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CielloStelatto said:
wth you guys, soooo many posts.
just got home from day at the conference. please fill me in on the important parts of the day. kthanks.
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Biggest news is that we're trying to organize a SDN meet up, check the fb group for more details/discussions.


JJmrK, what's the website?
 
dingyibvs said:
Yea..I wasn't gonna go there even if they offered me an interview anyway, but I really thought Pitt was gonna be the first one to reject me(at least officially, unofficially they're already done so). So when do you hear back from the places you interviewed at? I'm withdrawing from FIU as soon as I get my OSU acceptance packet(a little paranoid, I know). Hope you get my spot! Even if it's just as a safety measure.
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Thanks man, appreciate it.
 
dw2158 said:
Blue, i'm feeling like tomorrow's our day with downstate. i hope there is something good waiting in both of our mailboxes 😀

and with that said, i'm off to bed.
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but you're in NY, I'm all the way in Cali. Don't know if snail mail's that fast.😛
 
Question.... What do I search to find the facebook group?

I'm kind of FB illiterate, weird I know...
 
im not in the fb group because i dont have a fb account (deleted for job and family reasons) but i think once you have 100 posts (or another number), you get invited by someone here
 
Pedie Packs said:
Question.... What do I search to find the facebook group?

I'm kind of FB illiterate, weird I know...
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Apparently, they be Nazis in here about letting people join their group. You need to have at least 100 posts in this thread and then they vote on whether or not to let you in or not (though I haven't really seen anyone NOT get voted in).

JJ, I'm gonna give that league some thought. Please PM that info to me when you take it down.
 
Pedie Packs said:
Question.... What do I search to find the facebook group?

I'm kind of FB illiterate, weird I know...
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It's a secret group, so invitation only. Once you have 100+ posts on this thread you may request an invitation from ksmi.
 
BlueElmo said:
Joined Jimmer.
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Same here 😀

GoSpursGo said:
Apparently, they be Nazis in here about letting people join their group. You need to have at least 100 posts in this thread and then they vote on whether or not to let you in or not (though I haven't really seen anyone NOT get voted in).

JJ, I'm gonna give that league some thought. Please PM that info to me when you take it down.
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Actually, we voted to not have you in, but blue has a crush on you so we let it go
 
what are you guys talking about?

anyways, you guys are going down! I'm gonna win that championship for sure.
 
GoSpursGo said:
Apparently, they be Nazis in here about letting people join their group. You need to have at least 100 posts in this thread and then they vote on whether or not to let you in or not (though I haven't really seen anyone NOT get voted in).

JJ, I'm gonna give that league some thought. Please PM that info to me when you take it down.
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Will do. It's also in the FB group.

dingyibvs said:
Same here 😀
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👍

Pedie Packs said:
I joined the league.

Love the password too.
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👍

GoSpursGo said:
Dude, I can probably name you 8-10 players on every team in the league without looking it up, including their starters. My knowledge>>your knowledge.
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Prove it. 😛 Must. Join. League.
 
Also, the draft is set to 10/28 at 6 PM PDT. Stats start being recorded 11/2. Right now it's set to head-to-head scoring, w/ like 11 scoring categories. 16 team can join (we have 5 already, so we might actually get that many; I can increase this if necessary), and there are 2 divisions. 8 people make the playoffs (which will be determined by week 22, 23, and 24 stats).
 
OK, you're right about minutes. At first I thought it would be cool since more minutes = toughness. But, since stars get rested when their team is up, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Games played is a possibility, but that's sort of dependent on the schedule, and I don't think it really makes sense with head-to-head scoring.

I like fouls though, as I think it speaks somewhat to a lack of defensive ability if a player gets a ton of fouls (or he's guarding someone good). So if your center is playing cavs, you might lose some points because you're matching up against Shaq. What do you think about foul-outs instead of fouls?

Also, let's talk about some other categories: free throws made vs free throw % and 3 pointers made vs 3 points %. I'm leaning toward free throws made because percentage can be 1-1, 2-2, etc. Free throws made speaks to a guy's ability to drive, get fouled, and make his shots. Free throws attempted is also an option, but I don't really like it. As far as 3 pointers, I'm leaning pretty heavily toward 3 pointers made, as I think that's more of an important statistic than %. If your team takes 1 shot during the week and makes it, I don't think you deserve to beat out someone who was 6 for 10 from 3 point land.

I feel like FG % is good since a lot of shots will be taken, and FGs made is sort of already taken into account with points.

There are also separate categories for offensive and defensive rebounds, but I'm content with just having total rebounds unless anybody has any objections.

Another option is assist/turnover ratio, which I'm not a huge fan of since we already have categories for assists and turnovers. In theory those two could be replaced with a/t ratio.
 
👎 Waking up early. Looking forward to going back to cali today. Too cold at home 🙁
 
Greetings from Stanford. Place is unbelievable. I can't imagine going here for undergrad.

Woke up too early due to time difference. Boo.

Big fantasy day yesterday. Props to Randy moss for finally breaking through. I demolished people in the 3 leagues I have him.

Have a great day everyone.
 
Good morning!! 34 degrees here in Athens today... Apparently, Georgia decided to skip Fall and go straight to winter.

'Tis the beginning of another week. May all of us hear something good, whether that be an acceptance or interview invite.
 
lstone13 said:
Good morning!! 34 degrees here in Athens today... Apparently, Georgia decided to skip Fall and go straight to winter.

'Tis the beginning of another week. May all of us hear something good, whether that be an acceptance or interview invite.
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Dang, that sounds cold for Georgia.
 
Jolt21 said:
Dang, that sounds cold for Georgia.
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Trust me, it is! Usually, a Georgia winter will bottom out anywhere between 25 and 35. Every once and awhile, we'll have a freakishly cold winter that bottoms out in the teens. But, for it to be this cold so early is really, really weird.
 
ksmi117 said:
51 degrees here. Brrrr.
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If you're talking about BR, don't get too used to it. Supposed to be back in the 80s by Wednesday. Then again, it's supposed to return to the lower 70s this weekend.

Ah, I hope the weather stays just like this. Cool, but not too cold.
 
waitlisted at vermont. that makes 3 decisions, 3 waitlists. i think i must just be very average- not so bad that they want to reject me, but not so impressive they feel the need to accept me straight away😛
 
jackson1 said:
waitlisted at vermont. that makes 3 decisions, 3 waitlists. i think i must just be very average- not so bad that they want to reject me, but not so impressive they feel the need to accept me straight away😛
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dont they auto WL oos-ers?
 
brooklynblunder said:
dont they auto WL oos-ers?
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ya they told us at the interview that they waitlist most oos'ers first, so i'm not surprised at all. it seems like the waitlist here gives you a really good chance so i'm excited🙂
 
JimmerJammerMrK said:
OK, you're right about minutes. At first I thought it would be cool since more minutes = toughness. But, since stars get rested when their team is up, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Games played is a possibility, but that's sort of dependent on the schedule, and I don't think it really makes sense with head-to-head scoring.

I like fouls though, as I think it speaks somewhat to a lack of defensive ability if a player gets a ton of fouls (or he's guarding someone good). So if your center is playing cavs, you might lose some points because you're matching up against Shaq. What do you think about foul-outs instead of fouls?

Also, let's talk about some other categories: free throws made vs free throw % and 3 pointers made vs 3 points %. I'm leaning toward free throws made because percentage can be 1-1, 2-2, etc. Free throws made speaks to a guy's ability to drive, get fouled, and make his shots. Free throws attempted is also an option, but I don't really like it. As far as 3 pointers, I'm leaning pretty heavily toward 3 pointers made, as I think that's more of an important statistic than %. If your team takes 1 shot during the week and makes it, I don't think you deserve to beat out someone who was 6 for 10 from 3 point land.

I feel like FG % is good since a lot of shots will be taken, and FGs made is sort of already taken into account with points.

There are also separate categories for offensive and defensive rebounds, but I'm content with just having total rebounds unless anybody has any objections.

Another option is assist/turnover ratio, which I'm not a huge fan of since we already have categories for assists and turnovers. In theory those two could be replaced with a/t ratio.
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Trust me, in practice, fouls wind up being random; it's also a function of the refs calling the games, so if one group of refs decides to call a game super tight while your opponent has players playing with a group of loose refs... you got screwed. Furthermore, you're really double-punishing someone for getting into foul trouble--their stats will already be lower because they had to play fewer minutes, and then you're giving them an added slap by throwing on that additional category.

Finally, you really want an odd number of categories so there can be a clear winner in a playoff. If you're getting rid of minutes, you should get rid of something else, and this seems the best. Turnovers is also something of a controversial stat because you're penalizing a player for just having the ball in his hands (for example, CP3 has really high turnovers), but I'm OK with it if it gives us an odd number of stats.

Free throw percentage is fine; it's not like they average all of the FT%s of your players to get your score there for the week, they take a lump aggregate of ALL free throws made and ALL free throws attempted for the week by your players and that's your free throw percentage. So going 1-1 isn't going to really help you that much. In practice, there will be ~100 free throws on your team per week, so it's no big deal. I agree on 3-pointers made, though, as well as FG%.

None of the other stats seem that interesting.

ksmi117 said:
I know someone else that does though. 😉
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rockaction said:
Internet flirting is at an all-time high.
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ksmi's flirting is welcome. 😉 Blue's... not so much

ksmi117 said:
51 degrees here. Brrrr.
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57 here :scared:
 
rockaction said:
It was 37 here in Nashville an hour ago. Talk about sucky.
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haha you all are so funny about the weather in the south😛 i had to scrape ice off of my car this morning! where's bamtumba? im sure he can sympathize.
 
jackson1 said:
haha you all are so funny about the weather in the south😛 i had to scrape ice off of my car this morning! where's bamtumba? im sure he can sympathize.
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After moving to the South I forgot the North existed 😛
 
yeah, it was snowing in MA yesterday. and this morning my hair froze on the way to the subway. good times.
 
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