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Things that make you Happy (3 Viewers)

Poker Zombie said:
Don't hate Kansas is #1.

Though I may be wrong. I get all my information about universities from an unknown man wearing dressed as a fuzzy bird.
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I attended a work event at Duke and one of the players (tall center, transfered from Purdue I think) mentioned that he had a coach tell him that Big 10/12 teams struggle in the tourney because the entire conference plays the same style (vs ACC and Big East where each team plays markedly different - example - Syracuse zone).

As a result, come tourney time, some of the Big 10/12 teams don’t really know how to play against other styles played at the highest level (versus other styles in their pre conference games which doesn’t really challenge them skill-wise).

Anyway, I never worry about KU. Until Danny Manning comes back somehow, they’re always a likely upset candidate.
 
bergs said:
I attended a work event at Duke and one of the players (tall center, transfered from Purdue I think) mentioned that he had a coach tell him that Big 10/12 teams struggle in the tourney because the entire conference plays the same style (vs ACC and Big East where each team plays markedly different - example - Syracuse zone).

As a result, come tourney time, some of the Big 10/12 teams don’t really know how to play against other styles played at the highest level (versus other styles in their pre conference games which doesn’t really challenge them skill-wise).

Anyway, I never worry about KU. Until Danny Manning comes back somehow, they’re always a likely upset candidate.
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I get that to a point but to be fair, there’s only one winner each year and since KU is consistently a high ranking any time that they lose it will always be considered an “upset”.

Here are the teams with multiple championship game appearances and their win/losses in those games since 2000. (I don’t think I missed anyone but correct me if I’m wrong.)

5 (3-2) UNC
4 (4-0) UCONN
4 (2-2) KU
3 (3-0) DUKE
3 (2-1) FLORIDA
2 (2-0) VILLANOVA
2 (1-1) KENTUCKY
2 (0-2) BUTLER

With only one winner and since #2 is just the best loser I dont think KU is much more likely to be considered an “upset” candidate than any of the other usual suspects.
 
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Installed Starlink at our families hunting cottage in a remote area of Canada. No cell signal, tv, etc up there so it’s nice to finally have a way to stay connected while hunting or fishing for a week.
 
chipinla said:
I get that to a point but to be fair, there’s only one winner each year and since KU is consistently a high ranking any time that they lose it will always be considered an “upset”.

Here are the teams with multiple championship game appearances and their win/losses in those games since 2000. (I don’t think I missed anyone but correct me if I’m wrong.)

5 (3-2) UNC
4 (4-0) UCONN
4 (2-2) KU
3 (3-0) DUKE
3 (2-1) FLORIDA
2 (2-0) VILLANOVA
2 (1-1) KENTUCKY
2 (0-2) BUTLER

With only one winner and since #2 is just the best loser I dont think KU is much more likely to be considered an “upset” candidate than any of the other usual suspects.
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I can’t look it up right now but would be curious how many top 4 seeds have lost before the Sweet 16 and how frequently. It’s great that schools like KU are consistently ranked so high and get top seeds but my sense (perhaps unfounded) is that they squander a lot of these opportunities.
 
bergs said:
I can’t look it up right now but would be curious how many top 4 seeds have lost before the Sweet 16 and how frequently. It’s great that schools like KU are consistently ranked so high and get top seeds but my sense (perhaps unfounded) is that they squander a lot of these opportunities.
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Sure but again, I personally don’t look at that. To me it doesn’t matter if you’re a 1 seed or a 16 seed losing in 1st round or Sweet 16. Ultimately the One winner is all that matters in the NCAA tournament
 
We celebrated with a quick junket to NYC this past week.

Reason #1: our 24th wedding anniversary
Reason #2: my wife got her Masters degree
Reason #3: my wife also got an art commission for the local head office of a large corporation

She is the center of my universe and everything revolves around her!
 
Gorgeous days at sea! No wonder sailors were superstitious; I feel like I dont deserve this type of weather. My days are at the mercy of the sea. I know its meteorological, atmospheric differences mixed with ocean movements but it feels like a living thing, tough not to personify it.
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Shown with an oceanographic robot we use to profile the water column. Send it out into the ocean for months at a time and it samples density, temperature, and pressure at depths which we use to calculate soundspeed and stratification. Hunt For Red October!
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NotRealNameNoSir said:
Gorgeous days at sea! No wonder sailors were superstitious; I feel like I dont deserve this type of weather. My days are at the mercy of the sea. I know its meteorological, atmospheric differences mixed with ocean movements but it feels like a living thing, tough not to personify it.
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Shown with an oceanographic robot we use to profile the water column. Send it out into the ocean for months at a time and it samples density, temperature, and pressure at depths which we use to calculate soundspeed and stratification. Hunt For Red October!
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I saw one of those yellow robots up close when I toured Mote Marine in the Sarasota area. They are using them in their attempt to combat the red tide.
 
Himewad said:
I saw one of those yellow robots up close when I toured Mote Marine in the Sarasota area. They are using them in their attempt to combat the red tide.
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Beautiful! Yeah, weve worked with USF and deployed them on both sides of the peninsula. Ocean is a battery, powers an awful lot of processes that affect us.
 
I am now playing Drawmaha on a weekly basis.

While the whole group isn't sold yet, several players in my Friday game have fallen in love with it, and once we start getting short-handed they insist on adding Drawmaha and Omaha into the regular mix of NLHE with double-board NLHE bomb pots.

Scarney is not far off...
 
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My wife Marie - The most amazing person I’ve ever met and an awesome tournament specialist.
Our daughter Amanda and my games banker Tyler (getting married this Friday)
Our son Zack who frequents my game when home from college.
And our youngest Kyndra who is a HS junior and one of the kindest and most existential people I know.

I’m a lucky guy.
 
BarrieJ3 said:
Yeah def would prefer some of those circulating cold water things for ease of use.

Was looking at those ice plunge pools too…:eek:
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They make some pretty sweet cold
plunge setups. I’ve thought about getting a one myself. But a galvanized tub and some ice would certainly be the easiest route.
 
megarises said:
They make some pretty sweet cold
plunge setups. I’ve thought about getting a one myself. But a galvanized tub and some ice would certainly be the easiest route.
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Nothing says we are a bunch of middle aged dudes like talking about the best kinds of ice packs for our aching bodies on a Sunday afternoon.
 
chipinla said:
Nothing says we are a bunch of middle aged dudes like talking about the best kinds of ice packs for our aching bodies on a Sunday afternoon.
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Man I didn’t stretch or ice once in 30+ years, even post injuries.

Lol now it’s a full nights rest, tons of water, ibuprofen, and ice just to be able to play one week and still make it to next weeks game.

Maybe I won’t need as much recovery if I can not be 300 lbs.
 

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