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They may have that younger guy in Lakeland working on drills. Or he might actually be on the bus as a bench player.

OSU put a short guy on Edey during the B10 tourney. They had no choice. They tried to keep Edey away from the basket when he got the pass, but they didn’t really make the entry pass & catch tougher.

They did? I missed that, maybe it was brought up afterwards, but I had flipped to another game by then. Edit to add: You’re absolutely right, I have no idea what’s going on in the mind of these kids. In fairness to him, I’m not trying to kick the kid. I’m sure he feels awful about that play, and he certainly has forgotten more basketball than I’ll ever know. I just genuinely want to know how he saw the play.

It’s an over 2 1/2 hour bus ride to the other coast. Johnathan Davis doesn’t have the resume to avoid this road game.

I wonder if he thought he had a better opportunity of getting that pass to a teammate than happened and/or if he thought enough time had drained off of the clock to where even if the pass was picked off, there's not enough time to return a shot attempt the other. I guess either way, holding the ball and forcing Furman to foul was the better option to take. Purdue and Virginia may have the egg on their faces as 1 seeds losing to 16 seeds, but Virginia did come back the next season to win the championship. Maybe that's the angle Painter & Purdue need to take?

Purdue played scared down the stretch. Nobody wanted to shoot the ball. They struggled getting the ball into Edey where he could be effective. Essentially FDU constantly covered Edey to take away the entry pass with the man guarding him and had someone floating close by to stop him from the backside. FDU played themselves into position to win and one of their better players had to maneuver the last 8(ish) minutes of the game with 4 fouls. It was quite a game to watch.

That's true. The western schools will have an actual ocean close by instead of oceans of wheat & corn fields.

I'm sure FDU took care of that. I think the brackets seem a little on the chalky side after round one, although I could be wrong on that. But even if that is the case that more higher seeds advanced than the odds would suggest, it seemed like there were a lot of close games that came down to the final minutes.

Helluva first round.

That was a fun one to watch if one had a nonPurdue rooting interest.

Volume shooters.

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I'm calling victory.

The magic number to clinch 14% odds for the top pick is now 6.

Yeah, I would think that its a combination of rules changes having an effect on the running game. For all of Manfred's warts, I think he deserves credit for putting forth some good rules changes that will benefit the game. And its not just the actual rues changes themselves, but also trying out rules changes in the minors to see how they might play out during a season. So there's the practical application of the rules and seeing what works and what doesn't and what might need to be tweaked. But the younger players in MLB may have already been exposed to these rules, and so they're already in tune with how these rules work.

Is Cisnero bolted down to Detroit?

I thought it was so fans had something to buy tickets for and watch on TV?

Matt Manning on the bump today. He was vocal about the coaching/development changes that have been made with the new front office. He's probably due a good outing to show those changes are benefitting him.

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Has Team Venezuela returned Cabrera back to the Tigers yet?

Looks like Bey is shooting less, too. It could be he’s a better player with less usage. It could be he’s on a better team and he’s getting better looks because he’s lower on the priority list to defend. And, sure, it could be better coaching, too.

There absolutely needs to be more action and/or a quicker flow to the game. I don’t like the shift rules. I think teams should be allowed to place the 7 non battery defenders wherever they so choose. But I understand the intent behind it. The pitch clock was needed, although I wonder if it might become a detriment in late & high leverage situations. I’d hate to see an otherwise clean playoff game come down to a 9th inning clock violation. I didn’t think the bigger bases would lead to more base running. It’s only a few inches. I would like to know what players/coaches think about it. Is the increased action due to the bigger bases or are there other variables more at play here? What do I know, the increase might be mostly due to bigger bases. It just doesn’t seem likely to me.

You know, there are a couple of other variables that need to be considered. The shortened spring training last season and the WBC this season. Maybe they factor in, maybe they don’t, I’m not sure. But I would guess the former to some extent.