Headed out to Indy for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Any of you elitist East Coast chauncies ever mingled with your salt of the earth brethren? This will be my 8th in 9 years, say what you will about middle 'Murica (it sucks), but Indy does big events right (see: 2007 Super Bowl, any Final 4 they've hosted). Small downtown, grid setup, all bars/hotels in the same area, they close down the streets and let you walk around with open containers.

This is the first time in forever since the race has sold out - track is privately run and notoriously vague about attendance figures - the local TV blackout on the race has been lifted for the first time. Expect 375k/400k in the grounds on Sunday, largest one-day sporting event in the world.

Carb Day (last day the teams are allowed to work on their cars) which is tomorrow is also sold out, first time that's ever happened. Expecting 225k for that. Journey playing in the afternoon.

Look for me in Turn 3 aka "The Snake Pit." I'll be the guy w/ the Kenny Powers cut passing around the sweet Cali j's trying to coordinate a post-race finger blast sesh with one of my cousin's friends.

...how many times have you watched the Championship game?...

Me...
1. Fully - Best guess: 9 times
2. Partially - Best guess: 14 times

You?....

Frying dudes playing 17u. He gave some to Mr Lykes in this video.

I think Jason Donnelly was at O'Connell when his brother Zalmico played there? If not he was probably recruiting him?

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Dead of the coldest winter i can remember. How are you fat fukks holding up?

I have been working out seven days a week for the past two months to combat the depressive effects of not being able to leave my house, except to go to work.

Currently 186, off a 206 high this time last year. My adult low is 185. Looking to eclipse that. One more pound and i willno longer qualify as "overweight" on the BMI chart for the first time since 2nd grade.

• $15 million cash up front
• $11 million in cash annually over next fifteen years
• $7.4 million in shoes and clothing PER YEAR
• $2 million provided for facility upgrades

Seems reasonable....

http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-0525-ucla-under-armour-20160525-snap-story.html

He just announced it on Instagram. Huge.

what's the backstory here? And why does TJC love quoting this?

We are a lucky group. Needs to be said every so often. Pretty amazing ride the last few years, this heat in particular and now get to enjoy an off season that we are most likely repeat candidate in a decade. Not to mention the coach, the staff, the players we have, and being involved with aeveral studs. An X fan just commented pretty good to be you. Think all of us are in the same boat.

with Josh back....who starts and who sits the first league game? I think Jay tinkers with some lineups, but I have no idea who starts by the time league play begins.

We essentially have 8 starters.

My head says Brunson, Booth, Josh, Kris and Darryl.
My gut says, Brunson, Hart, Kris, Bridges/Paschall, and Darryl.

The second lineup gives us more depth and length. The first gives us experience, but a smaller quicker lineup.

in the 2nd, Booth plays the spark off the bench, Paschall/bridges is our changeup, Spellman learns the system and Donte brings enthusiasm and athleticism.

There are no wrong answers. Either way these are good problems to have. We are loaded. I think it takes us a while to work through the kinks of having new guys in leadership roles.

Has anyone ordered this and actually received it?

I ordered the week following the game and still have not received anything. Just wondering if I need to contact them or if they just have not shipped yet.

Kind of an upset, really liked professor Wright.

need BW advice. Taking my girl there over the summer. Any recos on food, hotel? Planning on lots of banging in all holes so a hotel with mirrored ceilings would be nice.

My first time there. Always afraid to go because too many Puerto Ricans.

After writing about how Duke is going to be the odds-on favorite to win next year's title, Rothstein added this:

Josh Hart's decision will have a major impact on next season

Villanova's Josh Hart, the Wildcats' second-leading scorer during last year's national title run, said last week that he's 50-50 on whether or not he'll return to school for his senior season and his decision this week will have a major impact on how the landscape of college basketball looks next fall.

If Hart returns to the Main Line then the Wildcats will have a legitimate chance to repeat as national champions and be the top challenger to Duke entering next season.

If he doesn't, Villanova will still be a very good team, but not quite the heavyweight it could be with Hart leading the way.

The 6-5 wing has rarely lost any 50-50 plays during his entire career and may epitomize the Wildcats' culture more than any other player that has been a part of Jay Wright's impressive 97-13 run over the last three seasons.

All players must decide by Wednesday whether or not they're staying in the 2016 NBA Draft.

• One consistent theme out of Villanova over the past few weeks: a redshirt year was the best possible thing for Donte DiVincenzo. This kid is going to play a critical role for the Wildcats as a third guard behind Jalen Brunson and Phil Booth.

So, Big 10/ACC challenge and Big 12/SEC challenge schedules came out.

Many people wanted Michigan St, Indiana, Michigan or even Ohio St. (Most people knew we wouldn't play Maryland) While I selfishly wanted IU (good buddy went to IU) it makes sense why MSU didn't want us...

1) Play in Champions Classic against Kentucky
2) Play Arizona in Hawaii
3) Play in Bahamas - (MSU, Louisville, Wichita St, Baylor, LSU, VCU, SJU, Old Dominion)
4) ACC/Big 10 challenge vs. Duke

No kidding they didn't want to play another top 10 team

Ohio St - I think Purdue is better, but people wanted them (for some reason)
1) UCLA in Vegas
2) UConn
3) Virginia (Big 10/ACC challenge)
4) Providence (Gavitt Games)

But traditionally, Ohio St has played 3 games a year against major conference teams (or counting UConn) over the past 3 years...so they're actually improving their schedule here.

Michigan is not going to be very good. Here is their schedule:
1) Virginia Tech (Big 10/ACC)
2) UCLA
3) Cincinnati
4) 2k sports (Pitt, SMU, Marquette)
5) Xavier

Sure, we could have gotten Michigan, but they stink. Purdue is much better.

Indiana has a pretty loaded schedule:
1) UNC (Big 10/ACC)
2) Kansas
3) Butler
4) Louisville
5) Creighton

Indiana has averaged 4 major conference OOC games each year over the past 3 years.

If we were on the other end, not sure we would have wanted to play these schedules because of how people bitch and complain when we lose.

Purdue's schedule, has solid teams, but only 2 other top teams:

1) Villanova
2) Cancun challenge (Auburn, Utah St, Texas Tech)
3) Louisville (Big 10/ACC)
4) Arizona St at MSG
5) Notre Dame for Crossroads Classic

http://sports.altoona.psu.edu/mbasketball/


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Also, Michael Bradley was canned at Eastern Kentucky in March....don't think that was posted on the board.

http://mycn2.com/cn2-sports/eku-lets-go-of-assistant-basketball-coach-michael-bradley

Alright, the "It's Official" mile percentages can be posted from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Only rules so far are use an actual track and the handicapper to get your percentage of the top standard for someone your age (that way we'll have Whitey up against Ball, just like golf).

Out this am for a 22.1%. Not "It's Official", but wanted to get something up there on the board.

Can post as many times as you like up to the deadline. Winner gets the PB membership.

Good luck, gentlemen.

Not having Federer in a major is weird. And it sucks.

Massive shocker in progress with Murray trailing some dude I've literally never heard of. Odds on this were -15,000. Would make it the biggest upset in the history of tennis.

Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein 2m2 minutes ago

Princeton's Mitch Henderson has hired former NBA star Kerry Kittles as an assistant coach, per release.

via whitecat

https://villanova.forums.rivals.com/threads/or-eric-attention-needed.35880/#post-595332

Jay and Geno Auriemma are on ESPN Radio now with Michael Kay, before tomorrow night's reception at the NY Athletic Club, where they'll receive the club's Winged Foot award.

Jay said that, because Jenkins' shot went in, he's doing things like speaking to the Philadelphia Eagles, giving them advice about winning. But he feels like he's the same guy, the same coach, even though people are treating him differently.

Jay noted that he's already starting to think about next season, and that if Josh announces that he's coming back tmrw., "we have a chance to be pretty good again." Pretty good - nice, Coach.

Kay asked Jay if he's thought about going to the NBA one day, because he already "dresses the part." Jay said pretty frankly that he does think about it, that it would be a cool challenge to coach at "basketball's highest level." People tell him he could always try it, and, if ot doesn't work out, just go back to college where he can "get any job he wants." Jay said he replies back that he's already got the job that he wants.

Jay said it was pretty cool to win another title for Rollie, and that he's been texting with Randy & Kyle throughout the playoffs.

Auriemma was an interesting listen. 11 titles - amazing - he said the men's and women's games are totally different because the women's game doesn't have to deal with players leaving early for the pros. Geno busted Jay's chops saying if his two daughters were given the choice between saving him off a deserted island, or staring @ a picture of Jay, he'd be on the island for a while.

I'll put up the link to the interview when it's available.

Winged Foot Award:https://www.nyac.org/winged-foot-award

This was the one video that I was trying to piece together for the past month. Here is the 16 minute full season highlight reel. Enjoy!

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For my 60th birthday my son arranged a road trip for us to Pittsburgh (where neither he or I have ever been). We are staying 2 nights in a very nice hotel and have great seats to a Pirates game on a Saturday night. I have 2 questions:

1. Can you please recommend somewhere terrific to eat on Friday night. Most likely a steakhouse or perhaps a non-steakhouse if it is amazing.

2. We will have several hours on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday before the game to see Pittsburgh. Are there any places or things you recommend we definitely see while we are there.

Thanks in advance,

SVan

Says Martin Inglesby, ND asst, to take Delaware job.