UNC and Duke Basketball, 2015-16

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volprof said:
Sounds like a nice spot you've carved out for yourself. We stayed in Prospect, and there were two high waterfalls near the hotel that hardly any outsiders know about. They were so close, we could walk over. We really liked Crater Lake, although we had a better time at Diamond Lake and Theilsen Wilderness, because there were basically no people at either, with the exception of the occasional snow boarder coming down Theilsen. We'll definitely have to head back sometime.

My wife and I have now decided that we're never moving back east, unless it's back to Appalachia or to northern New England. The landscape east of the Mississippi - even the Great Plains, which most people hardly look twice at while riding through - is just so much more impressive than anything east of that river, with the exception of the two spots I mentioned.
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I traveled this country on business for 30 years, visited 49 states both rural and urban areas. WV is the one state I haven't been to yet. Appalachia and Northern New England are beautiful areas. One thing I learned is their are nice people everywhere you go.

Where are you now? Shasta? Redding? Susanville? or the coastal areas? Or are you further south Bay area etc.
 
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Not by any means saying FGSU will beat UNC, but dang, FGSU ain't your normal 16 seed. Sheesh.




Now cue me eating my words as Duke loses in the first round again.
 
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kid50 said:
Not by any means saying FGSU will beat UNC, but dang, FGSU ain't your normal 16 seed. Sheesh.




Now cue me eating my words as Duke loses in the first round again.
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Dude don't fuel the fire that Duke always gets a cake bracket and the poor Heels always get hosed. They live for that sort of thing.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I traveled this country on business for 30 years, visited 49 states both rural and urban areas. WV is the one state I haven't been to yet. Appalachia and Northern New England are beautiful areas. One thing I learned is their are nice people everywhere you go.

Where are you now? Shasta? Redding? Susanville? or the coastal areas? Or are you further south Bay area etc.
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The Sonoma and Mendocino counties area, so North Coast. It's beautiful here, although I wish it got a bit colder. Fortunately, one only has to drive about an hour or two for feet of snow.
 
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kid50 said:
Not by any means saying FGSU will beat UNC, but dang, FGSU ain't your normal 16 seed. Sheesh.




Now cue me eating my words as Duke loses in the first round again.
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They'll be a handful; there's no doubt about that. The East is the committee's "Made for TV" region.
 
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volprof said:
The Sonoma and Mendocino counties area, so North Coast. It's beautiful here, although I wish it got a bit colder. Fortunately, one only has to drive about an hour or two for feet of snow.
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I use to have clients in Willets and Arcata, so I'd be "forced to drive down and spend a little time. That's a beautiful area. I've never been really into skiing (we have a ski resort about 20 miles "up the hill" from us. Willamette Pass Resort has tons of snow right now. A couple friends do ski patrol up there. If I'm out in the snow it's probably with snow shoes or cross country.

I don't think people in the East have much understanding of the water situation in CA and on the West Coast the last few years. It's scary.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I use to have clients in Willets and Arcata, so I'd be "forced to drive down and spend a little time. That's a beautiful area. I've never been really into skiing (we have a ski resort about 20 miles "up the hill" from us. Willamette Pass Resort has tons of snow right now. A couple friends do ski patrol up there. If I'm out in the snow it's probably with snow shoes or cross country.

I don't think people in the East have much understanding of the water situation in CA and on the West Coast the last few years. It's scary.
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Willits, "The Gateway to the Redwoods." I like that town. We live a little further south, in between Ukiah and Santa Rosa though.

I don't really ski either; I just like the cold and hiking.

Yes, the situation is grave, although this season has been just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, it will take a few years of this for us to recover fully. A lot of people don't realize it, but personal use only accounts for something like two or three percent of total water usage. It's the agricultural and industrial (including drilling) sectors that use all of the water. It's no wonder that hardly anyone in power wants to restrict their usage though, as those industries account for the overwhelming majority of economic activity here, even more than the tech industry, if I'm not mistaken.
 
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volprof said:
They'll be a handful; there's no doubt about that. The East is the committee's "Made for TV" region.
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Don't read to much info FGCU's performance last night. Based on RPI, their best win this season was against #161 North Florida. They were 0-5 against the RPI Top 150.
 
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AV_12 said:
Yale 😄
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Did you pick them to beat Duke or win tomorrow? Either way you can't win $ without playing the low %'s, especially this year (I'm guessing). I have Duke losing to OU. No disrespect GoDucks349 I just can't have my squad lose with a week to prepare and also being a complete homer. I'm probably wrong, but it should be interesting.

#lobcity #dunkcity whatever it was a couple of years ago. Just kidding
#daggum y'all
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Did you pick them to beat Duke or win tomorrow? Either way you can't win $ without playing the low %'s, especially this year (I'm guessing). I have Duke losing to OU. No disrespect GoDucks349 I just can't have my squad lose with a week to prepare and also being a complete homer. I'm probably wrong, but it should be interesting.

#lobcity #dunkcity whatever it was a couple of years ago. Just kidding
#daggum y'all
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Yeah. Went with Yale to win the first two
 
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volprof said:
UNC and UT have scheduled a home-and-home to begin next season in Chapel Hill:

Tennessee basketball schedules home-and-home with North Carolina
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I saw that yesterday. Watching games this year, any time Shembari Phillips and Kenny Williams were on the court, I always thought they resembled each other. Next year, they'll be on the court together so I can see how strong the resemblance is...or if I'm just crazy (it's probably just their stature and hair style that are similar)!
 
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Carolina will still win, but I would have picked FGCU +22 before the game. Playing sloppy and disinterested, they pull away and win by double digits and get roasted by the media (rightfully so) and everyone will predict how they are prime for an upset moving forward.

And they'll come out and destroy Providence/USC on Saturday.
 
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