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1/2 way to seeing a Top 20 team that was pre-season Top 10 and picked by the coaches and media to win their conference storm the court after a home conference win. Turn it to ESPN if you want to see the idiocy that is student sections in college basketball.
I fail to see the objection, across the board, to storming the court. Are there times I don't agree with it? Sure. But I don't see why some people act all elitist about it. Though I do understand it a little more from Duke fans, since, as CLW often points out, they're often the recipient of such storming. But if a game is exciting, sure, I can see it.
If we're going to talk about student section idiocy, I have more objection to the ridiculously sized heads that people hold up during free-throws. Not a fan of that fad.
LOL turn it to ESPN and perhaps you will think differently of Wolfpack fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
I did turn it on for a few minutes of the second half. I saw nothing notable. EDIT: Except the Wolfpack cheerleaders show a nice amount of skin.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
EDIT: I may need to clarify. I don't always agree with a student's section choice to rush the floor. I personally never did it. But I also don't agree with the universal disdain that some people have for it.
As for your point about the coaches picking them to win the conference ... predictions aren't reality, underdog is still underdog, Duke is still Duke, and #1 is still #1.
and "the streak" of stupidity continues
LMAO guy in a WHEEL CHAIR got knocked over by one of the IDIOTS from the Wolfpack student section.
The elitist is strong with this one.
If elitist = calling out MORONS for what they are: guilty is charged. NOTHING positive can happen from a court/field storming. See Exhibit A:Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...01-11-21-48-28
Did I miss something?
What does storming the court have to do with a POLITICAL debate about gun control and video games? :dunno:
If a bunch of college kids having FUN storming the court after a big win is bad, I guess I'm with you. Fans do this all the time and largely without incident. Big deal.
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No, elitist is disagreeing with what someone else chooses to do while having an air of superiority and judgement about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Good grief, dude. You can dislike what they did without calling them morons. We get it. You don't like court-storming. Message received (long before today, for that matter).
Nothing positive can happen from a lot of things that college students choose to do. Including things, I would be willing to bet, you did from time to time. If that's your criteria for whether or not something is moronic ....
For what it's worth, when I initially said elitist, I wasn't talking about you. But then you walked right into the description.
I MOST DEFINITELY meant it. That's Duke basketball fans to a fuckin' tee. They think they're better than everyone else and always have.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
USC fires Kevin O'Neill. I was surprised they kept him on-board this long following Tim Floyd's resignation in 2009. They've had decent (but not great) talent and underachieved every year. They should be a good program if they could get a decent coach & recruiter.
If Nebraska can whoop up on them, he should have be instantly fired.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
The problem was/is he can coach D but is an AWFUL offensive coach. Although Kenpom defended him a bit recently because USC has had a fairly tough schedule this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Two things about court-storming today:
Players encouraging it probably won't help it stop :D
And it wasn't some guy, it was a student, he went out there willingly, and he was "saved" by one of the NC State players. Pretty cool on the part of the player, though the kid self-acknowledges that it was stupid for him to go out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Its just a matter of time before someone dies or is seriously injured during one of these things. In fact, it has already happened:Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun...rts/sp-crowe17
"Students" have taken "sucker punches" at the opponents team while they are trying to leave the court; there have been spitting/racial slur incidents; etc... The person(s) mostly likely to get injured are the visiting teams players who have ZERO say in whether they join in the stupidity or not.
I believe the :SEC: fines a school for every court/field storming with escalating penalties. I think that's a pretty good idea with the caveat that the penalty $ should go to the school that just "got stormed" after losing. $1,000,000 per "storm" would stop this b.s. real quick. :nod:
Watch out for Nebrasketball in the next few yrs, though. Timmy Miles has the team on the right track given their 0-4 conference record. Give them some legit talent and they could be on the rebound....Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
So, I heard there was some court storming tonight. Interesting.
:D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Egging him on; I LOVE it. ;)
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Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Duke loses on the road = court storming. Apparently that is one of the ten commandments of college basketball. Thou shall storm the court when you beat mighty :Duke:.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
Watched EVERY second of the game last night. Duke isn't the same w/o Kelly and it probably wouldn't have mattered last night as The U couldn't miss last night and Duke couldn't hit anything. However, The U probably did themselves no favors with the mocking of the Duke players and the entire team floor slap and attempting to run up the score when up nearly 30 with a few minutes remaining. K still runs it up when he can against poor :Virginia: thanks to the beat down they gave him in '82.
Honestly, if you had told me pre-season :Duke: would be 16-2 and playing the 12th best offense and 7th best defense in the country with the #1 strength of schedule in the country I would have taken it in a heart beat. I easily visioned 4-5 losses by now.
Nothing wrong with celebrating on court when you trash mighty Duke.
http://www.dukehoopblog.com/2013/01/..._campaign=feed
God I hope that's true. The hilarity would be beyond comprehension.
I disagree with it. Mike K. is supposed to be one of those life is more important than sports guys and he becomes a typical myopic ball coach by saying your entire worth is based on that game and I'm punishing you for a lousy b-ball game.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
its Duke, they know they got clowned, they know its not a good thing at mighty Duke. They know they failed and thats frowned upon. Either wait till the next day to do it or make your point in another way.
But forcing sprints at one in the morning makes you look like a dumb adult/ball coach.
So, the Kansas-WVU game is basically Blue vs White. Kansas is wearing blue with blue numbers and blue names. West Virginia is wearing white with yellow numerals and small, blue, names. Because of the lack of contrast, it looks like, on first glance, that neither team has any writing on their jerseys.
:South_Carolina: only scored 10 points in the first half vs #4 :Florida: last night. Gotta love Gamecock basketball. :D:fp:
You know how we feel now on the hardwood.Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureBoy
Stanford is bitch slapping #10 Oregon right now. Probably because they can't hide in the trees on their court.
:( How many more days left until football season starts? I knew South Carolina would lose tonight but only scoring ten points in the first half is pathetic even by Gamecock standards.
Still better than what Northern Illinois did in two combined halves this season.
:Florida: is just destroying teams right now and is clearly playing the best basketball in the country. in fact, they keep this up they will be the favorites to cut down the nets in the end and if they do they will probably be the best TEAM to do so in the last decade. their offensive and defensive efficiency #s are off the charts right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by NatureBoy
Seriously, not even AustinWolv can approve of Michigan's all-maize unis....
right?
Wayyyyy too much of one color. I'm not a fan of this trend at all. [/Obvious statement]
Yeah its getting silly and you can thank Nike/:Oregon: for all this CRAP. :Ohio_State: is wearing their "special" road uniforms from Nike b/c they are playing an Adidas school :Michigan: who just so happens to be wearing a "special" Adidas set of highlighter vomit?Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
:Duke: is doing the same thing when it travels to take on Under Armour I mean :Maryland:
Its so.... blatantly transparent its SAD.
I can't even watch this, it hurts my eyes
At least Ohio State's uniforms aren't horrible. Sure, the logo on the front is worse than the usual block lettering, but it's tolerable.
Michigan's uniformly-colored ... uniforms ... is shit.
And yes, I'd feel the same way if Ohio State's gray numerals and lettering suddenly turned scarlet.
Quit being a wuss :DQuote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
I've seen worse. Much worse.
Remember these abortions during last year's Big 12 and NCAA tournament? :smh:
http://static03.mediaite.com/sportsg...1057719801.jpg
That's not that much worse.
Also: both are Adidas.
I don't know. Of the little bit I watched of OSU-Michigan after seeing the posts in here, it was bad, but tolerable. Baylor last year was atrocious. I couldn't watch a single tournament game on TV that had Baylor in it, just because of how horrendous those uniforms were to the eyes on TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Stay classy Dukies. No sympathy from me whenever someone rushes the court against them.
Video: Duke students taunt NC State player over deceased grandmother
Just imagine the shitstorm if whatever team it was that Notre Dame played right after Te'o's grandmother had died had done a chant like this.
Wow. That's fuckin' DISGUSTING.
Naturally, there's controversy over what was actually said, and by how much of the crowd.