What do you miss?
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Watching sports center the morning after a big Cats win was magical.
Unless it's a $2 Wh*re after a night Tin Roof!
Multiple mid major conference schools being really good.
Not just tourney Cinderella's. But during regular season. With All Americans and high draft picks.
Unlv. Western. VCU. Uncc. Temple. St Josephs. Memphis State. DePaul. Tulane. Marquette.
Theoretically, Louisville even.
Not just tourney Cinderella's. But during regular season. With All Americans and high draft picks.
Unlv. Western. VCU. Uncc. Temple. St Josephs. Memphis State. DePaul. Tulane. Marquette.
Theoretically, Louisville even.
Having paper brackets that you could hold in your hands.
I miss the days when it wasn't all about either getting a three point shot or getting to the rim.
The art of of working for the right mid-range shot ...and developing signature mid-range moves ...is largely lost from today's game. And a lot of former mid-range masters like Goose Givens would be considered of little worth by today's analytics.
The art of of working for the right mid-range shot ...and developing signature mid-range moves ...is largely lost from today's game. And a lot of former mid-range masters like Goose Givens would be considered of little worth by today's analytics.
Barnstorming tour
Blue White games in high schools throughout the state
Playing a neutral game in Louisville
Playing Notre Dame.
The Kentucky Indiana all star game mattering.
Kentucky Indiana mattering.
The Big Four
A good game on Super Bowl Sunday
Playing a good ooc team on the road.
Playing a good ooc team at home
Playing some other country's Olympic team
Basically when the schedule was interesting instead of only a means for Mitch to maximize every dollar.
US Olympic team made up of college players
The intros where the players alternated from each team and shook hands at mid court.
Blue White games in high schools throughout the state
Playing a neutral game in Louisville
Playing Notre Dame.
The Kentucky Indiana all star game mattering.
Kentucky Indiana mattering.
The Big Four
A good game on Super Bowl Sunday
Playing a good ooc team on the road.
Playing a good ooc team at home
Playing some other country's Olympic team
Basically when the schedule was interesting instead of only a means for Mitch to maximize every dollar.
US Olympic team made up of college players
The intros where the players alternated from each team and shook hands at mid court.
Sweat. So these kids just not sweat as much as the old school players did? Remember Ewing’s undershirt? An odd observation I know but…
I think he had that one ranked third. You're missing the most obvious one.....
Mears and Smith kind of made the shot clock necessary. Goodness, I hated that 4 corner crap they played. I remember a UK / Cincinnati game in 70s where the score was like 25- 16 or something. I miss some of the old arenas, Stokley , Memorial, the old Barnhill Arena
Better hope you never have to get a colostomy done then if you think cigarette smoke is the worst. Cigarette smoke is downright therapeutic smelling compared to that.
When Rupp wasn't full of a bunch of blue hairs that just want to sit on their ass and be quiet as a church mouse. Was that ever a thing or am I just romanticizing the past?
I miss:
1. Having Conference Alignment that made sense geographically
2. When The sport allowed the better team to beat the crap out of a lesser team and didn't have computers dictating the strength of a "loss" by less than 10 pts on the road, etc....
3. Not having to know what quadrant a game is defined by
4. Players just getting a made shot and inbounding the ball instead of some odd hot potato game with the refs
5. When coaches weren't on the floor or near midcourt all game
6. Double Dribbles being called instead of the drunken juggle sign every ref gives after a double dribble
7. When Clock Operators didn't screw up the clock. Think of any NBA/CBB game and think of one where it's not stopped to fix the clock in some capacity.
8. Days when coaches held more weight than "personal trainers" or "shooting coaches" who didn't know what they were doing. All good with guys who can help young players develop but frauds who are stealing $ and don't help a player improve because they are teaching moves that will not be used in a game or can't be used by a player who isn't talented enough to make a layup with his weak hand or FT's at a percentage that justifies turning their feet sideways at the FT line. When you are nervous/under pressure, never a good idea to have your body misaligned from a target. If you can make 80% above, fine but most of the off kilter shooters shoot less than 70% and it's even worse when game is on the line late.
1. Having Conference Alignment that made sense geographically
2. When The sport allowed the better team to beat the crap out of a lesser team and didn't have computers dictating the strength of a "loss" by less than 10 pts on the road, etc....
3. Not having to know what quadrant a game is defined by
4. Players just getting a made shot and inbounding the ball instead of some odd hot potato game with the refs
5. When coaches weren't on the floor or near midcourt all game
6. Double Dribbles being called instead of the drunken juggle sign every ref gives after a double dribble
7. When Clock Operators didn't screw up the clock. Think of any NBA/CBB game and think of one where it's not stopped to fix the clock in some capacity.
8. Days when coaches held more weight than "personal trainers" or "shooting coaches" who didn't know what they were doing. All good with guys who can help young players develop but frauds who are stealing $ and don't help a player improve because they are teaching moves that will not be used in a game or can't be used by a player who isn't talented enough to make a layup with his weak hand or FT's at a percentage that justifies turning their feet sideways at the FT line. When you are nervous/under pressure, never a good idea to have your body misaligned from a target. If you can make 80% above, fine but most of the off kilter shooters shoot less than 70% and it's even worse when game is on the line late.
How old school?
I miss the physical play of the 90s NBA. It was fun to watch and 98% of those guys were built to take it, so games were tough and nobody truly got overly injured. And it was called pretty fairly.
I miss not having 65 effing FTs a game in college. It just becomes so unwatchable at times. They let a tackle go and then call a hand check. Like come on.
As much as NIL needed to happen, it's gotten to Wild West. I miss the days kids played for jersey both front AND back. You got out there and played hard for your team and yourself. Players should've been able to get money of sigs, gear and the like all along, but NCAA was dumb, and now here we are....college sports a shell of its former self. FFS, we've got high schoolers thinking they should be making a million minimum. It's sick.
Some of that is coming back a bit with NIL. But it's not near like it used to be.
1. Guys being able to dribble and play without carrying and traveling.
2. When 55-75% of a team’s shots weren’t threes
3. The talent. Having actual stars who were juniors and seniors. NBA HOFers who would actually play for years.
4. NCAA Tournaments that didn’t use the geographical pod system.
5. I miss being obsessed with basketball. The sport is just bad all around right now.
2. When 55-75% of a team’s shots weren’t threes
3. The talent. Having actual stars who were juniors and seniors. NBA HOFers who would actually play for years.
4. NCAA Tournaments that didn’t use the geographical pod system.
5. I miss being obsessed with basketball. The sport is just bad all around right now.
I miss the damn near certainly I had the we were gonna win every game, home or away, when Pitino was here. Maybe it was me coming of age, I was 7 when he first got here and my first UK basketball memory was being in complete denial that Duke had beaten us, or maybe you just get more cynical as you get older. I miss the converse jerseys, even the hideous ones, and the shoes. I was 100% confident that if a team had indeed beaten us we were gonna crush them in the SEC tournament (which was the case when Arkansas joined the league).
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