I just had a party at my bar with my local townies and the blank bottle of 12(?) year rye I thieved from your warehouse won blinds. Unreal ****.
I am effing toasted. Haven’t eaten and drank like this since Covid.
Whoops.
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I am effing toasted. Haven’t eaten and drank like this since Covid.
Whoops.
Your problem is believing that Vince Marrow knew the signals, let alone knew them well enough to communicate that to Louisville’s staff.
We are 10 point underdogs at Vandy.
UL is 3 point underdog at SMU.
This season may come down to the UL game to finish the year.
UL is 3 point underdog at SMU.
This season may come down to the UL game to finish the year.
Per KSR, the time he got to call plays in a bowl game as OC, he didn't know you had to make an additional call to say which way the play was going. The result was that we ran like 20 some plays to the right before someone finally told him that we do know how to go left, too.
So maybe.
Marrow is a member of the Illiterati.
It’s gameday. Maybe everyone was traveling to NYC yesterday.
If that's the reason GYERO is dead they must have left for NYC in May.
That's not it...didn't you see what they said earlier. Too many people on here know everyone so there's no way they feel safe breaking down football or basketball. Geez.
Some pre-MSU hot takes:
- I think our ceiling is higher with Aberdeen as our lead guard than with Lowe. I guess I'm old fashioned, but I prefer my PG to be able to either a. shoot or b. defend (ideally both). Lowe is a better playmaker, obviously, but I don't worry so much about playmaking with a Pope offense as I do those other things.
The giant caveat of course is that we've barely seen Lowe play, so maybe I'm underselling his skill at those two things.. but the stats would back up the eye test on this one.
- Agree with those who have said that they'd like to see more Jelavic. I have to admit this was a bit of a surprise to me, but he seems to know how to play basketball, which is my favorite skill in a basketball player. I'm also not sure that he's not our best on-ball defender.
- Really undersold last year was the luxury of being able to have Williams share in the ball-handling duties and reliably bring the ball up the court and initiate offense, as well as operate as a secondary playmaking offensive hub. We need to find that for this team, especially with Lowe out. I do not think Chandler is the long-term answer there, though surely he will continue to improve in that domain.
Maybe it'll be Jelavic? Oweh can obviously do it some, though passing is arguably the weakest part of his game. Garrison does his best, but it's a roller coaster.
- I'm not worried about Oweh yet. Although things are likely to be tougher for him this year than they have been in the past, I still think his main limitations right now have been mental, not physical. Lots of times he's spotting up in the corner like he's a knockdown shooter instead of cutting to the basket for backdoors/lobs... and that's just not his game. He will break out eventually.
Also, his defense has been frankly terrible, which weirdly gives me more confidence that he'll be fine once he gets locked in.
- This website sucks. I've had to close 7 ads so far in order to complete this post.
- Still think it's not discussed enough how Quaintance will benefit this team on both ends. Hard to really gauge them until he plays. I think he will immediately be our best player in terms of on-court impact, as he potentially solves a lot of problems (rim protection, playmaking, lineup combos, etc.)
- on paper, we match up well with Michigan State. They might be one of the the worst shooting teams I've ever seen. They defend, rebound their bricks, and grind you. If we rebound and don't turn the ball over, we should win. But I'll be honest: I'm a bit worried about this one. Seems like people have forgotten already, but we got absolutely blown out at home by a similar team in Georgetown.
And if you look at our upcoming schedule, combined with some of the early-season weirdness... I think this is a fairly important game for us.
- I think our ceiling is higher with Aberdeen as our lead guard than with Lowe. I guess I'm old fashioned, but I prefer my PG to be able to either a. shoot or b. defend (ideally both). Lowe is a better playmaker, obviously, but I don't worry so much about playmaking with a Pope offense as I do those other things.
The giant caveat of course is that we've barely seen Lowe play, so maybe I'm underselling his skill at those two things.. but the stats would back up the eye test on this one.
- Agree with those who have said that they'd like to see more Jelavic. I have to admit this was a bit of a surprise to me, but he seems to know how to play basketball, which is my favorite skill in a basketball player. I'm also not sure that he's not our best on-ball defender.
- Really undersold last year was the luxury of being able to have Williams share in the ball-handling duties and reliably bring the ball up the court and initiate offense, as well as operate as a secondary playmaking offensive hub. We need to find that for this team, especially with Lowe out. I do not think Chandler is the long-term answer there, though surely he will continue to improve in that domain.
Maybe it'll be Jelavic? Oweh can obviously do it some, though passing is arguably the weakest part of his game. Garrison does his best, but it's a roller coaster.
- I'm not worried about Oweh yet. Although things are likely to be tougher for him this year than they have been in the past, I still think his main limitations right now have been mental, not physical. Lots of times he's spotting up in the corner like he's a knockdown shooter instead of cutting to the basket for backdoors/lobs... and that's just not his game. He will break out eventually.
Also, his defense has been frankly terrible, which weirdly gives me more confidence that he'll be fine once he gets locked in.
- This website sucks. I've had to close 7 ads so far in order to complete this post.
- Still think it's not discussed enough how Quaintance will benefit this team on both ends. Hard to really gauge them until he plays. I think he will immediately be our best player in terms of on-court impact, as he potentially solves a lot of problems (rim protection, playmaking, lineup combos, etc.)
- on paper, we match up well with Michigan State. They might be one of the the worst shooting teams I've ever seen. They defend, rebound their bricks, and grind you. If we rebound and don't turn the ball over, we should win. But I'll be honest: I'm a bit worried about this one. Seems like people have forgotten already, but we got absolutely blown out at home by a similar team in Georgetown.
And if you look at our upcoming schedule, combined with some of the early-season weirdness... I think this is a fairly important game for us.
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Hopefully no one proposed to their girlfriends like the last time they went to New York.
Unfortunately we aren’t, @Kooky Kats. Otherwise we would have already found you!
Wish I was there. Demsey's for the game, then The Red Lion on Bleeker was my go to. If 80 is up there, you'll probably run into him at the Red Lion.
Tell you what…. I bought a Dark Arts Cask Strength (11.5 year) Armagnac Finished bottle at their gift shop in Lex.
incredibly balanced, flavorful, and awesome.
My dad grew up in the Village. Arturo’s pizza and Roccco’s pastry a must. Zito’s bread, Raffettos pasta, Faicco’s pork braciole…
peculiar pub is where I drank in high school.
I'm a jazz fan, so Village Vanguard is mandatory when we go up there. My wife, bless her heart indulges me on this.
I really hope Manhattan doesn't turn into a zoo under the next administration. (crossing fingers)
I really hope Manhattan doesn't turn into a zoo under the next administration. (crossing fingers)
It’s effed, unfortunately.
It will make reign of Dinkins and DeBlasio look like Guilani.
Don’t know much about the Armagnacs, tried one when it was talked about here a couple years ago but don’t think I got a very good one and found a lot of places didn’t carry them.
I thought the line was weird when it opened at 5.5, and now that it’s moving lower tells me fans are heavy on MSU.
I liked us before gambling thoughts got involved, and even more so now that it has.
Cats by 8 because the Spartans can’t keep up and won’t be able to slow us down enough.
I liked us before gambling thoughts got involved, and even more so now that it has.
Cats by 8 because the Spartans can’t keep up and won’t be able to slow us down enough.
Somold, remember this as the pre-season NIT. Had baseline seats for Marcus Camby coming out party. To be young again
UK is the 'get right from three' game for teams who struggle shooting from behind the line.
Mo D shooting a 3 makes me want to stab my eyes.