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7/27/2010 11:18:30 AM

LOL, Huggybear broke some ribs when he "tripped over something in his hotel room".

I totally believe that story. I am sure this drunk had nothing to drink.

[Edited on July 27, 2010 at 2:10 PM. Reason : ]

7/27/2010 2:10:38 PM

Quote :

""He's just been hinting at that all summer," junior forward Tyler Zeller said. "He won't be as lenient with little things as he was at the beginning of [last] season, he'll ride us harder. Whatever we're in for, we deserve it. We can't have another season like we did last year." When Dayton bounced UNC in the NIT championship, it finished off the worst season in Williams' coaching career. But the pressure to bounce back isn't just some inside-the-program mumbo jumbo. North Carolina State has landed the No. 5-ranked recruiting class, led by monster power forward C.J. Leslie, and the Heels will host a national champion Duke team that returns most of its core players in the first prime-time airing of the rivalry game March 5. Simply put, if UNC wants to regain its in-state throne, there's a lot staked to the team's rebound."

ESPN 2010-11 CBB Preview: UNC

7/30/2010 2:19:16 PM

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"West Virginia University says basketball coach Bob Huggins' rib-breaking fall occurred because medication taken on an empty stomach left him lightheaded. President James Clements and athletic director Oliver Luck told the Charleston Daily Mail that Huggins stood too quickly, tripped and fell into a table in his Las Vegas hotel room last week. WVU spokeswoman Becky Lofstead on Friday confirmed the report. She wouldn't say what the medication was. Huggins broke seven ribs and was hospitalized for several days. Last summer, Huggins got two black eyes when he walked into a door in the middle of the night. In 2008, he was checking phone messages on an airport tarmac when he tripped on a cone, fell and hit his head."

I don't think this is even physically possible.

7/30/2010 5:03:54 PM

that excerpt makes Huggins sound like one of the biggest clowns I've ever heard of in my life

7/30/2010 5:11:13 PM

he's totally not an alcoholic and his employer is totally not covering for him.

7/30/2010 5:19:01 PM

From Pack Basketball twitter:

Quote :

" 2010-11 schedule coming together, ACC should release in August. Back-to-back road trips in early December against two possible top-25 teams. "

[Edited on July 30, 2010 at 5:53 PM. Reason : and how the hell does someone go eyes-first into a door?]

7/30/2010 5:50:21 PM

breaking your nose will give you two black eyes.

7/30/2010 6:32:18 PM

sounds like the Saturday Night Live Gerald Ford skits.

7/30/2010 6:56:31 PM

Roy Williams was injured tripping over a power cord in his office.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2008-01-11-unc-williams_N.htm

7/30/2010 7:08:10 PM

Quote :

" in the first prime-time airing of the rivalry game March 5. Simply put, if UNC wants to regain its in-state throne, there's a lot staked to the team's rebound.""

this can't be right

7/31/2010 4:06:06 AM

I don't know if it's been mentioned on here, or I've mentioned it either but GoPack.com should be quite a bit better in terms of highlights/live video starting this coming year... especially for the exhibition basketball games in Reynolds. Not just because of the switch to CBS Sports; they've just finished an all HD control room in Reynolds including fiber connections to the soccer field (I think) and baseball field, so they should be able to do more better quality (production-wise and quality-wise)

Already starting to see a little bit of HD content trickling onto GoPack (although who knows if its originating from Reynolds)

I think this control room is eventually supposed to feed an HD videoboard in Reynolds and maybe the soccer field in the future. Does anyone know if Reynolds got that this summer or if that's a future project?


Hope this doesn't derail my productions of the baseball games though

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM. Reason : soccer too.]

8/1/2010 8:47:29 PM

dear god, why would they waste money on an HD videoboard for the soccer field?
i think the eight people their will be ok without HD replays of players standing around.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 9:01 PM. Reason : and players falling down and acting like they are dying]

8/1/2010 9:01:10 PM

^ eh they can probably get one on the (relatively) cheap in the next couple of years.

8/1/2010 9:15:07 PM

i don't know if they are putting one there but I thought I read it was in the plans

8/1/2010 9:16:36 PM

LOL Lee Melchionni is Scottie Reynold's agent...no wonder he didn't get drafted.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5430005

8/2/2010 4:34:51 PM

YES... putting an HD video screen at the damn soccer field is definitely a priority over replacing our shit ass video board in Carter Finley

8/2/2010 4:51:04 PM

that method park field?

that screen is gonna get stolen over there....or do they play soccer within Derr Track now?

8/2/2010 4:53:13 PM

^^ didn't say that. that's probably two separate plans. I'm sure theres a plan for that somewhere too. It really wouldn't be all that expensive (relative to going from a SD production to an HD production--it's already done is HD, just presented in SD), all the production for C-F is done within the RBC Center, and that's all HD now, so they'd just need to convert the equipment that sends to the video to the RBC from C-F and get the videoboard.

^ they play within Derr Track now.

8/2/2010 5:24:48 PM

Charleston Classic needs to get its stuff together. 2 of the 8 teams have yet to be announced on its website, and it wasn't even mentioned in ESPN blog post on the early-season tournament.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/5440263/looking-ahead-early-season-tourneys

8/5/2010 7:39:03 PM

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"McDonald's All-American Josh Selby hasn't yet been cleared to play at Kansas because of questions the NCAA has about the legitimacy of his amateur status, multiple sources have told CBSSports.com. "

Quote :

"...the NCAA is looking into, among other things, a relationship between Selby and Robert Frazier, the business manager for NBA star Carmelo Anthony."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/13710136/toprated-kansas-hoops-recruit-selby-still-not-cleared-by-ncaa

8/6/2010 11:21:17 AM

Greg Paulus named assistant coach at Navy

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/08/05/1019427?sac=Sports

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"ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Former Duke basketball player and Syracuse football player Greg Paulus was named an assistant basketball coach at Navy on Wednesday, joining Billy Lange's staff. "I am very excited to be a part of the Naval Academy and the Navy basketball family," Paulus said. "I appreciate the opportunity that Coach Lange has given me and am looking forward to helping the Naval Academy and the basketball program in any way I can. "I have always wanted to get into coaching and to get my start at such a special institution like the Naval Academy is very rewarding for me. I am very fortunate to be able to work with the caliber of student-athlete that the Naval Academy has to offer.""

8/6/2010 1:57:16 PM

Hope the rumors about Tracy Smith not making the grades he needed are only rumors.

8/7/2010 6:11:26 AM

worst case scenario, he'd have to sit out the Fall semester. luckily our OOC schedule is weak

8/7/2010 8:56:03 AM

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"Monday, November 29 Virginia at Minnesota - 7pm ET on ESPN2 Tuesday, November 30 Iowa at Wake Forest – 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU Georgia Tech at Northwestern – 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 Ohio State at Florida State - 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Michigan at Clemson – 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 North Carolina at Illinois - 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Wednesday, December 1 Indiana at Boston College - 7:15 p.m. ET on ESPNU NC State at Wisconsin - 7:15 p.m. ET on ESPN2 Purdue at Virginia Tech - 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Maryland at Penn State - 9:15 p.m. ET on ESPN2 Michigan State at Duke - 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN "

[Edited on August 10, 2010 at 4:46 PM. Reason : bet we get Pam Ward Jr. announcing again]

8/10/2010 4:45:31 PM

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"luckily our OOC schedule is weak"

Wait what?

@Syracuse
@Wisconsin
vs. Arizona
and possibly Georgetown

That's a pretty heavy OOC schedule.

8/10/2010 8:00:05 PM

^^ I didn't think Pam Ward did men's basketball games, just football and women's basketball. If we were to have a female broadcaster do our games though, I would hope it would be Debbie Antonelli. Besides being decent, she's also an alum and played for Yow.

8/10/2010 9:19:33 PM

Doris Burke is better than most of the men. Specifically, patrick.

8/11/2010 1:17:20 AM

i really get annoyed with patrick sometimes... he just does not know what is going on.

like it's very very simple to watch the referees or even the motions the players or making and see what is going on, yet Patrick will tell the viewer something else happened-- and not realize it until the producer tells him and he says something 15 seconds later

8/11/2010 1:19:07 AM

Hilton Coliseum, where Iowa State plays, is under eight feet of water.

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hilton.jpg

8/11/2010 4:21:08 PM

NCSU @ Syracuse Dec. 5th

8/11/2010 4:45:46 PM

definitely gonna hit that one up

8/11/2010 4:49:38 PM

^^December 4th

8/11/2010 7:50:42 PM

new Davidson logos



reminds me of Brak lol

8/15/2010 11:09:18 PM

I like the new D and font used for Davidson, but I like to old wildcat better.

8/15/2010 11:55:02 PM

eww

8/16/2010 1:40:52 AM

is the wildcat celebrating fat tuesday?

8/16/2010 7:39:13 AM

Looks like ESPN is doing that 24 hours of hoops again

Date Time (ET) Matchup Network
Tue, Nov 16 Midnight Miami at Memphis ESPN / ESPN3.com
2 a.m. St. John’s at Saint Mary’s ESPN / ESPN3.com
4 a.m. Central Michigan at Hawaii ESPN / ESPN3.com
6 a.m. Stony Brook at Monmouth ESPN / ESPN3.com
8 a.m. Robert Morris at Kent State ESPN / ESPN3.com
10 a.m. Northeastern at Southern Illinois ESPN / ESPN3.com
Noon Oral Roberts at Tulsa ESPN / ESPN3.com
2 p.m. La Salle at Baylor ESPN / ESPN3.com
4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Kansas State ESPN / ESPN3.com
5:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Villanova): Marist at Villanova ESPNU
6 p.m. Ohio State at Florida ESPN / ESPN3.com
6 p.m. State Farm Women’s Tip-Off Classic (from Hartford): Baylor at Connecticut ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (from Durham): Miami (Ohio) at Duke ESPNU
8 p.m. Butler at Louisville ESPN / ESPN3.com
9:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Knoxville): Belmont at Tennessee ESPNU
10 p.m. South Carolina at Michigan State ESPN / ESPN3.com
11 p.m. O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (from Spokane): San Diego State vs. Gonzaga ESPN2 / ESPN3.com
11:30 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off (from Los Angeles): Nevada or Pacific at UCLA ESPNU
TBD St. Joseph’s at Penn State ESPN3.com
TBD North Dakota at Wisconsin ESPN3.com

8/17/2010 10:28:50 AM

Quote :

"4 p.m. Virginia Tech at Kansas State ESPN / ESPN3.com"

That's about the only game worth watching.

8/17/2010 10:41:51 AM

damn kid take out all the advertisements from the list

8/17/2010 10:45:20 AM

is this kentucky game on FS south really live? I know they are in canada...

8/17/2010 12:11:25 PM

^^^ Butler vs Louisville and Ohio State vs. UF are both worth watching too.

8/17/2010 1:07:27 PM

Miami at Memphis should be a fun one judging on the incoming Memphis freshmen.

8/17/2010 1:46:26 PM

^ sans Will Barton. Think he's ineligible.

8/17/2010 2:02:23 PM

Pepinster heeft met Dennis Horner en Damian Hollis twee Amerikanen aangetrokken.

Pepinster heeft twee Amerikaanse spelers aangetrokken. Dennis Horner is een 22-jarige en 2m06 grote power forward. HIj is afkomstig van North Carolina State waar hij is zijn laatste campagne goed was voor een gemiddelde van 11,9 punten en 4,9 rebounds. Damian Hollis is een 22-jarige en 2m03 grote forward die in zijn laatste jaar bij George Washington tekende voor 13,9 punten en 4,9 rebounds.

8/18/2010 9:42:41 PM

http://www.rbcverviers-pepinster.be/saison/news/index.php?news=100813-2.php

Cet ailier fort de 206 cm représente sans conteste l’un des paris les plus attendus par la cellule recrutement de VOO Verviers-Pepinster en cette saison 10-11. Originaire de Linwood dans le New Jersey, Dennis s’est d’abord distingué en tant qu’ailier pur à la Holy Spirit High School d’Absecon avec des statistiques éloquentes pour sa saison senior 05-06 (18,1 pts, 9,7 rbs et le titre de la Cape-Atlantic League). Dès son entrée à la North Carolina State University, l’entourage sportif l’utilise tant au poste 3 qu’au poste 4 sans succès apparent (06-07 : 4,6 pts, 2,3 pts en 17,9 min). Les saisons 07-08 (3,2 pts et 1,2 rbs en 14,8 min) et 08-09 (6,4 pts et 2,8 rbs en 18,9 min) sont du même tonneau avec en prime une gêne persistante au niveau du tendon qui l’empêche d’évoluer en pleine possession de ses moyens. Durant l’été 2009, Dennis travaille intensément sa musculature et trouve enfin la cause de ses petits soucis physiques. Son année senior répond alors enfin à ses attentes (11,9 pts, 4,9 rbs, 1 bloc, 47,5% à 2 pts, 33% à 3 pts et 78,2% aux lancers en 27,9 min) et Dennis est du cinq de base durant la totalité de la saison.

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"The power forward of 206 cm is undoubtedly one of Paris's most awaited by the recruitment of cell VOO Verviers-Pepinster in this season 10-11. A native of Linwood, New Jersey, Dennis was first distinguished as a pure winger at Holy Spirit High School Absecon with eloquent statistics for his senior season and 05-06 (18.1 pts, 9 7 rbs and the title of the Cape-Atlantic League). Upon entry to the North Carolina State University's entourage sporting uses both position 3 than position 4 without apparent success (06-07: 4.6 pts, 2.3 pts in 17.9 min). Seasons 07-08 (3.2 pts and 1.2 rbs in 14.8 min) and 08-09 (6.4 pts and 2.8 rbs in 18.9 min) are the same barrel with even discomfort persistent in the tendon that impedes progress in full possession of his means. During the summer of 2009, Dennis is working hard his muscles and finally found the cause of its small physical concerns. His senior year, so finally meets their expectations (11.9 pts, 4.9 rbs, 1 block, 47.5% 2 pts, 3 pts 33% and 78.2% for shots in 27.9 minutes) and Dennis is the five-base during the entire season."

Dennis Horner est désormais bien installé au poste 4 où il espère prendre encore de l’ampleur en se frottant à ses collègues expérimentés de la Ligue Ethias. Par ses coachs précédents, il est décrit comme très mobile et doté d’une excellente détente. Mais de l’avis de tous les observateurs, sa plus grande qualité reste son indéniable marge de progression qu’Ivica Skelin se plaira à mettre au service de l’équipe.

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"Dennis Horner is now well established in item 4 where he hopes to take even the magnitude, rubbing his colleagues experienced the League Ethias (lulz). In his previous coaches, he is described as very mobile and has an excellent trigger. But in the opinion of all observers, its greatest quality is his undeniable margin of progress is Ivica Skelin pleases to serve the team."

[Edited on August 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM. Reason : ...]

8/18/2010 9:45:41 PM

ALLEZ HORNER

8/18/2010 9:56:38 PM

Duke is going to destroy the ACC this year. This is probably going to be a 1999 type run. Maybe not quite as dominant as in undefeated, but I just don't see the talent/experience anywhere on any roster than can beat them more than one or two fluke times.

I think Irving was the best overall PG in this class -- better than Knight by a longshot -- and despite Zoubek's "stepping up" (gag) late last year the Plumlee's should easily replace his production. And of course any time you lose a talent like Lance Thomas you're going to get better.

I think the only question is how Curry will fit in to the rotation and I've still yet to hear much positive about him in terms of being an impact high-major player.

8/19/2010 9:12:52 AM

This appears to be their starting lineup. They lose a great facilitator and shooter in Jon Scheyer. But they return a great nucleus of veteran leadership and talent.

1. Kyrie Irving
2. Nolan Smith
3. Kyle Singler
4. Mason Plumlee
5. Miles Plumlee

Key Reserves: Andre Dawkins, Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly

I think the success of the team will depend on Irving's consistency as a freshman. We'll see if he can handle the hype and pressure that Coach K has put on him.

8/19/2010 9:58:19 AM

Here is the official forum for Dennis Horner's new team:

http://www.projetphp.be/forumphpbb/index.php

Join and let's talk him up.

Also, please post any dennis horner pics you may have so that we may share them.

[Edited on August 24, 2010 at 4:31 AM. Reason : ...]

8/24/2010 4:27:15 AM