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Open Thread: Pac-10 Women's Tournament, California vs USC

The 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.

 

Poll
Will the Cal women triumph again?
Cal will crush the Lady Trojans like Achilles taking down Hector.
14 votes
Cal will win a closely contested game with the Trojans.
5 votes
USC will narrowly upset Cal.
9 votes
USC will throw an arrow at Cal's achilles and destroy us.
3 votes

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I’m pumped.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Which would mean games in Berkeley!

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Or as most of us like to call it, the world’s first bromance.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats to Coach Gottlieb!

For those who don’t know, Gottlieb used to be an assistant coach with the Bears before moving on to becoming the HC at UCSB this year.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I’m looking I’m looking.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Brynn Cameron is the one who had Leinart’s lovechild

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh, snap.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You have to finish those, Ash.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We keep turning it over.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Ugh. I wish we’d get over that. Dunno why it’s so hard to pass now. I think part of it is Boyle needs to hammer it in that people need to move TOWARD the ball instead of moving away or just standing there and assuming the ball will get there.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

God, this is ugly.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It is Women’s BBall

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

:o

Nah. Depends on the team.

We’re in a huge offensive slump for some reason. Which sucks to watch.

UConn is fun to watch though if you ever get a chance to see them.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

We have points now!

Hurrah!

The good thing is that USC is not having a good day shooting either although better than ours.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

1-7!! Remarkable!

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Well I’ve found a stream for Illinois Wesleyan woman’s basketball. I didn’t even know that was a school.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Walker needs to get in position and use her strength

You can see Hampton doing it

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

wrecked!

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaand now it’s gone again.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Finally.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lexi got a lil Iverson in her

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 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   0 recs

i’m sure nobody else interpreted it otherwise.

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

YUP. Exciting.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow, that is exciting.

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

in a purely basketball sense, that is.

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The shooting in this game is sort of woeful...

16-10 USC. At least it’s still close even with our horrendous shooting percentage.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That was only for Thursday/Friday. FSN has the rights to the weekend games.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I propose a name change to the “Golden Goddesses”

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

So, uh, i’m watching channel 99 and i don’t see anything.

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In a good way or a bad way?

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh, I think it was the good way. It sounded like she was enjoying it.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

AWESOME.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

?????

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

just order DirecTV like me.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The announcers have used the verbs 'suck' and 'jack' already

do they know they’re announcing women?

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

At least Dev

is doing okay. 2-4 is not bad.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

It’s Cal? :|

Through thick and thin! Through woeful shooting percentages and beyond!

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

The game is still young

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

a team of two halves

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THERE YOU GO D-HAMP! USE THAT BODY

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Go go mini run!

Let’s close this game out on a run and get it within 3-5 points before half time.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Pathetic.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

AYE DON’T LET THE WHITE GIRL DRIBBLE!

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

She just watched the ball as it rolled out of bounds

Not sure what she was thinking

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

KEEP FEEDING HAMPTON

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Now I’ve found a justin.tv feed of MST3K films! They’re showing the incredible Melting Man.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who’s Greif guarding in this game?

Also does Kelsey Adrian look awake or is she out of it?

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

AND 1 FOOLS AND 1.

SHE’S KEEPING THINGS STRAIGHT GANGSTA IN THE PAINT

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

You’re a very negative young man.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL.

Well she’s at 0-3 now.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I think it’s because everytime he watches this team they play terribly.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Darn.

I hope our high point of the season wasn’t that awesome win over Stanford… It does seem we’ve sort of gone down hill since then.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Our backup to Devanei and Ashley is out with a concussion for the last two games =(

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Rama?

Ouch!

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 recs

end of half fail

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

ALL RIGHT SC’S GOT THEIR MORAL VICTORY.

NOW PREPARE FOR SOME DOMINATION

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

It'll keep us where we are, IMO.

Of course, losing to USC sort of hurts us a bit.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bow to your certainty regarding Women’s college basketball venue dynamics

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

NIKKI CALDWELL CAN CRITIQUE MY POST PLAY ANYDAY

amiriteguyz?

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Negative.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

T-bred wins the porno award!

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I couldn’t see it.

by CaliforniaCMB on Mar 16, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon bears...

Let’s not lose to Trakh and co. :(

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

You know her personally?

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Good times.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I envy you.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Well, we’re scoring better. Our defense isn’t there yet though.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Just trading buckets at this point

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dude that’s Matt Leinart’s kid.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh…

oh…

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm laughing my ass off now

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, i was going to ask earlier, even though I was pretty sure, but $C’s #11 girl got knocked up by Leinart…

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by HydroTech on Mar 14, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Walker and Hampton lit a fire.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Let’s get it within 5!

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

No

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

our theory is losing water

they better make a run soon

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Man, SC’s shots are just falling

BUT LEXI WITH A TRIPLE

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Alright get back here, the lead is still 9.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m in.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They’re getting lucky bounces. We’re not

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

USC getting every loose ball

Get on the floor ladies!

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They seriously need to rotate the site

it’s not like anywhere’s gonna sell out anyway

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I don’t mind that they play it in LA. I mind that they play it in a freaking Pac-10 arena.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Game.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ban.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Uh. We don’t have 4 shooters!

All of our guards are sort of inconsistent.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, hopefully our new recruiting class accounts for that.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

USC women play liike Cal men

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hampton can’t finish.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

...she is our leading scorer right now

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So?

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you trying to be really annoying?

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No one has finished well tonight.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just finished well. Really well.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you sue the ASUC too?

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, but I should!

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Poor Mrs. Twistnhook

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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I fail to see how shes involved in all this.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

z

WOW SHE SWAPPED HER ON THE HEAD!!!! CAL THE FUCKING FOUL REF

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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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by norcalnick on Mar 14, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

X_____________________

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Okay…that was some terrible defense.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

CAL HAS TO CHANGE THIS LINEUP. This team isn’t suited to face the Trojans lineup on either side.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Good job. Get our guards to the line.

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It’s better than the original strategy of posting up and playing halfcourt.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Well I mean you can still get it to the bigs, just move it quicker using the high post offense.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dang, this game is like a bloodbath

AND 1 AND 1 AND 1

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Finally.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WHO PUT JEROME RANDLE IN A SC JERSEY

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I dunno, but he’s become a cutie.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Fail.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’ll pass, sir.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

FEED THE BEASTS

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We've gone +8 since I started watching

Clearly I am the difference in this game.

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

4 point game: 67-63. Not bad to get it this close.

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Boooooo.

Pass better/faster, Dev! Pass!

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hampton was way too far out on that play. She was in no man’s land.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

no woman’s land?

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Touche my good man.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that’s all I have to offer on the subject.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As always, a very civil and measured discussion.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mental Note: Go to Conquest Chronicles and throw hissy fit about early 20th century silent films.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

if you thought that basketball draws only crickets, give that a try.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mental Note: Go to Conquest Chronicles and throw hissy fit about crickets.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he meant cricket, the grand British sport.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I meant crickets the insects as well. I haven’t swung a cricket bat in anger or indeed any other emotion since the early 1980s.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did she trip over her feet or did Lexi trip her?

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It looked to me like she tripped.

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, she did.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

over her feet, that is.

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHOA WHO’S THAT???

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who’s who?

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

She tripped over her feet!

But they’ll call Lexi for the foul. :(

by tjalorak on Mar 14, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Aye bad person to foul

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Get a two a do it all over again

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Go inside, hopefully draw a foul and bring it within 1.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

got the foul part

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d go straight to that high post play.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Ashley Walker has a sweet stroke

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha, this is funny.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Miss?

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No. Make it; it’s a one possession game regardless of what SC does with their FTs.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weak.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Win or lose: Gutsy Comeback… work with that as we go into the tourney

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Our starting gameplan should always be:

Feed Hampton and Walker as close to the basket as possible. Every possession

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

God, that was terrible.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

FUCKING PAC-10 HALF COURT STICKERS!

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

CONSPIRACY.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SAME THING HAPPENED TO RANDLE AGAINST USC. CONSPIRACY.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I BLAME THE FLOOR-MOPPERS

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

NO WAY!!!!!

YESSSSS

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

EXCUSE ME FOR MY VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

no she didn’t

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST .7 ON THE CLOCK

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's going to count

But there’s no way that happened in .3!!!!

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

IF THEY DON’T PUT THIS IN OT, IT’S UTTER BULLSHIT. IT’S OUT OF HER HANDS BEFORE .2 EVEN

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

USC is so stupid. They should have had five people underneath the paint.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

tie at home*

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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

THERE WERE .3 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK!!!! YOU CAN’T TAKE A 3 IN .3!!!!

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She did not pull it back. As soon as she caught it, she shot. She did not clutch

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

HOLY FUCK THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST .7 ON THE CLOCK ANYWAY

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“Let’s just play!”

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea what they’re doing. This is fucking ridiculous.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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.

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I feel like I did during Oregon-Cal 2007. This is ridiculous.

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

NO. FUCKING. WAY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????

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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

THIS IS EGREGIOUS

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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

HOLY FUCK…. THERE SHOULD’VE BEEN AT LEAST .7 ON THE CLOCK ANYWAY

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WORST CALL EVER

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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If this wasn't at Galen...

I cannot believe this garbage.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Protest!

Stay on the court!

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

HOW MUCH IS USC PAYING THESE REFS?

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by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nothing, basketball isn’t a revenue sport.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh you rapscallion. Your dry British wit makes it oh so hard to hate Trojans…

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hes quite the ragamuffin.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what do you think, DC

should we have gone to overtime?

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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nestor was right

you’re a dick!!

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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

With a cool, dry wit like that, you could be an action star!

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately I’m short, bald, and overweight, so that may not be an option.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you two are losers

Short overweight, and baldING checking in!

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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you play a maverick mohel in it?

Maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to recycle all these scripts I’ve been receiving.

by DC Trojan on Mar 14, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sample diologue:

“I’VE GOT THE VIETCONG IN MY SIGHTS! I’LL SLICE THEM FASTER THAN A FORESKIN!”

I think it needs some re-writes.

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN .7 ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by Thoroughbred on Mar 14, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And USC was the team that got screwed over by this same call last season. So they got karmic payback.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

.3 for a tip-in? That is ridiculous. 0.1 is all it takes for a tip-in.

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by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it took them ten minutes to make an obvious call. AND THEN THEY GOT IT WRONG.

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t even care.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 14, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

She held the ball. Holding the ball takes .4 seconds. Clutching has nothing to do with it.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although I can assure you

If it was USC who made that play it would’ve counted.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh fuck Tom Hansen is on the screen

Now there’s someone’s neck I want to wring.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Rick Neuheisel is a very beautiful mermaid though.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Well, Ben Howland isn’t bright on the eyes, but sure, whatever floats your boat dude! CGB is welcome to all lifestyles!

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Did you figure out who it was?

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 on Mar 14, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So we actually lost on a correct call?

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Mar 14, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never forget.

Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!

by Berkelium97 on Mar 14, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It wasn't a neutral court!

It was a home game for USC!

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should save that for after USC makes the Final Four and we can point out exactly why.

by Avinash on Mar 14, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by CBKWit on Mar 14, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In that case, they should call a foul on Texas A+M. Always on Texas A+M!

TYRANNICAL KING OF UC EUGENE! BRING ME THE HEAD OF SEATTLE QUACKER!

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by TwistNHook on Mar 14, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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