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Running 2023-24 NCAA Basketball Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Della9250, Sep 7, 2023.

  1. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    I'm not suggesting the NCAA is intentionally sabotaging the women's tournament. I am suggesting the NCAA does not give a single shit about the tournament and makes that clear over and over.

    The weight room is a great example. The NCAA thought a single rack of dumbbells was a perfectly acceptable "weight room" for the women. When they got called out for it and it went viral, they lied about it. When they got called out on THAT, and people like Steph Curry started jumping in, then they actually addressed it.

    Need a breakout interview space for the biggest star player the woman's game has ever seen? Fuck it, throw a curtain in front of the beeping forklift. They don't care if it works -- they just want to be able to claim that they did something, and anyone who wants it to actually work is simply entitled.
     
  2. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    All the teams get a 30-minute shootaround the day before. You'd think somebody would have noticed the bad lines at that time.
     
  3. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    None of the coaches or players noticed it either. Not being snarky at all, but what does that say about them?

    It's one of those things you take for granted, until you find out you shouldn't have. I know they measure the height of the basket from the floor and check to see the game balls are properly inflated before every game because I've seen them do it.
     
  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    This. Sally Jenkins in the WaPo said as much in a terrific column. It's pathetic and astonishing at the same time.
     
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  5. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Check out Coach Dale over here.
     
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    South Carolina opened up a can of whoop ass on N.C. State in the third quarter.

    Thanks for playing.
     
  7. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    It looked good ... until the third quarter.

    And that's what the Chickens can do to you. Doesn't have to be 40 minutes of running over you, but that one burst and ..
     
  8. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    That escalated quickly
     
  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

  10. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

  11. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    better go get a shot for that
     
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  12. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    You mean "the Chickens are frying" doesn't work?
     
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