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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2467344, member: 289"] PART 2 Purdue was playing Michigan, (who they would beat 92-88). JB: “They are probably the hottest team in college basketball right now. They’ve won 15 straight. They have a lot of depth, ([I]so I guess that’s important, right Jim?)[/I] and are very physical. They’ve got a senior big guy and a couple of really good guards. They are beating teams by a lot. They got beat twice in a tourney. One was against a good team, (Tennessee). The other was against a not so good team, (Western Kentucky). They’ve dominated since. Michigan has been a really good road team for a long time. John Beilein is a great coach.“ At one point during the second half, both teams were shooting 75% for the half. Michigan was at 60% for the game but down 7. “You can’t play much better than that.” Ohio State “is the surprise team of the country. They lost some games early but are now beating everybody.” (But not Penn state, who beat them 82-79.) Terrance Mann of Florida State, who was injured against us, came back to score 30 on Georgia Tech. “He doesn’t shoot well but he gets to the basket….Miami and Louisville are two really good, athletic teams that played a great game. Louisville had won four close games in a row but if you have one close game after another, you are going to lose one. ….Virginia held Clemson to 36 points. They are really good. Duke has the most talented team. They have 4 guys who go in the first 10-12 places in the draft.” When was the last time Kentucky was unranked? “They have guys who were ranked 10th-15th-20th but no impact players. Duke has them now.” Angel Delgado of Seton Hall is about to break Derrick Coleman’s Big East record for rebounds. He has 700 and Derrick had 700. “It’s amazing that the record has lasted that long. I think Lawrence Moten’s Big east scoring record is probably safe because he scored 18-19 a game for four years. Sherman Douglas’ single game record for assists of 22 was tied by Trae Young…. Trae Young is smart. He knows his team can’t with him making 9 of 30 shots. ([I]Or 14 of 39[/I].) He made big buckets and great plays. It’s hard to beat Kansas in that league.” The SU Women’s team was playing Clemson. “They are 11-0 at home. They have a very very good Louisville team coming in.” Matt noted that the Orangewomen had doubled up Clemson 32-16, (They went on to win 81-56: #4 ranked Louisville will arrive on February 4th). On picking sides for the NBA All-star game: “Anthony Davis would be my first choice.” Matt said that LeBron said it should be televised. JB: “The last guy picked would be very unhappy.” I heard on the radio this morning that Russell Westbrook was angry he was the last guy picked until a reporter pointed out that the list was alphabetical. “LeBron picked Kyrie. That surprised me. Chris Paul didn’t make it- there are too many great guards in the league. Paul George is probably the best all-around defender in the league. They should got to 13-14 players.” On the NBA summit between the players and the refs: “I hope it will work out. In a 100 point game like you have in the NBA, individual calls don’t make as big a difference as in a college game where you are going to score 50-60 points. You have a better chance to overcome them. There’s also another game the next night. It used to be that you could say something to a ref but you can’t referee a game talking all the time.” Later he said “it used to be that if you even looked at a ref you got a technical.” Gomez noted a suggestion that the refs have to have a news conference after the game. JB: “It would make no difference. If they said that they were wrong, what could you do about it? You could call a play 8 different ways and it’s one of 100 close calls in a game. “ Greg Popovich will be taking over the Olympic team from Coach K. “he’s the best guy you could find. With a pro coach, some players might not like him but everybody loves Pop. His demeanor to reports is the same as Belichick’s they don’t like the press. At least I talk to them….Coaches should not be make to talk to reporters during games. pop doesn’t like it. I don’t even like to do halftime interviews but they make you do it. Coach K sends an assist out. Pop doesn’t do them at all. “ Will Jim be doing any more Olympics? “I’m good- 3 Olympics and 2 World Championships. 35 days for 7 consecutive summers. 58 straight wins. We hadn’t bene winning- we’d lost the Olympics and then got curhed here in the World Championships. “ The Jamaica bobsled team has a “Social Media Examiner” from Syracuse: [URL]https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenpulito[/URL] They selected her because they liked her posts on twitter. How would you liked to get paid for ‘examining’ social media? Should they legalize gambling? “They’d make billions if they did it. If you want to make a bet, you can. The problem is that people who don’t have anything make bets. I don’t gamble. I play a little poker a few times. You’re not going to win. The people who think they can beat the system lose the most.” On the baseball Hall of Fame selections: “They are all really good players. Guerrero, Jones and Thome should all have been first ballot Hall of Famers. Hoffman shows they are now ready to bring in the relievers. Rivera should be unanimous next year as the best ever.” Matt said that the dumbest thing in sports is that not voting for someone so it won’t be unanimous. Coach agreed: “To think that you wouldn’t vote for Hank Aaron but you’d voted for 10 other guys…If you did that you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. “ Bob Costas will get the Ford Frick Award. “He’s one of the top 4-5 broadcasters of all time.” “The Yankees will hit a lot of home runs next year. They have a great bullpen. They have a really team if the starting pitching holds up.” A caller said he’d seen Jim and his kids at the ballpark when they were little some years back. Jim: “They like baseball”. Tiger Woods shot a 72 in the first round of the tournament he’s in. Coach watched some of it. “He missed on a couple of drives or he would have been under 70. It will take 5-6 tournaments before he’s ready to win one again. “ Kevin Sumlin is being paid $10.4 million by Texas A&M as a buy-out and he already has another job. Now they are paying Jimbo Fisher 7.5 million a year. “Larry Brown once got paid $42 million form two jobs not to coach.” Daniel Baldwin in his afternoon show, had said he was going to show up at Shaughnessy’s and ask Jim for the ‘real story’ behind the departure of Geno Thorpe. He never showed up, at least not when the show was on the air. I guess we’ll never hear the ‘real story’. [/QUOTE]

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