Memphis

[The Bid]

Its the only way to go Scavs

Phil. I phoned in a bet for the 8th in New York on Sunday and got it screwed up. The guy put the bet in for the 9th. In any event I bet an exacta multiple, multiple, times 4w the 1-5. Ive never had a break like that my entire life. Exacta returned 234 for a buck! Haha

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Its the only way to go Scavs

Phil. I phoned in a bet for the 8th in New York on Sunday and got it screwed up. The guy put the bet in for the 9th. In any event I bet an exacta multiple, multiple, times 4w the 1-5. Ive never had a break like that my entire life. Exacta returned 234 for a buck! Haha

SICK!!! that was a huge exacta, and even better, the 4 in the 8th didn't do sh*t...

exacta in last at kee on sat was painful. wheeled the 2 over a few for $10 a spot. watching the carter, which i was live in the p4 to spring at last (who didn't run a step), forgot about the bet. turn to the other tv, he's got a 2 length lead at the 1/16th pole, gets nailed in the last jump by one of the ones i used, he was 17-1 and the 9 was 8-1. exacta pays $479 for $2, would have paid $700 for $2 the other way. all the f*ckin stupid UK money on weekends there

[Cannon Shell]

The whole should have fouled him thing is redboarding. If they foul him in the act and he hits 3 FT's they are idiots. If they foul him hard and the ref calls intentional foul 2 shots and the ball then they are idiots. If they foul and he hits the 3 and gets a FT on top of it, they are idiots. If you want to say foul in the backcourt, fine but then but you are leaving time on the clock, they make 2 to go down 1 and foul you again with some time still on the clock. You can overanalyze this to death but the reason they lost was they choked from the line. Period. If they shoot 50% from the line in the second half all that other stuff doesnt matter. All the crap about fouls, timeouts, etc are just hindsight. If one of their 2 best players doesnt choke from the line they win. That is a fact, all the other stuff is hypothetical. Neither Calapari or Self distinguished themselves from an x's and o's standpoint but in the end they did not execute. That is on the players.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The whole should have fouled him thing is redboarding. If they foul him in the act and he hits 3 FT's they are idiots. If they foul him hard and the ref calls intentional foul 2 shots and the ball then they are idiots. If they foul and he hits the 3 and gets a FT on top of it, they are idiots. If you want to say foul in the backcourt, fine but then but you are leaving time on the clock, they make 2 to go down 1 and foul you again with some time still on the clock. You can overanalyze this to death but the reason they lost was they choked from the line. Period. If they shoot 50% from the line in the second half all that other stuff doesnt matter. All the crap about fouls, timeouts, etc are just hindsight. If one of their 2 best players doesnt choke from the line they win. That is a fact, all the other stuff is hypothetical. Neither Calapari or Self distinguished themselves from an x's and o's standpoint but in the end they did not execute. That is on the players.

Talk about killing our bitch session....

[ninetoone]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The whole should have fouled him thing is redboarding. If they foul him in the act and he hits 3 FT's they are idiots. If they foul him hard and the ref calls intentional foul 2 shots and the ball then they are idiots. If they foul and he hits the 3 and gets a FT on top of it, they are idiots. If you want to say foul in the backcourt, fine but then but you are leaving time on the clock, they make 2 to go down 1 and foul you again with some time still on the clock. You can overanalyze this to death but the reason they lost was they choked from the line. Period. If they shoot 50% from the line in the second half all that other stuff doesnt matter. All the crap about fouls, timeouts, etc are just hindsight. If one of their 2 best players doesnt choke from the line they win. That is a fact, all the other stuff is hypothetical. Neither Calapari or Self distinguished themselves from an x's and o's standpoint but in the end they did not execute. That is on the players.

Well said.

[The Bid]

You foul in the backcourt and put the weight of the world on the kid to hit both. If he does worst case you are going back to the line with 3 seconds and they would have a very difficult time winning at that point. Besides that they have a 9 point lead with a 35 second shot clock, theres just no reason to give up a lead like that in the last 2 minutes of the game. Sure they didnt execute down the stretch but thats just as much Caladickheads fault as it is the stiffs at the freethrow line. I also didnt like them slowing the game down with the 9 point lead. They should have continued to jam it down Kansas throat. Caladickhead wanted to set offense and take time off the clock, Memphis just isnt that kind of team. They are an athletic up and down the court team and thats the only way they can beat Kansas. When you change the game from a trackmeet, to fundementals, coaching, and basketball IQ, they cannot compete with Kansas. Moreso Caladickhead cant compete with Self.

Cannon,

As a Cleveland sports fan I am tormented year after year. Whether it be baseball, basketball, minor league hockey, Areana Football, Soccer, Football. Im learning to cope, but its still hard to watch.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by The Bid

You foul in the backcourt and put the weight of the world on the kid to hit both. If he does worst case you are going back to the line with 3 seconds and they would have a very difficult time winning at that point. Besides that they have a 9 point lead with a 35 second shot clock, theres just no reason to give up a lead like that in the last 2 minutes of the game. Sure they didnt execute down the stretch but thats just as much Caladickheads fault as it is the stiffs at the freethrow line. I also didnt like them slowing the game down with the 9 point lead. They should have continued to jam it down Kansas throat. Caladickhead wanted to set offense and take time off the clock, Memphis just isnt that kind of team. They are an athletic up and down the court team and thats the only way they can beat Kansas. When you change the game from a trackmeet, to fundementals, coaching, and basketball IQ, they cannot compete with Kansas. Moreso Caladickhead cant compete with Self.

Cannon,

As a Cleveland sports fan I am tormented year after year. Whether it be baseball, basketball, minor league hockey, Areana Football, Soccer, Football. Im learning to cope, but its still hard to watch.

I got you beat, I am a Cubs fan......

[TheSpyder]

Being from Cleveland's got to be worse, you had da Bulls, Sweetness, and have far more championships. Cleveland has nada for 44 years with "The Drive", "The Fumble" and let's not talk about the World Series we choked on.

Spyder

Originally Posted by Scav

I got you beat, I am a Cubs fan......