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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 3, 2024 22:48:40 GMT -6
We gotta win last two and get help not elimanated but 99.9% done Ok. Maybe if we win two and BG loses two, we are tied in the standings. Head to head is even. BG has a win over current #2 Toldeo and our best win is over current #4 CMU. So, BG currently has the tie breaker over us. CMU is currently two games back of Toledo. But what if CMU wins two and Toledo loses two...and are tied in the standings. CMU prevails over Toledo by virtue of a head-to-head win. Which means our win over CMU now trumps BG's win over Toledo. and WE ARE IN! If I have it right, the following must happen: BSU over Kent BSU over BG WMU over BG Miami over Toledo Kent over Toledo CMU over Northern CMU over Eastern Approximate probability: .00576  |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 4, 2024 8:05:07 GMT -6
There may be a similar scenario for overtaking WMU. They lose two, we win two and CMU overtakes OU in the standings....and I think we're in!
We are as good as in Cleveland! Buy your tickets! And don't make any plans for Selection Sunday!
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 4, 2024 8:41:21 GMT -6
Old BSU basketball on ESPN Sportscenter: Chandler Thompson dunk over #1 UNLV
New BSU basketball on ESPN Sportscenter: Allow 94' bounce pass for winning basket against #301 Western Michigan.
Sums things up rather nicely.
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Post by cardfan on Mar 4, 2024 9:12:11 GMT -6
Old BSU basketball on ESPN Sportscenter: Chandler Thompson dunk over #1 UNLV New BSU basketball on ESPN Sportscenter: Allow 94' bounce pass for winning basket against #301 Western Michigan. Sums things up rather nicely. Chandler's dunk was the exact replay I was thinking of in relation to that damned 94 foot bounce pass with 1 second left. What a drop off. Like Lewis said, that play was our season in a nutshell. |
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Post by bsu73 on Mar 4, 2024 9:22:23 GMT -6
An out-of-the-box idea: we use this current notoriety to kick off a new concept of BSU basketball. Sort of a reverse-image of the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters delight fans with their amazing skill and always win. BSU could delight fans with their comical ineptness and always lose. And some have posted here that the main attraction of going to games these days is to watch Lewis in a constant state of irate frenzy. That fits in well with my concept. Lewis could tickle the fans with repeated temper explosions over the team's continual f--k ups, possibly combined with some pratfalls using water bottles, bench chairs, the scorers table, etc. as props. Just a thought. Are we the Washington Generals? |
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Post by chupacabra on Mar 4, 2024 9:27:41 GMT -6
Why do we care if they make the MAC tourney?
Just to be embarrassed again in the first round with a beat down by 20+?
This year is no different than last year’s last quarter season’s skid, which will be followed by a mass exodus of our only talent because Lewis has lost his team….again.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Mar 4, 2024 9:53:44 GMT -6
An out-of-the-box idea: we use this current notoriety to kick off a new concept of BSU basketball. Sort of a reverse-image of the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters delight fans with their amazing skill and always win. BSU could delight fans with their comical ineptness and always lose. And some have posted here that the main attraction of going to games these days is to watch Lewis in a constant state of irate frenzy. That fits in well with my concept. Lewis could tickle the fans with repeated temper explosions over the team's continual f--k ups, possibly combined with some pratfalls using water bottles, bench chairs, the scorers table, etc. as props. Just a thought. Are we the Washington Generals? "I THOUGHT THE GENERALS WERE DUE!!!" Classic. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 4, 2024 10:31:37 GMT -6
One interesting thing about the play. The first 1/10th of a second goes off the clock at about the exact moment the ball hits the floor. I think technically, the clock shouldn't have started until the player touched the ball about 8/10ths of a second later. Right?
I think the clock operator started the clock on the assumption that someone would touch the ball as it came down within reach and before it hit the floor. This was, of course, an entirely reasonable assumption, but I think it caused him to start too early. Not that it made any difference and not that I'm trying to be critical. This is easy to see when slowing down the video frame by frame, but not in real time.
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Post by realitycheck on Mar 4, 2024 11:17:35 GMT -6
One interesting thing about the play. The first 1/10th of a second goes off the clock at about the exact moment the ball hits the floor. I think technically, the clock shouldn't have started until the player touched the ball about 8/10ths of a second later. Right? I think the clock operator started the clock on the assumption that someone would touch the ball as it came down within reach and before it hit the floor. This was, of course, an entirely reasonable assumption, but I think it caused him to start too early. Not that it made any difference and not that I'm trying to be critical. This is easy to see when slowing down the video frame by frame, but not in real time. The fact you're watching this frame by frame speaks to a deeper psychological problem. I haven't watched ESPN for the past 48 hours for fear it might get shown yet again. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 4, 2024 11:34:56 GMT -6
Much like the McDonalds drive thru fight, there is a sick fascination in watching that play that I can't resist.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Mar 4, 2024 11:38:42 GMT -6
One interesting thing about the play. The first 1/10th of a second goes off the clock at about the exact moment the ball hits the floor. I think technically, the clock shouldn't have started until the player touched the ball about 8/10ths of a second later. Right? I think the clock operator started the clock on the assumption that someone would touch the ball as it came down within reach and before it hit the floor. This was, of course, an entirely reasonable assumption, but I think it caused him to start too early. Not that it made any difference and not that I'm trying to be critical. This is easy to see when slowing down the video frame by frame, but not in real time. It made a huge difference. It deprived us of our chance to make a full court bounce pass dunk. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 4, 2024 11:41:47 GMT -6
One interesting thing about the play. The first 1/10th of a second goes off the clock at about the exact moment the ball hits the floor. I think technically, the clock shouldn't have started until the player touched the ball about 8/10ths of a second later. Right? I think the clock operator started the clock on the assumption that someone would touch the ball as it came down within reach and before it hit the floor. This was, of course, an entirely reasonable assumption, but I think it caused him to start too early. Not that it made any difference and not that I'm trying to be critical. This is easy to see when slowing down the video frame by frame, but not in real time. It made a huge difference. It deprived us of our chance to make a full court bounce pass dunk. The problem with that idea is that we wouldn't be playing against BSU's defense. |
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