Open Thread: Pac-10 Women's Tournament, California vs USC
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 5:00 PM PDT
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PrintThe Cal-USC women's semifinal kicks off at 6 PM ET, 3 PM PT on CSNBA+.
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As expected, the Golden Bears romped the Huskies, and really didn't face much of a fight from them. Cal pounded the ball down low to Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton, and neither had much trouble getting the ball in the hoop against much smaller Husky defenders. On the flip side, Cal's defenders were too strong and aggressive down low for anyone on UW to post up or get easy points in the paint, so the Huskies kept on shooting awkward jumpers. The Bears were up by 20 early in the second half and played out their second unit most of the rest of the way.
Jimmy Tran from the Daily Cal summarizes it well:
Walker finished with game-highs in both points and rebounds despite playing only 16 minutes. The recently named All-Pac-10 first team honoree had 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Along with senior Devanei Hampton, Walker helped Cal establish a dominant presence down low in the first half. The two combined for 20 of the Bears' 31 first-half points.
Cal didn't shy away from the inside game in the second half and finished with 30 points in the paint. The Huskies, in comparison, had 18.
"That's just me and Ashley's game," Hampton said. "When we don't have double teams, that's like a green light for the both of us and we look for each other a lot."
The Bears' offense as a whole looked much different than it had in the two previous games against Arizona and Arizona State.
While it continued to struggle from beyond the arc, Cal repeatedly found open looks both inside and around the paint. The crisp execution on offense led to 50 percent shooting from the field--the Bears' highest since their game against Oregon on Feb. 21.
Cal's next opponent, USC, is coming off an upset of the Sun Devils, but there might be something more to it...they ARE playing on USC's campus. However, they will be without center Nadia Parker, who suffered a sprained knee against Oregon State and will not be available for this tournament. USC rained 10 3s on ASU to hasten the upset, so Cal might have to lock down on the outside rather than the inside, especially if they continue to struggle with their perimeter shots.
California and USC have played their two matchups closely this year with Parker in the lineup, and both times the Bears have won. By two. Each time. This certainly has the potential to be another tense affair.
This game will be televised on Fox Sport Net; since there's a Sharks game in the Bay Area, it should be on Comcast Sports Net Plus. In his first act back from retirement, Hydrotech will again be monitoring channel 99 in case of emergency.
Again, tipoff at 9 PM EST, 6 PM PST. Let's roll on.
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A win here should probably lock us into at least a 3 seed. Beat Stanford in the Final and we might get back to a 2 seed!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions
Which would mean games in Berkeley!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think that can happen
Berkeley games are all 3rd and 4th round, and you can’t play at home in those rounds.
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We were projected in that bracket early in the season.. now Furd’s there
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
From the women's NCAA tourney handbook
For the regional competition, a team may not be
assigned to play in any arena in which it has played
more than three regular‐season games, not including
conference post‐season tournaments nor may a host
institution’s team be permitted to play at the site
where the institution is hosting. However, the team
may play on the same days when the institution is
hosting.
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Basically, we get screwed to be hosting the 3rd and 4th round.
If Stanford gets a 1 or 2 seed they get to play an hour up the road, but if we had won the pac-10 we get shipped east for sure
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I don't actually think the women will crush USC
but I couldn’t resist the Iliad reference. Nobody kills Patroclus without experiencing the rage of Achilles!
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Or as most of us like to call it, the world’s first bromance.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
UC Santa Barbara women are headed for the tourney again
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 5:54 PM PDT reply actions
No online stream available?
I would be interested in check in on this game for a bit if anyone knows a link.
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 6:03 PM PDT reply actions
ProBono’s new stream isn’t on right now, so I don’t think so
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, snap.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to finish those, Ash.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions
We keep turning it over.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
We have turned it over four times in three minutes.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions
God, this is ugly.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
This is especially ugly even for women’s hoops.
We can’t even make a damn free throw.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that’s the fifth turnover.
We still haven’t scored.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions
We have points now!
Hurrah!
The good thing is that USC is not having a good day shooting either although better than ours.
We have a whole two points in just over five minutes!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, no.
A commercial for Angels tickets? I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:16 PM PDT reply actions
Well I’ve found a stream for Illinois Wesleyan woman’s basketball. I didn’t even know that was a school.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions
That’s the first time I’ve heard of it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s nice to see that we came to play tonight.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
Down 14-4 with 12:10 to go?
Unbelievable.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
Walker needs to get in position and use her strength
You can see Hampton doing it
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They should be able to own the paint.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
FOUND IT
Rec this so it doesn’t get lost.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:25 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I mean this in a strict basketball sense
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe Cal has the top recruiting class coming in next year. All seven recruits are ranked inside the top 50 by ESPN.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions
The shooting in this game is sort of woeful...
16-10 USC. At least it’s still close even with our horrendous shooting percentage.
I can’t believe Gray-Lawson just did that.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions
She touched the ball after the shot didn’t even hit rim and the ball went out of bounds. All she had to do was let it go. It didn’t hurt us, though, but damn, that three-pointer did.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Streaming
SUPPOSEDLY http://www.pac-10.org/w-baskbl-tourney/ has a link on the right that says live streaming where you can watch. It’s not working for me but maybe it’ll work for the rest of you.
It’s the media player box.
That was only for Thursday/Friday. FSN has the rights to the weekend games.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
This game just has a horrible feeling to it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions
I’d love to make a run before the half.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions
I’m watching a justin.tv feed, and i don’t see anything, but i’m hearing some woman moan loudly in my speakers.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh, I think it was the good way. It sounded like she was enjoying it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
just order DirecTV like me.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The announcers have used the verbs 'suck' and 'jack' already
do they know they’re announcing women?
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Is there a reason why we should watch this game?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, well, that Syracuse-Louisville game is pretty enticing.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The game is still young
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
and we’re much bigger than this team
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s too bad that we suck tonight.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
a team of two halves
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Go go mini run!
Let’s close this game out on a run and get it within 3-5 points before half time.
She just watched the ball as it rolled out of bounds
Not sure what she was thinking
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Now I’ve found a justin.tv feed of MST3K films! They’re showing the incredible Melting Man.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
Hampton can’t make a free throw. USC should just hack her if she touches it.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions
You’re a very negative young man.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m only negative when they play like crap.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s because everytime he watches this team they play terribly.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If they're going to hack it,
please have the guards hack. Our guards are on vacation and could do with some second string scrubs to abuse.
Our backup to Devanei and Ashley is out with a concussion for the last two games =(
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yeah, we need her vs. furd if we get there
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
0 points for Greif and Vital on 0-7 shooting
It seems like they’ve regressed as the season’s gone on
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Has Greif taken any shots?
I feel like sometimes she’s a bit too unselfish when we need her to actually shoot some threes. Of our three point shooters, she and Vital seem to be the best.
She definately should have shot that three at the end of tha half instead of the last pass
She’s 0-2 on the day, both 3s
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I don’t know what we gain from winning this game. We’re going to be a No. 3 seed if we lose and we’re going to be a No. 3 seed even if we win this game since we’re going to lose to Stanford.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions
Apparently, we're a 4 seed right now
according to the ESPN bracket from yesterday
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Will beating USC and losing to Stanford help anything?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t follow teams around the country at all, so I don’t know
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It'll keep us where we are, IMO.
Of course, losing to USC sort of hurts us a bit.
January 19th, 2009
Gray-Lawson scored a career-high 37 points, converting two free throws with 1:09 to play that put her team ahead for good and scoring again with 21 seconds left to lift No. 11 Cal to a thrilling 57-54 victory over ninth-ranked Stanford on Sunday.
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We can’t beat Stanford on a neutral court.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
We were the better team for 30 minutes at furd… they just went on a run when a horrible foul call sent Walker to the bench
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
We hardly play them on a neutral court...
Given the short bench we have, we’re always out of it by the time we get around to playing them in the tournament, assuming we do.
I bow to your certainty regarding Women’s college basketball venue dynamics
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I take pride in that, sir.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Rated-R:Women's bball::carp:Men's bball?
I’m going to test a theory. Rated-R; Don’t watch the first five minutes of the second half.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Fine.
Just tell me when the five minutes are over, okay?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Negative.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
T-bred, this is what I was talking about (NSFW): http://www.justin.tv/zura015
This is a little too weird for me, but you might like it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s pretty obvious that’s a Japanese chick using a vibrator
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
C'mon bears...
Let’s not lose to Trakh and co. :(
Win or lose
I’m glad there are 100+ comments on a women’s basketball game at halftime. The ladies deserve the attention
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It’s too bad they didn’t receive the attention when they were good.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I rode the bus with Walker in the mornings. She’s a real sweet lady.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Just talked to her on the bus a few times
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I challenged her to a game of 1 on 1. She blushed and said I’d beat her easily.
I felt like a real man that day.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I envy you.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Feed appears to be working again
Hopefully it stays ok.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions
Avinash banned me from watching the game, so tell me when five minutes have passed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions
It's a bad idea to help on defense when your teammate doesn't need help
Easy USC bucket
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Dude that’s Matt Leinart’s kid.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Guys, can I watch the game yet?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions
I am watching D.L. Hughley Breaks the News on CNN.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions
Alright get back here, the lead is still 9.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You may be happy to know I only sound pessimistic during Cal women basketball games.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
Don't make me look up the game thread when we played @Washington!
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Hey, we just got extremely lucky in that one. Washington was so dumb to foul Seeley. I didn’t think they were plain stupid.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It's so fucking preposterous that they hold this tourney at Galen.
At least pretend its neutral and schedule it at a gym like Caltech’s.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
They seriously need to rotate the site
it’s not like anywhere’s gonna sell out anyway
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They would get much better revenue in the Bay… ppl from Furd and Cal would come out for the game
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t mind that they play it in LA. I mind that they play it in a freaking Pac-10 arena.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re going to get booted out of the first round by a No. 13 seed in the tournament.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions
Now I know you really don't watch women's basketball
It’s incredibly top heavy. Upsets are REALLY rare in the women’s tourney
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I was just kidding about losing to a No. 13 seed.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
How many more open shots are we going to give them?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
Why is Cal playing a zone against a good 3 point shooting team?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
They don’t know what they’re doing.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And our problems on offense are being magnified because they don't respect our 3 point shooting
just collapsing on Walker and Hampton and preventing entry passes
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I think Boyle is a much better recruiter than XO coach. Sometimes, the team just isn’t doing the right things strategically to maximize potential
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
need to start to turn this thing around
this is reminiscent of the UCLA game at UCLA…which is not a good sign
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
We should probably go small, rotate Walker or Hampton in and out, put 4 shooters on the floor behind Grey-Lawson and Natasha and spread out USC’s defense. Walker and Hampton can’t rotate or get back fast enough on the zones and that leaves the wide open shooters for USC. Let them get their 2 point shots
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah, hopefully our new recruiting class accounts for that.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you let her do that?
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions
They've had great recruiting esp. of guards
over the past few years. Been hit with the injury bug several times but some of them are getting healthy now.
Almost the exact opposite of us.
Our strength is definitely in the post (and of those, Walker and Hampton).
Wish Lexi would step it up but she has a tendency to disappear at times.
Hampton can’t finish.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you trying to be really annoying?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
so she's finishing enough to lead the team in scoring
there are lots of criticisms to be made but I think you’re off base on that one
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I just finished well. Really well.
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Hampton gets double tripled a lot...
You’d think by now she’d know how to pass it out better.
For some reason, Stanford’s post players are much better passers than our own.
Cal needs to work on their outside shooting next year
USC is just putting two/three/four bodies in the paint, but the outside shooters can’t be trusted so Hampton and Walker try to do it on their own.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
USC can actually make a shot within 15 feet.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
You're clearly not enjoying yourself watching this game
You should probably just turn the channel. It’s supposed to be fun.
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The game isn’t going to be enjoyable when you’re getting owned.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not saying should or shouldn't be
but you aren’t having fun, so why subject yourself to it? You called game like 15 minutes ago. What’s the point?
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I’m watching it because it’s Cal.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re going to go into the big tournament playing the worst basketball of the season and we’ve been playing our worst basketball of the season for two weeks now.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:35 PM PDT reply actions
CAL HAS TO CHANGE THIS LINEUP. This team isn’t suited to face the Trojans lineup on either side.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions
if I’m picking the women’s tourney (i won’t), i would have to pick Cal to be upsetted early
this is sad :(
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions
Maybe, they’re just worn out. Who knows?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s better than the original strategy of posting up and playing halfcourt.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see why we play this way. They have absolutely no one who can guard Hamp and Walk. We just can’t keep em honest with the jump shots
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I mean you can still get it to the bigs, just move it quicker using the high post offense.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
We can’t turn USC’s faucet off.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
I’ll pass, sir.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't understand
That’s an ORDER.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not angry anyway, sir.
I’m a little thirsty, perhaps.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
4 point game with 90 seconds left
Perfectly manageable.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
Lexi should’ve had the ball in her hands.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
Hampton was way too far out on that play. She was in no man’s land.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
As always, a very civil and measured discussion.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s certainly possible to be rude at length on a subject about which I know nothing, but that would make me a bad guest.
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Mental Note: Go to Conquest Chronicles and throw hissy fit about crickets.
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Oh how I hate them. Even before my season-ending back injury during last summer’s Great Cricket Massacre at my house, I hated them.
I think he meant cricket, the grand British sport.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK YOU YOU MOTHERFUCKING COCKSUCKER, I MEANT CRICKETS, THE INSECT!
PS I also know little aobut cricket, the grand british sport.
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Yeah, she did.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cal cheerleader who looked like she was from SoCal
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Hit up the calbears website after the game
We’ll figure it out.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
She tripped over her feet!
But they’ll call Lexi for the foul. :(
Go inside, hopefully draw a foul and bring it within 1.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d go straight to that high post play.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Their No. 11 is hotter than our No. 11.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions
Ha, this is funny.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions
No. Make it; it’s a one possession game regardless of what SC does with their FTs.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Our starting gameplan should always be:
Feed Hampton and Walker as close to the basket as possible. Every possession
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God, that was terrible.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions
You can’t expect a 5-8 female to go down the court as fast as the men do
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
SAME THING HAPPENED TO RANDLE AGAINST USC. CONSPIRACY.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
She choked twice on back-to-back possessions.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions
THERE WAS AT LEAST .7 ON THE CLOCK
ANYWAY. THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS JUST .3
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It's going to count
But there’s no way that happened in .3!!!!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions
i’m afraid they might pull some bs about how it’s not possible to catch and shoot in 0.3 s
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 8:07 PM PDT reply actions
that’s definitely good you can see that the clock was at 0.2 seconds when the ball came out of her hands
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
I can’t lie.
I didn’t even see it.
My parents made me turn it over on Cops. (I’m just 17, you know.)
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
USC is so stupid. They should have had five people underneath the paint.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
that would leave someone open for a 3 which would win the game…..aren’t you supposed to go for the win on the road and the tie on the road?
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
They siad they could only tip it in
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
THERE WERE .3 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK!!!! YOU CAN’T TAKE A 3 IN .3!!!!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if it doesn’t count…this will be an emotional lift for us.
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions
I beg to differ. I think it’s a letdown if it is not counted.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
no it won’t…..it would crush our spirits and we would lose to a 13 seed in the first round of the tournament
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
“Let’s just play!”
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions
I have no idea what they’re doing. This is fucking ridiculous.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions
a retarded squirrel could make this call. so could my dead grandmother. I don’t know what has taken them 10 minutes to decide on something obvious.
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions
The game is just tied anyway. Both teams get another 5 minutes. They could’ve played overtime by the time they’re done reviewing this.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions
NO. FUCKING. WAY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions
Let me get this straight:
They couldn’t tell how long it is that it took to shoot, so they’re going to go ahead and assume that it took longer than .3 based on a technicality? That is one of the worst calls I have ever seen in sports.
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If this wasn't at Galen...
I cannot believe this garbage.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions
Protest!
Stay on the court!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions
even if this was a catch and shoot, Walker did it under 0.3 second…no doubt
by LEastCoastBears on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions
HOW MUCH IS USC PAYING THESE REFS?
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
Oh you rapscallion. Your dry British wit makes it oh so hard to hate Trojans…
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s possible that they might have passed the hat in the crowd, I don’t know.
As for dry wit, that’s why I’ve been asked to be a physical outlier as well.
I wasn’t watching the game, but I can’t stand over-reliance on video evidence and excessively legalistic use of rulebooks that look like they came from Thomson West. If you couldn’t say that she didn’t make the shot without slo-mo, then take it to overtime.
Trojan bloggers… it’s really hard to hate them…
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, well, most of them don’t even pay attention to basketball.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t pay attention to basketball before I went to SC either. The only reason I went as an undergrad was that for most games, you could walk in right before the start and get seats pretty much anywhere, and that was when they doubled the number of Song Girls before whittling the squad down for football season.
I’d rather see SC win as a general rule, but this is truly amateur sports, and it’s a shame to have it end like that for both teams.
With a cool, dry wit like that, you could be an action star!
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But I’m short, bald, and overweight, too. And my starring role in Yentl 2: First blood is a dream come true!
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Do you play a maverick mohel in it?
Maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to recycle all these scripts I’ve been receiving.
Ridiculous
The rule is that .3 is enough time to catch and shoot in the NBA. How can they possibly say that you can’t do this in college? That does not make any sense.
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I think this happened in college once and it screwed over someone, so they instituted some Pac-10 rule where you can’t catch and shoot in .3 seconds. It has to be a tip in.
I fucking hate rules.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN .7 ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And USC was the team that got screwed over by this same call last season. So they got karmic payback.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but a catch and shoot takes longer than .3. .4 at most. If it hits your palm and you need to release the ball that’s all the extra time that’s needed. A regular shot takes about .8/.9 seconds to leave your hand.
Of course I hate talking like this, and it’s the reason I despise the NCAA in situations like this. The NBA doesn’t care so much about following the letter of the law. They like game winning shots and usually go with what the clock that everyone sees says, unlike the putrid, no fun NCAA, which has to adhere to stupid principle.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
it took them ten minutes to make an obvious call. AND THEN THEY GOT IT WRONG.
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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions
I don’t even care.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions
Ok, let's calm down.
It was a catch and shoot. That ball cannot be in the palm of Walker’s hands and then leave it in .3 or less. Just because the clock that we all saw didn’t start in time doesn’t make the shot legal. The clock only starts when the official timekeeper starts it, and she couldn’t have started it immediately at the point of contact. The clock only starts a little bit as Walker is releasing it. It has to be a tip in at the rim. That’s the only possible play that can happen in .3 or less.
Especially since USC got hosed by this last year, I’m a little partial to them.
That being said, USC should’ve been punished for their stupidity of leaving a guard on Walker. Just freaking stupid.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
They played better than us all night.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude. You can measure how long it takes for it to go from .2 to .1 to .0! She totally did it in enough time!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If the clock is even .2 late in starting (which is less than the blink of an eye), it’s going to look good.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t matter when it’s started. Look how long it takes to release compared to when the clock is going form .2 to .0. She didn’t clutch it at all. Her arms were moving as she was going up for the ball.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
She held the ball. Holding the ball takes .4 seconds. Clutching has nothing to do with it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
say ‘one one thousand’ outloud… that’s a second. you’re telling me it can’t touch your palm and go upward after ‘one one’?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
the .4 is just the rule they instituted. it was never scientifically proven or anything
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re going to have to visually prove it. Get video of it and send it to danzig.
You can argue that it should have counted because it was awesome and it looked good based on the actual clocks by a wide margin. But I don’t think you can really argue it should have counted because it happened in .3 or less.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not going to say it isn’t possible that it did happen in .3 or less, but there’s no way you can accurately measure it based on the clocks given or the way the refs decided it. The rule is an approximation and a nitpicky one, and I hate it so much.
The refs gave it to them because USC’s coach bitched, bitched, bitched. If he hadn’t made a big deal it’s probably overtime.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Although I can assure you
If it was USC who made that play it would’ve counted.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
On the record: I hate talking like this, and I hate the NCAA for making me explain rules like this. I would’ve counted the basket and told Coach Dennis Kucinich to stop lobbying like he was a real congressman.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh fuck Tom Hansen is on the screen
Now there’s someone’s neck I want to wring.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
He doesn’t understand the internet or messageboards, so he doesn’t know he’’s universally hated.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh by the way
Thoroughbred, that lovely halftime lass is Lindsay Soto. And she is a beautiful flower. She works on the NFL Network, NBC’s Olympic coverage, and a lot of LA action.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions
She’s better than UCLA’s coach. I know that Thoroughbred disagrees, though.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Rick Neuheisel is a very beautiful mermaid though.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, you know what I meant!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, Ben Howland isn’t bright on the eyes, but sure, whatever floats your boat dude! CGB is welcome to all lifestyles!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, you really don’t know what I meant.
:: Frowns. ::
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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course I know Lindsay Soto… I was talking about the Cal cheerleader
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
No. I was too angry with the end of the game mess.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's the Rule:
Section 7. Beginning and End of Period
Art. 4. In any period, when the game clock displays 10ths of seconds and play
is to be resumed by a throw-in or a free throw when 3/10 (.3) of a second or less remains on the game clock, a player may not gain possession of the ball and try for a field goal. Such player can only score a field goal by means of a tap of the pass or of a missed free throw.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
So we actually lost on a correct call?
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Rule 7, Section 1, Rule 3 "The ball shall be out of bounds when it passes over the backboard from any direction"
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well what the hell is it?
are we going to enforce technicalities at the end of the game or aren’t we? or is it option C, whatever screws Cal and favors neutral court LA?
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It wasn't a neutral court!
It was a home game for USC!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
that was the point. The pac 10 tournaments are “neutral”. Witness exhibit 10,000, Free throws from today’s men’s title game: USC – 21, ASU – 4.
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You should save that for after USC makes the Final Four and we can point out exactly why.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 14, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Pac-10 player of the year and leading scorer cannot get a foul call when driving to the hoop and getting his arm slapped…you have a home court bias.
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