Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

THEY'RE ALL UNAPOLOGETICALLY OUTSTANDING GET USED TO IT

 

So many dumb-ass detours as folks drive Thelma & Louise-style into hot take land.

Just one? There's nothing particularly noteworthy about trash talk. It's been a part of almost every game for time immemorial. There's no need to scream, "Nurse! The screens!" about it. It is what it is, just part of heightened competitive nature, for good or ill.

It's also not noble or very classy, no matter the context, who's doing it, etc. I've done my share of trash talk over the years and had it talked to me. It feels good in the moment, but it's not something you walk away from doing with a lot of pride if you're being truly honest about it. Nor is it some sign of heightened "competitive nature". What a load of unprovable bullshit.

 

Giguere winning the Conn Smythe during the 2003 Stanley Cup Final even though the Devils won the series immediately comes to mind for me.

 

Bobby Richardson of the Yankees was the Series MVP when they lost to the Pirates and Bill Mazeroski in 1960, the only time that happened in MLB.

 

So, some asshole radio guy from New York has suddenly appointed himself the gatekeeper for San Diego-area sports fandom, railing against fans who decided to go to the Padres game and watch the basketball game at Petco.



Apparently, he doesn't have a problem with people who watched the game in a Gaslamp Quarter bar a block or two away, but oooh! attend another sporting event that's actually in town and started right after the Aztecs game ended, well, you're a fake fan.

Wow, I didn't know there were unwritten laws for fans.

 

That's interesting.

Richardson hit .367 with 11 runs scored, a home run, a walk and 12 RBI. Slugged .667, on-base percentage was .387 and OPS was 1.054.

Mantle hit .400 with 10 runs scored, three home runs, eight walks and 11 RBI. Slugged .800, on-base percentage was .545 and OPS was 1.345.

 

Sorry in advance if this has been pointed out (and I didn't double-check to confirm it, but it sounds right). Of the 102 points LSU scored yesterday, 90 were by players who played at other colleges last season. If true, that is the most 2023-iest statistic ever.

 

Or, you know, realize it’s 2023 and you can watch your local team’s semifinal game (one that definitely wasn’t on the agenda when you purchased the Padres tickets) on your phone and enjoy both at the same time.

 

Exactly. And every ballpark now has some watering holes with big screens at the ready.

I actually googled Morash and found this little gem (it might have been discussed elsewhere on the board; I don't remember):

Sports Radio Dude Poops His Pants On Air, Shows Off The Mess

 

This is a very broad comment not directed at Bubs (I save my venom for him if he ever disrespects hair metal ) re: the post-WBB title game discourse on Twitter, and it will come as ironic to anyone who knows me here or elsewhere: Not everyone has to have a take on everything. We can all sit one out now and then. Something happened, people are mad online about it, we'll all be on to something else by tonight. Rinse, wash, repeat. No need to FOMO ourselves into a lather every time.

 

Akeem (before he was Hakeem) was MOP in ‘83. Bill Bradley (1965) and Art Heyman (1963) won it without even making it to the championship game (Bradley scored a then-tournament-record 58 in the consolation game, Heyman went for 29 and 12 in a semifinal loss to eventual champion Loyola).

 

How many here have actually witnessed a FF Consolation Game in person?