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topcat not sure why basketball forum ...Think more people here in the forum know who I am . But did think about where do I tell my story . I like that top cat said there is no HS basketball forum Think tonite with a new coach North Texas might struggle vs Anteaters . Teams playing away from home might have trouble on offense with new baskets and away arena's but Defense travels every where / but still think my Mean Green can play tough tough D BUt Cal Irvine plays tough D. The under is 128 so that might be the play but I'm going to stick to my guns and still take my alma mater. Think new NTSU coach won't change many things but not sure how the players react to a new coach. Again the Defensive philosophies don't change much . Again this is a Homer play on my part. Cal has a better ATS record is experienced but think the boys from Denton win this game by a few points . I would play the under but always lose when I play overs and unders Go North Texas . |
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Sorry for the delay in this long boring story that has absolutely nothing to do with Handicapping but I took the yearbook to the pet store and the manager who at 1st refused to help me pointed out in the yearbook a senior who owned a python snake and these mice were actually the pythons food . This student had bought them day before 5 white mice . The owner of the store said he had no idea that this kid would release them in the hallways of the HS and I believed him . When I got back to school I brought the senior in my office and he admitted it was him that had brought the mice to school and released them I called his parents and suspended the senior . Since it was almost the last few weeks of school and the senior prom was at the end of the week I allowed him to attend the senior prom and gave him 4 or 5 detentions and 2 days OSS Out of school suspension. He had to help clean the cafeteria after school and empty all the garbage cans in the school I allowed him to attend the Prom and graduation ceremony . But every April 1st I remember that day like it was yesterday. The boy that dressed in a Army outfit and combat boots in now a NY state trooper The boy who bought the mice to school is now a stock broker on Wall Street and is a friend of mine on Facebook . He is married and has 3 ids and sends me a Christmas card every year. |
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Going back in Time.. I am the Principal of a big High school in NY . The week before at a Principals meeting I'm listening to all my fellow Pricipals talk about April fools pranks and their High School and how they deal with them . I take any prank seriously and Personal . My former superintendent who has transferred to another school is at a biggest school district in the Hudson Valley He hired me as an asst prin at my school a few years before. . He was involved in a serious prank at his new school ..Kids put Crisco oil all over the steps of 4 floors oh his new state of the art High school . Then they hit the fire alarm and 2,000 kids came out for the Fire drill. Kids and staff were falling all over steps and a security office at the HS fell . The radio of the one security gds in school screamed " officer Down . The NY state police and local police station heard it also and within 10 minutes there were 10 state trooper cars and another 10 local police. The school was in a " lock down". Then a food fight in the cafeteria was going on . The seniors at his school had planned the whole prank . At another HS the seniors put some kind of Glue on all the out door locks so when the buses came to drop off the students no one could get in the school . Thousands of kids were in the parking lot Buses loaded with students Parents dropping off their kids A huge traffic problem in front of the school |
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Michigan +9 over Auburn *** |
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Oklahoma St -1.5 over my NT Mean Green *** |
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diet coke yes the Von Erichs.. one of them played football for North Texas Think they brothers all died tragically Right??? |
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Texas has fired its basketball coach Rodney and hired XU's Sean Miller . Great movie and hire. Rodney has been on the "hot" seats here in Austin for awhile.Miller has taken his teams to the Sweet 16 and final 8 but never the final 4. What I like about the hire is Millers teams is always one of the leading teams in the country in assists. His teams " share the ball" Miller who was at Arizona and was investigated by the FBI in a scandal back in the day. I guess he was and cleared. Don't remember the specifics of the case but I think it had something to do with their center. Anyway Miller leaving the Big East for the SEC to me is almost a " wash" Think with the massive donor base at Texas and NIL money Miller will do fine here in Austin . Was at the Girls game yesterday at Moody Col in Austin. Went to buy a t-shirt and it was $40. Went to buy a final 4 hat and it was the same price. Think I will just wear my NY Giant hat .Phillies hat or North Texas one. Maybe even my Tex State hat THe stadium at Moody was awesome. My daughter got us free tickets and although Texas woman's won big was very impressed with William and Marys ladies. Miss not being in Vegas this week and North Texas lost in the NIT's on a heartbreaker . The voice of North Texas Bill Mercer passed away yesterday He was 99. He also did the play by play of Wrestling in the Dallas area for years . Most people in the Dallas-Ft Worth TV area knew him from play by play for Wrestling . He would do those crazy interviews with the Wrestlers there wives and agents. All staged and choreographed . May people didn't realize he was the Voice of the Mean Green . He once had a pie thrown at him during an Interview and continued the interview with cream pie all over his face. I asked him about that and he answered something like " if you knew how much they pay me you wouldn't ask that question. Many year later when he was the color man for the Texas Rangers TV broadcast we visited him in his TV booth at Yankee Stadium THe guard watching the TV-radio booth at Yankee stadium told Mercer " there are 3 college kids out here and want to speak to you. Mercer came out and talked to us. Rest in Peace Bill. I hope I can get to 99. People from the Metro Plex Fort Worth and Dallas area. A great voice you all heard over the years is gone. |
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North Texas --3.5 Ark St *** |
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Houston -5 over Gonzaga *** |
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the1turn sorry Norfolk covered and lost 95-69 My bad |
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just found this old post
just got back from the game Troy led most of the way and was comfortable but then Tex St put on a full court pressure and made it a 2-4 pt game at the end. The big difference was Tayton Conerey the 6'3 gd for Troy One He cannot play defense but did get 4 or 5 steals The problem is when he doesn't get the steal is is out of position He . Think he has to be one of the best gds in the Sun Conf . But he is a head case . During one of the timeouts he isn't even in the huddle Can shoot pass and has a great handle of the ball He made some key baskets when Texas caught up with Troy Made a huge offensive rebound put back But cannot play D. Coach has to hide him out there on D. Troy won and covered . Small crowd for Tex St but the dance,drill and strutters performed I made the big TV screen monitor as they played some songs . Nice win and cover for the visiting team |
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Florida -28.5 over Norfolk St *** |
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Houston -28,5 over SIU Edwards **** |
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Memphis -3,5 over UAB *** |
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No time to explain granddaughters soccer games today. Zona +7,5 over Houston ** Florida -3 over Bama ** UAB +3.5 over my North Texas ** VCU -10 over Loy Ch ** |
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Johnnies -3 or-4 over Marquette *** |
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Georgia -3.5 **** |
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hey swami been a long time glad your still around |
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Burke HS was in my conference and we upset them at their place We boxed and one Andy and he had a season low 11 pts My team won the next night and we lost in the finals to a team from Rochester NY for the state finals the following week I was 0-3 in state finals games ...But my player was named the POY of the tournament Scott Nesbitt I think still the only player to lose the state fina;s but named Pl of the yr. in the state .And I was named the Coach of the year in the state and again only a coach that didn't win the state finals to win that award |
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My team is playing in the state semifinals and we are in Oneanta NY . There is one movie theater down town and Hoosiers is playing . We took our school bus to the movies to kill some time We are playing the next day at SUNY Oneanta Gym ... Hoosiers is playing. No one is at the theater and our team is sitting in the balcony of an old theater, We didn't realize BUrke HS a team from our section is downstairs watching the movie . They are also playing the game before us the next night. When in the movie they call out a play " Pickett fence" for Jimmy or Billy _ I forgot the name One of my kids yells out Andy Lake a player from Burke downstairs who shoots jumpers. We hear all this collaping and laughter down below us Then one of my players realizes its Burke's team below us Since no one is at the movies except our two teams everyone's is laughing .When the movie is over we see all the players from Burke and they are still laughing at my kid yelling out Andy Lake . We see the coaches from Burke in the lobby after the movie and everyone is laughing . The Burkes kids were thinking the same thing and then from Outer space comes the name Andy Lake. Andy was a D-1 player and was Marists starting guard for 3 years. Burke lost the next day to a team from Syracuse and my team won to make the NY state Final 4 . But will always remember the movie " Hoosiers " and where I saw it. RIP Gene hackman |
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