Chi-Boiler said:

Really just first round because they try not to predict winners. Also, you get into it and it's hard to avoid all the rematches that might be in there. Especially with 13 SEC teams.

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With these 16-18 team leagues, it’s almost impossible.

qazplm said:

Many? I don't know what that means.

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Look it up.

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BBG said:

You said similar things before Painter went to a FF.... so lenny your track record being "right" on things like this is near zero.

We may not make a FF next year, but the roster being built has a glimmer of long term success.

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Actually @bonefish1 wanted Bobinski to fire Painter less than 2 years ago.

BoilerDaddy said:

1. Smith
2. Cox
3. Loyer
4. TKR
5. DJ

Harris
Colvin
Heide
Burgess

I really don’t see any holes in that returning roster. Room for improvement and development? Absolutely! Holes? Not seeing them.

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You are assuming that all of those players stay at PU. In this era, that may not be true. If PU goes 2 years in a row with no transfers in, that will be really an outlier in the P5 conferences.

BNIBoiler said:

As far as the Capitol police. They showed tremendous amount of restraint. Too much actually. It there were 2,000 negroes out there beating the police, there would have 2,000 dead negroes out there.

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It didn't take long to play that race card. As far as ". . . tremendous amount of restraint. Too much actually. . . ." I assume that you agree with me that the Capitol Police were sniveling cowards who should be b1tch-slapped out of federal service without pensions.

SIBoiler2 said:

You must have missed Ferguson, MO, or the Floyd "peaceful protests". By your reasoning the black population in this country must have decreased by hundreds.

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Dude, the crazy Flavor Aiders on Jan 6 was participating in hand to hand combat against the Capitol police. That pales in contrast to the folks, a lot from the white Antifa group during the Floyd and the other riots. And remember what those riots was about, police killing unarmed black folks.

The Jan 6 Flavor Aiders were not only fighting the police but were using all kinds of weapons, bats, flag poles, pepper spray, bear spray, barriers, police sticks, etc to harm the police and threatened their lives. And only one crazy Flavor Aider was killed. Isn’t that the standard for the police that killed the unarmed blacks, their lives were threatened and they were justified in killing them? Not so much of a rubber bullet was used.

qazplm said:

So yeah that's the point, it's not about loyalty. It's about ability to help the team win.

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I’m pretty sure Painter has used the word loyalty when talking about the portal and player retention. Perhaps he considers development in the loyalty equation, I don’t know.

I think a good example is Jacobsen. I don’t see Painter recruiting over DJ but I could see him adding a backup for that position. I suppose that would be more of a replacement for Furst but I’m pretty sure DJ is considered the starting five going into next season. But Painter has been pretty clear about retention along with development as being most important to him when discussing the subject.

BNIBoiler said:

As far as the Capitol police. They showed tremendous amount of restraint. Too much actually. It there were 2,000 negroes out there beating the police, there would have 2,000 dead negroes out there.

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You must have missed Ferguson, MO, or the Floyd "peaceful protests". By your reasoning the black population in this country must have decreased by hundreds.

bonefish1 said:

This just goes to prove Trump has the biggest swinging di*k in the world and he's willing to use it.

It took him all of about 10 seconds to give his ultimatum to Hamas and they caved like a house of cards. Why couldn't Biden get this done? Oh yeh, I remember why.

But, I think that after all the hostages are released by Sunday, Israel and the US should still just bomb the hell out of Hamas. One, for the inconvenience and two, as a warning that F'ing with Israel and the US is a surefire, guaranteed way to get you, your family and everyone you associate with, killed.

Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say

Officials say Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages.

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The jackass doesn’t get sworn in until next week. Chump has absolutely nothing to do with the events leading up to his ring kissing on Jan 20 to commence the upcoming Cosa Nostra. If you actually think one man has that much power to put the whammies on a group of people to come to the table and agree to something you are the gullible an capable of being in a cult more than anyone.

Quix0te said:

This doesn't address the complete mission failure of the other uniformed officers at the Capitol - the Capitol Police. There are numerous videos of these incompetent fools escorting rioters in and chatting with them inside the building. Here's what each one of them deserves:

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As far as the Capitol police. They showed tremendous amount of restraint. Too much actually. It there were 2,000 negroes out there beating the police, there would have 2,000 dead negroes out there.

tjreese said:

a different kind of WOW!!!

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Listening to Gillibrand. Wow, Gillibrand needs her hormones. Says a bit about New York. Hope her heart slows down and more blood gets to the brain and Blumenthal talking about financial mismanagement. You just can't make this up. Theatrics similar to the J6 production, but on different items.

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What’s fun to think about is our team will be even better next year - meanwhile IU will win the offseason once again! Priceless

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bonefish1 said:

Culture smulture. You build a team to win championships. You may have a great culture but without the talent......There's plenty of talent in the Purdue who could fit in and help Purdue win.

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First - I didn't say all of them. Second, Gillis was a GRAD student transfer much like Jones. WAAAY different that those kids now that can use the portal to become free agents and jump ship at any moment. Those are the guys I am referencing more than typical grad transfers. Third, Culture multure, or chemistry is overrated? Really then why did UK win more championships with Cal there? They had all the talent in the world! They should have been a dynasty like UCLA back in the day no? Hell look at Rutgers this year. Two top 5 projected lottery picks and they are going to be lucky to sniff the tournament.....

FiveWeight said:

The one low interior pass to him immediately had the same predictable result as it always did in college. The only difference is his Grizzlies teammates and coach don’t yet recognize that he does currently have the highest ROI shot on the team. (Effective field goal pct factoring in 3’s and points/shot). The Grizzlies might be the highest scoring team in the NBA right now, but they’re not even optimally utilizing their most effective weapon.

The opening tip off was laughably embarrasing. Whoever the Rockets’ player was who matched up against him didn’t even bother jumping or trying to go for it.

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I've seen him lose 2 tips, both of them gotten early, on the way up imo.

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Gman544 said:

They will rarely run plays for him for him for his post moves for layups or an easy hook shot. They will do pick and roll for dunk with Morant and other guards. But passing into the post for a shot like Edey's not in the NBA DNA these days.

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it will come with time and experience. He's a weapon. They will learn to utilize it.

ChoiceBeef said:

Weird that they would have us in the second round against Ole Miss. I thought for seeding rules they tried to avoid those games until 3rd round and beyond

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Really just first round because they try not to predict winners. Also, you get into it and it's hard to avoid all the rematches that might be in there. Especially with 13 SEC teams.

Weird that they would have us in the second round against Ole Miss. I thought for seeding rules they tried to avoid those games until 3rd round and beyond

Don’t really care as long as it’s a good game. I’d probably pick tO$U, though, since there are substantially less of their fans around my area than there are Irish football fans. Plus, that would mean two straight for B1G…

We're currently the last 5-seed on the Matrix, with just 51 brackets included. Nothing updated since the 10th though.

Rest of B1G with overall seed included:
Illinois - 3 seed, 9 overall
Oregon - 3, 12
Michigan St - 4, 15
Michigan - 5, 19
Purdue - 5, 20
Wisconsin - 6, 21
UCLA - 6, 22
Nebraska - 8, 32
Maryland - 9, 36
Ohio St - 10, 39
Indiana - 11 (play-in), 44

Penn State 5th out
Iowa 9th out

Conversely, the SEC is just crazy good right now. 7 in the top 11 overall. 13 in the field currently, with one more 4th out.

proudopete said:

Four seed in the Midwest. Not a bad bracket.

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Look if they wanna make the final four this year I'm about ten minutes away lol