Some thoughts...

[kyleslamb]

I can't speak for everyone here, but I'm really not interested in reading what you have to say. Go celebrate your win on your own board.

Then don't respond. No one forced you to read nor did anyone force you to write a reply. I'm not celebrating anything. I'm here to talk basketball. Clearly that's a foreign concept to you.

 

[Knicks411]

No, Craft was still a few feet behind half-court, the shot clock hit 24 and I think Scoop knocked it out of bounds. If they haven't crossed half court yet and the shot clock says 24, that has to be a 10 second though, no? There was no timeout, the ball as knocked out of bounds either on the pass or the tip. Maybe because he was in the act of passing it's fine? Not sure...someone will probably know.

I remember that play; I could've sworn there was a timeout. If not, then should've been a 10 second.

 

[Orangezoo]

kyle.. your angle is biased no matter how passive aggressive you try to be... the reality is you have failed to address any claim that clearly shows where your logic is flawed.. its ok to be wrong... but its silly to deflect and claim you are taking the high road when you are clearly not. posters here have challenged you many times and yet you bypass the direct questioning.

 

[br801]

Then don't respond. No one forced you to read nor did anyone force you to write a reply. I'm not celebrating anything. I'm here to talk basketball. Clearly that's a foreign concept to you.

It's a special brand of fan who wants to spend hours on a vanquished opponent's message board.

 

[CIL]

It's a special brand of fan who wants to spend hours on a vanquished opponent's message board.

They're called douchebags.

 

[Loose Nukes]

Honestly... Go away. I could give two shits about your opinion. I don't get why opposing fans come here and get upset when they get reacted to negatively. It's like jumping in a snake pit and getting upset about getting bit. It was the worst officiated game I've ever see in my life, end of story. We got and everyone knows it.

 

[OttoMets]

I can't speak for everyone here, but I'm really not interested in reading what you have to say. Go celebrate your win on your own board.

Now that casts Syracuse fans in a great light.

Way to take someone's insightful analysis and chime in with your own sophomoric thoughts.

 

[Knicks411]

Now that casts Syracuse fans in a great light.

Way to take someone's insightful analysis and chime in with your own sophomoric thoughts.

I know what you are saying, but at the same time, we have what is (I assume) an Ohio State fan coming onto to the board to dissect a game that we just lost to end our season, and a game that was officiated in a pretty questionable manner. Emotions are running pretty high right now, you know?

 

[RF2044]

It is possible, you just don't want to. Let's call a spade a spade... there were two coaches that were still calling plays, playing to strategy, etc. There was still a basketball game going on. Bringing it up under the guise of "that was the game" is just a poor excuse for, well, making excuses.

"Other that that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?" Oh Lord

 

[OttoMets]

I know what you are saying, but at the same time, we have what is (I assume) an Ohio State fan coming onto to the board to dissect a game that we just lost to end our season, and a game that was officiated in a pretty questionable manner. Emotions are running pretty high right now, you know?

At 9:30 last night, maybe. But this guy is, if anything, polite to a fault. He's trying to discuss basketball on a basketball board, he's effusive in his praise of our team, and he's getting childish comments thrown back at him.

I expect that from some of the posters on here, but there should be enough good basketball minds on here to engage in some dispassionate hoops discussion this afternoon.

Hate the "pile on the outsiders" mentality on here. We should hold ourselves to a higher standard - it's OK to put disappointment aside and just talk basketball.

 

[br801]

Now that casts Syracuse fans in a great light.

Way to take someone's insightful analysis and chime in with your own sophomoric thoughts.

I clearly stated it was my opinion and not that of the entire board. The guy was on here last night immediately after the game and then returned to start this thread this morning. I thought that was excessive for an opposing fan and stated my opinion. And I don't believe most of his analysis would qualify as insightful, but again that is just my opinion.

 

[Knicks411]

At 9:30 last night, maybe. But this guy is, if anything, polite to a fault. He's trying to discuss basketball on a basketball board, he's effusive in his praise of our team, and he's getting childish comments thrown back at him.

I expect that from some of the posters on here, but there should be enough good basketball minds on here to engage in some dispassionate hoops discussion this afternoon.

Hate the "pile on the outsiders" mentality on here. We should hold ourselves to a higher standard - it's OK to put disappointment aside and just talk basketball.

I hear you, you're probably right too. But I can kinda see where some of the comments are coming from.

 

[OttoMets]

I know what you are saying, but at the same time, we have what is (I assume) an Ohio State fan coming onto to the board to dissect a game that we just lost to end our season, and a game that was officiated in a pretty questionable manner. Emotions are running pretty high right now, you know?

And I'm probably the first person on here to lose his mind over the state of officiating in college basketball, but it's not crazy to note that several factors contributed to the outcome of the game last night. The original poster's analysis was a good one.

As far as I'm concerned, a.) Ohio State played a good game and is a worthy East Regional champ, b.) Syracuse killed itself with missed layups and a couple periods of poor shot selection and lousy ballhandling, and c.) the referees were awful. But it's possible to discuss the game without mentioning the third issue.

 

[OttoMets]

I hear you, you're probably right too. But I can kinda see where some of the comments are coming from.

I know that we're all down about the game; I'm sorry that our season is over, I'm sorry that Scoop's played his last game, and I'm sorry that that 20-0 team plateaued and didn't morph into the best team in school history. So, yeah, maybe now's not the time to expect everyone to be dispassionate. But there's no harm in being polite to those whose posts we don't care to read, especially when they seem to be posters of value.

 

[Ghost]

I remember that play; I could've sworn there was a timeout. If not, then should've been a 10 second.

Maybe it was a TO, either way shot clock was at 24 and they still hadn't passed half court.

 

[Knicks411]

Maybe it was a TO, either way shot clock was at 24 and they still hadn't passed half court.

Yeah, but like I said before, if they called a TO in the middle of the play (which is what I remembered, I thought they were trapped on the sideline and called a TO after like 3 or 4 seconds) then the 10 second count resets.

 

[Ghost]

And I'm probably the first person on here to lose his mind over the state of officiating in college basketball, but it's not crazy to note that several factors contributed to the outcome of the game last night. The original poster's analysis was a good one.

As far as I'm concerned, a.) Ohio State played a good game and is a worthy East Regional champ, b.) Syracuse killed itself with missed layups and a couple periods of poor shot selection and lousy ballhandling, and c.) the referees were awful. But it's possible to discuss the game without mentioning the third issue.

I'd like to mention the third issue.

I'd like to replay the game where we just switch sides. We give our best players (Waiters or Kris I guess) 2 early fouls, one phantom one, have them sit the rest of the first half, BUT then spend the next 25 minutes with their team getting calls against them and have Sullinger, plus 3 others of their choice having 4 fouls at the 12:00 minute mark.

I would like our chances.

Okay, I'm done. lol

 

[RF2044]

At 9:30 last night, maybe. But this guy is, if anything, polite to a fault. He's trying to discuss basketball on a basketball board, he's effusive in his praise of our team, and he's getting childish comments thrown back at him.

I expect that from some of the posters on here, but there should be enough good basketball minds on here to engage in some dispassionate hoops discussion this afternoon.

Hate the "pile on the outsiders" mentality on here. We should hold ourselves to a higher standard - it's OK to put disappointment aside and just talk basketball.

You know what I hate? The perpetual flood of negativity from some posters, who believe that espousing contrarian viewpoints somehow translates into being "objective."

OttoMets, I'm not directing this at you as much as making a general statement about this board. If you believe with sincere intellectual honesty that the officiating last night was fair / balanced and a non-factor in the outcome of last night's game, per what Kyleslamb is suggesting in this thread, then there is no point in continuing this dialogue.

 

[jncuse]

Every single person has brought up officiating, despite a simple request to keep that out of one single thread on the board. One thread, I asked if people could keep their thoughts about officials to themselves. Can't even bite your tongue long enough to do that? There are literally dozens of other threads to discuss that, yet people can't keep it to themselves for one thread?

You created thread so we can jerk off over the excellence of Ohio St, basically baiting response on officiating... knowing it could make yourself look better in your mind (even though the bait was very childish). Seriously grow up. And to deal with you at the same age level... go yourself.

 

[OttoMets]

You know what I hate? The perpetual flood of negativity from some posters, who believe that espousing contrarian viewpoints somehow translates into being "objective."

OttoMets, I'm not directing this at you as much as making a general statement about this board. If you believe with sincere intellectual honesty that the officiating last night was fair / balanced and a non-factor in the outcome of last night's game, per what Kyleslamb is suggesting in this thread, then there is no point in continuing this dialogue.

I don't know that anyone is suggesting that the officiating didn't give Ohio State an advantage (I'm sure not), but what's wrong with setting aside the topic of officiating and just discussing the teams' play?

 

[Muttsy]

I'm not sure which is more unbelievable, this guy coming over here to post, or anyone defending his doing it.

 

[Scoopadelphia]

Dude, you are an OSU fan. I'm from Columbus. I'm an OSU fan. Except for last night.

So lets be real - you care more about the Spring football game coming up than the final four next week.

I know this. I'm Nuts About Urban too.

 

[kyleslamb]

You created thread so we can jerk off over the excellence of Ohio St, basically baiting response on officiating... knowing it could make yourself look better in your mind (even though the bait was very childish). Seriously grow up. And to deal with you at the same age level... go **** yourself.

What you jerk off to is your business. I don't care one iota about baiting it into officiating. If I did, I would have just kept discussing the officiating in the thread last night that I bowed out of, or I could have joined in one of the other two-dozen threads about the officiating. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense... your theory

 

[kyleslamb]

Honestly... Go away. I could give two shits about your opinion. I don't get why opposing fans come here and get upset when they get reacted to negatively. It's like jumping in a snake pit and getting upset about getting bit. It was the worst officiated game I've ever see in my life, end of story. We got ****** and everyone knows it.

Because if you can imagine this... I would hope there are actually mature adults that want to talk basketball and dont' give a about whether someone is a fan. God forbid someone try to have a civil discussion. Frankly, if that's so hard for people, they shouldn't be on the internet at all, let alone worrying why college basketball fans want to have a discussion with other college basketball fans.

Do you think people should only mingle with their own gender/race/orientation as well?

 

[Toga]

It is possible, you just don't want to. Let's call a spade a spade... there were two coaches that were still calling plays, playing to strategy, etc. There was still a basketball game going on. Bringing it up under the guise of "that was the game" is just a poor excuse for, well, making excuses.

Dude just face the fact you have an obstinate passive aggressive personality (I'm guessing this isn't the first time you've been told that) and then leave the site.