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Well, at least they wasted energy, time and money on him.

Cassell and it's free.

... maybe the club teams should be running the varsity programs

Totally agree-the ONLY time I'm even MINORLY interested in the NBA is last round or two the playoffs and usually not even then.

Re football- definitely agree on PI calls. Targeting STILL seems random interpretation by a given official. Holding-often egregious- happens on every play but rarely called. Hands to the face calls seem to be at the mood of a ref.

The tush push is total BS in my opinion. If you're blocking an opposing player , then engage HIM -don't just shove the back of the ball carrier.

Replay review is SUPPOSED to be only overturning a call based on INDISPUTABLE video evidence. But we all know THAT isn't the case as there are constant occurrences of overturning borderline calls with no clear evidence. (Danny Coale caught that ball! I've even argued/admitted that if the call on the field was that there had been 'no catch', I would have disagreed but based on video review would concede there was not enough evidence to overturn. HOWEVER as the call on the field was TD, there's no way in hell thatthere was indisputable evidence to overturn it as they did. And that's just the most painful occurrence-but by far not the only similar call in many games whether involving us or not!)

While we talk about rule changes I'd like to see- I think intentional grounding should be not merely loss of down at the spot(as that is essentially just conceding the sack that would've occurred anyway). Instead make it ten yard penalty from the spot of the 'intentional grounding throw' which would make it a DECISION to be made by a QB as to whether to just throw the ball away. Keep the existing definition of allowable throwaways-e.g. eligible receiver in the area or outside the tackle box and the throw goes past the line of scrimmage. Have it be reviewable and challenge-able call so there is the capability of fixing an inaccurate call by refs on the field.

Jax is going to a open tournament to get some more matches to qualify for RPI. You need 15 matches to qualify for RPI

Let's pile on here shall we? The lack of rule enforcement in Bball has taken away from the game. The carrying is absolutely ridiculous. The "let them hop, skip, jump, and hop again" is ridiculous. The over the back is ridiculous. The foul calling inconsistency is ridiculous. It's the same thing in PI in football. Personally I loathe the CB PI no calls that are on full display the past few seasons.

All of these things lower the standards of play. I can't and won't watch the NBA. Would rather go to the Kennedy Center and watch the Nutcracker. It's an awful product. Miss the days of the Lakers, Celtics, Bad Boys, Bulls.

I would rather have a tighter, more consistent enforcement of the rules in Bball than what we have today and recent past (really for a while).

Two things that I have wondered about as far as the potential success for this season:
1) Did we expect Sears to contribute as a true freshman? If so, that is certainly a dynamic scorer that the roster construction may have banked on but we've been without.
2) Swanson had the reputation of an outside sharpshooter. She made a couple in garbage time at the Wake game, but has struggled in limited minutes otherwise. Having a great outside shooter to stretch the defense would have helped with less than dominant bigs inside. That transfer not panning out for whatever reason I think also hurt us based on how CMD constructed the roster.
Thoughts?

Negative, both would be starters as a third scorer.

So back in the '80s when we played Memphis State, the teams both tended to be slow coming out on the floor after each timeout. They blow the horn once 15 seconds before the timeout end then again as the time out period ends. The players are to break the huddle and the team throwing it in goes to the spot and the ref hands the the ball. But the coach for Memphis State(Dana Kirk IIRC) held his players back still talking to them. The ref waited 3-5 more seconds then walked to the endline, placed the ball on the floor there and started his five count. The Memphis players didn't realize it til 2-3 seconds had passed and failed in their effort to run up and throw it in successfully thus incurring a 5 second violation. That's how you stop SOME delay tactics. (not EXACTLY the same as the situation above but somewhat related)

Hokies won the Admirals Cup defeating Maryland 3-2. Onto the playoffs.

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The other thing that you see called all of the time in the NBA (or used to see, I haven't watched in a bit), but it's also a rule in college basketball, is the scoring team handling the ball after made baskets. It's supposed to be a delay of game, but I've been noticing that a lot lately, and it's never called. I feel like it used to be called almost every single time, because it's a really easy call. But it really infuriates me, because it wastes a lot of time. Unfortunately, I don't think it would benefit us that much, because I think Guardak does it almost every opportunity that he has.