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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Game 5: GW Peggy Po's Nancy Neg's

« on: December 02, 2011, 08:48:50 AM »

Nancy: Sugar was playing extremely selfish ball out there. I know he has NBA aspirations, but his dribble drive into three opposing players was pretty stupid.

the eff is sugar?  shane?  because of the boxer? 

Yeah, I guess I forgot what he is referred to on here as.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Game 5: GW Peggy Po's Nancy Neg's

« on: December 02, 2011, 08:38:33 AM »

Nancy: I agree with CNS. We were watching help defense most of the game, excluding the Tave. If our guards are needing help every time their man is putting the ball on the ground, there's a good chance that our posts will suffer with fouls due to getting there late and trying to block the ball. They need to contain.

Po: Big positive about Gipson is his stand-straight-up defense that J.O. still hasn't caught on to. It's a beautiful thing when a help defense is a brick wall that isn't foul prone.

Po: Jam Sam had some great effort out there and created a lot of second chances for us. I think he'll do some great things for us this year.

Nancy: I can't believe that J.O. is blowing offensive possessions as bad as he still is. He's weak with the ball and when he has an opportunity to dunk it, he throws it off the back board as hard as he can. I expected big things from him this year, and for him to be in my "has potential" category is saddening. And once again, he is very frustrating to watch on help defense when all he does is slap the guy on the arm and cry about it saying it was a block. If he stood straight up, it would be very difficult for a driving guard to make a floater over him.

Nancy: Sugar was playing extremely selfish ball out there. I know he has NBA aspirations, but his dribble drive into three opposing players was pretty stupid.

We had a decent game overall, just a few defensive breakdowns and a lot of missed shots (but the shots were open and created by the offense), which is acceptable for this time of the year.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: 2 for 1 possessions at end of games (or halves)

« on: March 24, 2011, 11:39:55 AM »

This always goes through my head at the end of games. I feel like it's smart. If you can have all your players recognize it, then it would be huge right? If you have a quick play that your players automatically go to like a screen and either hit the roller or shoot the three then it isn't a stupid play, it's about as good as a fully run through play would be, just without the time to find a wide open shot (which isn't guaranteed). It's worth it imo to have control over the last possession of the game.

Yah because with college players every pick an roll or screen play is automatically going to operate to perfection.  Seriously, this isn't the NBA.  Two for ones are just straight up impractical when dealing with lower % shooters that every team has in college...and plus by forgoing the two for one you minimize the amount of damage an opponent can do extending/decreasing the lead going into half.

You obviously wouldn't do a pick like that for someone that can't shoot those shots. When you have a player such as Pullen that shoots the three well off of a screen and give him a bail out with the roll, it's not a terrible idea. It would work out about as well as any other play ran at the end of a possession if you run the clock out (in fact, a pick and roll was our go to anyway this year). Almost any play you do is a gamble in basketball. In this case, getting a shot in with a high probability of a second possession at the end of a game or half is pretty valuable imo. And must I remind you that there ARE NBA players on many college teams capable of making these plays against even lesser talent than they'll be facing at the next level.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Jacob Pullen Tribute

« on: March 23, 2011, 11:01:39 AM »

Definitely teared up again for this one. That was beautiful. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: 2 for 1 possessions at end of games (or halves)

« on: March 23, 2011, 10:43:38 AM »

This always goes through my head at the end of games. I feel like it's smart. If you can have all your players recognize it, then it would be huge right? If you have a quick play that your players automatically go to like a screen and either hit the roller or shoot the three then it isn't a stupid play, it's about as good as a fully run through play would be, just without the time to find a wide open shot (which isn't guaranteed). It's worth it imo to have control over the last possession of the game.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Frank has gone 10-6, 9-7, 11-5, 10-6

« on: March 21, 2011, 11:22:41 AM »

Is it an option to have a really balanced team? Having a few guys in the lower double digits. I feel like that's what is going to happen. We know McGrudes can hit the double digit pretty consistently. JamSam could easily become a double digit contributor. JHR has potential. Doc is already pretty close to that point. I see our team being extremely balanced next year, with one or two different guys stepping up every game and hitting the upper double digits to give us the advantage. When those guys aren't able to step up will be our off nights.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Kellis email...

« on: March 20, 2011, 09:21:12 PM »

Kellis Huge douche. I hate this guy more than ever after that awful question. He should know what's going through a player's head at that point, especially a senior.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: next year

« on: March 20, 2011, 09:03:15 PM »

Spradling
Southwell
McGruder
Judge
Henriquez

6th man - Jamar

I like this. Jamar should have been coming off the bench this whole time. He always looked a lot more comfortable coming off the bench. If Judge came back, I guess it would be ok. It would really be our best option.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Nick & Rod

« on: March 20, 2011, 08:58:27 PM »

JMHO, but I think our future relies on our posts' development. We have some pretty solid guards that could easily lead us to being a bubble team if our posts can remain average. I know none of them are outstanding, but Canada, Doc, and 95 have shown some great upside. I understand Canada isn't the popular pick, but he has a dribble drive, and not the worst handles and has shown he can make the three every once and a while. We have three point shooters in Doc, Nick (maybe), and Grudes. JamSam is the biggest ? right now imo. We know he can step up, but he really has never done it on a consistent basis. If JHR has a significant improvement in his BTTB game, he will be very valuable. As has been said, no one knows how Diaz and Gipson will turn out. If one of them steps up to be an 8-10 point contributor, it could be huge. The biggest difference will be our point spread. We know that everyone can contribute (none of them on a real consistent basis besides McGruder and Doc). Everyone has had their shining moments, even Russel. All we need is for at least two of them to step up every game.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Dear NCAA

« on: March 20, 2011, 08:36:13 PM »

Dunno.  OSU looks like a bunch of men among boys.  Like really large black men that are really good at playing basketball.  I think they're gonna run away with this thing.  The Duke v. OSU game in the FF will be epic.

Agreed. OSU-Duke is much more intriguing to me. We've already seen the UNC-Duke game a few times. Sullinger is a lot of fun to watch.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Coach K, not willing to sacrifice his best player's career for wins

« on: March 15, 2011, 11:33:59 PM »

Ohio St. >>> 

my bracket >>> 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Utah State Aggies

« on: March 14, 2011, 01:18:12 PM »

Last year I felt like Butler beat us by controlling possessions and pace, they didn't allow us to get into a fast pace game like we were used to (tell me if I'm wrong). This shouldn't be a problem for our Cats this year should it? You said they average lower 60s in average possessions. I assume we are a upper sixty pace (I'm not much of a stats guy, so correct me if I'm wrong). Should we be worried about another team that likes to play a controlled, lower possession game like Utah St? Or does us having a better half court game this year make us less vulnerable to this?

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Utah State Aggies

« on: March 14, 2011, 11:18:45 AM »

I watched part of the Boise State game and a little of the St. Mary's. They seem like a controlled team. They don't dribble drive often (which imo is a weakness of our foul prone posts) and they don't take risks. I just don't see how any of their players can hang with the likes of our starters and a lot of our bench. We would have to have a very poor shooting night to lose to this team. Our defense is significantly better than the ones I watched them play against. They had some ugly plays vs. really crappy teams. We play tighter, have shot blockers in the paint, and usually at least get a hand in the face of three point shooters. None of their guys are tall or athletic enough to consistently score over a hands- straight-up Kelly or JHR, much less the aggressive versions of them. This game doesn't really frighten me. There's no way they have an answer for Jake. These analysts need to GTFOOF and stop trying to rile up the rest of America with talk of an upset. 

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Official "How are our recruits/commits doing?" thread

« on: March 05, 2011, 01:06:56 AM »

Question. How do these recruits' performances transfer to the D-1 level? I haven't been in on following recruiting for more than 2 years. Still haven't gotten the hang of it. These performances sound pretty solid to me. Does this mean a possibility of role players next year or mostly bench, or are they better than that? What's the scoop?

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: are we playing better than last year?

« on: March 04, 2011, 07:24:10 PM »

This team has a slightly improved post game (as long as they stay out of foul trouble) than last year's team which opens a lot of things up. Lately, random shots haven't been thrown up too often to waste possessions which I think happened more often at the beginning of this year and a lot of last year. Last year we loved the transition game, but this year for some reason we pee down our leg in transition (it's gotten better though). Also, the transition game last year was due to the defense and speed of our team. The current team plays a more controlled half court game. They are two different teams.

Team Denis/Pullen: More intense/aggressive defense, better transition, worse half court offense, slightly worse but equal posts
Team Pullen/McGruder: Fundamentally sound defense, impaired transition, impressive/smart half court offense, posts contribute a bit more

They are close to equal in my eyes, but the intensity and transition created by last year's team along with Pullen and Clemente's clutchiness puts them ahead in my book. I think it's possible we end up with the same outcome though.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Cat Hoops Fans: What is going through your head?

« on: March 04, 2011, 06:35:45 PM »

SlamSam here... I figure I should get the PI out of the way and post in here. I've been a lurker in Hale for awhile now. I grew up a K-State fan, but never followed it as informed as you guys have allowed me to my first three years of college. Unfortunately, this leads to my positive attitude toward our Cats right now (since I haven't experienced more than 4 or 5 meltdowns myself and the extreme KITN endings). I like what I see from our team's offense. It seems like we use our possessions a little more carefully than at the beginning of conference play with a few exceptions. Jake's ability to run the clock down to 10 seconds and create has been a lot of fun to watch and has been key to us controlling the last few games (less time with the ball in the other teams hands to make a comeback). JHR has made an interesting improvement, learning to take that drop step to the basket which gives him quite the advantage instead of going to the middle where everyone can make a play on his below average hook shot. Curt is Curt (a beautiful human being with very few flaws). The big one that is missing is JamSam. If we could get him to step it up to half the   of last year's performance in the Big 12 tournament,  . If not, I think we are still ok. Defense has been pretty wicked lately, the only downside is that we see a lot of   and it kills me every time they decide to move their hands from that straight up position. If we continue to play how we have the last couple of games, I'm pretty confident about our runs in the Big 12 Tourney (Championship game) and NCAA (sweet sixteen)  

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Religion,Bible,Church, Etc. Thread

« on: February 28, 2011, 06:00:26 PM »

What if Jesus was just a really nice guy?  What if a god judged people based off of the daily choices they make rather than Jesus getting offed?  What if what he did got him judged kindly, but has nothing to do with you or yours?


Better yet, what if god didn't pay any attention to anything "us" related.  What if god exists but doesn't serve the function that many think? 

Christians believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. It answers all of these questions...There's not much else a Christian can say...

I have a completely serious question: if the Bible is "the divinely inspired word of God," what was wrong with the books that were written, but left out of the final "official" version of the New Testament? Were they less divinely inspired? Were they later removed due to human error? Sorry, LHBIQ.

In my honest opinion, yes, at least in some cases.  I, however, would be foolish to claim that I am well versed in theological study to make a substantial claim in these matters.

These books were included in the original Bible but dropped by later forms of Christianity. If you are speaking of books such as Baruch, 1 Esdras, Judith, Maccabees, Sirach, etc... then this is the case. These books are quoted throughout the New Testament (not word for word, but the readings retain their meaning). Examples include in Jas. 1:19 it says, "Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak", and in Sir. 5:11 it says, "Be quick to hear, and use self-restraint in answering". This reference shows that the early church recognized these books as scripture. It was not until A.D. 170 that anyone wrote that these books should not be included in the Bible. During that time, it was only the opinion of a few, not the entire Church. In A.D. 419 the Council held at Carthage officially decided that these books were part of scripture. The 6th and 7th Ecumenical Councils ratified this decision.

(This is found in a book called "Dance, O Isaiah" and backed up in many Church History Books.)