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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    all i'm asking for is EFFORT today you son's of bitches.

    play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

    win or lose, battle to the very end. get some confidence back. win a couple games next week. see what happens next.


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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    Sr. Day for Lavoy against the lame LaSalle Explorers. This shouldn't be competitive.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Sr. Day for Lavoy against the lame LaSalle Explorers. This shouldn't be competitive.

    Well, it actually was competitive. But it was a lot of fun to watch. An astounding (for Temple) 90-82 win.

    Lavoy Allen scored a career high 24 in his last home game. He also outplayed monster LaSalle center Aaric Murray, who still scored 17. The Explorers actually had a 4 point lead in the 2nd half before the Owls took over.

    Temple went 14-0 at home this year, 14-2 in the A-10 and 24-6 overall for a pretty decent regular season. Maybe we'll manage to get back into the Top 25. :roll:

    Scootie won't be back until after the A-10 tourney; we'll worry more about the big dance this year.

    Villanova's loss continued the streak of Owls/Cats not both winning on the same day.

    pjhawks - Congrats on the big win at Charlotte to make the A-10 tourney. Sounds corny, but maybe it's something that program can build on.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Juggler wrote:

    play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

    The Fixer had Pitt -9.5 :D

    Jeags...good luck as the 9 seed in the midwest.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Sr. Day for Lavoy against the lame LaSalle Explorers. This shouldn't be competitive.

    Loved LaSalled getting 12.5. Bitched out and didn't take it.

    I'd like to see temple do well in the tourney. Their alums are the opposite of the nova douche contingent
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    The Fixer wrote:
    Loved LaSalled getting 12.5. Bitched out and didn't take it.

    I'd like to see temple do well in the tourney. Their alums are the opposite of the nova douche contingent

    Weak. Don't want to hear that shit Kris! :lol: Nice job on Pitt though.

    Thx - Jeags doesn't seem like a douche though. ;) I flashed 4 fingers to the team as they walked off and I yelled FINAL FOUR!!!

    (yea, wishful thinking, right...)
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    edited March 2011
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    Loved LaSalled getting 12.5. Bitched out and didn't take it.

    I'd like to see temple do well in the tourney. Their alums are the opposite of the nova douche contingent

    Weak. Don't want to hear that shit Kris! :lol: Nice job on Pitt though.

    Thx - Jeags doesn't seem like a douche though. ;) I flashed 4 fingers to the team as they walked off and I yelled FINAL FOUR!!!

    (yea, wishful thinking, right...)

    Not saying I'm a temple fan. I'm not. I don't mind the owls. I can get behind temple, st joes, drexel, or lasalle. penn and especially nova are another story. I have met a bunch of nova alums and there's only been one that I like ( chick that was in our wedding. she's awesome and unpretentious, which is unheard of for a nova grad).

    anywho...as for the college loyalties, I change like the weather (I like whoever I bet on). it's a shame those towson tigers wont be in the tourney yet again :? . pat kennedy, you really suck.

    so for now...go owls
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    for the record my bets today....

    uconn/nd over 137 (assfaces missed 3 of 4 free throws with under a minute left)
    cincy -4 g'town
    mich st pick michigan
    pitt -9.5 nova
    baylor +3.5 texas (hopefully no baylor guys kill anyone during game)

    also had flyers since I was at game. horrendous
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    The Fixer wrote:
    Not saying I'm a temple fan. I'm not. I don't mind the owls. I can get behind temple, st joes, drexel, or lasalle. penn and especially nova are another story. I have met a bunch of nova alums and there's only been one that I like ( chick that was in our wedding. she's awesome and unpretentious, which is unheard of for a nova grad).

    anywho...as for the college loyalties, I change like the weather (I like whoever I bet on). it's a shame those towson tigers wont be in the tourney yet again :? . pat kennedy, you really suck.

    so for now...go owls

    The couple Nova fans I know are pretty cool and unpretentious. On the other hand, I fucking can't stand Penn.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    baylor...get some

    how does rick barnes still have such a high profile job? he's awful
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    The Fixer wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:

    play Villanova basketball for 40 minutes.

    The Fixer had Pitt -9.5 :D

    Jeags...good luck as the 9 seed in the midwest.


    we're two for two :) ....i bought 2 points and got nova at +11. i knew they wouldn't win but wanted to make it more exciting. without stokes and banged up fischer, i actually liked what i saw. all i wanted was solid effort from start to finish.

    2 wins next week and i think they could wind up at a 7 seed.

    but i'd rather 10 than 9 to be honest.


    edit---johnny, this same day nonsense is getting a bit crazy, don't you think??? :?
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    The Juggler wrote:
    but i'd rather 10 than 9 to be honest.

    edit---johnny, this same day nonsense is getting a bit crazy, don't you think??? :?

    I'm with you on the 10 seed. I really hope Temple gets a 6. If the committee is anything like the poll voters, St. Johns will be about 8 seeds above Temple. :roll: :twisted: Hopefully losing to St. Bonaventure means something.

    You know, I just looked at the schedules, and both teams won on Feb 2 & 5, so maybe it's a little overblown.
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  • The Juggler
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    temple and nova are both 7 seeds according to lunardi today. noav is the 2nd 7, temple is the last...teetering on the dreaded 8/9 match up.

    i'm surprised. i thought nova would drop a little further. although both their losses last week came to top 5 teams in the country right now. :roll: :shock:
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    The Juggler wrote:
    temple and nova are both 7 seeds according to lunardi today. noav is the 2nd 7, temple is the last...teetering on the dreaded 8/9 match up.

    i'm surprised. i thought nova would drop a little further. although both their losses last week came to top 5 teams in the country right now. :roll: :shock:

    I just don't understand it. He has Temple 3 seeds below St. Johns, with 10 losses including St. Bonaventure & Fordham. Temple has one very mild bad loss at Duquesne. I don't know. I'm really pissed this shit is happening again this year.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    temple and nova are both 7 seeds according to lunardi today. noav is the 2nd 7, temple is the last...teetering on the dreaded 8/9 match up.

    i'm surprised. i thought nova would drop a little further. although both their losses last week came to top 5 teams in the country right now. :roll: :shock:

    I just don't understand it. He has Temple 3 seeds below St. Johns, with 10 losses including St. Bonaventure & Fordham. Temple has one very mild bad loss at Duquesne. I don't know. I'm really pissed this shit is happening again this year.

    I think St. John's there is fine, they did beat Duke and Pitt. The Bonnies and Fordham losses were early in the season so they won't count those as much, although they have to be the only NCAA tournament team to ever lose to the Bonnies and Fordham in the same week.

    Temple should probably be a 6 but even 7 puts them in the top 28 which is around where they are. Problem for the Owls is not a lot of big wins. Georgetown and that's about it.

    Nova at 7 is probably correct at this point. 7 puts them in the 25-28 range as well. If they lose to South Florida tomorrow will be interesting how far they fall.

    Also remember that some of the Big East seeds are going to be a bit out of whack because of the number of teams. Because they can't meet each other until the Sweet 16 there might have to be some teams moved around a line or two.

    just watch on sunday how bad they screw BYU though. I bet they use the Davies suspension to totally screw them down a few lines.

    Can't wait though, next couple of weeks is awesome.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    pjhawks wrote:
    I think St. John's there is fine, they did beat Duke and Pitt. The Bonnies and Fordham losses were early in the season so they won't count those as much, although they have to be the only NCAA tournament team to ever lose to the Bonnies and Fordham in the same week.

    You know Fordham went 1-15 in the A-10, right? :roll:
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  • pjhawks
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    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    I think St. John's there is fine, they did beat Duke and Pitt. The Bonnies and Fordham losses were early in the season so they won't count those as much, although they have to be the only NCAA tournament team to ever lose to the Bonnies and Fordham in the same week.

    You know Fordham went 1-15 in the A-10, right? :roll:

    yes i do, 1st win in 2 years for them in the league. how far do you want St. John's to fall though? you can't kill them for one loss. As of now they are one of top 15-20 teams for sure. And somebody has to fill those lines. not a lot of great teams out there.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    pjhawks wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    I think St. John's there is fine, they did beat Duke and Pitt. The Bonnies and Fordham losses were early in the season so they won't count those as much, although they have to be the only NCAA tournament team to ever lose to the Bonnies and Fordham in the same week.

    You know Fordham went 1-15 in the A-10, right? :roll:

    yes i do, 1st win in 2 years for them in the league. how far do you want St. John's to fall though? you can't kill them for one loss. As of now they are one of top 15-20 teams for sure. And somebody has to fill those lines. not a lot of great teams out there.

    I want them to fall below fucking 24-6 Temple, that's how far I want them to fall. I'm so sick of this Big East shit.
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  • pjhawks
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    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I want them to fall below fucking 24-6 Temple, that's how far I want them to fall. I'm so sick of this Big East shit.

    Johnny right or wrong Temple only beat 2 Top 50 teams all year. and you want the Johnnies to fall below Temple because of losses in december but you don't use the same logic for Nova vs. Temple.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    pjhawks wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I want them to fall below fucking 24-6 Temple, that's how far I want them to fall. I'm so sick of this Big East shit.

    Johnny right or wrong Temple only beat 2 Top 50 teams all year. and you want the Johnnies to fall below Temple because of losses in december but you don't use the same logic for Nova vs. Temple.


    without having analyzed today's bracketology too closely, i could see temple being a 6 maybe.

    i don't know why the beef is with st johns though. they're a solid team with some big wins down the stretch. there's probably another team higher seeded than temple that you can make a better case against...
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