What would the reaction be on this board?

#26
#26
MikeHamiltonFan said:
The guy everyone loves at the office is the guy who mocks everyone elses opinions and says "I knew that would happen" after the fact in sports, but when asked to make a prediction says "I cannot predict the future."

The guy who says "it is too early" to judge the basketball season when it is 1/3 through and who when it is 2/3 through says "I never said I can make a prediction!".

That guy is a real winner...the guy who lives in Boston and wears a Yankees hat and keeps coming over to the Boston sports board to mock their team...nice
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Seriously? Pride in the fact that you make predictions? Fantastic.
 
#27
#27
BigPapaVol said:
Seriously? Pride in the fact that you make predictions? Fantastic.
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I could understand the pride if he actually made good predictions. But you know ole MHF, he's all about just predicting the future, because that is what makes one an insider.
 
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emainvol said:
I could understand the pride if he actually made good predictions. But you know ole MHF, he's all about just predicting the future, because that is what makes one an insider.
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That and writing 3 or 4 pages of incoherent BS in each post.
 
#29
#29
MikeHamiltonFan said:
There are no answers so far in this thread as to where people think their team stacks up talent wise this year.
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It doesn't matter.

The two coaches you're comparing Pearl to have been to a combined 17 elite eights, 9 Final Fours, and have been Champions twice each.

Why is this an argument?
 
#30
#30
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Last year,
UNC 5th nationally
2009 commits (National rank)
PF John Henson (5)
PG Dexter Strickland (34)
SG Leslie McDonald (65)
PF David Wear (59)
PF Travis Wear (60) The Tar Heels sprinted out of the blocks. Roy Williams and staff locked up five players all ranked inside the top 70 national rankings. Henson, a 6-foot-10 versatile post, is the gem. Strickland and McDonald are the future of the backcourt. The Wear twins give UNC some size and depth in the rotation.

in 2008 they were ranked 11th.
Ed Davis: No. 15 overall, No. 4 PF

Tyler Zeller: No. 33 overall, No. 7 C

Larry Drew: No. 71 overall, No. 110 PG

Justin Watts: SG

Class details
After securing five-star forward Ed Davis late in the summer, North Carolina went into Big Ten country and landed another five-star big man. Tyler Zeller, whose brother Luke Zeller is on the Notre Dame roster, will help carry on the tradition in Chapel Hill. Davis and Tyler Zeller are skilled, finesse-type players who should thrive in the up-tempo Tar Heel system. Four-star guard Larry Drew and late addition Justin Watts round out the class for coach Roy Williams.

UConn with "no good players" (meaning Calhoun and Rivals both really need at least one message board poster on here to help them out) was nationally at 10 on Rivals

2009 commits (National rank)
C Alex Oriakhi (21)
SF Jamal Coombs (50)
PG Darius Smith (71)
SG Jamaal Trice It seems like Oriakhi and Coombs have been committed to the Huskies for a decade. Both pledged to Jim Calhoun very early in the recruiting process, and over time they have improved tremendously. Coombs has developed into one of the top wings in the nation. Look for he and Oriakhi to make early contributions in Storrs along with four-star guard Darius Smith, who signed in the spring.

2008


8. Connecticut Huskies
Ater Majok: No. 13 overall, No. 3 PF

Kemba Walker: No. 14 overall, No. 5 PG

Nate Miles: No. 79 overall, No. 18 SG

Scottie Haralson: SG

Chukwuma Okwandu: C

Class details
Jim Calhoun took care of his needs at point guard in the fall with the signing of five-star prospect Kemba Walker. This spring he snagged the big man his program needed with five-star forward Ater Majok. The Huskies also have a shooter on the way in Scottie Haralson and are counting on four-star Nate Miles for perimeter scoring.
Previous rank: 8
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Man, I appreciate your support of this program. I've been laying low through the good times because I didn't want to gloat like so many do through the bad times. Keep up your particular brand of true fandom and let's enjoy the BasketVols rolling over the Tide with class tonight...

TN - 83
Al - 69
 
#31
#31
MikeHamiltonFan said:
The guy everyone loves at the office is the guy who mocks everyone elses opinions and says "I knew that would happen" after the fact in sports, but when asked to make a prediction says "I cannot predict the future."
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Thats correct. However I don't mock your opinions, I mock your horrible attempts at making the least bit of sense while spewing paragraph after paragraph of useless and mostly WRONG information. If I'm the guy in the office that everyone likes instead of you, here's the reason.

I don't run around with diahrea of the mouth making useless predictions and then spend my time arguing with everyone else trying to defend it when I'm dead wrong. You don't see me starting senseless threads filled with babble, with multiple people showing up to run me in the ground and discredit me.

To your credit not all of the things you say are wrong or off the mark. Its how you go about handling the things where you ARE. Although its obvious your blind to seeing those things, so perhaps its not your fault.
 
#32
#32
HF,
The only two arguments I am dug in on are that the SEC is better than the Big 10 and that the SEC does not "suck"

I was wrong about Arizona, Hat was right
I was wrong about Florida being destined for a deep tourney run, but I think the truth of where they are as a team is between what I thought and that they "suck" which is what I was debating.

It will be interesting to go check the thread where I predicted the Vols record. I predicted they would beat Kansas although I thought they would lose to Memphis on the road.

Ohio State with Evan Turner looks awesome. Wisconsin is so effective at following their system that I would hate to play them. Michigan State is very dangerous and Purdue is a high quality team.

If Purdue guts it out and beats Illinois and Wichita does not fall apart against NI, I will be 5 for 5 I think tonight? Hilarious that anyone would think I want credit as an insider...I am most definitely not an insider at all.
 
#33
#33
Yep 5 for 5. You would have all (well the 5 of you) shown up in the thread to gloat if I was 2-3 or something like that.

#7 Michigan State 5-0 15-3
#19 Wisconsin 4-2 14-4
Illinois 4-2 12-7
Michigan 3-2 10-7
#25 Ohio State 4-3 14-5
#15 Purdue 3-3 15-3
Minnesota 3-3 12-6
Indiana 2-3 8-9
Northwestern 2-4 13-5
Iowa 1-4 7-11
Penn State 0-5 8-9

Does someone want to go over again why the Big 10 is better than the SEC in basketball this year?
 
#34
#34
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Yep 5 for 5. You would have all (well the 5 of you) shown up in the thread to gloat if I was 2-3 or something like that.

#7 Michigan State 5-0 15-3
#19 Wisconsin 4-2 14-4
Illinois 4-2 12-7
Michigan 3-2 10-7
#25 Ohio State 4-3 14-5
#15 Purdue 3-3 15-3
Minnesota 3-3 12-6
Indiana 2-3 8-9
Northwestern 2-4 13-5
Iowa 1-4 7-11
Penn State 0-5 8-9

Does someone want to go over again why the Big 10 is better than the SEC in basketball this year?
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Yipee. I was 4/4 on the NFL spread this weekend. I also succeeded in picking which leaf would fall off a tree first. If I had thought about it I would have ran here and started a thread to celebrate it.

I give up, and I'm tired of having to argue the same point over and over again, as its never going to sink into that kumquat you have for a brain. Go do a victory dance and pretend you've accomplished something. :good!:
 
#35
#35
Do you purport to know something about basketball or not? If you know about basketball, you should be able to analyze teams and matchups...

If you are a jag off who talks about kids "ballin" and you spend lots of times on a rival teams board, talking trash through childish insults without bringing anything to the table, you may eschew predictions and stick to hugging and Ashley Judd picture and pretending that Coach Cal will not bring the NCAA down on your school.
 
#38
#38
I do not know how anyone on the planet can be critical of this coach who has had this run with the talent he has plus walk ons. If he can keep the wheels from falling off he will be a candidate for coach of the year.
 
#39
#39
Tampavolz said:
I do not know how anyone on the planet can be critical of this coach who has had this run with the talent he has plus walk ons. If he can keep the wheels from falling off he will be a candidate for coach of the year.
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Pearl is at his best when the chips are down and it's a regular season game.

What the issue is what he does with talent and how very little he does come tournament time.
 
#40
#40
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Do you purport to know something about basketball or not? If you know about basketball, you should be able to analyze teams and matchups...

If you are a jag off who talks about kids "ballin" and you spend lots of times on a rival teams board, talking trash through childish insults without bringing anything to the table, you may eschew predictions and stick to hugging and Ashley Judd picture and pretending that Coach Cal will not bring the NCAA down on your school.
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Point me to the matchup analyses you've knocked out.
 
#42
#42
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Do you purport to know something about basketball or not? If you know about basketball, you should be able to analyze teams and matchups...

If you are a jag off who talks about kids "ballin" and you spend lots of times on a rival teams board, talking trash through childish insults without bringing anything to the table, you may eschew predictions and stick to hugging and Ashley Judd picture and pretending that Coach Cal will not bring the NCAA down on your school.
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If you know about basketball, you wouldn't be dumb enough to compare Calhoun and Roy Williams with Bruce Pearl.
 
#44
#44
MikeHamiltonFan said:
If Bruce Pearl had the talent that UConn or UNC has and lost the games they are losing?

Are the haters of Pearl conceding that his team is outside the top 20 in terms of overall talent? Maybe around 20-25?

Does it make them seem more idiotic when with 20-25 level talent they think he sucks if he only makes it to the Sweet 16?
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North Carolina has more talent, but they are very young. I'm not sure there is a real difference level in talent with UCon. Pearl has done an exceptional job since the four players have not been available. I have more respect for his coaching and motivation of players now than ever before, regardless of the post season outcome.
 
#46
#46
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Yep 5 for 5. You would have all (well the 5 of you) shown up in the thread to gloat if I was 2-3 or something like that.

#7 Michigan State 5-0 15-3
#19 Wisconsin 4-2 14-4
Illinois 4-2 12-7
Michigan 3-2 10-7
#25 Ohio State 4-3 14-5
#15 Purdue 3-3 15-3
Minnesota 3-3 12-6
Indiana 2-3 8-9
Northwestern 2-4 13-5
Iowa 1-4 7-11
Penn State 0-5 8-9

Does someone want to go over again why the Big 10 is better than the SEC in basketball this year?
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Would you like me to use your "coaches must know something about the teams" argument from one of your earlier threads? Yes? Okay fine, the Big 10 has 4 teams in the top 25 and the SEC has 3. Your move.

Also, since so many people fall in love with kenpom around here, how bout this one. http://kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2010&c=B10

Notice the conference rankings at the bottom.

And I don't think that your saying you were "wrong" about Florida does the epic wrongness of your comments concerning the Gators justice.
 
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#47
#47
Emain

As I recall your reply to the number of ranked teams was to say that conference strength is more than rankings. You said top to bottom the big 10 is better than the SEC.

Let me know who I am supposed to be impressed with besides the teams I mentioned?

Quality wins for the conference teams out of conference? Let's examine...
Wisconsin against duke is nice, purdue beat UT, but lots of those big ten teams suck.
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#49
#49
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Emain

As I recall your reply to the number of ranked teams was to say that conference strength is more than rankings. You said top to bottom the big 10 is better than the SEC.

Let me know who I am supposed to be impressed with besides the teams I mentioned?

Quality wins for the conference teams out of conference? Let's examine...
Wisconsin against duke is nice, purdue beat UT, but lots of those big ten teams suck.
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The big 10 is clearly better than the SEC from top to bottom. UT, KY, Vandy, Ole Miss, Ms. State are the only half-way quality teams in the SEC. The rest suck. Unfortunately, some of the suck teams will have wins over the teams that have shown some quality.
 
#50
#50
BVF,
Who are the quality big 10 teams I am missing? Want to tell me why 6-11 the Big 10 is better than the SEC 6-11? I have looked at all of the teams from both conferences and I do not see it at all.
 
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