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This was very unfortunate. I have actually coached at a 10 star all star bball camp there before a few years back. The wall was is very close to the goal, not much room to "slow down" after a driving layup etc. I think it's in bad taste to sue the school. I'm sure the family has medical bills to pay in addition to future costs from the accident, but is it really the school's fault? I can see and understand their argument, but I just don't know about a lawsuit. If I play at a place like that, I control myself a bit more based on my surroundings, but I'm old. Maybe the school could offer to help with the medical bills or provide them a small settlement out of good spirits rather than be made to legally. They had to know they would take legal action. If there isn't anything about distance from the wall that is posted in the school or state's laws regarding activiitves in an auxillary gym then I see no call for legal action.....just my 2 cents.

I guess that was my deal with Stoney....out right calling me a liar etc.... we talked for a bit last night in the chat box and his stats were screwed up and I called him on it and asked if I should shout liar, ahole , or whatever else he was crying. Of course no response to it. My stats weren't off, I counted games vs. final top 25 his were against top 25 at time of game. I may have missed a quality game that was quality to him but not quality to me....it's a lot of subjective material. I said to lay out the terms that he was arguing and he dropped a bunch of crap that had more holes than swiss cheese due to who he wanted to include, who he didn't, what rounds were worthy of stats....which were the first two rounds.....big whoop, look past that look at the whole thing. He wanted to be right, but failed to prove anything due to his lack of facts / stats. You can't use SOME stats and exclude the rest of it.....anywho, his opinion they weren't as good...my opinion best in college bball and above the rest....so they are. ESPN loves the ACC in football....usually....absolutely hates the BE....so your turn will be here soon enough.

You miss most of the info entirely.....it's not all about UCONN but you can't not include them either. If you don't include them, then you don't include Duke. If you don't include Duke of the ACC...the ACC turns to mush....UNC wins every year and the rest is awful or somewhat competitive.....in the conference. The point is that he can't prove that the Big East isn't as good as advertised.....his stats that he puts out are partial or not including this or that, or only concerning certain rounds of the tourney ...etc... It's crazy to try to prove a point that is opinion based. I gave stats / facts as to why they were as good as advertised. Was this a typical year in bball where one of the BCS conf schools dominate and win it all......no it's not and that day seems to be fading away due to the top athletes going to BCS schools and bouncing after one year....(Kyrie Irving Duke for example) and the smaller conference schools keeping athletes for 3-4 years and building a TEAM (Butler / VCU for example) Yes I know Heyward left early, but they didn't lose their whole crew as Kentucky did. Just imagine last year's Kentucky team in this year's tourney......undefeated maybe...who knows. Anyway, The BE proved in and out of conference all year that they reigned supreme and in the end they wond the NT through UCONN. I never said that only having the Nat. champ was the sole reason. I sited quality wins vs. OOC teams, RPI rankings, SOS rankings, look at the number of top 25 teams, the number of teams just outside the top 25, etc.... The only leg he stands on is that they didn't perform well as a conference in the tournament.....I agree they didn't perform great as a whole, but to compare ACC's 4 to BE 11 is crazy. Had it been Duke or UNC win.....and we know those are the only to capable in the acc currently, then we would have heard that the BE sucks and the ACC reigns supreme again. LOL, it's the BE turn and seems that they have taken over the reigns of College bball, just smile and watch the games.......very entertaining. Unless it's the unc / duke game......the ACC just isn't very interesting night in and out.

LOL, did you really type OMG? Do you have braces and little pink bows in your hair? Ok here ya go: In response to your crap on the chat box. 1. Why concentrate on the top 8? Oh that's right, let's not include the National Champ...that makes lots of sense. It just shows the strength of the conference to have the #9 team win it all. 2. You can't fault a team for their seeding and who they play. Sure regular season has to do with it, but playing your own conf. in a tournament will happen when you get 11 in. No other conference can boast that fact of 11 teams. 3. Marginal or not on any win or stats is crazy to say it was only marginal, Duke marginally beat Butler last year....didn't matter. I would say Duke was a much better team, they weren't that night. 4. Why not include UCONN in your stats? only 9th best team from the BE right? Are we going to exclude all of the conference champs? Of course not! 5. .500 win / lose % first two rounds according to you, acc had 75% out of those wins how far did those teams go afterwards? Let's talk against the toughest competition. No ACC/ Big XII / SEC/ or Big Ten could not send a team to the NC...BE did, only one of those conferences other than the BE got a team in the final four. 6. Lowest % of Bcs conf. in sweet 16......but highest of any in final four (tied with sec) and only bcs conf rep in championship game! looks like the others need to step it up a notch! 7. You talk aobut BE have the best RPI...you didn't mention SOS! They avereaged 106.9 on the SOS power ratings. Of the top 24 teams in the country (using SOS rankings) half..yes 50% were from the Big East... http://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/ranking/strength-of-schedule-by-team The Big East Confrence had: #1 SOS #1 RPI #1 Team in the nation

Going on the basis of the tournament of 68, then you throw out the entire regular season which is pointless to throw away. It's called March Madness for a reason, upsets are the reason some people watch the tournament. Getting 11 teams in the tourney opens for more upsets, a definite lower winning % in the tourney, ratios will not be able to compared either due to extreme number of teams the ACC failed to put in or the large number the BE was able to get in. If we use the basis of the tourney....a BE team won the NC...so I guess we can end the discussion on the basis of the tourney. I agree my answer of Uconn was silly and pointless , I don't think Butler and Uconn were the two best teams in the nation, but that's the nature of a tournament. Uconn / Butler was hot....it's basketball...it happesn. If you want to discuss the conferences as a whole with the full season as a whole, feel free to prove to me why the BE isn't as good as advertised..... I understand that you may think that due to their performance in the NCAA tourney, I'm cool with that opinion, but it's that an opinion. The only real facts we have to go on is a full body of work. One game anyone can win or lose. BTW, with your argument, let's count the number of teams from each of the two conferences in the final four / NC game?

I don't think that the entire public opinion sides with you, here on this site probably due to the large number of ACC lovers. If you want fact I will provide them. What criteria are we basing our discussion on? Unless you clearly lay out what it is you feel that proves that the BE isn't as good as advertised, then It's like chasing our tails. If it's just the matter of whether or not they should have gotten 11 teams in the tourney, then sure that's debatable. I can agree that maybe Nova shouldn't have made the tourney, but was there an ACC team that performed better overall that should have taken their place...probably not.

Viva, I agree that Duke / UNC would compete in the BE , however I don't think they are a lock to finish in the top 2-3 every season in the BE as they do in the ACC.

Ok, so apparently a partial conversation took place in the chat section of the site and noone can go back and look at the info to discuss. So, here is the question. ACC or BE which basketball conference proved to be the better conference this season. I'm even throwing out the fact that the NC came from that conference. I'm talking the whole body of work. RPI, SOS, Top 25 wins vs. final top 25 , OOC quality wins. Please use facts to back up your claims! Stoney / UVA here is your chance!

I never mentioned WVU friend! DUKE and UNC will always be more of a traditional Basketball school because of their history. I respect that and they are the only reason the ACC is mentioned in anything relevant to basketball. LOL, gushing UCONN blue? No, just simply responding to all the crap ACC homers have been crying all tourney. We should have more in, VT should have got in before VCU (LOL) etc..... I'm not saying I heard it all on here but some here, some on facebook, some from friends , etc.... Going on selection criteria, the BE earned each of the 11 spots they recieved and the ACC earned their few spots. You can be "disturbed" as you wish, but had Duke made it far enough oh wait Carolina went further, then all the Hokie nation / ACC lovers around here would be boasting that they only had a few teams in the tourney but still had the best team! Pre-tourney, I say Duke was better than UCONN, but it's a championship tourney, the proof is the number of wins you have there. If simply calling out those ACC loving fools makes me gush uconn blue.................so be it! :)

Yup I agree! Technically, he graduates this May in 3 years...that was the "reason" for recognizing him on senior night, but I call BS, that is why I said I doubt he returns.

Pregame, I would have said Butler due to last year's experience and overall experience of team. UCONN is young, could be dangerous next year, but I doubt Walker returns. I just find Chuck (Barkley) and the Big East haters hilarious. The Big East tourney Champ or 9-9 regular season (9th seed) in the BET wins the national title. I would have agreed that the Big East didn't have the best college bball team this year, however they proved me wrong. I'm sure there are better teams with better athletes, but they are the only one that can say we are the Champs! You can't argue with the fact, that with a young team with a fearless floor general went through the tough BE schedule and grew leaps and bounds. If they are in the ACC / Horizon / Colonial / Big Ten / etc.....would they have grown as much? I don't think so, no conference makes you bring your best every night in conference play like the BE. Even Providence / Depaul made you work for it. You can't say that for every conference. Congrats to UCONN and the Big East and congrats to Butler.....they were fun to watch!

I think this would be great! I don't agree with all of the picks of course, but how much fun would this be? Football packs the house, but play the games at the higher seed's house. That makes the regular season very important ...seeding , playing at home, money for the schools...etc... I love March Madness for the all of the close games, crazy outcomes, underdogs....etc... This year's NCAA TOURNAMENT has been absolutely great! Plenty of history made and upsets played out. Now we have a Beast from the Big East vs. an underdog. I see this going down as a close game, but Butler can win this.....but can they contain KEMBA? Oh how great it would be if college football would follow suit. It's a shame that preseason rankings dictate a lot of the end of the year outcomes.

Great read! The only thing left out was Huggs flying to the console the families of the UBB disaster and bring them homemade food. You don't see that too often in other states.

It's great to see the team get back to being at the top of the league. I think they are set up very well with their players. They may lack one extra scoring threat, but they are pretty solid and it looks like they might very well have the MVP!

http://wvillustrated.com/wvubasketball/story/id/898

http://bdtonline.com/collegesports/x106227766/Va-Tech-player-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges

Big East has the best basketball conference period. They don't have the best team, but as a conference, they are the best top to bottom. I can see an arguement for Nova not making it because they had a tough ending to the season. Georgetown had a key injury and was a top 25 team all year. Marquette, well , they are still alive. To say it's the ESPN guys, is crazy. ESPN absolutely hates on the BE in football. It's just a matter of fact that the Big East has a strangle hold on basketball.

I like the outfit on the LSU ladies......I'd say it would be a fun time if you were in purple and gold.

Bland has some good athletes this year, many of which are seniors. Graham started off rough, but finished them off. The freshman pitcher for Graham did quite well.

Oh, so everyone got to read it and discuss it? Yeah, I'm beginning to think my last reply was true!

The only thing injured was his pride!

That's it, you're a lousy moderator! Always being a pain in the butt ! LOL, all in good fun friend :) Anyway, was it posted previoiusly?

UCONN just upset PITT in the BE tourney....wow ...great ending...Calhoun seemed to call a play to get a switch where walker was guarded by McHee (Pitt's Center). He used his quickness to get McHee out of the way..he fell down....Walker stepped back and canned the long 2 to win 76-74

http://www.wvva.com/Global/story.asp?S=14222710

My apologies if its on here....... http://ht.cdn.turner.com/si/images/2011/03/08/Ohio_State_NCAA.pdf 2 games not enough!