Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

[Flip Wilson]

40 years ago I covered a Washington State-Tennessee game, and the Cougars' quarterback was named Samoa Samoa.

In 1993, Baylor had a lineman named Hunter Hunter.

 

[Neutral Corner]

UAB has a player named Tony Toney playing this season.

 

[ChrisLong]

40 years ago I covered a Washington State-Tennessee game, and the Cougars' quarterback was named Samoa Samoa.

Rich Tosches, who worked at the AP in L.A. and later for the U-T in San Diego, wrote about Samoa Samoa and said his parents stuttered. I don't know how that got into print.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Rich Tosches, who worked at the AP in L.A. and later for the U-T in San Diego, wrote about Samoa Samoa and said his parents stuttered. I don't know how that got into print.

You'd be amazed what could get into print 40 years ago that wouldn't have a chance of seeing the light of day in this era.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

And none of them can play, I imagine.
Remember a decade ago when the ACC thought it was upgrading by taking Syracuse and Pitt? And then when it thought it had a good deal by replacing departed Maryland with University-6?
I'm going to revise my prediction: Capel doesn't make it to New Year's Day.

No, John Swofford thought that Syracuse and Pitt were good ideas. The old-guard were griping loudly about things not being the way they used to. They seemed OK with Florida State because of the football upgrade for those fans of something other than men's college basketball, but then the big expansion just starting the grumbling about adding all dem Big East teams from north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

As for Maryland out, Louisville in, that was Swofford trying to save face because he wanted more credit for adding, adding and adding some more and making sure the Swofford Bowl would survive. Watching Maryland leave was embarrassing to him. But when people realized why - the Big Ten Network and the revenue - the wheels were put in motion for the ACC Network.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

The worst thing about the Maryland-Louisville swap is it shattered the notion the ACC cares about academics

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

And none of them can play, I imagine.
Remember a decade ago when the ACC thought it was upgrading by taking Syracuse and Pitt? And then when it thought it had a good deal by replacing departed Maryland with University-6?
I'm going to revise my prediction: Capel doesn't make it to New Year's Day.

Capel's buyout is $15 million because the stupid-assed AD who cares more about winning volleyball instead of sports which actually pay bills extended him after he showed promise in his first year. He's not going anywhere, much to my chagrim, because what he's built has gone from creating anger to apathy. None of us care anymore and usually tune in just to see how stupid it will be -- and rarely does it disappoint. And, when the ACC added Pitt, it was for the billions with a b in grant research dollars the school pulls annually.

 

[franticscribe]

The worst thing about the Maryland-Louisville swap is it shattered the notion the ACC cares about academics

I always thought that argument was ridiculous. Ever since they let Louisville in, and that wall came down, I have not understood why they don't go ahead take WVU, too.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I'd love WVU, which has been shaking its ass at the ACC since the 1990s. They were upgrading facilities in the 1980s and 90s in hopes of an ACC invite.

 

[TigerVols]

UAB has a player named Tony Toney playing this season.

I loved his song, Feel Good.

Oh wait.

 

[dixiehack]

Damn good four-team event in Vegas this weekend. Virginia upset Baylor in the opener and now Illinois trying to claw back against UCLA.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Capel's buyout is $15 million because the stupid-assed AD who cares more about winning volleyball instead of sports which actually pay bills extended him after he showed promise in his first year. He's not going anywhere, much to my chagrim, because what he's built has gone from creating anger to apathy. None of us care anymore and usually tune in just to see how stupid it will be -- and rarely does it disappoint. And, when the ACC added Pitt, it was for the billions with a b in grant research dollars the school pulls annually.

Damn. That's a big number for a coach whose most noteworthy achievement is getting Oklahoma investigated by the NCAA.