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bmoney214

bmoney214

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JogginFrog said:
I wasn't sure they needed to win the conference tourney to get a bid, but that's a pretty bad loss to the 8 seed. Auburn is smiling.
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There's been alot of discussion about them before they lost today, even with them being undefeated. Alot of talk about how weak their schedule was and do they deserve an at-large bid and even a bye.

Bruce Pearl is smiling somewhere too because he has been pretty out spoken about Miami's schedule and if they are really deserving of an at-large bid. Miami's coach and Pearl were going back and forth thru the media a week or so ago. Miami's coach accused Pearl of pushing his agenda to help Auburn's case to make the tourney.
 
This Ain't Chopped Liver

This Ain't Chopped Liver

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That court is so ugly that I assure you people are turning to watch something else - what’s to see - I see no eye candy. Looks like gray painted asphalt. Reminds me of a cold dreary gray winter day.
 
namollec

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This Ain't Chopped Liver said:
That court is so ugly that I assure you more people are turning to something else to watch than tuning in to see it - what’s to see - I see no eye candy. Looks like gray painted asphalt. Reminds me of a cold dreary gray winter day.
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Perhaps you were not watching during the timeouts.
They used the whole floor as a big BIG screen tv to show game highlights.
The picture was rather sharp and defined.
 
bmoney214

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namollec said:
Perhaps you were not watching during the timeouts.
They used the while floor as a big BIG screen tv to show game highlights.
The picture was rather sharp and defined.
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It's a cool concept but they could come up with something alot better than that gray court during gameplay. All they have to do is tap a button on the iPad to change the color scheme. Make it look like the teams home court that are playing or something. Do one team for each half. It could be so much better than what they are doing with it.
 
namollec

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bmoney214 said:
It's a cool concept but they could come up with something alot better than that gray court during gameplay. All they have to do is tap a button on the iPad to change the color scheme. Make it look like the teams home court that are playing or something. Do one team for each half. It could be so much better than what they are doing with it.
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Yeah - I was thinking the same thing yesterday.
They could alternate halves showing one team's floor, then the other.
 
bmoney214

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namollec said:
Yeah - I was thinking the same thing yesterday.
They could alternate halves showing one team's floor, then the other.
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They already have each school's logo on the floor in front of their bench, so if nothing else make those in the school's colors, why just gray and white.
 
This Ain't Chopped Liver

This Ain't Chopped Liver

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namollec said:
Perhaps you were not watching during the timeouts.
They used the whole floor as a big BIG screen tv to show game highlights.
The picture was rather sharp and defined.
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I don’t watch timeouts; I get up and do something or turn the channel. I guess that would be for those in attendance. Lights and video on a basketball court do nothing for me. Show the highlights on the TV for TV viewers.

I want to watch college buckets on real hardwood - it’s part of the game; like baseball on grass.
 
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namollec

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This Ain't Chopped Liver said:
I don’t watch timeouts; I get up and do something or turn the channel. I guess that would be for those in attendance. Lights and video on a basketball court does nothing for me. Show the highlights on the TV for TV viewers.

I want to watch college buckets on real hardwood - it’s part of the game; like baseball on grass.
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Everybody can choose how best they want to enjoy the game.
You go in a different direction than what is being offered and that's fine.

Help me with an understanding.
In your opinion, is TCU'a home court "real hardwood"?
 
This Ain't Chopped Liver

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namollec said:
Everybody can choose how best they want to enjoy the game.
You go in a different direction than what is being offered and that's fine.

Help me with an understanding.
In your opinion, is TCU'a home court "real hardwood"?
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Yes, I believe it is hardwood (look at the edges beyond the playing perimeter where it isn’t painted). I have mixed thought on that - kinda liking the unique paint job representing the Horned Frogs, but missing the traditional maple color of exposed hardwood. My small polling of people that aren’t Frog fans, don’t like it - too busy/much and mostly gray - nobody saying, I love it.

Basketball just presents better on maple with a little paint in the paint! And it provides the right backdrop to see the players best.

This Big 12 court doesn’t provide a good backing to best see the players and their movement, and while being ugly gray.
 
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This Ain't Chopped Liver

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KISS - Keep it simple, stupid - buckets on maple hardwood. Tradition. And rectangular seating with a high angle pitch close to the court so everyone is part of the action as one - on top of the game. That’s hoops atmosphere. Do it correctly and you don’t want gimmicks.

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