tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post3348425037089321847..comments2024-01-31T11:37:10.331-06:00Comments on Born-Again Hippies: Basketball's Longest MinuteRandy Haspelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-60448302805541886022009-03-27T10:53:00.000-05:002009-03-27T10:53:00.000-05:00Getting through to the NCAA rules committee may be...Getting through to the NCAA rules committee may be near impossible. But, if you can get Calipari's attention maybe he will agree with you and get other coaches to bring pressure to bear on the rules committee for change. The bottom line is that it would be easier to get through to Calipari than to try to get through to the NCAA rules committee. Why not send him a letter with your argument? It will only cost you a postage stamp. And your point is still valid. According to your thinking Missouri deserved the win because they maintained the lead through most of the game. They outplayed Memphis and deserved the win as painful to us Memphis fans as it was. Intentional fouls during the last minute shouldn't be a basis for a rip-off win because one team has better foul shooters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-13316833049835867562009-03-27T09:50:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:50:00.000-05:00Well, I read this post a few days ago and it was f...Well, I read this post a few days ago and it was fresh in my mind last night when Memphis was in a nearly identical position as was Michigan in a game you so well described. "A mild case in point was Saturday's Michigan-Oklahoma game. With 59.4 seconds to go and ten points down, Michigan called a time-out. That final minute took six minutes to complete and, guess what; after three more fouls and another time-out, Michigan lost by ten points. It was like watching water evaporate". And there was Memphis, just over a minute to go and down by 11. I just wonder whether at that very moment, you too were thinking you may have written this blog just one game too soon. The very strategy you described and want banned, was the very one that the Tigers adopted as it was their only remaining hope - to turn the game into a free-throw shooting contest and hope for the best. Had the Tigers come back and won - and what a great comeback that had already made - how would you have reacted to someone saying it was a cheap victory enabled by a bad rule that should be eliminated. I hate the end of basketball games too and for the very same reason and it is even more acute in the pros than in college, but actually, the rules work pretty well the way they are; it just depends on who you are rooting for. Personally, I hate the 3-point shot as it rewards players and teams an extra point for making a shot that players were making 75 years ago. If you are going to do that, make it at least 25 feet. Just me though. The best change they could make in basketball is to enforce the rules they way they are written and begin with traveling'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-63980313784625929432009-03-26T02:35:00.000-05:002009-03-26T02:35:00.000-05:00Mr. Anon.It looks like not many people care about ...Mr. Anon.<BR/>It looks like not many people care about the rules of basketball but us. I do appreciate your good words, however. It's March Madness. I figureds folks might have something to shout about. Guess not. Go Tigers!Randy Haspelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-50312830641183336512009-03-24T00:06:00.000-05:002009-03-24T00:06:00.000-05:00Mike Butler akin to Pete Maravich? What have you b...Mike Butler akin to Pete Maravich? What have you been smoking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-80675210482440870402009-03-22T17:45:00.000-05:002009-03-22T17:45:00.000-05:00I was as shocked, but not as wounded, as you were ...I was as shocked, but not as wounded, as you were last year. It goes without saying that not since Fred Brown threw the ball to James Worthy in 1982 was a game given away with such abandon. But, Calipari is one of the best. Forget the NBA. College coaches have never been able to do that well. Patino couldn't either. They could go all the way in 09. We'll see what happens in the Regional Finals should they and the #1 seed meet up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-59435070527788785652009-03-22T13:22:00.000-05:002009-03-22T13:22:00.000-05:00Randy, I would've replied to the column, but I ref...Randy, <BR/>I would've replied to the column, but I refuse to open a Google account, or any other account I can avoid, for that matter. So you get a personal reply (but feel free to post) on another great blog.<BR/>For years, I've been advocating a rule change that would really make the fouling team think twice. Award the shooting team two points if the first foul shot is made for any foul committed in the last minute.<BR/>I usually agree with everything you write, but I wouldn't pop the champagne corks yet if i were a Memphis fan. No doubt the bad taste that remains from Calipari taking UMass far but ultimately nowhere, then skipping to the NBA (and to the Nets at that - it would be like leaving Gonzaga for the Grizzlies), makes it hard for me and many others in New England to root for a Coach Cal team. Which does not mean that I'm picking UConn, which (as Dan Shaughnassy pointed out the other day) might as well be on Long Island as far as Bostonians are concerned. I'd like to see Pitt win, and as for Louisville, if you think Calipari left a bad taste...<BR/>Keep up the great work, a sentiment seconded by Denise./BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-3685970928580473752009-03-22T13:12:00.000-05:002009-03-22T13:12:00.000-05:00Excellent point, meistro. I never even considered ...Excellent point, meistro. I never even considered the point that you made, but I think that you are 100% correct. Maybe no one else has considered this either. Why not send your proposal to the NCAA rules committee. I agree with Father Farken. I must admit that you are brilliant, even though I don't always agree with you. You would have made a good political analyst, lawyer, teacher, or perhaps a college professor. Or maybe even a sports analyst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com