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Date	Title	Body
5 days 8 hours ago	Definitely	An exaggeration, but the bullpen sucked before Valverde arrived. Leyland's constant mismanagement of the lineup is also a point of contention.
5 days 9 hours ago	That's bound to happen	After 14 straight fastballs.
5 weeks 1 day ago	Crow.	Eaten.
5 weeks 1 day ago	Well	I've seen enough of Filpula tonight.
7 weeks 1 day ago	Didn't	The Astros set it the first weekend of this year?
7 weeks 2 days ago	MacBook Pro	For computing power. MacBook Air/iPad if you travel a lot. iMovie has great movie editing/creating features.
8 weeks 4 days ago	Dirks	Has a pretty weak arm.
9 weeks 4 days ago	Work	Work, Tigers, Masters, praying our underclassmen return next year.
9 weeks 5 days ago	Good	Now we just need Payne to declare and a core of our guys to return. Things could shape up quite nicely for us if this happens.
9 weeks 6 days ago	Stauskas	Until Timmy threw down that thunderdunk, I was clamoring for Nik to replace him, just so we could get an outside look. I thought Coach B. played Spike a little too much down the stretch, especially when we needed some size for rebounding, but hey if you can catch lightning in a bottle twice, I guess you gotta take it. The most telling play for Nik was when he pump-faked on a 3, drove the lane, saw Dieng coming over and decided to contort his body and throw an ill-advised pass out to the backcourt that got intercepted by Siva. After that, Nik was benched for the remainder of the game.
9 weeks 6 days ago	Thoughts	First thing I thought about was that I was still pissed about the style of play. Michigan was content to play their game, while Louisville was allowed to mug/clutch/grab on everything. I heard the perfect analogy when I flipped on the radio. It was the Red Wings of the mid 2000's- dominate the regular season with fluidity/execution/finesse then the rules "change" to clutch/hook/interefere in the playoffs and they don't adjust...get bounced. We were a couple possessions/calls away from winning a freaking National Championship with the youngest team in the entire tournament. What a crazy, pride filled ride. Then I saw something on facebook that said Keep Calm It's Masters Week. Thankfully this will help lower the blood pressure. Now I am just praying there's not a mass exodus of our players. I'll be in the long line to thank Trey Burke for his efforts in the Maize and Blue...if 4 of our starters return we'll be really solid going forward. The selfish part of me wants the team to wake up this morning with a bitter taste in their mouth and say "Let's do this again next year".   Proud of the way they let 'em hang out there. Go Blue!
9 weeks 6 days ago	My biggest gripes	1. Goaltending right off the bat...kinda set the tone for how things were going to play out. 2. The blatant "kicked ball" possession- the refs miss this call and don't stop play. Leads to a scramble on the baseline where Caris ties up the Louisville player who is laying on the baseline. Somehow Louisville is granted a timeout, and then Hancock immediately hits a 3 to start his run late in the 1st half. 3. Trey's block. All ball, obviously. This was a pre-judged call. That ref was going to call a foul no matter what happened because he figured Trey wasn't going to give an easy layup. Easily the most egregious error of the night. 4. Hancock's "4th". They call a foul on a guy who's not even in the play, which bails Hancock out. He then proceeds to pick up the 4th foul on McGary moments later. Then, hits a 3 late in the game after picking up what would have been his 5th foul. 5. A hodge-podge: McGary blatantly undercut, leads to a jumpball possession. Back to back possessions early in the 2nd half we hit jumpers (GR3 and Burke) where there was contact on the arms of the shooters- no calls. (both of which Steve Kerr said should have been fouls). The Burke non-shooting foul on Stauskas' outlet pass from his back.   Proud of our boys nonetheless. The more the game progressed, the more I felt Pitino's influence of "Creaning" the refs was gonna pay out for them.
10 weeks 2 hours ago	LEVERT	WTF
10 weeks 2 hours ago	Ugh	Goaltend. Block call. Hancock should be fouled out.
10 weeks 3 hours ago	Hosed.	Absolutely jobbed by the refs.
10 weeks 3 hours ago	STARTERS	PLEASE
10 weeks 3 hours ago	This	This is gonna comedown to three calls. The timeout on the baseline before Hancock went off. And the incorrect foul call that shoulda have Hancock his fourth. Then he drew the 4th on Mitch. And the GD goaltend.
10 weeks 3 hours ago	Time to ride the starters	Morgan and McGary interchangeable.
10 weeks 3 hours ago	That	Bullshit time out call on the baseline sparked that Louisville run. Caris had his hands on the ball and they decide not to call one of their 6 jump balls?? Horseshit. Go Blue.
10 weeks 13 hours ago	Big Time Goosebumps	And When did it get so dusty in here? Come on boys! Leave it all out there tonight.
10 weeks 16 hours ago	Work Production	Is at an all-time low today. Probably will be lower tomorrow, regardless of the outcome.   Go Blue! Let 'em Hang!
10 weeks 2 days ago	LET YOUR NUTS HANG	On The Zone's Chin!!
10 weeks 2 days ago	I might throw up	WORTH IT!!!
10 weeks 2 days ago	TIM	QUIT BITCHING AND PLAY
10 weeks 2 days ago	They're	Just begging to be alley ooped on.
10 weeks 2 days ago	Morgan.	Just no.
10 weeks 2 days ago	need	need. to. rebound.
10 weeks 2 days ago	Let's Go!!!!!	Come on now defense!!!!
10 weeks 2 days ago	2 Things	Play Defense. Rebound. Cuse is gonna get uncomfortable of they have to extend the zone or come out of it. We burn clock and score a few buckets and we play Monday. LET EM HANG! GO BLUE!
10 weeks 2 days ago	Onions	Let em hang, Spike!

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