So Ghost, I have a question for you.
If you hadn't read the names here could have listed (without looking them up) the BCS schools that have participated in past CBI tournaments?
Another stupid example on your part.Going to the CBI because you have had bad seasons is like an actress doing porn because it is the only work she can get acting.
Of course not. No one gives a half a damn about the CBI. Now that I do know who played in it, I think less of them.
You serious or was this sarcasm? It is rare you see football players pass on a bowl game. Given the choice I am sure the basketball players would love the opportunity to play any of the post season tournaments.
Again, what makes playing in these tournaments so shameful? I have read through your posts, do don't make me do it again. All I see for a reason is cat poop pizza and cheap hookers. You say they do not need the extra practice time even though this team is full of freshman and sophomores. Can you see the value in the extra game experience along with the experience of playing in a 2nd tournament? Perhaps next year Iowa makes the NCAA tournament, is there any chance playing in the CBI/CIT helps?
I don't know what you're trying to prove by restating that PAC and Big East teams have gone. If they want to embarrass themselves, fine by me. It doesn't make me want to watch me team embarrass themselves.
Going to the CBI because you have had bad seasons is like an actress doing porn because it is the only work she can get acting.
Comparing a post BB tourney to the porn industry may be the dumbest analogy I have read on this site in the past 2 yrs. If Fran thinks the tourney will help the program than I am all for it,
No, I want the team to stay at home because I think it is bad for the program (others), while people want to do something bad for the program to reward one guy.
That's the opposite of selfish.
I believe it was David Lee Roth who said "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one".[/QUOTE]
You're so wrong about this, and I can't believe no one's corrected you. I couldn't find a website that said he said this. I've always attributed it to Mr. Spock. I don't know what HE thinks about basketball though.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa6c3OTr6yA"]Spock Logic The Needs of the Many - YouTube[/ame]
This quote by DLR however, is kind of catchy....
"There are three rings to marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering"
Comparing a post BB tourney to the porn industry may be the dumbest analogy I have read on this site in the past 2 yrs. If Fran thinks the tourney will help the program than I am all for it,
Comparing a post BB tourney to the porn industry may be the dumbest analogy I have read on this site in the past 2 yrs. If Fran thinks the tourney will help the program than I am all for it,
No, I want the team to stay at home because I think it is bad for the program (others), while people want to do something bad for the program to reward one guy.
That's the opposite of selfish.
I believe it was David Lee Roth who said "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one".[/QUOTE]
You're so wrong about this, and I can't believe no one's corrected you. I couldn't find a website that said he said this. I've always attributed it to Mr. Spock. I don't know what HE thinks about basketball though.
So does that mean that I'm part of the joke because I got it or cause I didn't get it or no one else cared enough about your BS quote to look it up? Or just that I'm a nerd and knew that Mr. Spock said that.
So does that mean that I'm part of the joke because I got it or cause I didn't get it or no one else cared enough about your BS quote to look it up? Or just that I'm a nerd and knew that Mr. Spock said that.
Yes
As far as the CBI and the CTI or CIT or whatever the hell it is, I am pretty sure that the Big 12 discourages its teams from participating in the tournaments. Iowa State was obviously eligible for this last year at 16-16 and would have likely been a good team to pick and they didn't go.
Have any Big 10 teams been to these tournaments? If not, maybe they are not allowed to go. It is a money losing proposition, I think.
In general, I am for more basketball whenever possible, so I would have happily attended any games I could if Iowa State had went. And Diante Garrett was JUST as loyal to Iowa State as Gatens appears to have been.
Maybe next year both teams will be close to a lock for the NCAA tournament with 2 games left instead of just Iowa State this year.