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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2442333, member: 289"] PART 2 Is this another year where there are no great teams in college basketball? “There are no great teams but there are some really good teams that could be great: Duke, Michigan State and Arizona. There are a lot of really good teams….Michigan State is clearly the best team in the country but they will get some challenges. ” There’s another proposal to switch to a quarters system rather than just two halves. Jim’s opposed, (it’s a change!) “It’s a little more stoppage of time.” At least the players wouldn’t get tired. Trey Young is “the most fun player to watch in the country. Nobody is Steph Curry but in college he’s Steph Curry. He’s definitely the Player of the year, hands down.” But they are about to play #6 West Virginia who has a fine guard of their own in Jevon Carter who, at 6-2 205 is a physically stronger player than the 6-2 180 Young and has a reputation for being an excellent defender. “Trae is not yet as strong as he needs to be. “ Get out the popcorn. On the college football playoff: “They will never expand the playoff – not for a while anyway. They are making too much money. The next move might be to 8 to cover the 2-3 teams that should be in there. They complain about the number of games. Everybody used to play 9 games, then 10, then 11 and now 12. Most teams wind up playing 13 games with the bowls. The playoff is mainly during Christmas break. The kids aren’t in school. They will eventually go to 8 but not for a while. “ They talked about the bowl games, especially the Rose Bowl. “It was a great game. I remember Ron Vanderkelen back in the day. That was a game like this.” He’s referring to the great game of my youth, one that was so amazing that even the women who had gathered for a family reunion during the holidays gathered with the men around the TV set to see how the 1/1/63 Rose Bowl came out. [MEDIA=youtube]D2v-UJ3FMBs[/MEDIA] “I thought Clemson was going to win it all. Alabama is good in Big Game situations. They got guys healthy. They had not been playing great at the end of the year. ” About Central Florida celebrating their “national championship” as the only undefeated team after beating Auburn who beat two of the teams in the 4 team tournament: “I didn’t know you could declare yourself national champion. You can’t do that. It will be ridiculed. They should be happy that they were undefeated and leave it at that. It’s hard to compete with the big schools. It’s hard to go with just a bowl game. Auburn was disappointed at not making the playoff and Central Florida had something to prove. There’s no guarantee they’d be included even with expansion. “ Gomez pointed out that the coaching staff got bonuses for winning the national championship. JB: “And they aren’t even there anymore.” The LSU Defensive Coordinator got a 4 year $10 million extension and is not being paid more than head Coach Ed Orgeron. “Once they go to that level, Alabama will do the same. Once you pay one guy in a league they all will do it.” I wonder if the DC with a four eyar contract would outlast the ehad coach if he got fired. Jim likes pro football. “It’s fun to watch… It was great to see the Bills make the playoffs. They are going up against Doug Marrone. If it was the NCAA tournament they’d think it was rigged….McCoy has to be healthy… Jacksonville hasn’t played well in the last few weeks.” Leonard Fournette brought Rolexes for his offensive linemen. “Running backs and quarterbacks often do that, as they should.“ The Patriots practiced to day in the middle of a blizzard. Bill Belichick said there would be no excuses for showing up late. “That’s what ben Schwartzwalder did. It would be 20 degrees and snowing and he’d have his team out there. The basketball team would be practicing indoors. We dressed in the same locker room and I told the players that it was 72 degrees where we practiced and ben would get mad.” Gomez wondered if there ever “territorial rights” in the pro leagues. Jims aid there was at one time in the NBA. Somebody did an article speculating what NBA teams would be like if all their players had to come from high schools within a certain radius. [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/duplicates/6tsy45/oc_what_if_every_nba_player_played_for_their/'][OC] What if every NBA player played for their local team? • r/nba[/URL] Jim said it was “interesting to think about”. Then they moved on. There are rumors of LeBron going to the 76ers. “he could make any spot work. But they have ben Simmons, who does some of the same things. Still, it doesn’t matter where LeBron goes- he’ll fit in. The Celtics beat the Cavaliers. Have they now passed them as the best team in the Eastern Conference? “Isaiah Thomas didn’t play. We’ll have to see how he fits in. The Celtics had too many guys for LeBron to beat them. But it will still take 1-2 years for them to catch the Warriors.” Danny Schayes played in the NBA for 18 years. This is Carmelo’s 15th year. Will the fact that started earlier help him extend his career? “It’s hard to play a lot of years when you are playing all the time. Oklahoma City hasn’t quite figured it out yet. It more of a struggle than people thought. They could still have a solid playoff drive. “ Kristaps Porzingis “is tired. He’s thin and bene banged around a lot. It’s taken a lot out of him. He started out scoring 30 points a game. Now it’s more like 18.” Jim’s daughter Jamie has decided to play college basketball for the University of Rochester. Ironically, back in 1976 Jim was interviewing for the Rochester men’s job when he got the Syracuse job. “it’s a great school with a great program and great coaching with a proven track record. He’s happy she’s going there.” Jim does Pilates twice a week. “It helps your core.” Maybe Frank Howard could have used it last year. Gomez asked the coach if there was any cardio involved. Jim said “:No” and Gomez said “Good.” Jim reminded he needed cardio, too. Gomez was not enthusiastic. Rich Cho, GM of the Charlotte Hornets is a food critic on the side who sends out photos of what he eats at restaurants with his reviews on “BigTimeBites.com “. [URL='http://bigtimebites.com/']Bigtime Bites - Bigtime Bites[/URL] Would Jim be interested in doing something like that in his retirement? “I don’t think so. it’s too much work. I like to just enjoy the meal.” [/QUOTE]

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