.
  21. Brock Cunningham out here looking 6'10. WTF. Image looks photoshopped or something. That or he is like 10% bigger than everyone.
  22. If anyone needs a new travel card, the Chase Ink business has a big points bonus right now (100K). And the referrals are crazy high (40K). If anybody is planning to get one, let me know and I'll send a referral link. And if you already have one, a good plan is to send your SPOUSE a referral link. Then they get an independent card and 100K bonus and you get the 40K.
  23. I used a Marriott 35K free night plus ~7K add on points for a 24 hour staycation down at Austin Proper back a month ago. It was fantastic. Rates were going for like $450, so I felt like it was a decent value. In fairness thought, I would have stayed at a Motel 6 in Pflugerville just to get away from the kids for 24 hours.
  24. My son just graduated high school and we bought him this watch to get started on a collection: Vaer A5 Field White - USA Auto 40mm
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