Cal v. USC Open Thread
by TwistNHook on Mar 12, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintCal takes on USC for the 3rd time tonight. Here is the broadcast information:
California Golden Bears (22-9, 11-7) vs. USC Trojans (18-12, 9-9)
Thursday, March 12, 6 p.m. PT, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Radio: KYOU (1550 AM) TV: Fox SportsNet
And here is the official preview:
USC Scouting Report
A Look at USC
USC locked up the sixth seed in the Pac-10 Tournament with a victory over Oregon State last Saturday to cap off a two-win weekend for the Trojans. Before the two wins over the Oregon schools last weekend, the Trojans lost to Cal and Stanford in Northern California the weekend before. Taj Gibson leads USC in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.4 ppg and 9.3 rpg.Cal-USC Series History
The Bears and Trojans have split the season series the past two years, with the home team winning each contest. Cal knocked off then-No. 22 USC in the 2007-08 Pac-10 opener, 82-72. Patrick Christopher led the Bears with 24 points, while Jerome Randle collected 16. The Trojans got even in Los Angeles later in the year, prevailing 93-89 in overtime. The teams met in overtime again this season, with Cal winning, 81-78 in overtime on Feb. 26 at Haas Pavilion, following its road loss Jan. 31 at USC 73-62. Cal leads the all-time series, 126-117.USC Head Coach Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is in his fourth season at USC and 21st season of head coaching at the collegiate and NBA levels. In 2007-08, he led USC to a 21-12 record and into the NCAA Tournament after finishing tied for third in the Pac-10 with an 11-7 record.
At this point, Cal is playing for seeding. Win a few games here and Cal is a 6 seed. Lose here and Cal could find itself as an 8 seed. USC is playing for its NCAA life. That favors USC. It's also being played in LA, where USC beat Cal already. That favors USC.
All the signs here seem to point towards USC. But, hey, you never know. Cal got embarrassed on national TV last time out, so they might want to put that ugliness behind them with a key victory over a tough USC team. This is, after all, why they play the games, right? GO BEARS!
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First one HEAR, ya hereing me?
That was for you Rishi and T-bred.
Now let’s hope that Montgomery can get the guys motivated to the point that we don’t get blown out. I sat 8 rows behind the bench last Saturday at the ASU game and one thing that impressed me is that even though we were down 20 for a majority of the game we never really gave up.
Go Bears.
PS: Rishi and T’Bred; 33SS loves haters.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
T-bred, you know a thing or two about that word.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would you only mention Rishi and me? Why not Spazzy McGee, BeastMode, zoonews, etc.?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Because I love you too. And I like the way you can make fun of the one
word I mispeled in my quickly writed post. There’s some more fodder for you to use in your character ass-assination of 33SS.
I’m willing to forgive you t-bred because I love you.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh? I never made fun of that mistake…
I’m honestly sorry if I offended you yesterday because that was not my intention at all. But, I didn’t appreciate what you said about my providing recruiting content here. I provide links, updates, and information I’ve heard from the recruiting sites, so people who just want to come to this blog can find out about the future of the program without scouring the web I don’t think I ever purport to be anything more than a relay. If I do, it is not my intention. Now, I don’t quote direct articles and paraphrase the information I hear, so I don’t think this breaches the contract the sites have set up.
I’m basically addicted to our football team, and I like to keep all the Cal faithful informed. That’s pretty much the sole reason why I post recruiting info. I mean, wouldn’t it be easier on you if you just came here to learn about our new guys, instead of going to a billion different websites?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
T-bred
Understood and appreciated. I apologize if I went over the top. This is not meant to be a qualified apology, but I felt as if I was being attacked again much in the way I was attacked for clowning on Gospel Choirs.
Nowadays, I post less frequently, quickly peruse the DBD, and generally mind my own business. However, as I was scrolling through the DBD I saw a post mocking my ability to be direct/call it like it is/ get to the point. I then took it you to task over it. Your reactions to my post have revealed your true character (unlike some of the other sophmoric characters running around here (see the names you listed above)) – and I like what I see.
Apologies to you T-bred and go Bears.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any links to the game anywhere around here?
I’m stuck at work until seven.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions
here’s a pregame A’s link…
http://cbs5.com/sports/oakland.athletics.stadium.2.957940.html
Personally, I think it’s a last second PR move by the city…they don’t want to help keep the A’s in Oakland, they just don’t want to look bad when they leave.
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and why do they bypass Wolff and co when they finally want to get off their asses? Makes no sense. San Jose, unlike the Fremont/Disneyland dream, is a legit threat.
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It's clearly a game of CYA. Reactionary to the SJ announcement. They want to be
able to tell their constituents. Look here, Exhibit A (your article), proves we tried to keep the A’s in Oakland. No substance, all gamesmanship. That’s my take.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
justin.tv/probono
They will have the game.
LETS GO BEARS!!!
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although they didn't have it earlier.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they had the other Pac 10 games
They have had every regular season game
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Yeah, but earlier during the day they had taken them down. I had to listen to AZ v. ASU
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s going to be this way for the entire Pac-10 tourney
Probono’s site would be up right now if it were accessible
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking for other streams right now
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you.... even radio would suffice.
by 33SwisherSweet on Mar 12, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like ProBono has moved his operation
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/probono-here%21
This is working right now… we’ll see in 10 minutes if it’s still up for the game
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Hey, pals.
The Rated-R Superstar has arrived.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 5:58 PM PDT reply actions
Yes. Apology accepted. Go Bears
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it’s game over for the Trojans!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The Ravens released linebacker Nick Greisen.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 5:59 PM PDT reply actions
Crap, I put it in the wrong one.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Carp, I put it in the wrong one.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
:: Frowns. ::
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m brown.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t think so.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Afternoon?
Look at your watch, man!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions
Arizona State is playing Washington in the next round.
The winner of this game will play the winner of the Washington State-UCLA game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, so much for DeRozan not having any range.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
I’m a junior in high school.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
AOL Instant Message: RHP Brad Ziegler
This has become a de facto Oakland As blog
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Long Beach isn’t in the OC… I played baseball and went to high school there because I used my friend’s address
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
u r from Long Beach? Never mind then. That’s pretty gangsta (part of it anyways). I thought you were from Laguna Beach.
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LOL… that’s the LAST place I’m from. There are some pretty shady parts of the OC too. It’s not all like what you see at Angels games
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugh.
Angels.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
u used ur friends OC address so you could go to a better high school? that’s pretty innovative. what about important documents that need to get sent to home?
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I was at his house every day…
and, surprisingly, there isn’t THAT much stuff in mail
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to go to Poly with DJax (but in a different program), but after a few things happened where I lived, I decided to go to school with my friend. My mom and I moved into the district at the end of my Jr year.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
one of the largest publics in the country >1000 in each graduating class
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve lived in the OC too, but not in the rich parts you’d see on Real Housewives (which I’m sure you watch)… There are some pretty dumpy neighborhoods
I spent the most time in Long Beach though
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
you see a lot of SC sweaters and clothes
what’s funny is that the school I went to is basically a UCLA feeder school for football… and some of the poop they took from my school started as true freshmen for the ruins
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever you watch a game, we lose
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The question is… do the Niners want him?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d love to get Taj Gibson in some foul trouble.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
Damn, Wilkes can’t let Gibson grab that rebound.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:11 PM PDT reply actions
Could this have started off any worse than it has?
No, not “game,” Thoroughbred.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Randle could’ve torn his knee ligaments…
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
she’s got too much gunk all over her
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Only Boykin and Wilkes have scored in these first six minutes.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions
Oh, man, that was pretty sweet.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions
We need to get that second foul on Gibson.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
Gutierrez should have dished it to Christopher right under the hoop when the defender committed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
That was a nice play.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions
But feel free to crash the boards and draw the foul
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a tough finish.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions
I didn’t see a foul.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
CNN is talking about Chris Brown and Rihanna.
Boring.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions
That explains it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Down 11… things could be MUCH worse
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, go get me a pizza, would you?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I would love to get this thing down to six at the half.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions
Taj Gibson is a beast.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:38 PM PDT reply actions
Elsewhere, the Syracuse-Connecticut game has begun on ESPN.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
question: is Monty’s style of offense:
feed the big man and/or bust the 3? Obviously we don’t have the Tim Young (oh snap) that Monty’s traditionally had.
did the dubs take an epic amount of 3’s when monty was the coach?
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We don’t have the big men, but we have the shooting, so we should play to our strengths.
The Warriors didn’t take nearly as many three-pointers with Montgomery, though, as opposed to recent years.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of Taj Gibson and the Warriors, that’s where he’s projected to go in the second round if you look at a few mocks.
Gibson is compared to Vin Baker and he does have a year of eligibility left.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
That was a five-point swing.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions
i think they were the fake lashes that glue on. they freak me out. my wife wore them when we got married as they supposedly look fantastic in the pics. She was right…they looked great in the pics!
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They have to glue that shit on… nasty
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Gutierrez will mess you up, son!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions
We’re going to need to play the best second half of the season to win this one, guys.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions
Ouch
They have more O rebounds than we have D Rebounds
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What's really disturbing is that this is like a neutral court game
….there are no SC fans at this game… would we be playing even worse with a crazy, hostile crowd?
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They’ve started to fill in… there are no Cal fans in sight though
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
SC has no basketball fans. It’s Bruins country in March.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
USC has a good defense and all...
but I never would have imagined a scenario in which we shoot those percentages from the field and from 3. The irrational fan in me says, “well, we’re getting all of our missed shots out of the way before the NCAA tourney”
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Hey guys I just got back
Apparently our team decided to stay home too.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
Ah, I guess we’re looking ahead to bigger and better things.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, I just think they’ve finally used their advantages against us (height and athleticism)… I think this is the SC team everyone envisioned in the top 20
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Or a team that needs to win three to go to the tourney. Or a team that’s playing two miles from its home campus.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this reinforce how silly it is for the tourney to be played within ten miles of both USC and UCLA every year?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
The more logical location would be at Cal or the Farm
It’s closer for everyone.
Is the tourney in LA to draw bigger crowds…? Cuz I haven’t seen a big crowd yet.
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and to get UCLA to agree to the deal
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It’ll get better for UCLA games. Many Laker fans are former Bruins.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
i hate the pac10 tourney. of course, I don’t like basketball that much to begin with.
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I love basketball and I, too, am not too fond of the Pac-10’s tournament.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
monty’s been on the record (on several occasions) about not liking it…I wonder if the boys are motivated or just trying not to get hurt.
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I think he realizes this isn’t a 1-4 seed team which can afford a bad loss. This is a swing-seeding game
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (9.2 quintillion) possibilities for a 64-team NCAA bracket.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
You can here this REALLY weird “ooooooooooooooo” voice. That’s a Bruin fan. It’s a single chick.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, our momentum didn’t last long.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
Check out Gutierrez showing his range.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions
That’s a ridiculous call.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
7 points. They’re fighting
5 Points!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep it up, Bears!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
:: Chest bump! ::
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like USC has regressed WAY back to the mean. They’re playing awful now.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
I would expect nothing less.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Danzig, that’s boss status right there.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren’t you underage?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully this will be like Stanford and Arizona
We have momentum and the other team folds like oragami
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WHALES!!!
THAT COMMERCIAL GETS ME FUCKIN PUMPED!!!!!
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever I see Tim Floyd
I think he looks like a politician who just got caught in a sex scandal
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Tim Floyd: “I have a wide stance”
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing ever beats the whales. Whales beat battlestar galactica
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s all about Jack in the Box, Thoroughbred.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
"Oh, it's so tiny!"
I always think she’s talking about something other than the burger
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Triple!
He was due.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
Keep them coming, Patrick!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
Can we get a rebound?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
lol, refs just called over the backboard
So we’re calling that now, huh?
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I don’t think those scars will ever fade.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s four on DeRozan?
Good.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
Cal just needs to keep it within 2-6 for the next few minutes. Then make the final push.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions
I love it when we control the loose balls!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
guys I stopped watching and then I turned it back on and we’re only down by 5.
IS IT ME?? Should I go away until the end???
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Go away, please!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
GO AWAY GO THE FUCK AWAY YOU MOTHERFUCK GO AWAY GO AWAY
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I 2nd this….All else in favor?
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
game is officially off…browzer’s closed. am I allowed to watch vis a vis the open thread?
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LEAVE NOW CARP GO FUCK YOUR WIFE OR AT LEAST GET A HANDY IF SHE DOESN’T WANT TO
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
WHY HAVEN’T YOU LEFT YET??!?!?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
AYE AYE MOTHEFUCKIN AYE
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaa….I’m not trying to be gangsta or anything.
In fact, my corner store doesn’t even carry the 40. But it’s cheap and never gives me a hangover. Plus for people that sip beer slowly… OE gets creamy as its temperature drops. I just love it.
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Hey man. I only drink Malt Liquor.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate these repeated breaks.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions
You need every break you can get when you’re rallying from 20 something down.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate this USC commercial
It perpetuates this bullshit that USC grads are God’s gift to the earth
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I am pretty sure the Berkeley ad actually say’s we are God’s gift to Earth. Not that I disagree.
by Tedfordisgod on Mar 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope Rochestie drops long wet ones in Collison’s face tonight.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
UCLA - WSU = best rivalry in the Pac-10 this year?
thanks for that piece of weirdness CSN
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Jorge is fearless!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
That was tough.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions
Yes, we have a rebound!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions
Nice move Randle, but we need you to move that ball.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions
They doubled their lead in one possession.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions
Carp finally leaves and USC misses two of the easiest layups in the history of the world
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I thought they’d call that a charge.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions
It seems like charges are rarely called (compared to the NBA) in the handful of college bball games I’ve watched this year. It’s odd.
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I actually think that they’re called a little more at the collegiate level.
I don’t really like the charging call being called often. I think not blowing the whistle at all is the way to go for some of those calls.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice recognition by G to break up the pass.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
He’s just doing what he does best.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You know it!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Grab the ball, damn it!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
Comment of the day from the Conquest Chronicles open thread
“Sorry dude I hate guterarus\\\\\\\\\”
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The Savior!
We needed that baaaad
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22 offensive rebounds. I’m still stunned by that.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, that doesn’t even happen to the Warriors.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean…to have like a +20 boards advantage and only be winning by 5…your team is really underachieving.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, Theo received the shooter’s touch.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:53 PM PDT reply actions
Yes!
He was fouled!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
Shoot me!
Game.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions
I dunno what Theo was doing leaving the corner 3 open.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions
Him.
Washington.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
We should foul now.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
Jorge took it for the team.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
Now they’ve got to go for the 3. End it now.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions
The whole 'constantly falling behind thing' really needs to stop
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Time to drown my sorrows in Dice Wars
I still hate the Pac-10 tournament
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oh well
Did anyone expect a win? Or need a win? Sure you wanted one but still…
In other words, Go Bears!
I bet it was....Son of a bitch!!!!
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I contend we just match up horribly with them. 51-25 final rebounding. That is crazy. We had to play pretty well to make up that difference.
How the hell did USC have 26 more rebounds BUT only take 4 more shots than us??? Did they just keep on throwing the ball to the band?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
All I’m hoping is we don’t draw a Big East school in our pool. Otherwise we could have an embarrassing (lose by 30 embarrassing) second round exit if we face off with them.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions
Or we could give em the ole Randle for 31!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
nice rally, Bears
but horrible way to end it :(
by the federer express on Mar 12, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions
Great Game
Hope the Trojans get to see the Bears on the other side. But despite the loss, you’ve got to admit that the future sure looks bright with Big Mike and good luck in the tourney!
Thank you sir, you represent your fanbase well.
by Tedfordisgod on Mar 12, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If we had just played UCLA and lost like that
I’m sure someone would’ve come here saying, “Thank you for tribute to the altar of John Wooden. Ben Ball is alive and well and we know that with our commitment to passion and dedication and hustle we will be able to beat you wimpy toolbags every year. GO BRUINS.”
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously though....
Look at your roster. Everyone back except for Wilkes. That’s just sick, and Cal is definitely going to be in the conversation for a Pac 10 title next year.
by Laughing Stock on Mar 12, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, we have four starters back and three out of our four best bench players are freshmen.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
If we had a dominant big man I’d agree, but we’re going to have the same issues we have this year.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t take another season of “FOR THE LOVE OF BAK BAK SOMEONE PLEASE GRAB A REBOUND”
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If Bak Bak comes in and becomes a force with Max we will own the Pac-10.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does Cal need a dominant Big Man to win the title next season??
I mean, look at it this way. Alfred Aboya, Aaron Baynes, John Brockman, Jordan Hill, and Jeff Pendergraph are all gone. Oregon, Oregon State, and Stanford don’t really have a dominant big guy (unless you count Schaftenaar for some weird reason). USC is the only team that will almost certainly have a strong front court, even if Taj leaves (I think he stays and gets his degree personally), so in summary Cal does not need a dominant big man to win the P10 title next year.
by Laughing Stock on Mar 12, 2009 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
No way man. We’re still in essence a jump shooting game with occasional slashing, and If we get cold we blow games like the Oregon State games, or fall behind to teams like ASU, USC, UCLA and the Furd. We need a solid big man who can keep teams from lapsing into zones.
Just look at what happened tonight. We couldn’t buy a shot outside and fell behind by 20. Unless we have solid production inside we can only get so far. Even if we won the Pac-10 title we’d have a 50-50 chance of getting upset in the first/second round of the tourney.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
best kind of loss
If there is ever such a thing, this game is it. This one counts as a tough road game and the Bears showed heart in fighting back to tie the game. Good thing we don’t really need this win.
The slow start thing has got to stop if we’re going to make a run (win the opening weekend). Randle also showed a bit of chink in his armour by somewhat choking at the end (the missed FTs and of course that damned TO).
Anyway, we showed once again that we can get back in any game and I’m sure if Randle is not matched up all game against such a tall defender and got to shoot and make more of those 30 foot 3’s, I can definitely see Randle making a 30 foot buzzer beating 3’s to lead us to the Sweeth Sixteen.
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 12, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
I hear what you're saying, but...
No loss to $C is a “good loss”. I hate the f’ing Trojenz. Can you remind me? Why haven’t their classless football and basketball programs received the death penalty yet? They’re the Haliburton/Blackwater of collegiate athletics.
by RickySanchez on Mar 12, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
if only Conquest Chronicles was the Halliburton/Blackwater of collegiate bloggers. Damned impressive fellows.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
My friend keeps saying that we’re not going to make the tournament now. He said Oklahoma State stole our spot.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
Your friend is an idiot. Please tell him that.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He took it back and said that we’re a 10 seed or an 11 seed, now, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's say we get 8/9 and win
Which big man would we rather be destroyed by? Thabeet, Griffin, Hansburough or Blair?
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Meh. These are college players. Anything can happen.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't mind a matchup with a 1 seed in a strange way
We’ve already exceeded expectations for this year, especially if we win in the 1st round. It sets us up with a game with no expectations. With those big guys we could just bomb threes all day and hope for some luck. Pull an upset and it lives forever.
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There is no way we lose our spot. We were a solid high 7/ low 6 seed. Even if all of the conferences were won by teams that wouldnt have otherwise made it, we still would probably make it.
by Tedfordisgod on Mar 12, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone going to pay any attention to the rest of the tourney?
I guess I’d enjoy a USC-UCLA rematch.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions
We just need USC not to win; it could push us down further.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone watching this AMAZING Big East game?
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Yeah. They didn’t give Devendorf the 3 because he hits women.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
OH sweet Raftery is at this game. “MY ONIONS!”
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s rather chippy for an older gentleman
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I love him. Him and Verne are the best in the tourney.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Dick Enberg for his versatility
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
Raftery seems like the ideal Grandpa.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Lmao, Does he?
I havnt heard that story. That was a hell of a way to go to overtime though
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I'll keep it on Cuse-Conn
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Sweet double OT
UConn’s going to be gassed. They might just want to give this up.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:02 PM PDT reply actions
Syracuse may be one of my bracket busting 4/5 seeds… lots of talent… they can lose inexplicably sometimes though.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
West Virgina is loving this right now
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
UConn's a lock for a 1 seed right?
Do they have anything to gain from advancing?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
You would think that they are with Pittsburgh’s loss and Oklahoma’s loss.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously. They have zero to gain from winning this thing.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess you can never be too sure, you know?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If UConn struggles next week they can probably point back to this.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This will be the excuse if they go out early.
I think Syracuse has nothing to lose whatsoever. They are looking great and fighting till the very end.
DEVENDORK!
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by GoldenBear421 on Mar 12, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
TRIPLE OVERTIME
This is so unbelievably stupid for UConn. If they win this it’ll be like playing three games in two nights.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions
I always forget about streams
and then feel like a moron when someone reminds me. Thanks!
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4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GAME OF THE YEAR BABY!!!!!
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Thabeet has fouled out
We’re going to end up with the second units finishing this game.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:40 PM PDT reply actions
Jorge would have 17 fouls by now
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Syracuse is pulling their best Charles Smith impression
What, four missed layups now?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
WOW
CHARLES SMITH IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:48 PM PDT reply actions
Wasn’t it in the same building?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll grab up the clip after the game ends
If it ever ends.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Seven missed layups in the last forty seconds
Oh my great Jesus. The Orangemen just beat themselves there.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
In case this game goes to 6OT, 7OT, and so on...
Syracuse has three players with 4 fouls. If two of them foul out, they forfeit. UConn has three with four fouls and if all three foul out, they forfeit.
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Please God… make this happen
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re crazy. That’d be the worst way to end this game.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that was just 2
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
3 may be the most, actually
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Unbelievable.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 10:04 PM PDT reply actions
how many syracuse players only played 40 minutes because they fouled out?
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Almost
The record is 7.
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by Berkelium97 on Mar 12, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
When the fuck did that happen?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m almost hoping for that to happen, since UConn is really looking tired now and might not be able to bring this into a 7th overtime.
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by Berkelium97 on Mar 12, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t believe what I’d be thinking if I had money on this game
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This is over.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions
From the Cal media guide
Record for OTs: 5 against Oregon in 1977
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I am afraid to ask if we won.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 12, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying to find that...it doesn't say in the 'minutes played' category
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Thank you. There you go, Avi.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 12, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That's not a foul on Rautins?
I want to see them fall out and lose after all this celebrating
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UConn outrebounded Syracuse by over 20
and still lost this game. They couldn’t do what USC did.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT reply actions
This was the greatest meaningless basketball game ever. I can say that with confidence.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 12, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
Well Rishi, UConn already probably had a 1st seed locked up, and Syracuse was in the running for a 3rd/4th seed. It was still a fantastic game, but will they feel so fondly about it if they get bounced in the 1st/2nd round next week?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
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