Saturday Evening Drinking/Basketball Open Thread
Not sure why the spacing in my OP is all jacked. Tips anyone?
The spacing that works in a post doesn't work in a new thread in those for some reason.
Oh, and Guinness Extra Stout.
Of Duke's 34 points, 20 of them are Kelly's. The next largest contibution would be Plumlee and Cook with 4 each.
He is 7-10 and 5-7 from three-point range, and is responsible for three of Duke's thirteen rebounds.
Beat down?? Ill take a 1 point victory thank u very much
Go blue!!
Duke is a fraud. They are not physically tough and will make it no further than the Sweet 16. They don't play good enough defense. Mason Plumlee has been pretty unimpressive for a while now after all of the National Player of the Year talk early in the season. If they get a 2nd round matchup against a team like VCU, they will lose even earlier.
Were more soft than duke
Eh, opinion understood and respected, but I and probably many others would disagree. Duke is a good team. Not as good/great a team as past Duke teams but they are good. What sucks for the rest of the country is they just became really good again, today, with teh return of Ryan Kelly. His amazing game today aside, he's a pivotal player on that team and his reappearance makes Duke the opposite of unimpressive.
Miami really looks like the real deal even if they lose this game I wouldn't wanna play them in March
Am I the only one that is still feeling like their nuts got kicked in the PSU game and hasnt recovered yet? Normally the night before the MSU game I'd be jacked up and looking forward to watching the game but after watching us get beat by OSU, Indiana, Wisconsin and then get totally curb-stompted by MSU I was hoping the PSU game would right the ship a bit. Sadly not to be.
Good thing I'm not playing tomorrow and I'll got to do is watch on TV. Hopefully Beilein does a better job of getting fired up for the game than I'm doing.
Oh....and I'm drinking Ghost Pines Cabernet with the wife in front of a fire.
I hear ya. That game completely took the wind out of my sails. Just imagine how great it'll be if we do pull it off tomorrow. My outlook on the rest of the season will change dramatically
No you are not alone there. Especially considering today PSU didn't even score the first 12 minutes of the game and barely managed to crack 40 after our idiotic D let them get 80+ *sob*
Any rooting interest in the Miami-Duke matchup now that Duke dropped a game this week?
I am hoping Duke loses for a few reasons. First, I can't stand Duke and want them to lose to everyone they play. Second, their loss on Thursday probably put them on the 2 line and a loss tonight and a win by Michigan tomorrow (wishful thinking) may bump Duke down to a 3 and Michigan back up to a 2. I am saving my drinking for 4pm tomorrow.
I am hoping Duke loses for a few reasons. First, I can't stand Duke and want them to lose to everyone they play. Second, their loss on Thursday probably put them on the 2 line and a loss tonight and a win by Michigan tomorrow (wishful thinking) may bump Duke down to a 3 and Michigan back up to a 2. I am saving my drinking for 4pm tomorrow.
Vodka/Soda ....
with Ryan Kelly in the lineup, and it shows. As much as I hate the guy, he's a really good player. I wonder how he will be in the NBA. Maybe could be a Kyle Korver type (but a little bigger).
Shane Larkin is really, really good. Anyone know about his recruitment? I know he was under the radar but I wonder if he had any interest or reached out to Beilein at all.
Obviously, we got Trey so it's a moot point - just curious if Beilein considered offering given his pedigree.
He seems like he can drive at any Duke player at will. I'm surprised they aren't isolating him more. It's working well when he gets the chance.
I wish Ryan Kelly's parents would have invested in some braces when he was a kid
Yeah. Maybe he's British?
Duke has an uncanny ability to recruit ugly, tall dudes (Boozer, Singler, Shelden Williams, etc) and the whitest black dudes ever. Right Jalen?
The names change but the players never do. Gotta give them credit though...they've been incredibly successful
Have y'all seen that Italian kid who comes off the bench for ohio? I can't remember his name, but it starts with a D. Kid's got a jacked up grill.
Amadeo Della Valle. Dude is hilarious but he's actually a pretty solid player. We recruited him and ended up offering Spike instead
He was upset when we offered spike too as I recall. Beilein offered ADV but he needed to visit campus to commit. He dragged his feet and waffles between UM and Ohio. Beilein offered Spike too, but Spike committed immediately leaving ADV stuck as a Buckeye.
Come to think of it, Id be pissed too.
I don't think ADV would have helped us much this year.
Ugly guy
Is the Michigan difference
Watching Iowa game and Braveheart. Been on a cider kick lately so I'm sipping Angry Orchard Ginger Apple and Fox Barrel Pear Cider with rhubarb, elderberry, and organic honey. Pear cider is 6.5%. Trippy.
No Redd's Apple Ale?
I'm out of that Woodchuck, Redd's stage in my cider addiction.. Of course, I still enjoy a good ale.
That Redds is shit in a bottle
Honeycrisp apple wheat tonight. Not bad kinda taste like hard cider. I decided to try it because I'm from a small town and everyone has their own home made cider. I would say it's middle of the road. I've had real good and real bad. The worst cider I have ever drank was my own that shit was straight vinegar. It is a true craft some of the guys I know have been making it 50 years and really know their shit.
The Fox Barrel came out of the bottle the consistency of V8 medley. Same purple color. Tastes like a tangy fruit juice.. Pear juice is often used as a filler in most juice drinks so nothing really jumps out at ya. Any Angry Orchard Cider is a safe bet in my opinion though..
Drinking a Trader Joes vintage ale to start for the night. Go Canes. I guess.
Singlehandedly going to win this game for Duke
...but drinking Sweetwater 420 pale ale. Locally brewed here in Atlanta.
I'm turning off these games. It's opening night for MLS
Miam's point guard Larkin kinda reminds me of Rockwell.
Somebody's watching me hit three's!
Founders Backwoods Bastard soon to be followed by some Laphroaig Triple Wood.
Rumors about LSU coach Les Miles stepping down for having an affair with a student.
Well if true maybe they can get Petrino.
The Moeller family is not surprised
I KNEW IT!
No way this is true. I just can't see LSU firing him over this. Unless its an Urban Meyer type situation where his wife gives him an ultimatum
Fun fact about the Duke-Miami game:
The effective FG% of the Duke team minus Ryan Kelly is 40.9%
Include Kelly's performance, and it is 60.6%. Most notably, they would jump from 30% from three-point range to 55% with Kelly. Wow.
Loose Cannon IPA. Wonderfully delicious!
Video review is the worst.
Drinking some La Fin Du Monde and watching this hideous Indiana-Iowa game.