I’d like our chances in that bracket though. All three of those teams are vulnerable. I think we’d run Oklahoma out of a gym. Can’t believe they’re even a 4 seed honestly.
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Boogs vs Bama for a trip to the final four would be epic
True. I think we match up well with everybody in our side of the bracket but Bucknell. Just about all of those teams play a similar style to us and aren’t massive inside.
Dude has to run out of these tweet ideas eventually
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“Don’t forget about me”
Bryce is practicing today and shooting a little.
Sounds promising. Doubt he plays his 28 minutes that he averages though
Yeah, it will be interesting to see how his shoulder responds to today. He's not going through any contact. Bruce said if he can go through a contact practice tomorrow then he will play. We need his shooting, but I think we need his defending and depth more than anything.
Yeah, at this point, I think he will play as long as he isn't so sore he can't move tomorrow.
Ex-Adidas execs, agent want federal charges dropped in corruption case
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Mark SchlabachESPN Senior Writer
A U.S. District Court judge in New York will hear arguments Thursday morning about whether a federal criminal case against three of the 10 men indicted for their alleged roles in the FBI's two-year investigation into college basketball corruption should continue.
Attorneys representing former Adidas executives James Gatto and Merl Code and former sports agent Christian Dawkins are expected to argue in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that what their clients are accused of doing -- allegedly funneling money from Adidas to the families of high-profile recruits to ensure that the players signed with Adidas-sponsored schools, and then Adidas and certain sports agents and financial planners once they turned pro -- doesn't constitute a federal crime.
Gatto, Code and Dawkins face one felony count each of wire fraud. Their attorneys will also challenge the government's argument that the victims in the case are the universities where the players signed, because the players certified that they were eligible to play when they weren't after they or their families accepted improper benefits.
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan is expected to rule on the defendants' motion to dismiss the charges as early as Thursday. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 1.
Feds drop charges against AAU director
The federal government has dropped charges against Jonathan Augustine, a former AAU basketball director from Florida, in the Adidas scandal case.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York dropped federal charges against Jonathan Brad Augustine, a former AAU director in Orlando, Florida, who was accused of conspiring with the others to persuade two high school players to sign with Louisville and one with Miami.
"It's not surprising to me that the case has issues because it should have never been brought," said New York-based attorney Jeffrey Einhorn, who represents former USC assistant Tony Bland in a separate federal case related to the FBI probe. "Everything about this case stinks."
Regardless what happens with the criminal cases, sources with knowledge of the FBI investigation told ESPN this week that the clandestine probe could result in potential NCAA violations for as many as three dozen Division I programs, based on information included in wiretap conversations from the defendants and financial records, e-mails and cellphone records seized from NBA agent Andy Miller. His office was raided on the same day the FBI arrested 10 men, including four assistant coaches, in late September.
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"It's not the mid-major programs who were trying to buy players to get to the top," a source told ESPN. "It's the teams that are already there."
Miller, the president and founder of ASM Sports in New Jersey, relinquished his NBA agent certification in December. He represented NBA stars such as Kevin Garnett, Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka.
The sources told ESPN that many of the alleged incidents involve illegal cash payments to prospects and their families, as well as players and their families receiving tens of thousands of dollars from agents while they were still playing in college. In some cases, according to the sources, NCAA head coaches were aware of the payments, while others didn't have knowledge of the schemes.
"At some point, the NCAA is going to see this stuff," the source said. "What are they going to do? They can't sit on their hands. If one kid is getting punished at USC for taking money, then the kid taking money at another school has to be punished, too."
Code, Dawkins and Gatto are accused of scheming to send $100,000 to the family of five-star prospect Brian Bowen to ensure that he would sign with Louisville last summer. The FBI alleges Bowen's father accepted the money; Bowen says he was unaware of the scheme.
The FBI investigation led to the firings of longtime Cardinals coach Rick Pitino and athletics director Tom Jurich.
Sources close to the investigation told ESPN that Augustine's charges were dismissed because evidence showed that he never gave the money he received from the defendants to a high school player they wanted to sign with Miami. Instead, Augustine kept the money for himself.
Attorneys for Gatto, Code and Dawkins have filed motions in an attempt to suppress wiretap interceptions made during the FBI's investigation. Among other issues, according to the attorneys, is that the U.S. Attorney's application for the wiretap was improper.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that one of the FBI undercover agents involved in the corruption probe is accused of using the government's money on gambling, food and drinks, and was taken off the assignment once his behavior was discovered.
"The things that are happening in this case don't happen in a federal case that's done properly," Einhorn said. "I'm not going to comment about the FBI agent, but what's next?"
Bland and three other former assistant coaches -- Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans, Arizona assistant Emanuel "Book" Richardson and Auburn's Chuck Person -- are charged in separate cases related to the FBI probe, along with former NBA referee and Atlanta clothier Rashan Michel and financial planner Munish Sood. The government alleges they also conspired to funnel money from Adidas to players and their families.
"The wrong people were charged," Einhorn said. "These people are part of a situation that is much bigger than them. It's hard for me to say with a straight face that these people charged are outliers. This is what NCAA basketball is, and it's been that way for a long time."
If this is going to involve shoe companies, we might not be involved on that end since I’m assuming that’s mostly Nike and Adidas teams and kids. If UA is paying kids, they did it so poorly the FBI didn’t even know about it.
@Torqued started a thread on TBB mocking Tater for the loss tonight. It progressed to him claiming he didn't know where the "moot" comments came from.
Just wanted to remind everyone that although I'm a chicken little just prior to and during the games, I have truly been a believer all along. Posted this back on July 31 on tbb. @Fatz Geronimo @DufnerFanBoy @jeramye
And yes, I really did that. My wife tried to hide because she was so embarrassed that I was talking shit to a bunch of hulking teens that were at minimum a solid 12 inches taller than me. And actually had muscles that you could see. And whether we actually meet KU in the Final4 is irrelevant. What matters is that the Boogs are going and I was talking shit in an airport to a blueblood as far back as July.
For the select few still with tbb access: https://auburn.forums.rivals.com/threads/saw-the-kansas-jayhawks-mbb-team-in-ohare.292292/
And yes, I really did that. My wife tried to hide because she was so embarrassed that I was talking shit to a bunch of hulking teens that were at minimum a solid 12 inches taller than me. And actually had muscles that you could see. And whether we actually meet KU in the Final4 is irrelevant. What matters is that the Boogs are going and I was talking shit in an airport to a blueblood as far back as July.
For the select few still with tbb access: https://auburn.forums.rivals.com/threads/saw-the-kansas-jayhawks-mbb-team-in-ohare.292292/
Correct me if I'm wrong but a UT loss to UGA and a boog win over USCe means next Wednesday is to cut down the regular season nets?
I think Florida would have to lose Saturday too. If Florida won out, including a win over us, they would have the tiebreaker on us if we only win 2 of our remaining 5 games. So, losses by UT and UF Saturday and a win by us gives us a chance to clinch at Bama. The Bama win would eliminate them, and Mizzou, being the other team still alive, wouldn't hold the tiebreaker against us.
I believe these are the scenarios:
2 wins and one loss by UT, UF, Mizzou, and Bama
3 wins, which would put us 14-4, and no one can catch us.
There is no “tie-breaker” for the regular season title, per the SEC website (someone posted a link on tbb and C&P’ed the text). It’s just a split title amongst all involved in said tie. The tie-breaker only comes into play when seeding for the SEC tournament. So, even if we were in a 3-way tie with UT and UF, we still cutting down the nets. I just won’t be nearly as magical.
Boogs ain't sharing nothing with no one. 15-3 gets it done in dominating fashion.
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Then maybe quit posting shit like “2018 gonna my year. Just watch”
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Danjel Purifoy is the answer to a question that nobody is asking.
I think he could help us next year. I didn't want him cleared and added to the roster late in the season because of my personal worries about chemistry disruption and minutes for everyone and general concerns about how he would fit into everything we were doing midseason.
But if he could come back next year, which seems unlikely, I think he could be a solid contributor. Every player on the team seems to have improved their game from last year to this year. I don't see why he wouldn't be any different. And he'd likely be playing a more natural position at 3.
But if he could come back next year, which seems unlikely, I think he could be a solid contributor. Every player on the team seems to have improved their game from last year to this year. I don't see why he wouldn't be any different. And he'd likely be playing a more natural position at 3.
Time to just burn down the NCAA. They allowed this system to go on:
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sport...icks-224417174.html?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sport...icks-224417174.html?__twitter_impression=true
Pete Thamel is terrible on TV and video. Looks like a seventh grader doing an ill-prepared book report.
Clay Travis believes in the Boogs, if that means anything
https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/sportsbook-reviews-top-five-college-basketball-teams/
https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/sportsbook-reviews-top-five-college-basketball-teams/
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I got a case of herps visiting that link but its about suppression and I think I’ll be ok, I’m just glad to get positive vibes about muh bewgs.
I hope it is his year... his year in Europe. I may be in the minority but I hope he moves on. He seems, and I could be totally wrong, like a "look at me" - "me first" type of dude. My concern would be that if he came back how well he'd fit in with this squad and the type of chemistry they have. He could disrupt it and become a cancer if he didn't get the minutes that he thought he should be getting.
That said, On the opposite end of the spectrum, Austin seems to be very humble and would flow well with the chemistry the guys have going.
Hey gang, this is a PSA notifying you that Jeff Sagarin's rankings are still trash:
Sometimes, I wonder if the deep swamp in Indianapolis is actually behind this. Just think, as more teams like UNC get caught up in scandals only to threaten and file lawsuits that the NCAA knows they can't win (and then this would/could cause a snowball effect across college athletics as more schools do this), the NCAA views this as a way to regain the control and justification for their existence that they seem to be losing day by day. The NCAA is "cooperating" with the FBI. Makes you wonder if several years back, did the NCAA take these "grave concerns of illegal activity" to the FBI. Que the @demeat conspiracy theories and tinfoil hats.
What a dumb cuck.Hey gang, this is a PSA notifying you that Jeff Sagarin's rankings are still trash:
