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  1. Hmm. Aughts (2000-2009) v. Tens (2010-2019). Going by results and not by seeding. 12 points for winning it all. 10 points for finalist. 8 points for final four. 6 points for Elite Eight. 4 points for Sweet 16. 2 points for 32. 1 point for making tourney. 1/2 point for winning NIT. Aughts (2000-2009): KU: Roy/Self = 54 pts OU: Sampson/Capel = 28 pts UT: Barnes = 37 pts ISU: Eustachy/Morgan/McDermott = 9 pts OSU: Sutton/Sutton/Ford = 25 pts BU: Bliss/Drew = 1 pt TT: Dickey/Knight/Knight = 8 pts KSU: Asbury/Wooldridge/Huggins/Martin = 2 pts Mizzou: Snyder/Watkins/Anderson = 17 pts A&M: Watkins/Gillispie/Turgeon = 10 pts CU: Patton/Bzdelik = 1 pt NU: Nee/Coller/Sadler = 0 pts (Tens) (2010-2019) KU: Self = 46 pts OU: Capel/Kruger = 21 pts UT: Barnes/Smart = 8.5 pts ISU: Hoiberg/Prohm = 15 pts OSU: Ford/Underwood/Boynton = 5 pts BU: Drew = 23.5 pts TT: Knight/Gillispie/Walker/Smith/Beard = 17 pts KSU: Martin/Weber = 20 pts Mizzou: Haith (2010-2012) = 5 pts WV: Huggins (2013-2019) = 13 pts A&M: Turgeon/Kennedy (2010-2012) = 4 pts CU: Bzdelik/Boyle (2010-2011) = 0 pts NU: Sadler (2010-2011) = 0 pts TCU: Johnson/Dixon (2013-2019) = 1.5 pts Aughts 192 - Tens 179.5. Big takeaways: Can't say Texas and Baylor switched, but the differentials are really close: UT 37-8.5=28.5. BU 23.5-1=22.5. TT's point were from last two years due to being a finalist and EE. Mizzou and WV roughly the same. A&M ain't the right comp. OSU way better under Sutton. OU slightly better under Sampson. KSU way better under Martin/Weber. Basically it was two EE runs, but more consistent tournament appearances. I thought ISU was better in both decades, but outside of some really good teams, not so much. 3 B12 teams won the NIT in the Tens. All Texas teams. Let's add some cattle to that hat. Used this website to make calculations. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-12/ncaa.html
  2. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Coincidentally, the qualifying tournament works out where most important game is first. US v. Costa Rica. 3/18. Combine this with first weekend of March Madness and March really is like Christmas. Top two qualify for Olympics. US, CRC and Mexico in same bracket (A) with Dominican Republic. A1 v B2 B1 v A2 Finalists qualify. Bracket B has Honduras, Canada, El Salvador and Haiti. If US finishes second then will have to beat first place, likely Honduras. Honduras has qualified last several times and beat US 2-0 last time. Report is that 25 will be called on 3/1 to have camp in Mexico. Not sure who'd I start that first game, but I fully expect Aaronson to stay in Europe. I saw the US v Columbia OQ playoff in 2016 and Colombia's athleticism and size crushed a young and naive US team. Score was only 2-1 (OG for US score) but Colombia dominated. US had Miazga, Arriola and Morris start. Horvath, Acosta and Trapp played full game. US team is way more experienced this time as almost are regular players in MLS.
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    USMNT 2021

    Olympic Qualifying Preliminary Rosters for all are released. No Pomykal. Hopefully he's healthy for Olympics and US qualifies.https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb...b461-387ad3f10f46/Preliminary_Rosters_MOQ.pdfGKs:Drake Callender, 97, MIAJonathan Klinsmann, 97, LAGMatt Freese, 98, PHIDavid Ochoa, 01, RSLBrady Scott, 99, AUSDefenders:Julian Araujo, 01, LAGGeorge Bello, 02, ATLKyle Duncan, 97, NYRBMarco Farfan, 98, LAFCJusten Glad, 97, RSLChris Gloster, 00, PSV (actually unattached)Aaron Herrera, 97, RSLAboubacar Keita, 00, CLBHenry Kessler, 98, NERMauricio Pineda, 97, CHIDonovan Pines, 98, DCUBryan Reynolds, 01, RomaMiles Robinson, 97, ATLJames Sands, 00, NYCAuston Trusty, 98, COLSam Vines, 99, COL (Listed as MF)Midfielders:Brenden Aaronson, 00, RB Salzburg (But listed as PHI)Efra Alvarez (!), 02, LAG (Listed in Mexico's provisional roster as wellCole Bassett, 01, COLGianluca Busio, 02, SKCCaden Clark, 03, NYRBJohnny, 01, InternacionalHassani Dotson, 97, MNUBrooks Lennon, 97, ATLDjordje Mihailovic, 98, MTL (listed as CHI)Keaton Parks, 97, NYCFCAndres Perea, 00, OCSCBrandon Servania, 99, FCDTanner Tessmann, 01, FCDJackson Yueill, 97, SJEEryk Williamson, 97, PORFrankie Amaya, 99, FCC (listed as FW)Forwards:Cade Cowell, 03, SJEKonrad De La Fuente, 01, BarcelonaJeremy Ebobisse, 97, PORJesus Ferreira, 00, FCDJonathan Lewis, 97, COLUly Llanez, 01, WolfsburgBenji Michel, 97, OCSC (not listed in Haiti's roster)Ricardo Pepi, 03, FCDSebastian Saucedo, 97, Pumas UNAMSebastian Soto, 00, Norwich City
  4. For all of Shaka's faults, his team had good opportunities at the end. Coleman misses a one and one with 8 seconds left. Senior captain shooting 83% misses. I remember when he was a freshman and missed those fts against Tech. He went and worked on fts at 3 am after landing from Lubbock. Saturday had to hurt. Good out of bounds play to get A. Jones a good look and he misses 3 pointer with 3 seconds left. 0.4 seconds left and Sims misses tap in. The shot by Jones and Sims were good plays drawn up by coaching staff. How much of this disappointment carries over to tomorrow night?
  5. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Aaronson against 2nd place team. Two hockey assists for the energizer bunny and a nice uncalled foul.
  6. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Good points. And that’s what I like about this graphic showing tiers as there topics open for discussion. our younger players are having some struggles. From dest admitting he’s lost confidence to Reyna and Musah not playing as well as they have been. For national team both are better centrally. Who plays there next to mckennie? Musah plays wing for Valencia and has been underwhelming. Reyna isn’t great at wing. Does Morris play wing over either of them? It’s likely that Musah choose US if he continues to underwhelm. what the hell happened to dest? He was starting and then there is a headline in late Jan. saying he’s lost confidence since the summer. These guys are young and good but that’s no guarantee. Andrew Carlton was rated as most talented us player at u17 World Cup a couple of years ago. Higher rated than Weah or Sargent. He ended up getting dismissed by Atlanta and then a USL team and now finds himself practically out of serious professional opportunities.
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    USMNT 2021

    Nice job by scuffed team.
  8. If Texas plays like they did last night, they will lose against TCU, OU, KU, and WVU. They will likely beat ISU, but it's on the road, so game is in play? Almost exact opposite of what you propose. Texas' defense is so bad right now that well coached teams will eat them up. Confusion and delayed decisions are not a sign of good coaching. It was obvious that point of emphasis was to get the ball up court quickly, but if it is Sims bringing the ball up then that is a turnover ready to happen. Again, well coached teams will feast on that. The hero ball on offense ain't gonna help when they don't shoot 67% from the field. Last night in second half they shot 67% and increased lead to 17. KSU came back on determined rebounding, defense and sloppy execution by Texas on defense. Texas couldn't keep up high percentage of making shots and looked meek on the boards. The future opponents will carve that up. Damn, I'm hungry.
  9. No Michigan State either.
  10. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Richards starting at lcb in first game eligible for hoffenheim. It’s on espn+. They’re down 1-0 but Richards not involved in goal against. He looks good. Made a terrific diagonal pass that unleashed an attack. The attack didn’t result in dangerous shot but he did his part. He plays like this for rest of season then long and miazga should be depth pieces.
  11. A song that marked my divorce. It was the ringtone for my ex for many years post divorce. Like clockwork, she would call while I was coaching youth soccer games and wanting to know what the kids were doing this weekend. The kids on the sideline would hear the guitar and bass line and couldn't help but move. Enjoyed the Temptations original, but this version hits me hard.
  12. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Richards will transfer to Hoffenheim. Chance to play under his old coach.
  13. Shit, I can't get past instrumentals. Found this while looking for the stripper song from Diner. And then heard a song on Bill Mack's show, but couldn't find it either, but both quests led me to this. Why is it perfect, I don't know but love the call and response of the sax and keyboards and it makes me move. and... Saw him and Augie Meyer in 2019 at a halloween festival where he had to be helped on stage. He couldn't play like he used to, but that doesn't matter when I hear this song.
  14. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    1) My memory is that FCD expected McKennie to enroll at Virginia and they wouldn't have to sign him until they wanted to. McKennie went AWOL during the DA playoffs and Pomykal moved up to take his place on the U18s. McKennie then signed with Schalke when he turned 18 in August. Up for dispute, but I think FCD realized they screwed the pooch and began signing underage players. A few months later FCD signed Pomykal and then Fereirra and Reynolds. 2) Pepi switched to FCD EP while there. 2019 U17 Mexico starting striker was also from FCD EP, Santiago Munoz. There were rumors he may go back to USYNT. Chris Richards and Tanner Tessman are from Alabama and migrated to FCD. Pomykal started out with Dallas Texans and Cannon with Solar through early DA. They and several others were told to transfer to FCD if they wanted consideration for USYNT. 3) Interesting that Bayern-FCD agreement was supposed to be two ways, but I don't ever hear any young players going from Bayern to play for FCD. But no worries as long as players of Richards caliber can get chances. 4) Philadelphia did well with McKenzie going to Genk and Aaronson to Salzburg. They supposedly have some very good young players. 5) Absolutely love the success that these young American players are having overseas.
  15. Enjoyed the Up series as well as his direction of biographical movies like Coalminer's Daughter and Gorillas in the Mist. RIP old dude.
  16. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    This is nice. Supposed to be a dm in the Tyler Adams mode.
  17. Any of the John Le Carre adaptations should qualify. Since Le Carre just died in Dec. there should be a lot of articles regarding the best ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/movies/john-le-carre-netflix.html The British tv series for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People are on regular youtube. Alec Guinness plays Smiley and he as always is terrific. A current viewer has to get past the late 70s visuals, but I think the acting and directing are really good.
  18. The TCM intro to Spinal Tap indicates it was being shown as an in memoriam piece and specifically honoring Fred Willard. The movie after was the belly of an Architect featuring Brian Dennehy.
  19. It's a Richard Curtis move set at Christmas. I don't understand why Rhys Ifans wasn't in it. I'd rather watch Pirate Radio than this at Christmas. Or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang if I want some Christmas fun.
  20. Breeders - hilarious and dark. The grandparents are a riot. Do three episode mini-series count? Quiz, about the cheating scandal in Who Wants to be a Milionaire.
  21. dogbreath

    Big Country?

    I heard the Skids on George Gmarc's show in 1980 and loved Into the Valley and bought the album, Scared to Dance. Another great song is Saints are Coming later covered by U2, but the original is better. Adamson left the Skids to form Big Country.
  22. Defending Villanova means not biting on every ball fake. Texas bit on every one and Villanova took advantage to get easy shots and makes when they needed it. Seems like it would have been a point of emphasis by the coaches. They attacked swider to score points when he was matched but then let hid slow feet juke and get open for 3 point makes. Lots of promise with this team. Hopefully they can learn how to play smarter against a quality team like Villanova.
  23. dogbreath

    USMNT 2020

    Sargent not released by his club. Lletget takes his place since his club finished in the shitter.
  24. I'm bewildered by the lack of mentions for Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
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