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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1668295, member: 289"] PART 2 Matt said “There is no news on Carmelo Anthony. Kristaps Porzingis said he would hate to see him go.” JB: “They are a player or two away. They need a really good guard. They are getting a little better but aren’t there yet.” Anthony Davis had a 59 point, 20 rebound game against Detroit. “He’s the best big man in the NBA”. They marveled at the Warriors, who had just gotten 75 points from their starting backcourt in a game against the heat. The night of the show they got 60 more: 51 by Steph Curry who became the first player ever to get 10 three pointers and 10 two pointers in the same game. I have a pal who lives in Oakland and is a huge Warriors fan. He’s having a lot of fun these days after many years of being an also-ran. There’s a rumor the Warriors will trade Harrison Barnes for Kevin Durrant, (both are free agents after this year). JB: they play the same positon.” I think the Warriors could use some more firepower. Don’t you? #1 went down again as Xavier beat Villanova. “Xavier is very good and can beat anybody. Villanova is very good but they’ve lost in the first or second round 5-6 years in a row so there’s a lot of pressure on them. It’s unfortunate because it throws out what you do in the regular season” Coach K said his team needs “more personality”. Duke “doesn’t have a lot of players but the ones they have are really good. Allen and Ingram are two of the best freshmen in the country.“ If Allen is a freshman, that’s news to Wisconsin. What was he last year? It looks like Kansas will win its 12th straight Big 12 title. Bill self was asked if it’s better to have 1-2 dominant teams or a well-balanced league. Self said he didn’t mind having 1-2 dominant teams as long as Kansas was one of them. Leonard Hamilton got a contract extension, despite Florida State’s slump. “He’s done a great job. It’s not that easy a place to get players….Miami will lose a lot of guys- they have four seniors. But they’ve got some good players coming in.” Does Coach have any comment about the “mess at Tennessee?” “It’s along running period. You just don’t know what it’s about until it all comes out.” Been there…done that. Arizona coach Sean Miller is concerned about court-storming: [URL]http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14841716/sean-miller-arizona-wildcats-blasts-pac-12-court-storming[/URL] Jim thinks that if you try to prevent it, it might cause more injuries. “if somebody pushes somebody and they hit back, then you’ve got a real problem.” What does the coach think about the new Major League Baseball rules? There’s going to be a 30 second limit on visits to the mound by pitching coaches. “That’s what they take now.” They are eliminating the “neighborhood play” at second base by making calls there reviewable. “It used to be a safety measure.” Gomez said that “the slider must now touch the ground before reaching the base. He must touch the base. They’ve eliminated the cut block.” JB: “It’s a good rule.. They should take a normal slide and not roll into a guy.” The SU women were winning again. “I can’t say enough about the women’s team this year…They shoot threes and can get hot and beat anybody. Or they can go cold and have trouble with anybody.” Sounds like the men’s team. They pointed out that, unlike the men, women’s teams can get home games in the NCAA tournament. The women are playing games in quarters. “I haven’t heard too much about doing it in the men’s game. I’m sure there’s a rationale for it but I don’t know what it is.” They lauded the seniors. Jim said “It’s so hard to get a degree in four years and play basketball”. Pat asked if Jim was going to be at the sectional championship game between Bishop Ludden and Liverpool, (which is coached by former SU player Ryan Blackwell). “I’m not recruiting anybody there. But it will be a good game.” When he goes to see his kids play, does he discuss the game with them or the coaches? “Coaches rarely talk to parents. I just watch and go home. There’s so much parental involvement in high school. They try to pressure the coaches because they want their kids to get scholarships. I talk to the kids about the game: what I see and they think. Both are hard workers. It’s fun watching your kids try to get better and play hard. Jimmy is 17 and probably needs a year in prep school. He could play for a lower Division 1 program.” I guess JB II won’t be in orange. Jim knows lots of cool people. He is acquainted with the actor Bill Murray. Once at a final four,. Bill was sitting with a bunch of Illinois fans, (I’m guessing this is 2005), and spotted Jim and called him over to sit with them and he’s had dinner with Bill a couple of times at charity golf events. “He’s a funny guy. You can’t even eat your food. You can’t get a better show than Bill Murray going on.” Bills son is an assist coach at Providence. Bill once invited the coach to join him in Ithaca for a Cornell football game. But Jim was recruiting in Texas. Bill still wanted him to fly up. “It’s only one day.” One caller announced “There’s no rest for the wicked” and asked what JB does to go on vacation. Jim took joking exception to the use of the term “wicked”. He said he takes his kids to play AAU ball in places like Scranton Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Sounds like fun. “We’ve been to Disney World a couple of times.” [/QUOTE]

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