SB Nation User Blog: Phauz

This will make you feel better

Phauz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:50:56 -0000

...either that, or it will make it worse.

http://mashup.cbssports.com/show.php?id=1921

Nevermind that Edgar's shot came after a pushoff. Or that that ball went off Padgett and over to Tennessee. I love this CBS app!

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Big East vs. ACC "upsets"

Phauz — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:32:42 -0000

(12)Villanova 75, (5)Clemson 69
(7) West Virgnia 73, (2) Duke 67

(1) UNC vs. (5) ND next? I almost hope it comes to (1) UNC vs. (3) Louisville though

Thats what they get for this...
http://www.carolinamarch.com/story/2008/3/14/04016/2346

Mid-week BE tourney projections

Phauz — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:28:23 -0000

Bumped from Diaries

Syracuse-setonhall game effectively ends my dream of getting a 2nd round matchup with Cincy/SetonHall winner

Most games are easy to pick form here out. Here is the outlook with these assumptions:

UL over GT
UConn over Prov and Cinc
Marq over Syr
ND over USF
WV over SJU
Pitt over DePaul
Vill over Prov
SHall over Rut
Cinc over DePaul

UofL gets Cincy/Nova winner in R1

Rank    Count    W-L    Tie Breaker
1    Louisville    15-3
2    Georgetown    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 2-0
3    Connecticut    14-4    TB3 - record vs top teams
4    Notre Dame    14-4    TB3 - record vs top teams
5    Marquette    12-6
6    West Virginia    11-7
7    Pittsburgh    10-8
8    Cincinnati    9-9    TB1 - h to h
9    Villanova    9-9    TB1 - h to h
10    Syracuse    8-10    TB1 - h to h
11    Seton Hall    8-10    TB1 - h to h
12    DePaul    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 2-1
13    St. John's    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-1
14    Providence    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-2
15    South Florida    3-15
16    Rutgers    2-16

With UofL loss:

Now we get WV/Seton Hall winner. Why does it always have to be WV?

Rank    Count    W-L    Tie Breaker
1    Georgetown    15-3
2    Connecticut    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 2-1
3    Louisville    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 1-1
4    Notre Dame    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 1-2
5    Marquette    12-6
6    West Virginia    11-7
7    Pittsburgh    10-8
8    Cincinnati    9-9    TB1 - h to h
9    Villanova    9-9    TB1 - h to h
10    Syracuse    8-10    TB1 - h to h
11    Seton Hall    8-10    TB1 - h to h
12    DePaul    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 2-1
13    St. John's    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-1
14    Providence    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-2
15    South Florida    3-15
16    Rutgers    2-16

Potential for #1 UofL matchup with Pitt as #8 seed with Cincy over UConn or Pitt loss to DePaul

Potential for #1 UofL matchup with Syracuse as #9 seed with Syr win over Marq

Rank    Count    W-L    Tie Breaker
1    Louisville    15-3
2    Georgetown    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 2-0
3    Connecticut    14-4    TB3 - record vs top teams
4    Notre Dame    14-4    TB3 - record vs top teams
5    West Virginia    11-7    TB1 - h to h
6    Marquette    11-7    TB1 - h to h
7    Pittsburgh    10-8
8    Cincinnati    9-9    TB1 - miniconf 2-0
9    Syracuse    9-9    TB3 - record vs top teams
10    Villanova    9-9    TB3 - record vs top teams
11    Seton Hall    8-10
12    DePaul    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 2-1
13    St. John's    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-1
14    Providence    5-13    TB1 - miniconf 1-2
15    South Florida    3-15
16    Rutgers    2-16

Not looking too bad - was a little worried we'd get the 1 seed but still have to face a Pitt, Syracuse, or WV 1st round. I'll take a Cincy/Nova winner any day.

Revenge factor

Phauz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:34:34 -0000

Good win today. 1 game from the title!

Thanks to Cincy choking against Prov today, lots of scenarios are now pointing to a Seton Hall/Cincy #8/#9 BE tourney matchup. How sweet would it be to get the 1 seed and get to exact revenge on Mick or Gonzo?

Rank    Team    W-L    Tie Breaker
1    #18 Louisville    15-3
2    #10 Georgetown    14-4    TB1 - miniconf 2-0
3    #16 Connecticut    14-4    TB3 - record vs UofL
4    #17 Notre Dame    14-4    TB3 - record vs UofL
5    #21 Marquette    12-6
6    West Virginia     11-7
7    Pittsburgh    10-8    TB1 - h to h
8    Seton Hall    10-8    TB1 - h to h
9    Cincinnati    9-9    TB1 - h to h
10    Villanova    9-9    TB1 - h to h
11    Syracuse    7-11
12    Providence    5-13    TB3 - record vs GT/Uconn
13    DePaul    5-13     TB3 - record vs GT/Uconn
14    St. John's    4-14
15    South Florida    3-15
16    Rutgers    2-16

Assumptions:
UL over GU
UConn wins out
Marq over Syr
ND wins out
WV wins out (including over Pitt)
Pitt over depaul
Nova over USF and Prov
Seton Hall over Syr and Rutgers
Cincy over depaul

Even with some changes (e.g. Syracuse over SHall), pretty good change of the 8/9 SHall/Cincy game setting up for us.

Now all we have to do is beat Georgetown!

Big East Tourney scenarios

Phauz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:39:28 -0000

Bumped from diaries

Yes, it's the moment I wait for all year - 1 week until the tourney! That means its time to crunch some numbers and see how the seeding can turn out. ;

This post will probably be dated in about 4 hours, so I recommend TiVoing all of today's games and not watching until you completely understand all tourny implications.

Here we go...

Scenario #1: Everything goes as expected

UL over Nova and GU
GU over Marq
UConn wins out, including beating WV
Pitt over Syr
Cincy over Prov
Syr over Hall

1    #18 Louisville
2 #10 Georgetown        2-0
2    #16 Connecticut        1-2        1-0 vs UL
2    #17 Notre Dame    1-2
5    #21 Marquette
6    West Virginia
7    Cincinnati        split        1-0 vs UL
7    Pittsburgh        split        0-1 vs. UL
9    Villanova        won h to h
9    Seton Hall
11    Syracuse
12    DePaul
13    Providence        won h to h
13    St. John's
15    Rutgers
16    South Florida

Louisville plays the winner of the 8/9 game. Pitt is #8 because they split with Cincy and the next tie-breaker is record vs #1 seed. Nova beat S Hall heat to head to get the #9 seed.

Scenario #2: What if GU loses to Marq but beats UofL

1    #10 Georgetown        3-1
1    #16 Connecticut        2-2    won h to h
1    #18 Louisville        2-2
1    #17 Notre Dame    1-3
5    #21 Marquette
6    West Virginia
7    Cincinnati        split    1-0 vs RU
7    Pittsburgh        split
9    Villanova        won h to h
9    Seton Hall
11    Syracuse
12    DePaul
13    Providence        won h to h
13    St. John's
15    Rutgers
16    South Florida

This one gave me a headache. A 4-way tie for first (that's a lot of t-shirts) gets broken with the miniconference record. GU wins and ND is the #4 seed. UConn gets the 2 over UofL because of the head-to head game. Cincy and Pitt split and no team gains a tie-breaker advantage until all the way down to Rutgers(!), which won at Pitt.

Scenario #3 Same thing, plus UConn loses to WV

1    #10 Georgetown        2-1    split h to h    2-0 vs Vill/SHall
1    #18 Louisville        2-1    split h to h    1-1 vs Vill/SHall
1    #17 Notre Dame    0-2
4    #16 Connecticut        won h to h
4    #21 Marquette
6    West Virginia
7    Cincinnati    split h to h    1-0 vs RU
7    Pittsburgh    split h to h
9    Villanova
9    Seton Hall
11    Syracuse
12    DePaul
13    Providence    won h to h
13    St. John's
15    Rutgers
16    South Florida

UofL now gets the two. Same miniconf record as GU and tiebreak goes all the way down to Vill/SHall, where GU wins with 2-0 record. Cincy-Pitt tiebreaker still goes all the way down to Rutgers.

Scenario #4 Worst case - UL loses out, UConn drops a game to WV, Marq wins out

Rank
1    #10 Georgetown        won h to h
1    #17 Notre Dame
3    #16 Connecticut        2-0
3    #18 Louisville        2-1
3    #21 Marquette        0-3
6    West Virginia
7    Pittsburgh        1-1
7    Cincinnati        0-2    beat Nova h to h
7    Villanova        0-2
10    Seton Hall
11    Syracuse
12    DePaul
13    Providence    won h to h
13    St. John's
15    Rutgers
16    South Florida

So, Louisville gets the 4 seed here and plays winner of Marq/DePaul. Pitt/Cincy/Nova deadlock is broken by record over GU/ND, then Cincy h-to-h win over Nova.

I think this means out ND win clinched us a bye. That's pretty important.

Memphis (State?) football matchup

Phauz — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:01:11 -0000

A hole in UofL's football schedule in '08? How 'bout filling it with...I don't know...some C-USA team or something. Just don't make us play Memphis in basketball. No really, I'm serious. If UofL ends up on the #4/#5 line in the same region as #1 Memphis I am going to get very nervous. But, back to football...

I like it, Mr. Jurich. If we can't beat Kentucky, surely we can't lose to Memphis. Right?

Somewhere, Marty Lowe just flinched.

Mountaineers RB Slaton decides to go pro

Phauz — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:59:14 -0000

yah!

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West Virginia junior running back Steve Slaton said Sunday he will enter the NFL draft.

"I just told my coaches," an emotional Slaton said. "This is hard for me. But my coaches that knew me best have left. And now it's time for me to leave."

Slaton said he was projected by the NFL advisory committee as a second-round pick.

"Some guys think I'm a step slow," Slaton said. "So I have to show at the combine that I'm not."

Slaton said he wasn't able to consult with former West Virginia and current Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez on the decision, but he did speak with his former position coach, Calvin Magee.

"It's a good decision for me now, because I'm a versatile back," Slaton said. "As versatile as any back. I can play running back, wide receiver, kick returner. This was hard for me, but it's my time now to go."

After setting West Virginia's school record with 1,733 yards rushing in 2006, Slaton ran for 1,051 yards in 2007 to surpass 1,000 yards for the third straight year. He also matched his career-high with 17 touchdowns in 2007.

BIG EAST vs big xii

Phauz — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:37:01 -0000

As a resident of North Dallas, I sit smack in the midst of Big XII country. How much am loving this beating that WVU is laying on OU? Enough to taunt the sports karma gods by making this post with 11 minutes left in the game...and in the never-say-never Fiesta Bowl no less

Oh well, screw it. Woo hoo! Go 'eers. 41-21! Never again will I have to hear from Texas fans how weak of a league UofL plays in.

Kyle Kuric...

Phauz — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:26:26 -0000

Kyle Kuric commits to UofL. A second recruit in 24 hours after Terrence Jennings!

6'5" sharpshooter wing from Evansville. Listed as a 3 star in insidetheville. I smell a #1 recruiting class!

Come on Tyreke Evans!

http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/blog.html

Mike - you really have to take off this 300 character minimum. Sometimes I am not that thoughtful.

Jew of L

Phauz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:26:36 -0000

As one of approximately 8,500 Jewish UofL fans, I feel obligated to comment on the bizarre article in the courier entitled "Blame ESPN for Cardinals playing during Yom Kippur". I always enjoyed taking an extra day off school as much as the next meshugana, but do people really expect that they are going to move a college football game for Yom Kippur? Maybe a good idea for the Northwestern vs. Duke game last week, but I think UofL-Syracuse can still go on.

Team spokesman Rocco Gasparro said he "didn't know of any U of L players who are Jewish". Oh yeah, Rocco? I guess that wasn't Malik Jacksonstein that I saw at the Temple on Friday night? And I guess I didn't throw back a bottle of Manischewitz with JaJuan Spillberg last weekend? How insensitive can you be?

As a protest, I will be wearing a red and black yamaka while watching the game. Also, I may modify my Louisville replica jersey to read "Jewisville". I encourage everyone out there who is planning on going to the game to join me in my Yom Kipper fashion statement, as the Cards try to atone for MANY sins on both sides of the ball.

There were some fantastic quotes in the comments section of that article:
"haven't the Jewish people been through enough? Now they're getting blamed for UL's fair-weather fan base."
"I don't think that footballs have been made of pigskin for a very long time." [On Jews not playing football because the ball is made of pigskin]