Bear Down Wildcats

84Cat wrote:

BearDown89 wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Amazing, BD. Have fun! Bear down!

Pumped! Had zero expectation of this happening this week and then all hell broke loose Sunday evening. Free open practice at 5:00 this afternoon. Gonna skip the gym and head over probably.

Wednesday practices
▪ 11 a.m. UNC Greensboro, 11:45 a.m. South Dakota State, 12:30 p.m. Gonzaga, 1:15 p.m. Ohio State, 3:25 p.m. Kentucky, 4:10 p.m. Arizona, 4:55 p.m. Davidson, 5:40 p.m. Buffalo. Practices at Taco Bell Arena are open to the public and free.

Thursday games
▪ No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNC Greensboro in the West Region, 11:30 a.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 South Dakota State in the West Region, approximately 2 p.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 seed Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson in the South Region, 5:10 p.m. (CBS)
▪ No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo in the South Region, approximately 7:40 p.m. (CBS)

I'm officially jelly. Have fun and BTFD! I remember when we had games at McKale, saw Tim Duncan one year and watched him drain 10 3's in a row after practice.

NYCat wrote:

NYCat wrote:

jajoyce wrote:

NYCat wrote:

I wish I could just fast forward our games this weekend. I like watching the first two rounds, but my heart cannot take our games.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

NYCat wrote:

I'm still confident because I have no idea what the word heuristic means. There's only one Ristic, and he plays for us.

BE4RDOWN21 wrote:With Boise's elevation being similar to that of Tucson at about 2700 (Tucson 2400), do you think this might be an issue for Buffalo (600)?

azgreg wrote:Tomorrow is going to be another of those days when I get jack and shit done at work.

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

BE4RDOWN21 wrote:With Boise's elevation being similar to that of Tucson at about 2700 (Tucson 2400), do you think this might be an issue for Buffalo (600)?

azgreg wrote:Tomorrow is going to be another of those days when I get jack and shit done at work.

Longhorned wrote:So basically, that math gives Arizona only a 40% chance to beat Buffalo. That makes us underdogs. Maybe some magic will happen and Arizona will prevail.

Merkin wrote:Obama picks UA over UK!

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

EOCT wrote:

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

Erased, whew. Thanks, LH.

Quarter of your students haven't heard of March Madness? That's a high grade, as I'd expect from the art history kids. I heard 87% of studio art students didn't. Those painting, drawing, sculpture twinkies are always out there in space.

BE4RDOWN21 wrote:
But if you look at it from this perspective, He is also an employee of the University, and as an Employee of the University,isn't your primary goal to prepare students for life after school a la their careers?

SunnyAZ wrote:

BE4RDOWN21 wrote:
But if you look at it from this perspective, He is also an employee of the University, and as an Employee of the University,isn't your primary goal to prepare students for life after school a la their careers?

Not to stay on this silly topic but lol. You think the 4 months he gets with these players affects their career in any way? Lol

Beachcat97 wrote:

Merkin wrote:Obama picks UA over UK!

That's because my guy Barack knows what the hell he's talking about!

The rest of his bracket sucks, though.

azgreg wrote:

btfd16 wrote: No kidding. The entire Sweet 16 is chalk other than 5 seed WVU. Come on Barry. As a b-ball fan you know better.

rgdeuce wrote:

84Cat wrote:

BearDown89 wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Amazing, BD. Have fun! Bear down!

Pumped! Had zero expectation of this happening this week and then all hell broke loose Sunday evening. Free open practice at 5:00 this afternoon. Gonna skip the gym and head over probably.

Wednesday practices
▪ 11 a.m. UNC Greensboro, 11:45 a.m. South Dakota State, 12:30 p.m. Gonzaga, 1:15 p.m. Ohio State, 3:25 p.m. Kentucky, 4:10 p.m. Arizona, 4:55 p.m. Davidson, 5:40 p.m. Buffalo. Practices at Taco Bell Arena are open to the public and free.

Thursday games
▪ No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNC Greensboro in the West Region, 11:30 a.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 South Dakota State in the West Region, approximately 2 p.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 seed Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson in the South Region, 5:10 p.m. (CBS)
▪ No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo in the South Region, approximately 7:40 p.m. (CBS)

I'm officially jelly. Have fun and BTFD! I remember when we had games at McKale, saw Tim Duncan one year and watched him drain 10 3's in a row after practice.

I was at those games too. Several other good players from those games: Keith Van Horn, Michael Doleac, Brevin Knight, Mark Madsen, Eduardo Najera, and our own Loren Woods was playing for Wake Forest with Duncan as well.

EVCat wrote:

rgdeuce wrote:

84Cat wrote:

BearDown89 wrote:

Beachcat97 wrote:Amazing, BD. Have fun! Bear down!

Pumped! Had zero expectation of this happening this week and then all hell broke loose Sunday evening. Free open practice at 5:00 this afternoon. Gonna skip the gym and head over probably.

Wednesday practices
▪ 11 a.m. UNC Greensboro, 11:45 a.m. South Dakota State, 12:30 p.m. Gonzaga, 1:15 p.m. Ohio State, 3:25 p.m. Kentucky, 4:10 p.m. Arizona, 4:55 p.m. Davidson, 5:40 p.m. Buffalo. Practices at Taco Bell Arena are open to the public and free.

Thursday games
▪ No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNC Greensboro in the West Region, 11:30 a.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 South Dakota State in the West Region, approximately 2 p.m. (TNT)
▪ No. 5 seed Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson in the South Region, 5:10 p.m. (CBS)
▪ No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo in the South Region, approximately 7:40 p.m. (CBS)

I'm officially jelly. Have fun and BTFD! I remember when we had games at McKale, saw Tim Duncan one year and watched him drain 10 3's in a row after practice.

I was at those games too. Several other good players from those games: Keith Van Horn, Michael Doleac, Brevin Knight, Mark Madsen, Eduardo Najera, and our own Loren Woods was playing for Wake Forest with Duncan as well.

I had picked my roommate up at the airport and was driving back home in (cough) 1991 when we drove up Campbell and saw all the craziness for the 2nd round games that day. We made a snap decision to pull over at the Burger King (now Wendy's) and see what the scalp market was. $35 each, uppers but not bad.

Michigan State and Steve Smith went to multiple OTs with Utah (Josh Grant?). Then the marquee...

The 1991 UNLV team (with everyone) vs Georgetown with Mutumbo and Mourning. G'Town held close as an 8/9 seed, but UNLV won 68-60.

It was worth the $35 (adj for inflation = $10,000 USD 2018).

Merkin wrote:

azgreg wrote:

NOOOOO!!!!!

Please let Ayton wear his old comfy shoes. Don't want any more shoe problems!

BearDown89 wrote:Just got back from practice at Taco Bell. Basically a glorified shoot around. Ayton had his one shoe off and was messing around with it less than 5 minutes in. Then with about 5 minutes left in the session he came to the sideline and took both shoes off. Went back out and finished shooting in his socks.

He doesn't seem to be messing with his feet though, just the shoes. My daughter and I figured it must be that he's an island boy and doesn't like wearing shoes.

Also, my seats are freaking awesome.

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

BearDown89 wrote:
Just got back from practice at Taco Bell. Basically a glorified shoot around. Ayton had his one shoe off and was messing around with it less than 5 minutes in. Then with about 5 minutes left in the session he came to the sideline and took both shoes off. Went back out and finished shooting in his socks.

He doesn't seem to be messing with his feet though, just the shoes. My daughter and I figured it must be that he's an island boy and doesn't like wearing shoes.

Also, my seats are freaking awesome.

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

What is wrong with the youth of today if 25% of college students haven't heard of March Madness? What do these people spend their lives doing? Video games? Human interaction about non-sports topic?

We had better hope we never get invaded with this crop of kids.

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I didn't have the sound on, but what's the deal with the PB&J? They only had $10 lunch budget for everyone?

ASUHATER! wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

Longhorned wrote:I'll be on the campus of the Crying Illini.

Yesterday I asked my students here to raise their hands if they've never heard of March Madness, and about a quarter of them hadn't.

So I said, "Why would you? Illinois didn't come close to qualifying for the NCAA tourney."

Then a student asked me if Illinois had ever qualified for it.

"No," I responded.

And so there you have it. From this generation forward, all of our bad memories are erased from history.

What is wrong with the youth of today if 25% of college students haven't heard of March Madness? What do these people spend their lives doing? Video games? Human interaction about non-sports topic?

We had better hope we never get invaded with this crop of kids.

They and millennials(the kids in college now are post millennials) will be the ones rebuilding the smoking ruins left by baby boomers so don't get too judgemental. That said...there's just more to do today than even 15 years ago. A lot more options for time spending/wasting and entertainment. Sports are only one of a ton of things to do. Back in the day you could drink or go to sporting events in college or a combo of the two and now there's just a lot competing for the attention of people.