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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The BIAH Quotables

This a new feature we are trying out here at BIAH this season. Throughout the week, we are going to post some notable quotes or excerpts that show up in our google reader. Stupid people say stupid things 24 hours a day, and being somehow associated with the college hoops landscape does not preclude that fact. That said, we will not limit our quotables to the simple and idiotic, as the insightful and intelligent will also be highlighted. Feel free to pass along any quotables you stumble across to contactbiah@gmail.com or @ballinisahabit.

The snow is starting to melt and holiday season is starting to heat up. Here are some worthy quotables to get you through the holiday work week.


The big game of the weekend was "Mega-Bowl" Texas vs. UNC game at Jerry' Jones' Colosseum. Texas won in decisive fashion and raised the eyebrows of many hoops enthusiasts:
The 60-41 advantage on the boards posted by Texas, as impressive as it may look, in fact doesn’t begin to capture the degree of abject domination that the ‘Horns inflicted on their opponent.

Keep in mind North Carolina actually shot pretty well, and, more to the point, they shot significantly better than Texas. Which means there were fewer opportunities for the ‘Horns to haul down defensive boards. So for this team to get 19 more rebounds anyway means their work on the glass had to be absolutely absurd. Indeed it was: the Longhorns got to fully half of their own misses and rebounded 72 percent of Carolina’s missed shots.
The big controversy of the weekend was the ending to the Butler vs. Xavier game. John Adams, the NCAA coordinator of officials was concerned that the fans might get involved upon hearing the official ruling:
I went to the assistant police chief and said I think there is a 50-50 chance that they will wave off the basket.

If that happens, you need security with [the officials] right away. Once Xavier got the bad news, it was momentarily not pretty. But I'll hand it to the Xavier coach [Chris Mack]. He wasn't happy, but he didn't go crazy. He got his team off the floor and was gracious in the interview room.
Andy Katz made a nice point about Arizona State's record when given time to prepare. He believes coach Herb Sendak deserves the credit:
Give Herb Sendek five full days to prepare for a game and you get quality results. Arizona State beat San Diego State by three in Tempe. Over the last three seasons, Sendek is 10-1 when given a week of prep.
A fantastic line written from the Syracuse blog, Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician:
At the Knicks game friday night (David Lee is my hero). I noticed this banner at MSG. Nice to see our own GMac (Gerry McNamara) on there doing an awkward fist pump that looks like it may result in Tommy John surgery. The only problem with this banner was that it was too high to urinate on the image of a particular Georgetown player.
Stay classy Syracuse.

Another great team-specific blog, Boiled Sports, had a great piece about Purdue's Big Ten opener against Iowa. The writers are thinking about taking that night off, I can't blame them:
Next week the Boilers take on Iowa in the first Big Ten conference game of the season. And, frankly, Iowa is so terrible, we don't think we can watch. Seriously, the bloodshed may be enough to give this one a "mature audiences only" rating. I know I don't like watching baby seals get clubbed, but maybe you sick bastards do.

Does anyone want to write the game recap column? Seriously, we're offering this up in the hopes that someone who is brave enough to watch that game is willing to share their observations. We're afraid watching Iowa basketball might make us worse hoopsters than we already are and, well, we can't afford that.
Our first tweet to appear in The BIAH Quotables comes from ESPN analyst/ color commentator Jimmy Dykes. He has a warning for all the players this week:
Upset alert for all teams the next 24 hours. If u r looking forward to Christmas break more than your next game, u r in trouble.

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