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great article. would be nice for the league, and the sake of parity, for the Raptors to make some noise in the near future
Why Raptors big man Jonas Valanciunas deserves Las Vegas Summer League MVP
LAS VEGAS — Opposing big men just can't seem to help themselves, no matter how many times their coaches scream the simple two-word instruction.
When 21-year-old Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas wheels to face the basket, he invariably keeps the ball up by his ear and in constant motion. He fakes, and fakes, and then bends and really fakes, and eventually post defenders forget their instructions — very simple instructions, mind you — and leave their feet.
"Stay down!" Over and over again, those words have rung out from summer-league sidelines. Over and over again, the words have eventually gone unheeded, as Valanciunas' fakes prove to be too magnetic. "Stay down!" Too late, another defender is in the air and Valanciunas is already scooting past him, heading straight for the rim.
Every time the 7-foot Valanciunas, the fifth pick in 2011, has taken the court this week in Las Vegas, he's done a handful of things to make the basketball traditionalist chuckle out loud. The pump fakes are breathtaking, but they have been only one of his many attributes on display. Valanciunas has shown the ability to make jump hooks with both hands, and the footwork necessary to set them up. The touch on his passes and the calm with which he handles double teams are rarely seen in a player with his size and strength. Defensively, he's maintained a high effort level and diligently committed to finding a body to box to maximize his rebounding opportunities. He's altered shots and shadowed pick-and-roll ball-handlers. And, it goes without saying, he's outmuscled and overpowered virtually everyone.
Put simply, Valanciunas is the best player in this year's summer league, and his development is progressing so well that Raptors coach Dwane Casey didn't hesitate or hedge when asked to gauge his center's ceiling.
"I see an All-Star in the making," Casey told SI.com on Thursday. "He's not there yet. … I think you're going to see that [recognition] in the future. As he grows as a player, we'll grow as a team."
That prediction was delivered immediately after Valanciunas finished with15 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and two blocks in Toronto's 95-78 win over Denver. Valanciunas took only seven shots but he was the game's central force, as he has been all week. Through Thursday, Valanciunas ranked third in Las Vegas in scoring (18.8 points) and fifth in rebounding (10.0) while shooting 56.1 percent from the field.
Summer league has never been known for the strength of its big-man crop, and Valanciunas' physical presence has required regular double-teaming from defenses and produced "man among boys" assessments from observers. On back-to-back plays against the Nuggets, he simply overpowered everyone in the paint to throw down one-handed dunks. The sequence drew both gasps and laughs because he made it look so easy.
Earlier this week, one heckler became so enamored with Valanciunas' play that he began shouting for the Raptors' coaching staff to put the Lithuanian back in the game.When that didn't work, the man yelled directly at Valanciunas to check himself back into the game: "Kobe do it all the time!" The quip brought a smile to Valanciunas' face.
As Casey sees it, a week full of bully-ball wouldn't have meant much in the grand scheme of things. Valanciunas is big and strong, and he's going to remain big and strong. The Raptors were more interested in evaluating Valanciunas' mental game, passing skills and decision-making. There have been hundreds of paint-fillers in NBA history but only one Arvydas Sabonis, and Valanciunas' technique, vision and feel suggest that spending his basketball life as just another brute would be a disappointment.
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"We weren't looking for him to be a physical, dominating type guy," Casey said. "We wanted him to pick out his spots, to read the post defenses, to make good decisions with the pass, and that's what he's doing. We wanted him to really gauge the speed of the game because we don't have Roy Hibbert here, or Brook Lopez, and some of the big-time centers in our league. … He's done a heck of a job of making decisions with the ball, making the right reads and passes. That was what we intended for him to get out of the summer league, and that's what he's done."
Toronto has played through Valanciunas in a number of ways, feeding him the ball on the block, getting it to him him near the elbow and taking advantage of his strong, sturdy frame as a screen-setter. When positioned on the block, he's remained patient, waiting to see whether a help defender would come before seeking his own offense or finding the open man. When stationed farther from the basket, he's used his height to see passing lanes. Against the Nuggets, he memorably executed a beautiful touch pass for an easy backdoor layup.
This is no summer trial. Casey envisions Valanciunas, who averaged 23.9 minutes per game as a rookie last season, shifting into an expanded role in which he anchors both the Raptors' offense and defense. The coach says there's "no question" in his mind that Valanciunas will eventually evolve into the Raptors' franchise player.
"He's going to get more touches now in this coming season," Casey said. "As he gets older and can handle the responsibility of having the ball go through him, it's going to be great. The good thing now is, it's going to take the pressure off Rudy [Gay] and DeMar [DeRozan]. When he's got the ball in the post, they can space out the weak side, they can cut, they can attack the rim. He can quarterback out of that spot too. It's really going to take a lot of pressure off of those guys on the weak side."
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So much of the quarterbacking comes back to Valanciunas' excellent ball skills and fakes. Traditionally, young players are taught a "triple threat" position that keeps the ball near hip level, allowing an offensive player to either shoot, pass or dribble at a moment's notice. Valanciunas, though, has a credible triple-threat position with the ball up near his head. He can shoot, pass or fake any time he pleases, and he does so in such a smooth, controlled fashion that you ultimately feel pity for the defenders who invariably fall for the fakes.
"He reminds me of Jack Sikma," Casey said, a big smile coming across his face as he launched into a story from the good old days.
Sikma, a seven-time All-Star in the 1970s and 1980s, is remembered in coaching circles for the "Sikma move," a face-up motion with the ball kept high in a flexible position that allows for a quick jumper or an up-and-under fake to set up a drive to the basket.
Casey and Sikma were both assistant coaches with the Seattle SuperSonics in the early 2000s. Casey remembered a European player perfectly executing the "Sikma move" at a basketball camp in Seattle as Sikma, the inventor, played defense. When queried after the successful move, the young man admitted to having no idea who Sikma was, even though his imitation of Sikma's trademark move was dead on. Casey laughed at the thought of explaining to the kid that he had just successfully used the master's trick on the master himself.
"Jonas has it down pat," Casey said. "Up and go under. Either he knocks down that jump shot or you bite on the fake. He's done a heck of a job working on that move, perfecting it. I think it's going to be very helpful for him once the season starts."
The various work that Valanciunas has put into his game is evident. The Raptors are encouraged by his rebounding technique; he has learned to keep his arms free while establishing position, ensuring that he doesn't concede boards to smaller opponents. He appears in good shape, whether running end to end in open sequences or avoiding lazy leaning on half-court defensive plays. When he dips his shoulder to attack the paint on offense, the sweeping motion tends to look identical play after play, the product of what one imagines to be extensive hours of work in an empty gym.
His biggest area of improvement, meanwhile, isn't even technically a basketball skill.
"His English is 10 times better than my Lithuanian," Casey joked. "His English is so much better. Last year, I would be yelling at him and he would be like, 'OK, coach.' He had no clue what I was saying. … Now, he is understanding the NBA verbiage — floppy, tag, the everyday NBA words that you understand. He is learning those and that makes it easier and it makes for a quicker read, better communication in the flow of the game."
Just as Casey finished that thought, Valanciunas emerged from the Raptors' makeshift locker room, smiling, ice strapped to various parts of his body. Coach and player exchanged plans to remain in contact over the rest of the summer; Valanciunas assured Casey that he will be checking his email no matter where he is in the world.
"Great personality, upbeat kid, funny kid, very intelligent young man," Casey said. "I think he's shown the growth and the domination in these games to be the [summer league] MVP. I'm biased because he's mine, but he's got my vote."
With all due respect to Warriors guard Kent Bazemore, who has been both phenomenal and phenomenally entertaining, Valanciunas has The Point Forward's (unofficial) MVP vote, too.
Guy's got some serious potential. Heard Derozan's looking legit in the summer league…with him and Ross and Gay on the wings, this could be a surprise team next season. Things looking up in Toronto with Andrew Wiggins saying he wants to play for Raptors…He knows it's in Canada, right? Ha ha that's what it says here in NBA news weekly recap:
Too bad the offense won't run through JV during the regular season.
Great article
Well how about that!
@malikg Derozen isn't in the summer league, he and Harden are playing in the drew league atm. Ross, Acy, JV, and Buycks are the only Raptors in the summer league.


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For this reason, some hotels insist that rooms booked after the group's cutoff date or in excess of the group's block be accepted on a space-available basis at "prevailing" rates rather than at the group rate. This can cause problems for a group whose attendees typically wait until the last minute to reserve hotel rooms, or who book early, thus exceeding the block, only to cancel their reservations at the last minute.
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How can planners cope with these challenges? Including a strong meeting history in the contract can help.
For example, a planner who knows that his or her block is normally exceeded, only to fall off later, should stipulate that the hotel accept reservations at the group rate for 105 percent to 110 percent (or more, if history supports it) of the reserved room block. A contract should also state that reservations received after the cutoff date will be accepted on a space-available basis at the group rate; in other words, if the hotel has a room to sell, it goes to the meeting attendee at the group rate, not at the then-current rate for transient business.
The F&B Connection
Food-and-beverage expenditures play a role, too. Many hotels designate a minimum amount that groups should — or must — spend on catered F&B functions during the meeting.
This amount is sometimes based on per-person/per-day spending (e.g., $75) that the hotel would like to achieve. But such numbers may be unrealistic, especially for groups that do not offer many F&B functions or those whose meetings are held in venues with restaurants nearby.
While F&B minimums give planners flexibility in scheduling catered functions, the contractual minimum must be a number that the group can realistically achieve. Planners whose events have affiliated groups meeting at the same time (so-called "in conjunction with" meetings) should state in the contract that revenue from those events will be counted toward the group's F&B minimum.
Planners should also take into account sleeping-room attrition when agreeing on a reasonable F&B minimum. In other words, check to make sure that the hotel is basing required spending on less than 100 percent sleeping room pickup. This way the group is not doubly penalized if its expected attendance fails to materialize. Also, if any shortfall in required F&B spending occurs, the group should pay for it at the rate of the hotel's lost profit on F&B, which is typically 25 percent to 40 percent of revenue. Planners should avoid paying 100 percent of any F&B shortfall because that would reward the hotel.
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WASHINGTON -- New Ohio 6th District Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Poland, joined in the Republican-led reading of the U.S. Constitution on the floor of the House Thursday.
Johnson read part of Article II, Section 3, dealing with the President's requirement to present an annual State of the Union.
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SO her goes the story.... I have a 5 month old daughter... and just the other night I found out that I was PREGO AGAIN...
I was shocked since I have been nursing and thought I could not get PREGO boy was I wrong. SO I am writing this post for encouragment/advise. Those of you ladies that have been or are in my shoes I need to know that this is ok.
That I will be able to make it and give my little princess all the love and support that she needs in this crucial time in ther life.
Thank you in advance....
I have not been in your shoes, but I know it will be okay. Just hearing how you talk about your daughter tells me that you are a loving mother who will do whatever it takes to make sure that both of your babies are loved and taken care of. I can tell you that you will love your second just as much as your first and that your heart will grow even bigger than it is now. Best wishes!
Our daughters are 17 months apart, so I have some experience. We planned our daughters to be close together, but we certainly had/have the same concerns. Our baby is 4 months now, and the relationship between sisters is already amazing to watch. There have been some times when our older daughter gets a little jealous, but we have been sure to give her alone time with both parents.
Our baby already idolizes her older sister, as she watches her every move. And our older daughter already is very protective of the baby, even though she is still short of two years old herself.
Take it day by day and just the fact that you are already concerned about the affect a new baby will have on your daughter is a great sign. Meanwhile, you have 9 months to give your daughter all the attention you can!
Congratulations, and remember that whatever short term attention problems you have will be more than compensated for by your children who will have a lifetime together as close siblings!
My situation is totally different than yours because my kids are over 4 years apart, but I just wanted to wish you luck. All parents are different, but I know some who had their children close together and as pp said the children were able to develop a strong bond. It sounds like you'll do fine since you already acknowledge that your daughter will need extra love and attention during this time. Anyway, good luck!
hi. I just wanted to tell you that you are not alone. I just had my daughter 09/29/08, I found out I was pregnant again when she was 3 months old, i am due again 09/13/09. So, you are no alone. If you want to talk or anything I'm here. I don't know really know any advice. Just taking it as it comes! lol
But you will survive, and it will be ok. There is some god awful looks I get now that I am 7months pregnant and she's only 9 months old!
Married 2 Frankie, Momma 2 Austin (9 years old), Chloe (9 months old), & Soon 2 be Reagan! (due 09/13/09)
Thank you all for your words of encourgment, they mean a lot. I know that I am going to be ok and that both my children will know they are loved and get the attention that they need.
I guess I just needed to hear it from other people thank you
I am in the same boat that you are in my son is 1 bout to be 2 and I am 7 months prego
But my mom tells me that the love will come natural and the things that you are worried about the will be water under bridge and you will surprise how things will turn out. Sometimes when we think about the bad things we over look the good things. Keep you trust and god and pray at all times that will be your guidance and let things flow.
While this is certainly a stressful situation, I have every confidence that you will be a great mom to both of your children. So much of parenting is adjusting to these little twists and turns life throws at us. I, too, wasn't sure how I would be able to parent two children (and mine are 8 years apart!). What I learned is that you adjust to make things work and lean on as many people as you can when you need it. Best of luck and keep us posted! We're here to help.
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Facebook's mobile stats are pretty striking –Facebook's mobile monthly active users grew 57 percent from a year ago to 680 million. Facebook's mobile ad revenue doubled from the third to the fourth quarter, now comprising 23 percent of ad revenue. And Facebook points to a ComScore report that over a quarter of time spent on mobile apps is spent on Facebook and its Instagram.
The company beat earnings expectations, reporting non-GAAP earnings per share of 17 cents, two cents more than expected. The social network grew revenue 40 percent to $1.585 billion, also higher than expectations. So why did the stock drop as much as seven percent lower after hours, rebounding to just a few percentage points below where it closed the day?
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After the stock skyrocketed over 40 percent in the past three months, expectations were high, and investors could have been looking for a bigger beat. Analysts have been ramping up estimates and expectations, and some analysts projected that an even greater percentage of overall ad revenue would come from mobile.
After the earnings call I spoke to CFO David Ebersman, who wouldn't explain the stock's drop, just saying "the stock's run up a lot in the past few weeks, for us these were really strong results. We were really encouraged by what we were able to deliver in the fourth quarter, it was a really good validation." I asked Ebersman about the fact that GAAP operating margin in the fourth quarter was 33 percent, down from 48 percent a year earlier. But he clarified that it's an apples-to-oranges comparison because before the company went public it didn't include stock compensation, even in GAAP results, which throws the comparison off.
On the earnings call Zuckerberg made a point to "temper expectation around monetization" from everything other than ads. He said "for the next few months our work around ads will have the biggest impact on revenue." And both Zuckerberg and Sandberg went into some detail about how new ad formats, better targeting, and better measurement will help both advertisers and users, while boosting Facebook's coffers.
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So what about other products like gifts? And Graph Search? Zuckerberg says they are "things we want to invest in aggressively for the long term." Translation: we won't see immediately impact on our bottom line, but they'll be worth the investment over time. Ebersman told me "the focus has to be on creating a great user experience, making [gifts and graph search] interesting and userful. We're just starting to figure out how to make them fit with the Facebook flow."
When Zuckerberg talked about the fact that Facebook has added 1.400 employees in the past year, he reiterated the message about long term growth, saying "we aren't operating to maximize our profits this year, we are planning for the long term."
Ebersman also went into detail about how Facebook is investing in advertising revenue growth: "The scale we offer, a billion users, 600 million mobile users, the information we have, all those things are really attractive to advertisers. If we can continue working with them to display the rights ads to the right users," Ebersman told me, " we think we can deliver a big return that transforms how consumers and marketers connect."
And on the earnings call COO Sheryl Sandberg went into great detail about how brands are using Facebook and how well it's working. It all comes down to the importance of newsfeed ads, which of course show up on mobile devices. Sandberg stressed the point that traditional methods of measuring ads are increasingly irrelevant, saying "the click is not the important metric for us." She noted that Facebook can measure how ads impact in-store behavior, and that most people who walk into a store after seeing an ad, have not clicked on it.
(Read More: Facebook Leaves Unanswered Questions: Analyst)
Zuckerberg made an interesting note on the call about Facebook's frenemy: Google. He praised Android as "a dynamic open platform, as long as Google keeps it that way." He said that the relationship with Google is "not one where we really talk." This was part of an overall message that Facebook doesn't want to build its own phone but rather wants to make sure that its service works well on all platforms and devices.
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With passion project "The Last Temptation of Christ" struggling to come together, Scorsese headed in a new direction, taking over a former Tim Burton movie for his first (and really, at this point, only) out-and-out comedy ("The King of Comedy" doesn't quite count). And if "After Hours," which disappeared on release, but has found a cult audience over the years, is anything to go by, we wish the director would tackle the genre more often. Set over the course of a single night, the film follows ordinary twentysomething Paul (Griffin Dunne), who meets a girl (Rosanna Arquette) in a coffee shop. That night, he heads to her apartment hoping for a romantic liaison, but loses his money en route, setting off a string of cosmic disasters that suggests that the universe is out to get him. The same drug-fuelled energy of the filmmaker's earlier work is present and correct, but it feels leaner and hungrier -- the director shot with a small crew, and trimmed 45 minutes from the original cut, keeping up a tight and frantic piece. As a result, it's enormously funny. Dunne is hapless and neurotic as seemingly everyone he meets conspires to end him, like a Woody Allen character in the middle of a Marx Brothers movie. Watching it now, there is a faintly unpleasant strain of misogyny in the "women be crazy!" plotting, but it's not like the men, Paul included, are any saner. That aside, it's still one of the great depictions of Scorsese's favorite cities, and numbers among the director's most entertaining movies. One can't help but feel that, after the excess of his recent efforts, taking a film along these lines couldn't be the worst thing in the world for the director.
Penny | November 27, 2012 11:37 AM
Marty left his pregnant wife for a fling with Liza Minelli? Embarassed of your past much? Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Bill | November 27, 2012 11:32 AM
Is it possible for the Great Scorsese to have underrated films? How bout going out on a limb and posting his 5 most OVERRATED films?
Helluva | November 19, 2012 7:23 PM
Wholly agree on "Bringing Out The Dead" and "Age of Innocence." Both are excellent films. I somewhat enjoy "After Hours," mostly because it seems to be Scorcese's quintessential 80's film. Haven't seen "Kundun" and not too big on "NY, NY." I can see what he wanted to accomplish, but music alone does not a musical make...
Burnsy | November 19, 2012 1:49 PM
I actually love Bringing Out The Dead. Nic Cage needs to make more movies like this, instead of the crap he continues to make. I was pleasantly surprised when i had realized that it was Scorsese film, it seems so different than what i had seen from him but then again i'm young and havent since as much of his films as i want to.
SHuoula | November 18, 2012 11:04 PM
great choices, but what about The Last Waltz?
Andrew Lovett | November 18, 2012 4:21 PM
they should make another jumanji film or remake the other one in 3d or do both
Cribbster | November 18, 2012 3:19 PM
I dunno, I think "The Aviator" is pretty underrated too. There isn't a minute of that movie that's boring. Maybe the big plane thing in the third act. But the first two thirds of that movie just roll.
Kevin | November 18, 2012 2:43 PM
For me, Bringing Out the Dead is famous for getting Pauline Kael to swear she would never watch another Martin Scorsese film again.
steven ball | November 17, 2012 4:07 PM
Mention should be made of his musical docs: THE LAST WALTZ (The Band) , SHINE A LIGHT (The Rolling Stones) & the one he made about Bob Dylan. My least favorite Scorsese film is Gangs of New York.
Salty Bill | November 17, 2012 3:12 PM
After Hours is a gem. Bringing Out The Dead is a dud. The others are, of course, very fine films.
Anonymous | November 17, 2012 5:54 AM
His last great film to date is Bringing Out the Dead? Somebody has obviously never seen The Departed and Hugo, or even Gangs of New York (talk about underrated!). And why do you have such contempt for Scorsese fans? Talking as if none of us appreciate of film of his unless "someone busts out a baseball bat" is absurd and wildly disrespectful.
Happy Birthday, Marty, some of us still appreciate your most recent work.
Fraunch | November 17, 2012 4:27 AM
Great feature! Happy birthday, Marty!
Jake Mulligan | November 16, 2012 4:39 PM
A 2-page article, 16 comments, and no mention of LIFE LESSONS? That's his truly underrated masterpiece.
Timelord | November 16, 2012 3:20 PM
I wonder how a typical Best of Scorsese list will look in 30 years, when people who grew up with De Niro are dead while those who grew up with DiCaprio are old and nostalgic.
I saw Raging Bull for the first time a couple of years ago and I wasn´t terribly impressed. The way the abused woman was portrayed was terribly dated and sexist.
The movie that is closest to my heart is The Departed.
jimmiescoffee | November 16, 2012 2:35 PM
'bringing out out the dead' and 'after hours' are both amazing movies.the other 3 are good but flawed.
Smyth E. Alan | November 16, 2012 2:13 PM
I'd agree that these films are underrated by the public, not so much in cinephilia-- 'The Age of Innocence' and 'After Hours' in particular being very highly thought of amongst cinephiles in the know, the latter one of the titles I hear cinephiles wanting to come to blu the most! And 'Bringing Out the Dead' is his last great film? Come on, that's just baiting with that comment.
I would probably drop 'Kundun' for 'Alice Doesn't Live Here', though.
Duddi | November 16, 2012 2:01 PM
A 'perfect list'... :) I've always thought of this movies being very underrated... But people can't accept all of them to be that good so they go and specify the ones "that didn't work" or they just want Marty doing only Crime movies - and this comes from Transformers or Twilight geeks .
mark | November 16, 2012 1:36 PM
actually "wolf" is their 5th collaboration. I agree that gangster genre nerds are the only logical reason as to why some of his films are underrated, especially "Age of innocence".
zatopek | November 16, 2012 1:36 PM
"Soulful, itâs also a rather haunting meditation on the the Dalai Lama, the spirit of man and the endurance and tolerance of the Tibetan people."
Blah. Kundun is boring and generic biopic with no real understanding of it's subject. Nice cinematography, sure, but that's about it. I call it Scorsese's worst film.
spassky | November 16, 2012 1:35 PM
I'll take this as a sign that "King of Comedy" isn't underrated, and has FINALLY taken its place as one of Scorsese's best. "After Hours" seems to be getting the reevaluation it so much needs.
I gotta admit though, as much as I personally love "Kundun" and "Bringing out the Dead," I never thought either was a great movie, per se. (PS my landlord did the mandala art for 'Kundun'!!!!)
kris | November 16, 2012 1:32 PM
kundun was a great movie.good list
JD V | November 16, 2012 1:18 PM
It's only the "Goodfellas / Casino / Departed" fanboys who underrate New York, New York, Age Of Innocence, and Kundun--cinephiles love 'em. Jonathan Rosenbaum, I think, considers Kundun Scorsese's best film.
Really | November 16, 2012 1:07 PM
'Bringing Out the Dead' as his last great film? Really? 'The Departed' is pure high energy aces. 'Shutter Island' is one of his most emotional & powerful films ever & 'Hugo' is absolute magic!
P.S. Wolf will be DiCaprio & Scorsese's FIFTH collaboration.
matty d | November 16, 2012 12:54 PM
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yer | November 16, 2012 12:45 PM
Scorsese has a lot of underrated films. After Hours is fantastic and The King of Comedy should be right up there with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. I don't understand why people like to label him as a gangster movie director when he has such a varied filmography. I hope he lives long enough to finally make "Silence", I can't think of a better book for the man to adapt.
[A] | November 16, 2012 12:44 PM
Glad to see BRINGING OUT THE DEAD here..


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Saturday's MAC Men's Basketball Results
Updated 11/24/2012
Saturday's MAC Men's Basketball Results
Ohio 73, Richmond 48
Miami 76, James Madison 58
Kent State 74, Nebraska 60
Central Michigan 54, Idaho State 52
Eastern Michigan 75, Madonna 57
Buffalo 76, Mansfield 57
Loyola (Ill.) 53, Northern Illinois 46
Stories courtesy of MAC Sports Information Departments
Ohio 73, Richmond 48
ATHENS, Ohio- The Ohio men's basketball team (5-0) outscored Richmond (4-2) 46-18 in the second half to propel the Bobcats to a convincing 73-48 victory over the Spiders Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center.
Senior guard Walter Offutt(Indianapolis, Ind.) led all Ohio players with 16 points, connecting on 5-of-11 shots from the field. Offutt was one of four Ohio players that finished in double figures.
Senior guard D.J. Cooper (Chicago, Ill.), junior forward Jon Smith (Columbus, Ohio) and junior guard Nick Kellogg(Westerville, Ohio) finished the game with 14, 13 and 12 points, respectively. Smith's 13 points tied a career-high.
Senior forward Ivo Baltic(Kansas City, Mo.) also chipped in as he led the team in assists (7) and rebounds (9). His seven assists were a career-high.
Defensively, Ohio held the Spiders to a season-low 48 points, limiting Richmond to just 35.1 percent shooting for the game and held six players scoreless. Richmond came into the game, averaging 74.8 points per game.
With the win, Ohio improved to 5-0 for the first time since the 1969-70 campaign and captured its 14th straight win at home. Ohio is the only undefeated team remaining in the Mid-American Conference. In addition, the Bobcats' 73-point effort marked the eighth-consecutive time Ohio has scored 70 points-or-more, dating back to last season.
Richmond jumped out to a seven-point lead at the 11:03 mark of the first half, leading 16-9, but the Bobcats would respond with a 14-5 run to take a 23-21 lead at the 4:25 mark. Kellogg scored five points during the stretch with junior T.J. Hall(Gainesville, Fla.) capping the run with a 3-pointer to give the Bobcats their first lead since the 15 minute mark of the first half.
The Spiders responded by going on a 9-4 run to close out the first half and take a 30-27 lead going into the locker room.
Ohio trailed for five and a half minutes in the second half, but the `Cats would take the lead for good at the 14:03 mark thanks to a 3-pointer from Cooper, which made the count 39-38.
The Bobcats would go on to connect on four more 3-pointers to make the count 51-41 with 10:53 remaining. Ohio closed the game with a 22-7 run in the final 10 minutes to secure the win.
The Ohio University men's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday as it takes on St. Bonaventure at the Convocation Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday's matchup can be seen through a live stream and can be heard for free on OhioBobcats.com. "Voice of the Bobcats" Russ Eisenstein and Rob Cornelius will call the action live on the People's Bank Ohio IMG Sports Network.
Miami 76, James Madison 58
OXFORD, Ohio - Placing four scorers in double figures, paced by a career-high 21 points from freshman guard Reggie Johnson, the Miami University men's basketball team led from start to finish en route to a 76-58 victory over James Madison Saturday afternoon at Millett Hall. The RedHawks improved to 3-2 on the year with their second straight win, both over Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) foes, while the Dukes fell to 1-4 on the season.
Johnson's 21 points marked the most by a RedHawk this year while junior guard Quinten Rollins notched his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 assists. Junior forward Jon Harris added 15 points and a career-high eight rebounds for Miami while fellow junior forward Will Felder chipped in 12 points, matching his season high, and seven rebounds, five of which came in the first half.
"It kind of came as I went along," Johnson said. "They went into that zone, so there were a lot of gaps and I was able to get a few early open looks that kind of got me going. I just came out and stayed aggressive and my teammates found me."
The RedHawks shot a season-best 49 percent for the game, going 25-for-51 from the floor, including hitting a season-high-tying nine 3-pointers on 23 attempts (39.1 percent). Miami held JMU to just 38.3 percent shooting, including only 33 percent in the second half, while outrebounding the Dukes, 35-28. The 'Hawks totaled 19 assists on their 25 field goals.
Miami stormed out of the gate to a 9-0 lead just over a minute into the contest, hitting its first three shots, including an old-fashioned three-point play from Harris and triples from Johnson and junior forward Bill Edwards, who left the game soon after with a knee injury. After a pair of Dukes buckets by Rayshawn Goins, the RedHawk lead ballooned to 22-4 with just under 13 minutes left in the first half as Miami went on a 13-0 run with Johnson, Rollins and Felder combining for all 13 points.
A jumper by Felder with 9:07 remaining gave Miami its largest lead of the half at 26-7, but JMU then started to chip away. The Dukes went on a 13-2 run over the next 3:07, with Devon Moore scoring 11 of the points for James Madison, to cut the deficit to eight at 28-20. A Harris trey ended the spurt and restored the RedHawks' lead back in double digits. He added a free throw and another trifecta as part of a 9-1 outburst that give Miami a 37-21 lead with two minutes to play in the period.
JMU scored the final five points of the half capped by a fastbreak floater by Moore at the buzzer to make it a 37-26 ballgame at halftime. Harris led the 'Hawks with 10 points at the break on 3-of-4 shooting while Miami was 12-for-25 from the floor over the first 20 minutes as a team, including hitting five 3-pointers. Moore had 15 points at the break to lead the Dukes, shooting a perfect 5-for-5 in the half, however JMU committed 10 turnovers in the opening period and finished with 15 in the game, which Miami converted into 20 points.
The second half opened with end-to-end action as the teams traded baskets. Johnson scored 10 of Miami's first 14 points to start the second stanza, including two triples, the second of which boosted the RedHawk lead to 16 at 51-35 with less than 15 minutes left in the game. A free throw by Andre Nation capped a 9-3 spurt by the Dukes to get JMU within 10 but again Harris came up with a clutch triple to end the draught.
James Madison once more closed within 10 with 7:29 remaining on a 3-pointer by Ron Curry but a Johnson trey and four points from Felder bumped the lead back to 17 at 66-49 with 6:15 left in the contest. The Dukes would get no closer than 14 the remainder of the game with junior guard Allen Roberts adding five points down the stretch as Miami closed out the 76-58 victory.
"Every home game brings confidence and you start to understand how important they are and how you have to protect home court," said Miami head coach John Cooper. "You can't win championships without learning that."
Moore finished with 17 points to lead JMU while Goins had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Dukes, who went 17-for-28 from the free throw line. The 'Hawks were 17-of-22 from the charity stripe.
The RedHawks return to the court Saturday, Dec. 1 with a road contest at IPFW at 7 p.m. which begins a four-game road trip for Miami. The 'Hawks are back in Millett Hall on Dec. 22 against Illinois-Chicago.
Kent State 74, Nebraska 60
LINCOLN, Neb. – A historic season for Kent State Athletics continued on Saturday night as the Kent State men's basketball team record a 74-60 win at Nebraska. For the Golden Flashes' storied program, the win is the first on the road against a Big Ten school since 1970.
Senior forward Chris Evans (Chesapeake, Va.) lead Kent State (4-2) with 19 points and six rebounds to help hand Nebraska (4-1) its first loss of the season.
Leading the majority of the game, the Golden Flashes fell behind 33-32 at halftime after the Cornhuskers closed the period with an 8-2 stretch over the last 5:30 capped off by a Dylan Talley lay-up in the closing seconds. Talley would go into the half with 17 points and finish with a game high 27.
The Nebraska lead was short lived however as Evans fueled a 10-2 spurt by scoring five points in the first three minutes of the second half to give Kent State the lead for good. The senior forward was there again scoring on a jumper with 10 minutes left to extend the lead to 52-49 after the Cornhuskers had pulled to within one. The basket by Evans jump started a 16-4 run over the next five minutes that put the game.
Junior forward Darren Goodson (Cincinnati, Ohio) shook off his early season struggles scoring a Kent State career high 16 points on 8-10 shooting in just 17 minutes of action. Senior guard Randal Holt (Cleveland, Ohio) added 15 points and four assists.
The Golden Flashes return to action on Wednesday, November 28 at Youngstown State.
Central Michigan 54, Idaho State 52
SALT LAKE CITY - Senior Kyle Randall knocked down an 18-foot jumper with a half-second left to give Central Michigan a 54-52 win over Idaho State and send the Chippewas away with a 2-1 record in the Utah Thanksgiving Tournament.
Head coach Keno Davis called his last timeout with 2:56 remaining and the Chippewas (3-2) down one, 50-49. Randall missed a lay-in coming out of the timeout but a bucket by Derrick Richardson on the next possession put the Chippewas up one. The Bengals (0-4) returned the favor just 12 seconds later to take a 52-51 lead with 1:31 left, but couldn't muster another shot.
Two offensive rebounds by the Chippewas kept the ball in front of their bench until Zach Saylor converted a free throw to knot the game at 52 with 1:09 left.
With the Bengals coming out of a timeout with 44 seconds remaining, Chris Fowler forced a turnover near the midcourt line with 35 seconds left.
Holding the ball for the last shot, Randall came around the left side of a screen set by Richardson at the top of the key and drained just his second field goal of the game.
Offensive rebounding was the difference for the Chippewas, who had an 18-2 edge and out-rebounded Idaho State 38-23, leading to 14 second-chance points and nine more attempts in the field.
"I like our team's effort," said Davis. "It shows you can be under-sized and still be a good rebounding team. It's about focus and effort and intensity to get after it."
Midway through the first half a 12-0 run by the Chippewas turned a seven-point deficit into their first lead of the game, 19-14 at the 9:02 mark. Back-to-back threes by Austin Keel and Blake Hibbitts extended the run to a 19-5 edge that created their largest lead of the half, 26-19, with 7:11 left. The shot by Hibbitts proved to be the final points of the half for Central, which was able to hang on to a 26-25 lead at the break.
Starting aggressively out of the locker room, a three-pointer by John Simons and two trips to the hole by Randall sparked a 7-0 run that eventually stretched to 11-2 in the first four minutes of the second half.
Idaho State was held to just two field goals in the first eight minutes of the second half but clawed its way back from a 10-point deficit by holding CMU without a field goal from 17:34 to 11:22. The Bengals came within one, 42-41, at 8:29, tied the game at the 4:34 mark at 48 all, and took a 50-49 lead at 3:16 for their first lead since 11:00 in the first half.
The Chippewas got 32 points from their bench, led by Hibbitts' 12 points and Mbaigoto's 11. Simons also reached double figures with 10 points. Stewart gave the Chippewas eight rebounds, including six on the offensive glass.
"This is a team you can be proud of," said Davis. "Although we haven't executed the way we would like to, haven't shot free throws the way we would like to, we certainly do play hard. Very rarely do I look at this team and say they're not giving it 100 percent. Good luck before a game picking the leading scorer or the guy who will make the clutch shots."
Eastern Michigan 75, Madonna 57
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team scored 28 points off of 21 turnovers as the Eagles defeated Madonna University, 75-57, Saturday night, Nov. 24 at the Convocation Center.
Daylen Harrison (Akron, Ohio-St. Vincent St. Mary) scored 17 points to lead the Eagles, who shot 44.9 percent from the floor. Glenn Bryant (Detroit, Mich.-Oak Hill Academy) and Ray Lee (Detroit, Mich.-Romulus) notched career-highs in points, scoring 16 and 14, respectively. Da'Shonte Riley (Detroit, Mich.-Detroit Country Day) added a team-best and career-high 13 rebounds.
Travis Schuba scored 23 points to lead the Crusaders in the loss, going 7-of-22 from three-point land. As a team, Madonna shot 35.2 percent (19-of-54) from the floor.
EMU improves to 5-1 on the 2012-13 campaign, its best start to a season since going 6-1 to start the 2004-05 season. Madonna drops to 5-2 on the year.
Two contrasting offenses took the floor as Eastern Michigan controlled the paint while Madonna dominated from beyond the arc. EMU outscored MU, 38-12, in the paint, but Madonna shot 12-of-33 from three-point range while Eastern only managed to go 4-of-17 from deep.
Unlike in recent games, both teams got off to fast starts as Madonna took a 12-8 lead into the first media timeout. The Crusaders shot 4-of-8 from the floor, including 3-of-6 from three-point land, while the Eagles shot 4-of-9 to start.
Coming out of the timeout, Madonna increased its lead with its fourth three-pointer of the game. A put-back dunk and a layup followed as EMU Head Coach Rob Murphy was forced to take a timeout with his team down, 19-8, with 12:22 remaining in the first half.
The timeout seemed to work as the Eagles went on a 7-0 run over the next four minutes to cut the lead to four points. While the Green and White found success on the inside, Madonna continued to hit from the outside, making three more long balls to maintain a 30-21 lead with 6:18 to go in the opening half.
However, the Eastern defense stepped up, holding Madonna scoreless for the rest of the half and going on a 12-0 run to take a 33-30 lead into the locker room.
The Eagles opened up the second half scoring the first four points to take a 37-30 lead. Schuba finally ended his team's 10-minute scoring drought with his fourth three of the game, to cut the EMU lead to only four points. The Crusaders would not get any closer the rest of the game as Eastern responded with a 10-0 run that included back-to-back three-pointers by Derek Thompson (Detroit, Mich.-Melvindale) to make it 47-33 with 13:22 remaining in the game.
The lead increased as Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid), Bryant, and Lee all added dunks along with a three from Austin Harper (Grand Haven, Mich.-Grand Haven) to make it a 75-52 game with under two minutes to go.
EMU now heads into its longest stretch between games as the Eagles will not be in action again until Dec. 3 at Syracuse University, the former stomping grounds of Coach Murphy. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome.
Buffalo 76, Mansfield 57
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's basketball team outscored Mansfield, 50-29, in the first half before cruising to a 76-57 win at Alumni Arena on Saturday night. All 11 UB players scored in the game as the Bulls snapped their three-game losing streak.
Will Regan scored a game-high 15 points, including seven of the Bulls' first nine points. Javon McCrea added 14 points and seven rebounds in just 17 minutes. Regan and McCrea combined to shoot 12-of-17 from the field. Xavier Ford and Auraum Nuiriankh each added nine points for the Bulls.
Mansfield made its first seven shots from the field and led 25-23 with 9:13 left in the first half. But back-to-back buckets by McCrea and a corner three from Richie Sebuharara sparked a 27-4 scoring run to end the half. It was Sebuharara's first career basket. The senior finished with five points and two assists in the game.
The Bulls were able to empty the bench in the second half and give every player some significant minutes. Jarryn Skeete had a game-high nine rebounds to go along with three points and four assists. Raphell Thomas-Edwards added five points and three rebounds. Andre McPhail scored the first points of his career with a conventional three-point play. The freshman forward had three points and a rebound in eight minutes.
Corey Raley-Ross had five of the Bulls' 21 assists in the game. Buffalo outrebounded Mansfield, 37-26.
"We had pretty good energy come off the bench. It got us going and we were able to separate ourselves," head coach Reggie Witherspoon said. "I thought we moved the ball well and that's certainly an area we are working on really hard to learn the lesson of not beating ourselves. I think tonight we were decent in that area."
Buffalo (2-5) will remain at home and host Temple on Wednesday night at Alumni Arena.
Loyola (Ill.) 53, Northern Illinois 46
DEKALB, Ill. -- Freshman guard Akeem Springs (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan Township) led Northern Illinois with 15 points but it wasn't enough as Loyola Chicago escaped with a 53-46 victory on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. The Ramblers led by one at the half and used 56.3 percent shooting in the second half to claim the seven-point victory.
"I thought it was a defensive grinder type of game, especially when you see a 16-15 halftime score," said NIU head coach Mark Montgomery. "I thought both teams came out playing hard, playing physical. It went back-and-forth early in the second then they pulled away before we made a surge at the end, but you have to give it up to (Ben) Averkamp, their senior, he set the tone. He had 10 points at halftime and made the plays to put them ahead."
Neither team was able to find much rhythm offensively in the first half; Loyola shot just 26.3 percent (5-of-19) in the opening half while Northern Illinois shot just 22.2 percent (6-of-27) in the first 20 minutes. After the half, Loyola shot 56.3 percent from the field (9-of-16) and made 15 free throws to earn the road win.
Freshman guard Daveon Balls (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) scored six points and dished out a career-best four assists in his first career start. Junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds but as a team Northern Illinois was outrebounded, 34-31, for the first time this season.
Trailing by just one, 16-15, at the intermission, NIU took its first lead of the game on a triple by Springs to start the second stanza.
The lead swung back to Loyola, 22-20, until an old-fashioned 3-point play by freshman wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) gave NIU the lead with 17:27 to play.
An 11-2 run by the Ramblers gave Loyola a 33-25 lead with just over 13 minutes left. The Loyola advantage grew to 12, 46-34, until an 8-2 burst pulled the Huskies to within a half-dozen, 48-42, with just over a minute to play.
Sophomore forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) opened the run with a basket and Bolin capped the burst with a three from the top of the key to cut the Loyola lead to just six, but that was as close as NIU would come.
In the first half, with the game tied at eight, Loyola used an 8-2 run to take a 16-10 lead with just under eight minutes to play in the opening 20 minutes. NIU then held Loyola scoreless for the final eight minutes of the first half and pulled within one, 16-15, with a 3-point play by Springs and a layup by Bolin.
Ben Averkamp scored a team-high 15 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for Loyola. Cully Payne added 10 points for the Ramblers.
The Huskies will conclude their three-game homestand on Tuesday, Nov. 27, when they host UIC at the NIU Convocation Center. Game time against the Flames is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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The fun will begin Friday and run until Sunday in and around Little Lake Park. The outdoor activities will take place exclusively on Saturday.
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Your child will love watching the butterflies circling lazily overhead with this soothing mobile from Flensted. The butterflies' translucent wings catch the light beautifully and overlap for a pretty, multi-colored effect. This semi-assembled mobile clicks together easily and is almost ready to hang. Flensted Mobiles have been around for over fifty years, delighting parents and children alike with their fun, decorative mobiles.See Full Details
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Golden Eagles Travel to Big Easy for SLC Showdown
Live stats and a paid video broadcast of Thursday's match are available at UNOPrivateers.com.
Oral Roberts (10-2, 2-0 Southland Conference) dealt swiftly with a pair of conference newcomers last week, sweeping Incarnate Word on Thursday and Abilene Christian on Saturday in front of lively crowds at the Kenneth H. Cooper Aerobics Center. McKenna Qualls had a huge effort in the Thursday win, with 12 kills and 12 digs, while Sara Pope led all players with 17 kills in Saturday's victory.
Pope continues to shine as one of the Southland Conference's top offensive weapons; through four weeks she ranks 3rd in the league with 3.76 kills per set and 6th with a hitting percentage of .304.
On the defensive end, reigning SLC Defensive Player of the Year Bruna Silva remains ORU's backline leader. The senior is averaging 4.90 digs per set, 3rd in the league and 38th in the NCAA Division I ranks.
Dominance on the serve was a key facet of ORU's two wins last week, as the Golden Eagles launched a season-high nine service aces vs. Incarnate Word and six more against Abilene. Jessica Pancratz set a career high with four aces on Thursday, and Qualls chipped in three on Saturday.
As a team, ORU has proven to be the Southland's top two-way club through four weeks. The Golden Eagles lead the league in kills per set (14.20), hitting percentage (.273) and opponent's hitting percentage (.169).
New Orleans has struggled in their first season as Southland Conference members, with a 2-12 overall record and an 0-2 record in SLC matches.
The Privateers earned their two victories in consecutive days, a 3-1 win over Savannah State on September 13 and a 3-0 sweep of Arkansas-Pine Bluff on September 14. But the Privateers suffered two sweeps last weekend, falling 3-0 to both Stephen F. Austin and Northwestern State.
Freshman Cara Sander leads the UNO offensive effort with 1.77 kills per set. Defensively, sophomore Lauren Levy enters the weekend with a team-high 3.37 digs per set, and she also has a team-best 12 service aces.
UNO Head Coach Kim Young-Buford has a record of 22-58 in her fourth season at UNO, with an overall record of 156-140 in her 10th season.
ORU's Sheera Sirola enters the week with a career record of 197-128. With three more victories, Sirola will become the first coach in Golden Eagle volleyball history to reach 200 wins.
ORU is 4-1 all-time against New Orleans and has won their last three meetings with the Privateers. The two teams last played on September 18, 1999, a 3-0 Golden Eagle victory as part of the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Golden Eagles will finish their road trip on Saturday afternoon, when they take on Southeastern Louisiana. First serve in Hammond, La., is on the books for 2 pm CT.