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IAmRight		2012-11-09 09:31:36 AM

List of notable names donating a lot of money:

Yankees
John Calipari
Dwyane Wade

...this makes me feel like it's a "dammit stop hating us, see, we sometimes do nice things!" move.

/Charles Woodson did too, but he doesn't fit that profile

thomps		2012-11-09 10:19:19 AM

in related news, john calipari now refers to his 2013 recruiting class as "hurricane sandy relief"

gameshowhost		2012-11-09 10:55:11 AM

... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

EyeballKid		2012-11-09 11:46:35 AM

gameshowhost: ... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

Awwww, there there, you poor thing! Show us on the scoreboard how bad Cal's team humiliated your favorite team.

thomps		2012-11-09 11:52:46 AM

EyeballKid: gameshowhost: ... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

Awwww, there there, you poor thing! Show us on the scoreboard how bad Cal's team humiliated your favorite team.

he would, but the game was later vacated...

Yanks_RSJ		2012-11-09 11:53:15 AM

Good for him.

Go Terps.

babysealclubber		2012-11-09 12:08:31 PM

IAmRight: ...this makes me feel like it's a "dammit stop hating us, see, we sometimes do nice things!" move.

He does shiat like this all of the time. He raised like a million for Haiti, and a good bit of money for tornado relief. Call him what you want when it comes to basketball, but outside, he's never shown himself to be nothing but a good person.

EyeballKid		2012-11-09 12:16:24 PM

thomps: EyeballKid: gameshowhost: ... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

Awwww, there there, you poor thing! Show us on the scoreboard how bad Cal's team humiliated your favorite team.

he would, but the game was later vacated...

Are you saying Calipari introduced Marcus Camby to two sports agents and worked out the deals between the 3, or that he took Derrick Rose's SAT for him? Or both? Is he that powerful?

thomps		2012-11-09 12:19:18 PM

EyeballKid		2012-11-09 12:27:11 PM

thomps: i'm saying that ~~you~~ crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

thomps		2012-11-09 12:32:51 PM

EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

i don't play basketball at the collegiate level, so i'm probably not ever going to get the opportunity to beat his teams on the floor.

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 12:44:48 PM

EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

EyeballKid		2012-11-09 12:57:07 PM

WaltzingMathilda: my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Oh, right, that's why the Hoosiers got that big trophy at the end of the season...oh, wait, my bad, dawg, your team got lucky on its home court and failed to back it up when it counted. Don't worry, though. You can always tell yourself after the Hoosiers prove themselves to be a giant fraud this season that they're still rebuilding.

Cataholic		2012-11-09 01:02:38 PM

babysealclubber		2012-11-09 01:09:03 PM

Cataholic: EyeballKid: WaltzingMathilda: my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Oh, right, that's why the Hoosiers got that big trophy at the end of the season...oh, wait, my bad, dawg, your team got lucky on its home court and failed to back it up when it counted. Don't worry, though. You can always tell yourself after the Hoosiers prove themselves to be a giant fraud this season that they're still rebuilding.

Hey. Those guys got Sweet Sixteen rings. Don't rain on their parade.

And a trophy display.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 01:11:23 PM

WaltzingMathilda: EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Only if you do the same for your coach and the one before him too.

/Knight got rid of the home and home series with UK first...refused to play in Rupp...but IU fans forget that.

kindms		2012-11-09 01:17:41 PM

EyeballKid: thomps: EyeballKid: gameshowhost: ... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

Awwww, there there, you poor thing! Show us on the scoreboard how bad Cal's team humiliated your favorite team.

he would, but the game was later vacated...

Are you saying Calipari introduced Marcus Camby to two sports agents and worked out the deals between the 3, or that he took Derrick Rose's SAT for him? Or both? Is he that powerful?

I went to High School with Marcus Camby. He failed off the team his freshman and sophomore years, his junior year (my senior year) he didn't even bother to go out for the team as he couldn't maintain a C average. Fast forward 2 or 3 years and it was a huge surprise to learn that he was at UMASS.

His wiki says he transferred but it didn't always say that. It used to not list his time in West Hartford where he had grade issues etc. So he transfers to the inner city school, gets to play and next thing is at UMASS.

Calapari being involved only makes it a little more suspicious. Marcus was a nice kid tho so more power to him. He was SOFT in HS tho. NEVER wanted to play inside even though he was like a foot taller and way more gifted compared to everyone else. He was a frustrating kid to watch in HS. He could have easily dominated and threw it down ever trip up the floor but he just never did. I think that makes it all the more surprising he made it to the NBA.

Slappajo		2012-11-09 01:22:17 PM

Princess0825		2012-11-09 01:22:30 PM

gameshowhost: ... money that he accumulated by being a greasy-headed sleazedouche.

/how about he up the ante to '90% of his fortune' and quit being a cheat?

AGREED!!!

The Muthaship		2012-11-09 01:47:24 PM

WaltzingMathilda: EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Was that in the 3rd round of the tournament? Go Hoosiers.

Coach_J		2012-11-09 01:47:46 PM

rebelpride644: WaltzingMathilda: EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Only if you do the same for your coach and the one before him too.

/Knight got rid of the home and home series with UK first...refused to play in Rupp...but IU fans forget that.

Rupp Arena? You mean a building named for the original NCAA Basketball cheat and a racist of the highest order...but UK fans forget that.

UK basketball: A World Class Reputation of Cheating Since the 1940s

/BTW, How much did World Wide Wes kick in?

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 01:53:53 PM

EyeballKid: WaltzingMathilda: my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Oh, right, that's why the Hoosiers got that big trophy at the end of the season...oh, wait, my bad, dawg, your team got lucky on its home court and failed to back it up when it counted. Don't worry, though. You can always tell yourself after the Hoosiers prove themselves to be a giant fraud this season that they're still rebuilding.

They got lucky beating 3 top 5 teams in one season? You really want to go down that road? Lots of good teams enter the tournament. Yours won the necessary 6 games in a row. They deserve accolades. But your coach is still a scum playing in an arena named after a scum. And only a scum would pretend that a team that did that and comes back the next season at #1 is either a "fraud" or "still rebuilding."

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 01:57:12 PM

rebelpride644: /Knight got rid of the home and home series with UK first...refused to play in Rupp...but IU fans forget that.

I haven't forgotten, but I fail to see what it has to do with this year.

lakrfool		2012-11-09 02:07:21 PM

He must have gotten some of his players to chip in.

Doogled		2012-11-09 02:11:32 PM

IAmRight: List of notable names donating a lot of money:

Yankees
John Calipari
Dwyane Wade

...this makes me feel like it's a "dammit stop hating us, see, we sometimes do nice things!" move.

/Charles Woodson did too, but he doesn't fit that profile

He's not on their level, but he's very easy to dislike.

The Muthaship		2012-11-09 02:11:48 PM

Playing the games on a neutral court makes the most sense. People take that rivalry very seriously. A neutral setting gets you a fair game every year, with equal access for both fan bases. They've played tons of games on a neutral site in the past. I don't blame UK for wanting to go that route, and I don't blame IU for trying to b*tch out by setting terms. They've been getting housed for the last 20 years.

colonel0sanders		2012-11-09 02:15:42 PM

Slappajo: EyeballKid: WaltzingMathilda: my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Oh, right, that's why the Hoosiers got that big trophy at the end of the season...oh, wait, my bad, dawg, your team got lucky on its home court and failed to back it up when it counted. Don't worry, though. You can always tell yourself after the Hoosiers prove themselves to be a giant fraud this season that they're still rebuilding.

I have a hard time not laughing at Indiana because they have a guy named Peter Jurkin playing for them.

You mean not playing for them, at least the first 9 or so games. NCAA violations (you know...cheating)
Link

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 02:17:48 PM

Coach_J: rebelpride644: WaltzingMathilda: EyeballKid: thomps: i'm saying that you crybabies who can't beat his teams on the floor have to make sure to cross-reference against ncaa rulings before pointing to scoreboards involving calipari.

/ftfy

my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Only if you do the same for your coach and the one before him too.

/Knight got rid of the home and home series with UK first...refused to play in Rupp...but IU fans forget that.

Rupp Arena? You mean a building named for the original NCAA Basketball cheat and a racist of the highest order...but UK fans forget that.

UK basketball: A World Class Reputation of Cheating Since the 1940s

/BTW, How much did World Wide Wes kick in?

Really? A white man in the south during that era made a few comments about African Americans??
I'm shocked.

He recruited African American players eariler than most in the SEC, if you are actually interested in educating yourself, read this:

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/rupp.html

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 02:22:33 PM

The Muthaship: Playing the games on a neutral court makes the most sense. People take that rivalry very seriously. A neutral setting gets you a fair game every year, with equal access for both fan bases. They've played tons of games on a neutral site in the past. I don't blame UK for wanting to go that route, and I don't blame IU for trying to b*tch out by setting terms. They've been getting housed for the last 20 years.

UK wanted to play 2 neutral games at Lucas Oil, and pretended that was some kind of gift to us, when in reality Calipari wanted to put 15000 blue shirts into our house 2x over a year for recruiting purposes. That's hardly a fair ask. IU then wrote a letter agreeing to the 2x in Lucas Oil, with a 3rd game in Kentucky and the fourth back at IU and Calipari said no because he only wanted a 2 year extension - basically 2 years in Indiana to set a recruiting tone in our state. I wouldn't call IU's refusal to piecemeal a contract 2 years at a time b*tching out in the slightest.

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 02:23:27 PM

colonel0sanders: Slappajo: EyeballKid: WaltzingMathilda: my team beat him on the floor last year, and now he's afraid to play them at home this year. can i call him a cheat?

Oh, right, that's why the Hoosiers got that big trophy at the end of the season...oh, wait, my bad, dawg, your team got lucky on its home court and failed to back it up when it counted. Don't worry, though. You can always tell yourself after the Hoosiers prove themselves to be a giant fraud this season that they're still rebuilding.

I have a hard time not laughing at Indiana because they have a guy named Peter Jurkin playing for them.

You mean not playing for them, at least the first 9 or so games. NCAA violations (you know...cheating)
Link

Literally no one thinks the NCAA did the right thing there or that checks written for bumper stickers before Jurkin was even born should have any impact in 2012. Don't be silly.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 02:26:43 PM

WaltzingMathilda: The Muthaship: Playing the games on a neutral court makes the most sense. People take that rivalry very seriously. A neutral setting gets you a fair game every year, with equal access for both fan bases. They've played tons of games on a neutral site in the past. I don't blame UK for wanting to go that route, and I don't blame IU for trying to b*tch out by setting terms. They've been getting housed for the last 20 years.

UK wanted to play 2 neutral games at Lucas Oil, and pretended that was some kind of gift to us, when in reality Calipari wanted to put 15000 blue shirts into our house 2x over a year for recruiting purposes. That's hardly a fair ask. IU then wrote a letter agreeing to the 2x in Lucas Oil, with a 3rd game in Kentucky and the fourth back at IU and Calipari said no because he only wanted a 2 year extension - basically 2 years in Indiana to set a recruiting tone in our state. I wouldn't call IU's refusal to piecemeal a contract 2 years at a time b*tching out in the slightest.

Really? Like he needs Indiana recruits right now? He missed out on Gary Harris last year but so did IU. When Tom wins a head to head recruiting battle with Cal over an Indiana kid then I'll buy that.

The Muthaship		2012-11-09 02:28:59 PM

rebelpride644: Really? Like he needs Indiana recruits right now? He missed out on Gary Harris last year but so did IU. When Tom wins a head to head recruiting battle with Cal over an Indiana kid then I'll buy that.

Don't be silly. Everyone knows UK has trouble getting the players they want.

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 02:32:23 PM

rebelpride644: WaltzingMathilda: The Muthaship: Playing the games on a neutral court makes the most sense. People take that rivalry very seriously. A neutral setting gets you a fair game every year, with equal access for both fan bases. They've played tons of games on a neutral site in the past. I don't blame UK for wanting to go that route, and I don't blame IU for trying to b*tch out by setting terms. They've been getting housed for the last 20 years.

UK wanted to play 2 neutral games at Lucas Oil, and pretended that was some kind of gift to us, when in reality Calipari wanted to put 15000 blue shirts into our house 2x over a year for recruiting purposes. That's hardly a fair ask. IU then wrote a letter agreeing to the 2x in Lucas Oil, with a 3rd game in Kentucky and the fourth back at IU and Calipari said no because he only wanted a 2 year extension - basically 2 years in Indiana to set a recruiting tone in our state. I wouldn't call IU's refusal to piecemeal a contract 2 years at a time b*tching out in the slightest.

Really? Like he needs Indiana recruits right now? He missed out on Gary Harris last year but so did IU. When Tom wins a head to head recruiting battle with Cal over an Indiana kid then I'll buy that.

Needs them? Maybe not. Think he doesn't want them? Get serious.

babysealclubber		2012-11-09 02:38:01 PM

Coach_J: /BTW, How much did World Wide Wes kick in?

Is that all you got? Get that weak sauce out of here.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 02:45:21 PM

WaltzingMathilda:
Needs them? Maybe not. Think he doesn't want them? Get serious.

That would be why I said need and not want. UK isn't going to be nearly as good this year but if you look at the 2013 class (three of the top five before Wiggins reclassified) it's not like he is getting turned down

Shabazz was his first real loss at UK and it looks like that might turn out to be a good thing. If he gets Wiggins next year also you can just ship the the trophy to the Craft Center.

\Just make sure not to send it via Emery

WaltzingMathilda		2012-11-09 02:55:56 PM

rebelpride644: WaltzingMathilda:
Needs them? Maybe not. Think he doesn't want them? Get serious.

That would be why I said need and not want. UK isn't going to be nearly as good this year but if you look at the 2013 class (three of the top five before Wiggins reclassified) it's not like he is getting turned down

Shabazz was his first real loss at UK and it looks like that might turn out to be a good thing. If he gets Wiggins next year also you can just ship the the trophy to the Craft Center.

\Just make sure not to send it via Emery

There's really no question though that he'd want to set up operations in a neighbor state with good players. Regardless of who the coaches are or what our biases are, we lost a great game to look forward to each year. And since this is college, it really should be at home where students can reasonably see the game. I'm saddened by it.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 03:05:04 PM

I agree that losing the rivalry sucks, hopefully they will get it back soon.

colonel0sanders		2012-11-09 03:06:12 PM

rebelpride644: I agree that losing the rivalry sucks, hopefully they will get it back soon.

Also agreed. I liked playing at IU.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 03:10:03 PM

AntonChigger		2012-11-09 03:17:03 PM

JESUS CHRIST WOULD ALL YOU IU AND UK ASSHOLE FANS JUST SHUT THE FARK UP

/grad student at IU, but my college basketball loyalties are to my Valpo Crusaders
//Gonna win the Horizon League this year!

babysealclubber		2012-11-09 03:20:18 PM

AntonChigger: JESUS CHRIST WOULD ALL YOU IU AND UK ASSHOLE FANS JUST SHUT THE FARK UP

/grad student at IU, but my college basketball loyalties are to my Valpo Crusaders
//Gonna win the Horizon League this year!

UK and IU talking in a UK related thread?? The horror!

The Muthaship		2012-11-09 03:27:58 PM

babysealclubber: UK and IU talking in a UK related thread?? The horror!

He has a point. IU is more whipping boy than rival. We should be talking about Lousiville or Carolina or Duke...

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 03:33:12 PM

NaziKamikaze		2012-11-09 04:00:30 PM

Farkers in this thread are exactly why I will never like UK basketball.

/Or comparable fans of any other sports team.
//Empathizes with UK football fans though
///But not their expectations

MugzyBrown		2012-11-09 04:25:09 PM

AntonChigger		2012-11-09 04:28:35 PM

rebelpride644: AntonChigger: JESUS CHRIST WOULD ALL YOU IU AND UK ASSHOLE FANS JUST SHUT THE FARK UP

/grad student at IU, but my college basketball loyalties are to my Valpo Crusaders
//Gonna win the Horizon League this year!

[ksr.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com image 500x380]

Way to miss the point

NaziKamikaze: Farkers in this thread are exactly why I will never like UK basketball.

/Or comparable fans of any other sports team.
//Empathizes with UK football fans though
///But not their expectations

THIS, SO MUCH THIS.

/wife is die-hard UK fan
//She's not a jerk about it, but sometimes I wish she would take it a tiny bit less seriously

professorkowalski		2012-11-09 04:41:16 PM

Why is it that the cheating Coach Cal does is less reprimanded th cheating done by Coach Calhoun?

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 04:41:32 PM

Yes because everything one posts on the internet has to be serious business.

I just wanted to use the damn picture

/YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WAS YELLING

Afrojedi		2012-11-09 04:43:15 PM

As a Memphis fan I only hope the worst for him on the court but the guy has been very charitable. He did a ton for this city and seems to be doing it elsewhere. Good for him on that but UK fans beware when he leaves in the middle of the night with the snow cone machine be prepared to take down some banners.

rebelpride644		2012-11-09 04:48:35 PM

Afrojedi: As a Memphis fan I only hope the worst for him on the court but the guy has been very charitable. He did a ton for this city and seems to be doing it elsewhere. Good for him on that but UK fans beware when he leaves in the middle of the night with the snow cone machine be prepared to take down some banners.

I understand the ill will from Memphis fans but where the hell would he go? UK, Duke, UNC...if you are coaching one of those three teams why would you ever leave?

/Don't say NBA
//Coach one 1st round pick a year or five

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