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I'm just curious to see where the fan support is for our players right now. We should probably list a reason why each player is where they are.
My personal Top 5...
1.Tyson Chandler- Hustles/Rebounds/Blocks--When everybody Else gets beat defensively, I always know I have Chandler back there to enforce the law.
2. Iman Shumpert- Energy/Defense/Effort--- Three of my favorite characteristics in a Basketball player.
3. Carmelo Anthony- Obviously the guy can score at will. I'd love to see us install an offense where he doesn't have to Iso himself to score. He's a willing passer but guy's have to move to make that happen.
4. Jeremy Lin--- Look, that amazing/Unexplainable 9 game run he had to start his campaign with NYK was unrealistic. He set expectations that he just couldn't possibly keep. But he's a scoring PG, who can pass. He obviously has stuff to work on, ball handing is number 1 and also Decision making. But I'd like him to learn that stuff and get better as a New York Knick and not somewhere else.
5. Steve Novak----You know what your gonna get from him. He's gonna knock down open shots. Can you expect him to play a whole lot of defense, not really. But when he's in, the entire offense changes because the other team has to be aware of where he is at all times and that's a very useful thing to have for Melo/Lin. He shot 47.2 from 3PT land which is unreal and he's a 43.7% for his career which is also outstanding.


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HHI Day 2
Aug 19th
It was a beautiful day to go to the beach. Our entire week was beautiful.
Most of the week there was a heat index of up to 115 degree's. I never drank so much water each day in my life. The heat wasn't just down south, it was everywhere. I was probably one of the few in heaven loving how hot it was. Stay hydrated and it's not a problem.
We purchased some boogie boards for the boys. They spent most of the day out in the water on them. We figured out why they call those water shirts rash guards, cause the boards leave a rash on your stomach area. They could have cared less.
Ali is a mommy's girl so I thought this was a cute picture to have of daddy and her spending time together.
I don't recall what pissed her off that resulted in this picture. I absolutely love pictures of her pissed off. They are the best pictures I have of her and I have many LOL
We left the beach to take a dip in the resort pool. Ali and Jeremy play in the water all the time. Autumn, not so much. Teens are so pissy sometimes. I guess I should be lucky she sat there with me and talked tho cause she didn't go everywhere with us this trip.
We also took a bike ride to Coligny Plaza to grab a bite to eat. Coligny is about a mile or so from where we were staying. Yes, we got alot of exercise that week as we biked almost everyday. We decided to eat at the Frosty Frog Cafe. It was crowded but we found a table outside to eat at. We almost sat inside but decided against it. I was a little mad at myself when I looked inside and saw Big Brother on the TV, which I was missing. Probably a good thing tho were supposed to be on vacation. They sell Daiquiris made with grain alcohol with up to 190 proof. I wanted to try one so bad, but had to keep reminding myself that I biked there. I don't know if I could have biked back a mile in any non-sober condition.
Last year I tried the crab cake. It was absolutely the best crab cake I had ever had. This year I decided to try the crab cake sandwich. Even better and more filling. It's not much more expensive to just get the sandwich. Many restaurant's have a different type of potato salad there that I fell in love with. It tastes like they took deviled eggs, cut it all up and mixed it into the potato salad. What a proper name for it, Deviled Egg Potato Salad. I will have to come up with a recipe one of these days.
That sums up day 2 of our trip. As you see we typically just hang at the beach, ride bikes and eat when we go LOL I wouldn't have it any other way and HHI is the best place to do just that.
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HHI Day 1
Aug 16th
It has been a little over two weeks since we left beautiful Hilton Head Island, SC. It has taken me some time to get back into the swing of daily life and catching up at work.
This post consists of some pics from the drive down as well as our first day on the island. The drive is approx. 12 hours, without stops. This year we did the trip in 2 days instead of all night, staying at a hotel in Jonesville, NC (middle of freaking nowhere).
The first picture is a picture of a tunnel. Why is it so special? It shows that Pittsburgher's are not the only people who break before entering a tunnel! Everytime we went through a tunnel, same thing.
There are always a few cars/trucks that are interesting in one way or another. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.
It's always beautiful to go over the bridge to the island. If you didn't smell the salt water 15 minutes ago you will smell it now!
We arrive too early to go to our rental as usual. In a hurry to get there? Hmmmm, maybe :) Usually it's not an issue, this year we brought our dog. It became an issue of where are we allowed to go with our dog. South Beach Marina has a few resteraunts and shops. We found a nice area to sit that had a re-fillable dog water bowl and also these birds….
When we got the go ahead to go to our rental we were pleasently suprised. It is a resort island with most of them being very costly. We rented this one from Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island for under $1,000 for the week. You can't get a deacent hotel for that here. It was spacious enough for my family and had everything we needed. It was private, quiet, and within walking distance to the beach. If you ever plan on visiting HHI check out their website. They have everything from low cost to very expensive all over the island. The people are wonderful to work with.
Here are a couple pics of our place. It is almost like a yurt. It had a kitchen, dining room, living room combo which was nice to hang out in. There were 2 bedrooms with the bathroom inbetween and a nice size back deck.
After unpacking we of coarse wanted to go to the beach. We didn't pack much we just wanted to go.
My puppy wanted nothing to do with the beach. She was pissed. She wanted to know what the eff was under her feet and will you please pick me up already!
Once she was laying on the blanket she was happier.
So we had settled in, went to the beach and were pretty beat. We ordered pizza in and got a good nights sleep dreaming of what to do next.
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Sunrise on the Beach
Jan 5th
It all started with a beautiful sunrise one morning. I didn't think anything could top walking down the beach in the dark awaiting the sunrise. It's nothing like the darkness of the night sky.
As I walked up the coast it got brighter and brighter. It was amazing watching as the sky turned different colors. Many shades of pink and blue could be seen just over 10 mintues time.
It was blinding yet beautiful to see. I stood for what seemed forever staring at it, photographing it. I had never experienced a sunrise like it before. For one because they are different where I live. Also I usually have no reason or want to get up that early to even see one.
What came soon after this glorious picture was an even better one. I couldn't tear myself away from it.
There is just something beautiful and plain neat about the rain coming from the ocean and towards the shore.
The sound it makes is erie yet calming.
If it's not storming try enjoying the beach in the rain. Just playing in the sand while raining proved for an enjoyable time.
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The ability to think and work creatively is one of the most important skills our students learn and our alumni demonstrate. On October 4, a community celebration and ceremonial groundbreaking took place, and construction has begun on the Creative Arts Center. Doors will open to Middle and Upper School students one year from now!
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While ski slopes look for snow in the forecast, ski shops know these cold snaps can lead to a boost in sales. Winter weather enthusiasts still want to get out despite the cold that has gripped the Northeast this week.
"When we saw the weather was going to be cold, we anticipated [more sales]," said Jen Audia of Competitive Edge Ski & Bike in East Longmeadow. "We've seen people come in looking specifically for fleece-weight insulators."
On frigid days like Wednesday and Thursday, the key to staying warm is dressing in the proper layers made from the correct material to best insulate yourself for extended periods on the mountain.
"It's good to start with base layers, either a fleece weight or silk weight, and then layering on top an insulated snow pant," said Audia. "Up top you'll want to add in a mid-weight, maybe even a down or synthetic insulator, and then a protective shell."
If heading to the ski slopes on a brutally cold day, Audia said the best thing to do is overpack. Not only is it better to overestimate how many layers you'll need, but when it's this cold sometimes a change out of those cold clothes be worthwhile as well.
"Pack extra stuff with you when you go to the mountain," said Audia. "Wear separate socks when you go to the mountain, throw on fresh socks, or come on in during the afternoon and change up any gear that might be cold or might create cold pockets in your gloves or in your boots."
When checking the forecast at your favorite ski resort, the daytime high temperature is not a true indicator of the conditions to expect. For that, you want to check the expected wind chills for the day, which can easily be twenty or more degrees colder than the forecasted high temperature.
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10 Bizarre Baseball First Pitches
April 4th is always an important day (it's both Children's Day and International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance), but this year it's also Major League Baseball's Opening Night, which means a ceremonial first pitch for the non-Japanese-played season. First pitches have been thrown by everyone from Presidents to dinosaurs, and don't always go well. These ten are the most bizarre first pitches in baseball history.
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Thaddeus Stephen MacMoran, 27, was tried in Mecklenburg County Superior Court for statutory sex offense of a person 13, 14 or 15 years old, crime against nature, and four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.
After a three-day trial, the jury returned verdicts of guilty on all counts Thursday.
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…not to mention the fact that RED SHIRT thought he was God's gift to the Federation and jeopardised the mission by getting himself killed. Was he trying to prove to Kirk and co that he had balls but no brains… or did he suffer from lack of air due to a suit malfunction?
On the subject of the Transporter its a magical device pure and simple, ready to do what the writers called for.
Battlefield conditions.......Red Shirt was just a bit (over-zealous?) in trying to get the job done and pressed certain limitations to the "jump". They were descending at a fast rate...speed of sound? He did not suddenly decide that he could defy the laws of physics and make an accurate jump by ignoring protocol. He just "ScrewDD the Pooch". The red shirt did not help though...lol
Yes, but there were generalities of how it operated in TOS that though the writers would incorporate failure into it's operation. I never saw it being as difficult to operate as in STXI, where, if it were to be safe for "biological life-forms" it would have to be a lot more redundant and dependable than it was portrayed in STXI. Even "Enterprise" recognized the then limitations of the transporter and at first did not officially rate it safe for living organisms...man for instance. Her captain only used it for himself as a last ditch effort. The system was either going to work, for him, or not. That reference, as in TOS and later never used the premise that.......OMG! I don't think the computer could do with the transporter what I'm about to do with it on manual operation and then nearly or partially (fail several times.) Software/programs would have to be "fixed" for improved reliability of the system. To go into a battle condition with something that prone to programing limitations would be lame. They were close to the pooch and even stepped on it.......until the new (Scotty's) programing was incorporated into the equipment.
Heck, my smart phone GPS gets a better "lock" on me than STXI's transporter did on Amanda. It should have had a caveat' of not being rated for such uses. It was just too slow and seemingly cumbersome for use in such circumstances.
I did keep waiting on TOS to figure out that the transporter could have been used as a means to deliver a weapon just as easily as beaming all the tribbles over to the Klingon ship. I doubt that STXI's transporters could have handled that task...lol
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Special Issue "Underutilized Plant Species: Leveraging Food and Nutritional Security, and Income Generation"
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2013)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Dr. Jacqueline Hughes
AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 74199, Taiwan
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Phone: +866 6 5837801
Interests: vegetables; traditional crops; crop protection; diet diversification; postharvest; quarantine; nutrition
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Dear Colleagues,
The world is precariously dependent on a limited number of food crop species despite its wealth of traditional, locally-adapted underutilized species. In many cases, the underutilised species have a much higher nutrient content than globally known species or varieties, even though they may not be fully suited to conventional production systems. With climate uncertainty, there is an urgent need to diversify our food base to a wider range of food crop species for greater system resilience. Promoting the use of underutilized species (vegetables, fruit, starchy crops and condiments) needs to be achieved by highlighting their importance in their current production areas as well as exploiting further opportunities to extend their production and consumption. Promotion of these species, and the development of their value chains, must be based on rigorous scientific methods which will enable us to remove the stigma of 'food for the poor' which often hinders their popularization and new demand creation. More research for development including conservation, selection, breeding, production, nutrition studies, postharvest value-addition and advocating consumption as part of a balanced diet will facilitate some of these underutilized species transitioning into crops that can better support development and the quality of life.
Dr. Jacqueline Hughes
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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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Article: Persea schiedeana: A High Oil "Cinderella Species" Fruit with Potential for Tropical Agroforestry Systems
Sustainability 2014, 6(1), 99-111; doi:10.3390/su6010099
Received: 18 October 2013; in revised form: 18 November 2013 / Accepted: 17 December 2013 / Published: 23 December 2013Show/Hide Abstract | PDF Full-text (1256 KB) | HTML Full-text | XML Full-text
Article: Potential of Underutilized Traditional Vegetables and Legume Crops to Contribute to Food and Nutritional Security, Income and More Sustainable Production Systems
Sustainability 2014, 6(1), 319-335; doi:10.3390/su6010319
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Article: Market Participation and Agro-Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Native Chili Varieties in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru
Sustainability 2014, 6(2), 615-630; doi:10.3390/su6020615
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Article: Agricultural Biodiversity in Southern Brazil: Integrating Efforts for Conservation and Use of Neglected and Underutilized Species
Sustainability 2014, 6(2), 741-757; doi:10.3390/su6020741
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Title: Potential of Underutilized Indigenous Vegetables and Legume Crops to Contribute to Food and Nutritional Security, Income and More Sustainable Production Systems
Author: Andreas W. Ebert
Affiliation: AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 74199, Taiwan
Abstract: Agriculture is under increasing pressure to produce greater quantities of food, feed and biofuel on limited land resources for the projected 9 billion people on the planet by 2050. At the same time there is increased awareness that current intensive monocropping systems based on a few crops are leading to environmental problems such as contamination of rivers and underground water sources for drinking water due to excessive use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Only three crops—wheat, maize and rice—grown on 40% of all arable land, currently deliver more than 55% of human calorie intake. Such an over-reliance on just a handful of major crops has inherent agronomical, ecological, nutritional and economic risks and is unsustainable in the long run, especially in view of global climate change. A wider use of currently underutilized crops, either intercropped with main staples in cereal-based systems or as stand-alone crops, provides more options to build temporal and spatial heterogeneity into uniform cropping systems, and will enhance resilience to both biotic and abiotic stress factors. Given the high nutritional value of many indigenous vegetables compared to global vegetables such as tomato and cabbage, indigenous vegetables and underutilized legume crops such as mungbean are an essential source of vitamins, micronutrients and protein and thus, a valuable component to attain nutritional security. Apart from their commercial, medicinal and cultural value, many indigenous vegetables are also considered important for environmental services due to their adaptation to marginal soil and harsh growing conditions. Vegetables in general, but also many indigenous vegetables such as amaranth, jute mallow, African nightshade, Asian and African eggplant, drumstick tree, bitter gourd, water spinach, Chinese kale, edible rape, roselle, Malabar spinach, slippery cabbage, winged bean and many gourd species are of considerable commercial value and thus can make a significant contribution to household income. However, not all indigenous and underutilized crops can simply and easily be turned into commercial success stories. Significant research, breeding and development efforts are needed for a range of carefully selected, promising crops to convert existing local landraces into varieties with wide adaptation and promising commercial potential. Access to genetic diversity of these selected crops, either in situ or ex situ, is a pre-condition for success. Two underutilized indigenous vegetable crops (amaranth and drumstick tree) and the underutilized legume crop mungbean are highlighted and briefly described in this article. All three crops are well represented in AVRDC's genebank with substantial inter- and intra-specific genetic diversity, and all three crops already have demonstrated their potential for wider adoption and commercial exploitation.
Title: Promoting Nutrition Sensitive and Climate Smart Agriculture Through Increased Use of Traditional Underutilized Species in the Pacific
Authors: Mary Taylor and Danny Hunter
Affiliation: Agrobiodiversity at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Abstract: Traditionally the Pacific Islands have depended on the diversity of their local food crops for food and nutritional security. However, increasing urbanization, poor investment in agriculture and the availability of cheap food imports have contributed to the decline of traditional crop production. The focus on markets has encouraged a general erosion of diversity in the food production systems through farmers concentrating on those crops and varieties attractive to the markets. The Pacific region has always faced challenges, due in part to the size of the islands and their geographical isolation. However, with the increasing reliance on imported food products affecting the health of the people across all age ranges, and climate change questioning the resilience of Pacific agriculture, the challenges for food security are greater than they have ever been. Promoting the use of traditional underutilized species has to incorporate development of a value chain approach and market strategies to ensure delivery of health benefits to consumers and economic benefits to local horticultural producers and other value chain actors? Identifying the reasons behind food choices is an essential component of successful value chain development, and addressing those issues that prevent more consumption of traditional, underutilized species. Highlighting the link between dietary diversity and resilient food production systems must be strengthened to ensure that practitioners in both nutrition-sensitive and climate smart agriculture coordinate their interventions. This paper will discuss these issues in the context of the Pacific region, and will focus on a number of species which have been identified by the Pacific Plant Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN) as target species for promotion and development.
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High Levels of Adamantane Resistance Among Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses and Interim Guidelines for Use of Antiviral Agents --- United States, 2005--06 Influenza Season
On January 17, this report was posted as an MMWR Dispatch on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).
An estimated 200,000 persons are hospitalized each year and 36,000 persons die from complications of influenza in the United States (1,2). The cornerstone of influenza prevention is annual vaccination. However, antiviral drugs are an important adjunct to vaccination for influenza prevention and control. Two classes of antiviral medications are available currently: adamantanes or M2 ion channel inhibitors (i.e., amantadine and rimantadine) and neuraminidase inhibitors (i.e., oseltamivir and zanamivir). The adamantanes are active against only influenza A viruses and are used for both treatment and chemoprophylaxis of influenza A, whereas the neuraminidase inhibitors are active against both influenza A and B viruses. Zanamivir is not approved for chemoprophylaxis of influenza in the United States. This report describes new findings regarding the resistance to adamantanes of influenza A viruses currently circulating in the United States and provides interim recommendations that these drugs not be used during the remainder of the 2005--06 influenza season. Amantadine also is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson disease and may continue to be used for this indication.
Resistance of influenza A viruses to adamantanes can occur spontaneously or emerge rapidly during treatment (3). A single point mutation in the codons for amino acids at positions 26, 27, 30, 31, or 34 of the M2 protein can confer cross-resistance to both amantadine and rimantadine (4). Neither replication, transmission, nor virulence of adamantane-resistant influenza A viruses are impaired by the point mutations conferring resistance (5). A recent report on the global prevalence of adamantane-resistant influenza A viruses indicated a significant increase of drug resistance, from 1.8% during the 2001--02 influenza season to 12.3% during the 2003--04 season (4). In the United States, the frequency of adamantane resistance increased from 1.9% during the 2003--04 influenza season to 11% during the 2004--05 season (CDC, unpublished data, 2005). In contrast to adamantane resistance, neuraminidase inhibitor resistance remains rare worldwide (6).
The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Laboratories and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) laboratories in the United States submit influenza isolates to CDC as part of routine virologic surveillance. A subset of these isolates is further characterized at CDC, which includes testing for antiviral susceptibility. Although isolates are submitted by all U.S. states and territories, they are not necessarily a representative sample of all influenza viruses circulating in the United States.
Since the beginning of the 2005--06 influenza surveillance season, WHO and NREVSS laboratories have tested a total of 38,932 specimens for influenza viruses; 1,557 (4.0%) tested positive. Among the 1,557 influenza viruses, 1,499 (96.3%) were influenza A viruses, and 58 (3.7%) were influenza B viruses. A total of 765 (51.0%) of the 1,499 influenza A viruses have been subtyped; 760 (99.3%) were influenza A (H3N2) viruses, and five (0.7%) were influenza A (H1N1) viruses. During October 1, 2005--January 14, 2006, a total of 123 influenza A viruses collected from 23 states were tested at CDC for adamantane resistance. Among the 120 influenza A (H3N2) viruses tested, 109 (91%) demonstrated the S31N substitution in the M2 protein that confers resistance to amantadine and rimantadine. Conventional sequencing on a subset of 20 viruses confirmed this substitution. Among the three influenza A (H1N1) viruses tested, none contained any mutations associated with resistance. As of January 14, all U.S. influenza viruses screened for antiviral resistance at CDC had demonstrated susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitors. Procedures for virus propagation, RNA extraction, and pyrosequencing for adamantane resistance have been described previously (4).
Reported by: WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Control of Influenza; RA Bright, PhD, D Shay, MD, J Bresee, MD, A Klimov, PhD, N Cox, PhD, Div of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases; J Ortiz, MD, EIS Officer, CDC.
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- Bright RA, Medina MJ, Xu X, et al. Incidence of adamantane resistance among influenza A (H3N2) viruses isolated worldwide from 1994 to 2005: a cause for concern. Lancet 2005;366:1175--81.
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- CDC. Update: influenza activity---United States, December 25--31, 2005. MMWR 2006;55:11--3.
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Let's take a look at Sunday's NCAA Tournament games, which will complete the round and reduce the field to the Sweet Sixteen. Sunday's action features a bunch of games between top-seeded teams and middle seeds who will face challenges in their bids to hang on.
No. 2 North Carolina and No. 7 Washington kick off the action at 12:15 PM on CBS. No. 1 Duke plays No. 8 Michigan at 2:45 PM, also on CBS. No. 1 Ohio State plays No. 8 George Mason at 5:15 PM on CBS.
At 6:10, No. 4 Texas plays No. 5 Arizona on TNT. No. 3 Purdue faces off against No. 11 VCU at 7:15 on TBS. No. 3 Syracuse plays Big East foe and No. 11 seed Marquette at 7:45 on truTV.
At 8:40, No. 1 Kansas faces No. 9 Illinois on TNT. Finally, at 9:40, No. 2 Notre Dame faces No. 10 Florida State on TBS.
After that, we'll head to the Sweet Sixteen, which will take place next week.
Well, the dream ends here. Not many people would have thought the Mountaineers could win, but when you have an eight point halftime lead, you should win. Unfortunately, today that wasn't the case. Briefly, on the Mountaineers' 71-63 loss to Kentucky:
That slams the door on basketball season. Hope your bracket is still alive, and I'll see you again at Milan Puskar Stadium this fall....
I'It seems like it was just last year... because it was.
Joe Mazzulla guarding DeMarcus Cousins. Da'Sean Butler pounding his chest. John Flowers doing the John Wall dance. It's something Mountaineer fans will remember forever. No one thought these two would square off again, but here it is, just one scant year later. These are two dramatically different teams. West Virginia lost Butler, Devin Ebanks and Wellington Smith. Kentucky lost their entire team. While West Virginia's returning players have matured and grown, Kentucky has simply reloaded with another class of talented freshmen led by Brandon Knight and Doran Lamb. While the stakes aren't as high as last year, there are no small games in the tournament. Here's what will be key this afternoon:
I'm off to Gene's, because if it takes a Chili Dog and a Pabst to beat the Wildcats, I'm going to do my part.
The first wave of results from today's NCAA Tournament games are in, so let's take a look:
No. 8 Butler beat No. 9 Old Dominion, meaning that Butler will play Pitt, assuming Pitt survives in its game against a No. 16 seed.
No. 4 Kentucky just beat No. 13 Princeton in a squeaker, so the Mountaineers will have a rematch against Kentucky in their next round.
No. 13 seed Morehead State provided the tournament's first big upset, defeating No. 4 Louisville, 62-61.
Including Penn State's loss to Temple, there are only five games done, including at least one in each division, so there's no sense updating the bracket for a few more hours, but we already have a fairly clear picture of what the local teams will be doing in the next round (assuming, again, that Pitt survives, as it appears it will – the Panthers are up by 13). The Nittany Lions will head home, the Panthers will face Butler, and the Mountaineers will face Kentucky – and if they win that one, their next opponent could be No. 1 seed Ohio State.
Win and play on. That was the goal, and it was accomplished by the Mountaineers this afternoon. It wasn't easy, and it was rarely pretty. Instead, the Mountaineers overcame a ten point first half deficit to grit out an 84-76 win to outlast the tired legs of a Tiger team that had played less that 48 hours before.
Here's what's to note as the 'Eers begin to prepare for their
2nd 3rd round matchup against the winner of the Kentucky/Princeton game.
Just a reminder that SBNation.com has a printable March Madness bracket to help you win your office pool and to keep tabs on local teams.
Today, Pitt plays UNC-Asheville, West Virginia plays Clemson, and Penn State plays Temple. Looking ahead on the bracket if those teams win, Pitt will play the winner of Butler and Old Dominion, West Virginia would play Kentucky or Princeton, and Penn State would play the winner of San Diego State and Northern Colorado. All those games are also going on today, so you can dart back and forth between games of local teams and those of their next-round opponents, if they happen to win.
Butler vs. Old Dominion: 12:40, truTV
Kentucky vs. Princeton: 2:45, CBS
SDSU vs. Northern Colorado: 4:40, TNT
Here's the full schedule of today's tournament games, and here's the full slate of first-round games – the rest of them are on the docket for tomorrow.
Here's the March Madness schedule for Thursday, March 17, as the NCAA Tournament begins in earnest. All three local teams will be playing tomorrow afternoon, with Pitt having a hopefully easy game against a No. 16 seed and West Virginia and Penn State having more challenging ones. All times are EST.
12:15 No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Clemson, CBS
12:40 No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Old Dominion, truTV
1:40 No. 13 Morehead State vs. No. 4 Louisville, TBS
2:10 No. 7 Temple vs. No. 10 Penn State, TNT
2:45 No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Princeton, CBS
3:10 No. 1 Pitt vs. No. 16 UNC-Asheville, truTV
4:10 No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Richmond, TBS
4:40 No. 2 San Diego State vs. No. 15 Northern Colorado, TNT
6:50 No. 2 Florida vs. No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara, TBS
7:15 No. 3 BYU vs. No. 14 Wofford, CBS
7:20 No. 3 UConn vs. No. 14 Bucknell, TNT
7:27 No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Belmont, truTV
9:20 No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 10 Michigan State, TBS
9:45 No. 6 St. John's vs. No. 11 Gonzaga, CBS
9:50 No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 Missouri, TNT
9:57 No. 5 Kansas State vs. No. 12 Utah, truTV
It's the eve of the NCAA tournament. In my house, that puts this night somewhere around Christmas eve in the hierarchy of holidays. As a West Virginia Mountaineer fan who grew up during the days of WVU's time in the Atlantic 10, I'm always amazed when it's March and the 'Eers are still playing. Last March they kept playing and playing and playing - it was like a dream. Can that happen again? Doubtful, but here's what will be going through my head just after noon tomorrow when the Mountaineers square off with the Clemson Tigers:
What's at stake? Everything! This is the tournament, people. This is where players go from anonymity to super-stardom. This is the road to the championship, but most importantly: it's win or go home. The Mountaineers face a quick trip back to Morgantown if they lose, and these five seniors know it. If they win, the likely outcome is another date with Kentucky, whose shocking defeat was the Mountaineers' highest point last season. I, for one, am extremely nervous about the prospect of that matchup. The law of probability tells me that won't happen two years in a row, despite the fact that Kentucky is an entirely different team than they were last year. Either way, it's an enticing match-up for folks in the Mountain State.
What's Clemson bringing? The Tigers are led onto the court by a dynamic tandem of guards, Demontez Stitt and Andre Young, just the sorts that have given the Mountaineers fits this season. That said, the Mountaineers' tough man-to-man defense should jam up Clemson's cutters. The Tigers can crash the boards, but West Virginia has been much improved in that department lately. The principal issue for the Mountaineers will be keep Clemson's guards out in front of them, and only let them shoot challenged shots. If that happens, the Mountaineer Defense should control the court.
Are the Mountaineers' problems the same as all season? Yep. Scoring and smart offense are the Mountaineers' Achilles heels. West Virginia had been playing really good basketball before a letdown in the Big East tournament. In getting beat by Marquette, WVU went nine minutes without a field goal in the second half. That just can't happen in the tournament. Just. Can't. Happen. The Mountaineers have come out on top in nearly every game where their offense didn't disappear. Let's hope this is one of them.
Can the Mountaineer guards lift this team to victory? If the Mountaineers are going to go deep into this tournament, they need Joe Mazzulla, Truck Bryant and Casey Mitchell to score. Mazzulla needs to put the ball on the deck to create for himself and free up outside shots for Mitchell and Bryant. Then, of course, those two have to hit some of them. Mitchell hit two huge threes in a win against Louisville, so you have to imagine that the senior is brimming with confidence. Bryant, not so much. The shooting slump he's endured this season has been epic, but has shown moments of breaking. Hopefully that comes sometime in this tournament. While Mazzulla's been scoring the ball much more of late, his most important task is making the offense run. If he can make that happen, this team can surprise some people in this tournament.
Who's doing the dirty work? For the 'Eers, it's going to have to be their front court. In the late season win against Louisville Kevin Jones broke out with the kind of game most WVU fans had been hoping for all season long. If Jones can occupy space in the paint and score the basketball, then things are looking up. John Flowers can be counted on to rebound, block shots and lock down the opposition's best player. In this tournament, he'll do all those things but the Mountaineers will need a couple buckets out of him as well. Deniz Kilicli has been an enigma this season, but with some great inside play he could be one of the tournament's breakout players. Unfortunately for the Big Turk, in order to do that he's going to have to rebound and defend with the best of them. Jamming the middle and staying out of foul trouble are the goals of all three Mountaineer big men, and for WVU to beat anybody, they're going to have to do that.
I'll be reprising my lucky habits of last season and will be watching the game whilst enjoying a hot dog at Gene's in South Park. Let's do this again Mounties, shall we?
Clemson beat UAB in Dayton Tuesday night, 70-52, meaning the Tigers will go on to face West Virginia on Thursday in Florida.
Jerai Grant scored 22 points for Clemson, while Milton Jennings had 11 points off the bench and Devin Booker and Tanner Smith had 10 points each.
Jamarr Sanders had 19 points and Dexter Fields had 12 for UAB.
Clemson leaped out to a ten-point lead five minutes into the first half and never relinquished it, taking a 12-point lead into halftime and building on it in the second half.
Clemson has a 22-11 record overall and a 9-7 record in the ACC, but lost most of its games against top teams. The Tigers lost to North Carolina three times (two in close games), while also losing to Duke, Michigan and Old Dominion. The Tigers did beat Florida State and Virginia Tech. This should be a very winnable game for the Mountaineers.
UNC-Asheville defeated Arkansas-Little Rock on Tuesday and will therefore be Pitt's first opponent in the NCAA Tournament. UNC-Asheville were down throughout the game, but a late outburst of scoring by Matt Dickey (who had 22 points, including 14 in the last eight and a half minutes in regulation) led UNC-Asheville to overtime, where it ultimately emerged victorious.
UNC-Asheville doesn't have much of a prayer against Pitt, frankly – the Bulldogs were 11-7 in the lowly Big South conference. They played Ohio State, Georgetown and North Carolina this year and lost to all three, including a 96-49 blowout at the hands of the Buckeyes.
Clemson currently holds an eight-point lead on UAB late in the first half in the game that will decide who West Virginia's first opponent will be.
Tomorrow's action features Texas-San Antonio and Alabama State playing for the right to face Ohio State, and Virginia Commonwealth and USC vying for the right to face Georgetown. Action really gets underway on Thursday, however, when there will be 16 games, including Pitt (in Washington DC at 3:15 EST; truTV) and West Virginia (12:15 PM in Tampa; CBS)
The verdict is out and many pundits across the country are calling Pitt's Southeast region the easiest of the four. But while Pitt may have one of its easiest paths ever to the Final Four, there are still some traps ahead. Here are a few of the potential March Madness challenges for Pitt:
Old Dominion – Pitt fans should be hoping for a Butler win over Old Dominion in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs are no doubt a very capable team, but ODU could pose a serious challenge to the Panthers. The Monarchs have a Pitt-like 27-6 record and have won their past nine contests. They lost a tough opener to Georgetown by three points, but have some pretty impressive wins over some good teams such as Xavier, Richmond, Clemson, and George Mason. Playing in D.C., Old Dominion (in nearby Virginia) will have a favorable crowd.
Kansas State – Should Pitt advance, in the next game the Panthers will have its hands full if it ends up playing either Kansas State or Wisconsin (or maybe even Belmont or Utah State). But of the four, Kansas State is a hot team right now and one Pitt should want to avoid. They were highly-touted in the beginning of the season, but kind of fell off the radar after a nasty 2-5 mid-season skid. However, one thing you don't hear much about is the fact that none of those games were necessarily bad losses. The Wildcats were defeated by NCAA teams Kansas, Texas A&M, and Missouri on the road. Colorado was, in most eyes, an NCAA tournament team, and a road loss to NIT-bound Oklahoma State was a tough game. Down the stretch, KSU beat teams like Kansas, Texas, and Missouri, and they could be just hitting their stride. The Wildcats also have a bonafide star guard in Jacob Pullen, who averages more than 19 points per game. Pitt's best hope is for Kansas State to get knocked out before the third round.
Elite Eight Game (Anyone) – Face it – any team that Pitt plays here will be a tough matchup. It could be No. 2 seed Florida, a Tom Izzo Michigan State team that always plays well come tournament time, a St. John's team that already defeated the Panthers, or even another team. Regardless of who Pitt squares off against, it should be a tough game. Pitt will likely have at least a few jitters at the prospect of going where no Pitt team has gone before … and no, the 1941 Final Four team doesn't count. The good news for Pitt is that if they make it this far, the team will be down to a single game to reach the Final Four.
Those of you hunting for a March Madness bracket template can find a printable bracket at SBNation.com.
Here's the schedule of games for tonight. There are two games, both of which have relevance regionally. At 6:30 PM on truTV, UNC-Asheville plays Arkansas-Little Rock in a game that will determine which team wins the right to be blown out by Pitt. At 9:00, Clemson plays UAB, also on truTV, with the winner taking on West Virginia.
Tomorrow (Wednesday), Texas-San Antonio plays Alabama State at 6:30 and VCU takes on USC at 9:00. Both games are, again, on truTV.
The tournament begins in earnest on Thursday, with West Virginia having the first game, at 12:15 on CBS. Pitt plays on truTV at 3:15.
Unless your office pool lets you skip out on the first couple days of games, you only have a few hours left, so get those brackets in. The Seattle Times has some good advice – doing pick millions of upsets. They're really sexy when you predict them correctly, but you'll usually get them wrong.
If you're still scrambling to turn in your NCAA Tournament picks, SB Nation has a printable bracket for you. Here's a look at some bracket predictions. First up is SBNation.com's. SB Nation has Pitt actually losing in its second game, against Old Dominion:
No. 9 Old Dominion over No. 1 Pittsburgh, as the Panthers struggle with their rough Colonial equivalent.
That's the sort of pick that will make you look like a genius in your office pool if you're right, but only because you'll so rarely actually be right. The Monarchs have 27 wins so far this year, but most of those came against schools like Hofstra and William & Mary. Meanwhile, ODU lost against Georgetown and got blown out by Missouri, and its biggest win was against Xavier (who, admittedly, is seeded higher than ODU is). Not that Old Dominion played the country's easiest schedule or anything, but the difference between their slate of games and the Big East gauntlet Pitt walked is enormous. You should pick Pitt to win that game, and probably to continue winning up to the Final Four, since its opponents along the way will be relatively easy to beat.
SB Nation also picks Temple to beat Penn State.
FOX Sports' Jeff Goodman picks Pitt to advance to the Final Four before eventually losing to Kansas:
Top seed Pittsburgh drew the easiest region and the Panthers should make their first-ever Final Four appearance. Butler was fortunate to go dancing, but last year's Cinderella will make an early exit to Old Dominion. Kansas State has turned it around, but I don't have much confidence in anyone except for Jake Pullen — and he can't carry this team for long.
The Sporting News notes that Pitt's bracket is a favorable one but still picks Kansas State to advance to the Final Four.
Three of six prognosticators at Sports Illustrated predict that Pitt will go to the Final Four. Two more pick Florida, and one picks Wisconsin.
Over at SB Nation, also be sure to check out Anson Whaley's Pitt primer and Aaron Hawley's West Virginia primer.
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& 2 all my followers, be sure 2 be on the lookout for the debut of the new International Collection from Angry White Teen™ featuring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Anonymous said: What the hell? Some bitches, man. I can't believe that girl. I'm actually emotionally scarred. I am from Boston. I live here. I watched the bombings happen right out there in the street. I heard screaming and saw people running. I watched the first responders act. I still cry at night because I remember the sheer terror surrounding me. I was on lockdown. I was afraid for the lives of people I've never met. I'm not mad at you. I just need people to know.
i'm really sorry you had to go through that. the internet has made it so people can distance themselves from the reality of a tragedy. people don't want to believe that a young person is capable of this type of violence & while that can be a normal response, the shit you see on tumblr has really taken it to another level. there has always been & will always be supporters of murderers, rapists, etc. but tumblr is mostly comprised of younger people who, despite their claims not to, support young men like dzhokar tsarnaev because of an attraction or similarities they see in them to themselves. ignore it.
So which excuse do yall wanna use, that hes mentally ill or that he was coerced into it?
for now they're going the "it's the government" route but once his ass is in the sentencing phase, they'll switch over 2 the mentally ill claim
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