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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 29, 2021 17:56:15 GMT -8
First half wasn’t good, but great second half only to fall a little short. That describes the season and this game. Very proud of this team, how they turned things around, and their effort. No lame excuses like other team cheats or refs were terrible are needed. Great season by the team. When is first game next season?
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Post by beaverstever on Mar 29, 2021 17:59:03 GMT -8
Congrats Beavs! Things did not go your way whatsoever, and you still fought like crazy to the end, and had a chance against a very good team -- that I'm still not convinced is actually better, but they got it done today.
What an amazing ride, these guys are were absolutely incredible. Sorry to see it end. The good news is that might keep my job now that I can focus again.
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Post by spudbeaver on Mar 29, 2021 17:59:50 GMT -8
Some questionable calls at the end of the game too. I hate it when cheaters like Sampson win. He got the boot at Indiana and Oklahoma, but there some programs just see the $$$. and some very poor ball handling by us! I could be wrong, but I think you could have easily called fouls on both late turnovers. I thought Hunt got his left arm hooked, turning him as he lost the ball, and E with the defenders right leg basically tripping him. No replay on the Hunt one. Neither here nor there I guess.
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Mar 29, 2021 18:00:21 GMT -8
Here’s how bad at predicting I am lol:
At halftime I was thinking we just aren’t going to get close enough to strike and rip their hearts out. (Definitely wrong thank goodness). BUT... I also thought if we somehow, some way did get close, we’d win. So when we tied it I was thinking ‘we got ‘em!
That made me 0-2
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Post by Beavcat on Mar 29, 2021 18:03:12 GMT -8
Great run Beavs!
The nice thing is we showed we could play with ANYONE and win. I haven't felt that way about a Beavers Basketball team since the 80's.
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Post by treasurevalleybeav on Mar 29, 2021 18:03:16 GMT -8
and some very poor ball handling by us! I could be wrong, but I think you could have easily called fouls on both late turnovers. I thought Hunt got his left arm hooked, turning him as he lost the ball, and E with the defenders right leg basically tripping him. No replay on the Hunt one. Neither here nor there I guess. You’re not wrong. I think Ethan more stepped on that guys foot than the other way around. But that almost always gets called on the defender either way since he’s clearly impeding the ball handler’s progress
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Post by beaverdan86 on Mar 29, 2021 18:05:14 GMT -8
Proud of the run and the comeback. The Beavs looked gassed down the stretch and came up just short. Heck of a run though just to get here and looking forward to next year!
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Post by ocbeav on Mar 29, 2021 18:10:10 GMT -8
This is the best basketball season since 1963 Final 4 team with Terry Baker, Mel Counts, Frank Peter and coach Gill. Been so long and we were within 6 points from Final 4. So proud of this team! Go Beavs!!
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Post by Ruh Roh Beav on Mar 29, 2021 18:13:28 GMT -8
This is the best basketball season since 1963 Final 4 team with Terry Baker, Mel Counts, Frank Peter and coach Gill. Been so long and we were within 6 points from Final 4. So proud of this team! Go Beavs!! Actually tied at 55 all .....just couldn’t quite get there. So proud of our guys
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Post by messi on Mar 29, 2021 18:23:19 GMT -8
One thing that is missing, this team advanced further than the *ucks
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Post by beaverinohio on Mar 29, 2021 18:23:59 GMT -8
and some very poor ball handling by us! I could be wrong, but I think you could have easily called fouls on both late turnovers. I thought Hunt got his left arm hooked, turning him as he lost the ball, and E with the defenders right leg basically tripping him. No replay on the Hunt one. Neither here nor there I guess. I didn’t notice a hook on the Hunt turnover, but he was a step and a half by defender when he basically tripped over himself. Think no call was probably right. And while a foul is often called when offensive player steps on D player’s foot, seems to me that is the case more often when D player is moving more. In this case the Houston player was pretty stationary. Would have loved to have seen a foul call there, but not sure it was a terrible no call. Definitely some bad luck on both of them though.
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Post by damnstraight on Mar 29, 2021 18:35:19 GMT -8
Just a great year and a hell of a run thru the Conference Tournament and thru the NCAA Tournament to an Elite Eight finish. Defensive rebounds and free throws did us in. Congratulations to Coach Tinkle, his staff and all the players for making this an unforgettable year.
Best way fans can show appreciation is to get off their butts and start showing up in Gill, support this program. They have certainly earned it, now it's up to us fans to get to Gill.
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Post by jefframp on Mar 29, 2021 18:39:11 GMT -8
Anyone hear when the team will be arriving back home? Tonight or tomorrow?
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Post by TheGlove on Mar 29, 2021 18:39:36 GMT -8
How many years until this game is vacated by UH? Sampson cheats. Everyone knows this and when you are so desperate to win that you don’t care about who your coach is, it all comes home to roast eventually. We can hold our heads high for a great season and a clean program. . Really? I’ll pass on the whine you make with those sour grapes. Really! Sampson played a role in the controversial recruitment of star player Eric Gordon, who signed with Indiana after reneging on an early verbal commitment to the University of Illinois. Sampson was criticized by fellow coaches for failing to communicate with then-Illinois coach Bruce Weber about the recruitment,[8] and hiring people close to Gordon to gain favor.[9] Some observers said that Sampson's recruitment of the verbally-committed Gordon was unethical, but legal.[10] In addition to the Gordon incident, Sampson has been in the middle of a number of other controversies. Under Sampson's watch, Oklahoma was placed under a three-year investigation by the NCAA for recruiting violations. At the end of their investigation, the NCAA issued a report citing more than 550 impermissible calls made by Sampson and his staff to 17 different recruits. The NCAA barred Sampson from recruiting off campus and making phone calls for one year, ending May 24, 2007.[11] Prior to the findings by the NCAA, Kelvin Sampson was the President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), an organization that supports basketball coaches across the country. During his tenure the Ethics Committee of the NABC was formed to address the many problems with violations that college basketball faced going into the 2003 season. That very same Ethics Committee would later reprimand Kelvin Sampson as a result of the NCAA findings, placing him on probation for three years during which he would not be eligible to serve in any official capacity for the NABC, be considered for Coach of the Year honors or receive Final Four ticket privileges.[12] As coach at Indiana in October 2007, Sampson again came under scrutiny for making impermissible phone calls. Despite being restricted from making any outbound recruiting phone calls, Sampson participated in approximately 10 conference calls with recruits that violate the terms of the sanctions levied against him by the NCAA. IU assistant Rob Senderoff (who later resigned) also made some 35 impermissible phone calls to recruits from his home. On February 8, 2008, the NCAA informed Indiana that Sampson had committed five "major" rules violations. The NCAA alleged that Sampson knowingly violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed on him. More seriously, the NCAA also alleged that Sampson lied to IU and NCAA officials regarding his involvement in the impermissible calls.[13] Indiana launched an internal investigation that school president Michael McRobbie said would take seven days. On February 14, 2008, ESPN reported that Sampson's status as coach of the Hoosiers would be decided on a "game-by-game basis.".[14] Fox Sports reported that Sampson was to be fired on February 22, 2008,[15] but later reports indicated that Sampson would be suspended without pay. Eventually it was announced that Sampson would resign, reaching a $750,000 settlement with Indiana. In return, Sampson agreed not to sue Indiana for wrongful termination. Assistant Dan Dakich was named as interim head coach for the rest of the season.[16] According to many college basketball pundits, however, Sampson had virtually no chance of keeping his job once the allegations broke. Sports Illustrated college basketball columnist Seth Davis implied that Indiana officials had already decided Sampson was guilty, based on the fact that its internal investigation would only last a week. The NCAA had given Indiana 90 days to respond to the notice.[17] ESPN's Mark Schlabach suggested that Indiana wanted to look for a reason not to pay the remaining money he was owed on his contract, and also wanted to eliminate any chance of being sued. He also said that the only reason Sampson was allowed to continue coaching was because his contract didn't allow the school to suspend him immediately.[18] ESPN's Pat Forde said that Sampson's departure was "preordained" the moment the NCAA sent out its notice of allegations, and suggested that Sampson might never coach in Division I again.[19] During a private meeting with the NCAA infractions committee on June 30, McRobbie apologized for hiring Sampson and called that decision a mistake. McRobbie said that Sampson betrayed his trust as Indiana's coach, and demonstrated that his hiring had been "a risk that should not have been taken."[20] On November 25, 2008, the NCAA slapped Indiana with three years' probation for violations largely tied to Sampson's watch. It also imposed a five-year show-cause order on Sampson, meaning that any NCAA member school who wanted to hire Sampson while the order was in effect would have to impose sanctions on him unless it can "show cause" that Sampson has served his punishment. However, most NCAA members will not even consider hiring a coach with an outstanding show-cause order, so the show-cause effectively blackballed Sampson from coaching at the major-college level until 2013. A similar incident happened to Todd Bozeman, who was slapped with an eight-year show-cause order in 1996 and was unable to find work in the college ranks again until 2006. Senderoff, now head coach at Kent State, was hit with a three-year show-cause order.[21] When he was hired at Houston, Sampson became only the fourth coach to get a head coaching job at another school after receiving a show-cause (after Bozeman, Senderoff and Bruce Pearl). In December 2008, Eric Gordon raised issues of drug use on the Indiana team, stating that some players were abusing drugs and that this led to the disintegration of the team, and that Sampson tried to stop it, but did not as he was focused on winning.[22]
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Post by shelby on Mar 29, 2021 18:39:45 GMT -8
Now , Wayne knows what else he needs ! You guys did great and we are all round of each and every one of you ! Go Beavers !
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