tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post3427801187406911485..comments2007-12-01T06:12:49.019-05:00Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693225575047780211theplayerhatersball@gmail.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-13478725057079200562007-12-01T06:12:00.000-05:002007-12-01T06:12:00.000-05:00Basketball is my favorite game and I love to play it...Last Sunday, I brought sports shoes from <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com/coupons/dickssportinggoods.htm" REL="nofollow">Dick's Sporting Goods</A> store through <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com" REL="nofollow">CouponAlbum</A> site....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-49403206445527541802007-11-19T23:29:00.000-05:002007-11-19T23:29:00.000-05:00Thanks, anonymous, I appreciate that. Sometimes I'll go through dryspells with the blog (usually during the summer) and will wonder if its worth the effort. But then I put some time into writing the college basketball preview and remember how much fun it is to sit down with all my opinions and attempt to piece them together into a coherent thought. And to hear nice feedback like yours makes it all the more easy. Thanks.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693225575047780211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-2487335448847305042007-11-19T22:43:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:43:00.000-05:00I hope that I don't sound too much like an asskisser, but I want to say that I think that your writing is really outstanding. i have been a regular reader for about 2 years, and you're as good as anything that's on any 'real' sports site. Your style makes me feel like I'm just sitting having a beer talking sports with someone. I think that you're gonna get noticed one day, and hit it big. Maybe I'll suggest to ESPN columnists that they check you out. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-9496117978765407482007-11-19T19:38:00.000-05:002007-11-19T19:38:00.000-05:00big surprise for you...I like the deacs this year. I think we have a good shot at finishing better than bc, uva, and maybe duke. we're back.<BR/><BR/>side note, I was hoping you'd make note of the new best place to watch a game...miami...seriously, bikinis encouraged in the student section...genious.<BR/><BR/>• Determined to boost men's basketball attendance, UM is about to unveil some of the most creative ideas we have ever seen from a local team. Besides dropping most season-ticket prices by about 50 percent, UM will add a hot tub, a sandbox and lifeguard tower in the student seating section -- students will be encouraged to attend in beach attire -- and elsewhere in the arena, in-game shoe-shines, massages, haircuts and a computer work-station will be offered.scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500713450575983353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-68644752701293326182007-11-19T17:28:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:28:00.000-05:00You do realize that maryland lost several of their assistant coaches, who were a part of the recruiting, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-12376371716484391742007-11-19T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-19T16:05:00.000-05:00I neither like, nor dislike, UCLA. Aaron Afflalo is a big loss, and I'm not as high on Kevin Love as most people. Granted, this has nothing to do with basketball (as I've never seen him play), but I've seen way too many "Great White Hope" centers fall by the wayside to be lured in by another. <BR/>As for Gary, I wasn't trying to say that he's lost his passion for coaching the game, but I think he's lost his passion for everything else. Not that Gary was ever too into the whole "tell a 17-year old how great he is and how much he'll mean to my program" thing, but I think that he's even less interested now. The losses of Dickerson and Patsos were killers. They were Gary's go-to guys. The program doesn't seem to have the same direction it used to. I mean, come on, in April of 2002 would you really have expected Maryland to be a perennial bubble team in five years?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693225575047780211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-17543413507150312292007-11-19T12:23:00.000-05:002007-11-19T12:23:00.000-05:00I don't know why you have so much hatred for Maryland. <BR/>I agree with two of your points - Gary needs more guys that fit his system, but he has them now with this current team. I also agree that Vasquez is acting more like Kobe then he should be. <BR/>But if you think Gary Williams has lost his fire, you're blind my friend, and stupid as well. Gary couldn't be more passionate about Maryland and his coaching. And last year showed that - he coached that team to be better than it probably should have been otherwise. Maryland will be a top 4 ACC team.<BR/><BR/>I admire that you'll stick with your picks rather than revise them ala Bill Simmons, who I hate. I wish ESPN would fire him. He should report about New England in a New England paper, not ESPN - no one else cares. <BR/>NC State is overrated, and their recent loss to New Orleans shows that. Also of concern is that they were out rebounded by a smaller, softer New Orleans team. <BR/><BR/>I think your Wake team could surprise some folks, maybe finish 7-9 in ACC play, with their youth and speed - but that youth can also be a killer in terms of stupid mistakes.homertuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07276773007821106039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592428.post-87339700206288045122007-11-19T09:08:00.000-05:002007-11-19T09:08:00.000-05:00Not a single mention of UCLA, the AP #2 and two-time Final Four team? If you don't mention them as a National Pick you've got to put them down as a Team [You] Don't Like and explain that decision. This is why west-coasters complain about East Coast Bias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com