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PittsburghTiger

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  1. St. John’s was always my #2 Big East team. Our seats at the old Field House were five rows behind the visiting bench and we always had fun joking, mostly because we were so awful, with most of the teams and their staff. The priest, Father Dreher, who traveled with St. John’s was a cool guy. I worked more than a few Big East Tournaments and got to know him a bit. We used to call him Father DeNiro because he resembled a Mob Priest, perfectly dressed, well groomed with jet black hair. The last time they won the Big East Tournament was the Bootsy Thornton & Erick Barkley team of 1999-2000. They were fun, and extremely volatile as they had a fight in their locker room after one of the games. If I remember correctly Jay Z was seated behind their bench for the three games at MSG for that tournament. Last year at the Big East I got to hang out a bit with Walter Berry and he was cool. He was working as a former player celebrity rep for Schweppes. Along with a buddy of mine who played for Pitt so that’s how I got to meet Walter. I made my reservations this week for the Big East and I’m hoping St John’s will win as MSG is electric when they are good.
  2. This is pretty amazing or, creepy his hand looks like his fingers have been chewed off
  3. I’m friends with his mom (no pictures) and she’s nice. Tyler has always been nice to me but, I have no idea how he is as a coach. I’m not saying we are good friends or anything but, I’ve never really heard a lot of people talking shit on him. I reckon he can’t be all bad.
  4. I completely missed that Tyler Santucci left Tech and went to the Ravens. He's done a lot of moving, Wake (2014-15), Texas State (2016), ND (2017), A&M (2018), Wake (2019), A&M (2020-22), Duke (2023), Tech (2024) and now, Baltimore (2025).
  5. I have used Marvel M.O. for decades. My father used it before I. I swear by it. Back in the early 2000s I would babysit a 1995 Mazda MPV for my German cousins when her husband was a visiting professor up at PSU. They bought it off another professor and it was never really taken care of and had sticking and just ran like a dog with lung cancer. I used Marvel in the gas and oil and ran it one summer and when they came back for the fall it ran like a completely different car. I put it in 500 miles before an oil change. I use it in the gas for nice long trips. I like it a lot.
  6. Kenny Pickett Time!
  7. Best start for St. John’s since 1985-86. That team beat Syracuse to win Big East Tournament but lost to Auburn, led by Chuck Person, in the NCAA second round to finish 31-5.
  8. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/43680556/florida-state-leonard-hamilton-stepping-end-season Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton announced Monday he's stepping down at the end of the season, ending a 23-year career in Tallahassee. Hamilton, 76, will end his Florida State tenure as the winningest coach in school history and in the top five in wins in the history of the ACC. During his time with the Seminoles, Hamilton guided the program to the 2020 ACC regular-season title and eight NCAA tournament appearances. He also advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament on four occasions. . . . . . Hamilton is being sued by six former players basketball players from the 2023-24 team, alleging he failed to make good on a promise to get each of them $250,000 in name, image and likeness compensation. The plaintiffs -- Darin Green Jr., De'Ante Green, Cam'Ron Fletcher, Josh Nickelberry, Primo Spears and Jalen Warley -- filed suit in Leon County circuit court, and their attorney, Fort Lauderdale-based Darren Heitner, shared the 20-page complaint. The former players allege Hamilton promised them the money from his "business partners." The lawsuit says they walked out of a practice in the past season over the missed payments and intended to boycott a Feb. 17 game against Duke. They ended up playing -- the Seminoles lost -- amid a guarantee from Hamilton that they would be paid but they never were, according to the suit.
  9. They do some excellent work. Fun stuff.
  10. We were joking about how bad it must be for ESPN to have had our game on leading into a top game like Iowa State v Kansas. Oh, it was a horrible game.
  11. Well now, that was some embarrassing shit tonight. UVa, 3-8 in conference play came in to Pitt and beat the shit out of us. It was awful. 28:18 in hoops - thrashed all night, a guy from UVa gets his career-high, typical 33:21 in rebounds - weak team but, what do you expect when our big guys spend so much time outside the 3-pt line 20:5 in assists - selfish, stupid offense featuring dribble dribble dribble, pass, dribble dribble shoot bad shot late in the clock 28:18 points in the paint - weak inside all season 17:11 fouls - they roughed us up and we can't respond All after last week's win over UNC where they came on the radio preaching, "make the extra pass, make the extra pass" And Capel is afraid to sit anyone on the bench. We were winning playing a lot of guys, yes, the competition is better but, now we are playing just seven. Doesn't make sense. That was seriously pathetic.
  12. Dirt or mucus, phlegm? or Whores?
  13. those are so good. The writing, the narration and the camera work. Great stuff
  14. I’m gonna root for the Eagles. I don’t like them but, can’t really stand the Chiefs. I will say that I find myself caring much less, especially with the Super Bowl now in February. I lose interest, even more so with the extra week in between conference finals and the Super Bowl. The college playoffs was, to me, way more interesting and enjoyable I’ll watch but, I’ll be changing channels too.
  15. I don’t really care much for/against Calipari. He’s from here, went to Moon Area H.S. Then he went to Clarion University. I have some friends who know him pretty well. I’ve talked to him back when he was an assistant at Pitt and he was okay and all. I’ve got nothing for him, or against him. This UCONN v Marquette game has gotten good.
  16. Tough loss for Houston. I had no dog in the fight. Just a fun game.
  17. I thought he did travel there.
  18. Neither team has been great from FT. But Tech makes two huge ones
  19. Yeah, nobody was against him while at Pitt. He does some things pretty well but, has limitations, as do most players. He fills a need. I’m happy for him.
  20. Tech up 4 with the ball, 2:20 to play Federiko looks like the same player he was at Pitt, solid but, just not strong enough.
  21. Off to overtime. Houston had a chance
  22. Been a pretty fun game. A lot better than UNC at Duke
  23. Tech down 1, 49.7 to play
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