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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Bad Cats bball squads.
« on: February 03, 2024, 11:03:38 PM »
Following today's loss at Oklahoma State (kenpom 123) our 2023-24 Cats bball squad has dropped to No. 76 in the latest basketball ratings by statistical guru Kenneth Pomeroy. If the season ended today that would put this year's team in between two Jim Wooldridge squads as the 7th worst ksu basketball team in the kenpom era.

How far will we fall ... or rise? Will we be helped by our conferences overall strength?

K-State cagers teams rated worst to first according to kenpom.com:

147 (2020-21) oscar
120 (2001-02) Wooly
90 (2019-20) oscar
83 (2004-05) Wooly
81 (2014-15) oscar
77 (2005-06) Wooly
71 (2004-05) Wooly
61 (2021-22) oscar
60 (2002-03) Wooly
57 (2006-07) Huggins
55 (2015-16) oscar
51 (2008-09) Frank
45 (2013-14) oscar
42 (2017-18) oscar
32 (2010-11) Frank
30 (2016-17) oscar
27 (2012-13) oscar
26 (2007-08) Frank
23 (2011-12) Frank
21 (2022-23) Tang
20 (2018-19) oscar
6 (2009-10) Frank

Obv. kp.c is not the only good measure for what makes a cat hoops team good or bad, but it does go back pretty far, so at least there is that!

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Every game. Must see TV.

As bad as the new Baylor arena’s camera angle is, this Houston arena angle is awesome.

Low and close really picks up the intensity. Reminds me a little of camera angle at Syracuse.

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Salt and pepper are included and dont count to list, one normal multivitamin as well, and water ... duh.

Spinach
carrots
Potato
Eggs
milk
olive oil
vinegar
blueberries
chicken
salmon

or vegetarian

Spinach
carrots
Potato
Eggs
milk
olive oil
vinegar
blueberries
strawberries
almonds

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Kansas State Football / Cats at Tortilla Jockeys
« on: October 14, 2023, 06:12:20 PM »
Petros on the color. Mood elevated

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What in the world?

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Essentially Flyertalk / How often do you lock your doors?
« on: May 23, 2023, 03:01:58 PM »
When, where, time of day, location, and why or why not?

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I like WS/40 min and PER (not available for all players/seasons.

1. Michael Beasley (08) - .413   :surprised:
2. Jacob Pullen (10, 11) - .232, .214. PER 24.6, 24.3
3. Cartier Martin (06, 07) - .227, .224
4. Claws (18, 19) - .218, .208. PER 26.7, 22.7
5. Bill Walker (08) - .210
6. Rodney McGruder (12, 13) - .199, .179. PER 21.9, 21.5
7. Markquis Nowell (23) - .189. PER 21.9
8. David Hoskins (06, 07) - .178, .182
9. Jamar Samuels (10, 11, 12) - .176, .131, .176. PER 20.7, 14.9, 19.4
10. Curtis Kelly (10, 11) - .170, .121. PER 22.7, 18
11. Denis Clemente (09, 10) - .122, .163
12. Wes Westicles (17) - .160. PER 20.1
13. Nae'Qwan Tomlin (23) - .158, PER 18.4   :crossfingers:
14. The Flush (18, 19) - .125, .152. PER 18.3, 17.5
15. Keyonte Johnson (23) - .145. PER 18.8

Obv these numbers dont tell the whole story.

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Last seven seasons w/ an NCAA tournament.

2015-16
NCAA teams (7) - 9-7 record.

2016-17
NCAA Teams (6) - 9-6 record.

2017-18
NCAA teams (7) - 12-7 record.

2018-19
NCAA teams (6) - 8-6 record.

2019-20
No Tournament

2020-21
NCAA Teams (7) - 11-6 record.

2021-22
NCAA Teams (6) - 13-5 record.

2022-23
NCAA Teams (7) - 9-7 record.

Overall record 71-44 (.617)

National Champions 2 (KU ’22, BU) ’21

National Runner-ups: 1 (TTU ’19)

Total Final Fours: 5 (OU ’16, KU ’18, ’22. TTU ’19, BU ’21)

Total E8: 11 - 6 different teams - KU ’16, ’17, ’18, ’22. OU ’16, TTU ’18, ’19. KSU ’18, ’23. BU ’21, UT ’23

Total S16 15 total, 8 different teams - KU ’16, ’17, ’18, ’22.  OU ’16, ISU ’16, BU ’17, ’21. WVU ’17, ’18, KSU ’18, ’23. TTU ’18, ’19. UT ‘23

Only OSU and TCU have failed to make the S16 in said time period.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Huggs 2 (2023)
« on: March 04, 2023, 01:15:06 PM »
Nice start. ESPN+ having some trouble with the graphic overlays.

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Thought this one might prompt some discussion here at gE.

https://harveycountynow.com/all-news/board-members-allege-threats-legal-violations-during-school-board-gathering

Multiple Newton Board of Education members stated that the board violated open meeting law during a two-hour-long executive session Wednesday evening.

The gathering, held at 5:30 p.m.Wednesday night, was aimed at changing district rules to allow an athlete to compete at a state tournament after violating the district’s code of conduct, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.

Newton Board of Education Member Brenna Haines said she plans to file complaints with the Kansas Attorney General’s office. She said she was threatened to vote a certain way during the special Wednesday board meeting, and the board of education violated multiple state laws governing meetings, including the Kansas Open Meetings Act.

“Us holding that meeting, we were under duress,” she said.

At the heart of the issue is a two-hour executive session to discuss matters related to a student.

According to the school district, Board Members Matt Treaster, Mallory Morton, and Luke Edwards called the meeting on Tuesday to discuss a student-related matter.

State law allows for closed-door sessions to discuss confidential student information. Open meeting laws don’t allow a government to discuss and craft general policy during executive sessions.

Max Kautsch, an attorney whose practice focuses on open meeting law and who represents the Kansas Press Association, explained the Kansas Open Meetings Act.

“The purpose of recessing into executive session, generally speaking, is to deal with private matters to some extent,” he said. “Making policy that doesn’t apply to any particular individual doesn’t violate privacy concerns.”

Haines, as well as Board Members Andy Ortiz and Melissa Schreiber, stated that board members discussed or crafted district policy during an executive session or outside of the public meeting, all over their objections.

“Andy tried to stop it,” Haines said. “Melissa tried to stop it. I asked twice personally before I got up and left and walked out. I stopped the conversation and said, ‘If we are discussing policy, you are opening up these doors.’”

Haines left at 7 p.m., and the executive session continued until 8:30 p.m. She said she didn’t feel comfortable being party to the board’s actions.

Board President Mallory Morton responded to allegations of other board members that the meeting was conducted improperly.

“As you know, I cannot confirm or deny, because I am not legally allowed to discuss executive session, but I am confident that there were no KOMA [Kansas Open Meeting Act] violations,” Morton said.

Edward also said he did not believe the Board violated the law.

“I believed there was information other board members needed to be aware of regarding a student matter. The only way for that information to be shared with all board members is to hold an official meeting, and since it involved a student matter it had to be discussed in executive session. “

Following, with no discussion, Edwards recited a motion that would change school policy to allow for deviations to the athletic code of conduct of the district, based on administrative discretion. The change was also made to be retroactive to past decisions and infractions.

“The motion made during Wednesday night’s meeting was to ensure the language in the NHS code of conduct, regarding discipline, reflects language that can be found in the student handbook,” Edwards stated later in the week adding that he didn’t read a prepared statement but language already present in the student handbook. “I did not make the language up Wednesday night- other than changing the word “chart” with “code of conduct” and adding “when deemed appropriate,” he stated.

That motion was seconded by Board Member Dayna Steinmetz and approved shortly after by a vote of 4-2. Ortiz and Schreiber voted against the motion.

Kautsch was asked about the meeting and shared Haines’s opinion that the action broke open meetings law.

“They needed to recess for student matters, and they needed to come back out and craft and discuss policy. Not doing so was a violation of KOMA,” he said.

The reason for the meeting

The board was informed by email Tuesday that district administration had addressed a student matter.

 “I got an email at 12:58 p.m. that there was a situation with one of our athletes and the admins were working on a solution but he would not be participating in an activity,” Ortiz said.

Superintendent Fred Van Ranken stated that three board members, Edwards, Morton and Treaster, then called for a special board meeting. The notification was sent out at 1:51 p.m. Tuesday, according to Van Ranken. The meeting was scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Wednesday.

“I got an email that there was an emergency meeting, and I started to piece two and two together,” Ortiz said.

Van Ranken declined to provide any information about the circumstances leading up to the meeting, administrative actions, or what took place during an executive session, as it involved a student-related matter.

“The goal was to discuss a student matter around the code of conduct policy and what could be considered extenuating circumstances,” Van Ranken said when asked for an explanation of why the meeting was called.

Van Ranken did confirm that district administration did not request to hold the meeting.

Edwards explained his reasoning to being one of the board members to call the meeting and eventually approving the language change. 

“After discussions I had prior to Wednesday night’s meeting it became apparent to me that the ability to exercise discretion is needed in our code of conduct similar to the student handbook,” he said. He said that he believed administrators have used this discretion in the recent past dealing with students found to have violated the school’s code of conduct.

” If at any time punishments for students involved in activities, beyond wrestling, were lowered in a way that is not reflected in the code of conduct, I would expect that was done because administrators were using good judgment,” he said. “I want them to continue to do so when they feel it is appropriate.”

Haines gave her opinion of why the meeting took place.

“There was a student matter that had to be pushed through,” she said. “There is no secret about that. The state participants in this sport are leaving Friday afternoon, and we had to get this done right away.”

Four sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed an original news tip Harvey County Now received. According to the sources, the meeting took place due to certain board members’ wishes to consider allowing an athlete to participate in the state wrestling tournament. The high school administration learned that an athlete had used a nicotine product in the school. The code of conduct dictates a suspension of 20 percent of the season for such a violation.

Edwards said that the addition of language to the code of conduct was not a requirement for anyone to participate in wrestling.

According to wrestling tournament brackets, all the wrestlers Newton qualified for state participated in the tournament as of Friday.

“As coalition coordinator for Harvey County Drug-Free youth, I”m very disheartened,” Schreiber said about the meeting and its result.

A legal meeting?

The meeting began with confusion on whether the district could legally hold it.

State law requires BOE members to be given two days’ notice of a special meeting unless they waive their right to the notice. Two days’ notice would have meant that the meeting would be held on Friday at the earliest.

“Unless waived, written notice stating the time and place of any special meeting and the purpose for which called shall be given each member of the board at least two days in advance of the special meeting, and no business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at such meeting,” the law states.

Three board members, Ortiz, Schreiber, and Haines, declined to sign the waiver of notice.

The board contacted its legal counsel, John Robb, for an opinion if it could move forward with the meeting with board members refusing to waive notice.

Robb told them all seven had to sign the waiver or the district had to wait the two days the board members were entitled to have of notice.

Following more discussion, the Kansas Association of School Boards attorney, Luke Soba, was called, and he stated that only four needed to sign the waiver. The meeting then continued forward.

“We followed advice by legal counsel,” Morton said of the decision to move forward, noting that the Kansas Association of School Boards also represents the district.

Harvey County Now has contacted the Kansas Attorney General’s office for an opinion on if Wednesday’s gathering constituted a legal meeting. It had not heard from the office as of the time this article was published.

Haines said she planned on filing a complaint to the attorney general’s office about the lack of two-day notice.

Behind closed doors

The meeting featured an executive session from 6:25 to 8:30 p.m. 

The session included the high school principal and athletic director at various times. The session was extended six times, according to board clerk notes.

Reporters were not allowed to attend the executive session. Raised voices were regularly heard from the hall.

Three board members did opt to discuss events within the session.

“They talked about policy at the end,” Ortiz said. “I really feel like there’s a bigger issue here that needs to be talked about.”

Ortiz said multiple times he attempted to prevent policy discussion. He also confirmed Haines’s statement on discussion saying she also attempted to stop policy discussion. Schreiber also confirmed policy discussion happened and that Haines and Ortiz tried to curtail the discussion.

Haines alleged that Board President Mallory Morton threatened her multiple times, saying if she insisted on holding the student accountable, district staff or students could be held accountable for any past deviations from policies.

Morton, when asked about Haines’s statement, said she could neither confirm nor deny what went on in the executive session, as it was not legal for her to discuss.

Schreiber was asked about the exchange and didn’t know if it constituted a threat.

Edwards said no threats took place.

“No threats have been made during any board meeting I’ve been a part of,” he said.

Haine also alleged a conflict of interest with the vote. Multiple board members voting in favor of the change had children competing at the state wrestling tournament.

“There’s a huge conflict of interest here,” Haines said. “I believe somewhere in our board policy if you have a conflict of interest you’re supposed to recuse yourself.”

Edwards, denied having a conflict of interest in his actions.

“I pride myself in being objective in the way I treat people, in my job, and as a school board member,” he said. “If I ever lost my ability to remain objective due to personal bias I would recuse myself.”

Moving forward

The BOE has a meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. The issue is not listed on the agenda for discussion.

The Kansas Attorney General’s office is responsible for investigating violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act.

Members who violate it can be fined up to $500. Violations can also be used as possible grounds for public recall of violators, according to the AG’s website.

The site states, however, that fines are rare.

Less literature exists regarding if a meeting didn’t constitute a legal meeting. The statute governing special meetings does not list repercussions for violating it.

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They’re everywhere too!

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Desi Sills is a G
« on: January 17, 2023, 11:15:44 PM »

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64086680

Protesters who gathered on Saturday overturned cars, setting some on fire, and hurled objects at police. Officers responded by firing tear gas.

Three people were killed in Friday's attack, which took place at a Kurdish cultural centre and a restaurant.

The suspect, who has reportedly described himself as racist, has been transferred to a psychiatric facility.

The 69-year-old was released from custody for health reasons following an examination on Saturday, prosecutors said. He is yet to appear before a judge.

In the wake of the shootings, the suspect said he hated foreigners, a police source earlier told the AFP news agency.

The same source said the gunman launched his attack with a "much-used" pistol and was found with a box of at least 25 cartridges and "two or three" loaded magazines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPFi8W5PC2A

Witnesses said the attacker - tall, white and elderly - shot dead two men and a woman in the city's 10th district.

Three others were injured, one of whom remains in a critical condition.

Three places came under fire - the Ahmet-Kaya Kurdish centre, as well as a nearby restaurant and a hairdresser - before the gunman was arrested without a fight.

The suspect, a retired train driver, was detained on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and was later also charged with acting with a racist motive.

He has a history of weapons offences and it has emerged that he was released on bail just days before the assault.

Last year, he was charged with racist violence over a sword attack at a migrant camp elsewhere in the French capital.

Unrest began soon after Friday's shootings. Footage showed people starting fires in the streets and smashing car windows.

Police used tear gas as the protesters attempted to break through a security cordon.

Saturday's renewed violence unfolded after hundreds of Kurds gathered peacefully in the Place de la République to pay tribute to the three victims. It was not clear what sparked the clashes.

Police said 31 officers and one protester had been injured, and 11 arrests were made.

In the aftermath of the shootings, Kurds have called for better protection from the French authorities. Community leaders met the Parisian police chief on Saturday.

Friday's attack came almost 10 years after the murder of three Kurdish women activists in the French capital - an unresolved crime.

The community was again "afraid", having been "traumatised" by January 2013 murders, said a lawyer for the Kurdish democratic council in France (CDK-F).

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Bank of Japan says BID
« on: December 20, 2022, 07:57:06 AM »


https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/yen-defensive-before-boj-nz-dollar-sinks-2022-12-20/

LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The yen surged to a four-month peak against the dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan stunned markets by deciding to review its yield curve control policy and widen the trading band for the 10-year government bond yield.

While it kept broad policy settings unchanged - pinning short-term JGB yields at -0.1% and the 10-year yield around zero - the BOJ decided to let long-term yields to move 50 basis points either side of its 0% target, wider than the 25 basis point band previously.
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The dollar last traded 3.17% weaker at 132.56 yen. It hit a low of 132 yen, a level last seen in mid-August.
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Most BOJ watchers had expected no changes until the current governor Haruhiko Kuroda's 10-year term ends at the end of March.

"This was really out of the box," said Bart Wakabayashi, branch manager at State Street in Tokyo.

"We're seeing them start to test the market about the exit strategy," he added. For dollar-yen, "we could see a break below 130. It's very much within reach this year."

Note: I don't know what any of this means. Mods feel free to move to appropriate thread.

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I'm sure this will be the last time.

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Total boss. Looked like Stoudamire in the Caymans.

What I hear in my head every time he’s interviewed or speaks in a press conference.

https://youtu.be/rTKpYJ80OVQ


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They’re surrounded by enough athletes for this year’s team to make some real noise. I believe both the floor and ceiling are high this season. 

Why wait for the future when the now is available?

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https://www.twitch.tv/gerg1027

Down by two at half. Sills with epic putback dunk already.

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This game cannot get here soon enough! I’m straight jonesing for some Cats hoops action!

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Mark Fox coaches Cal. Will there be more Cat dunks or fans in the stands? Vegas says pick’em.

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