Opening day yesterday with Jozy scoring two goals (One from a penalty kick). Excited for the Redbulls to kick off at Sporting KC. NYCFC also squares off against Orlando today. Some good matches to start the season.

NYCFC supporters on the board must be excited to finally see an actual soccer game after years of waiting. First home match next week at the stadium.

ONE......YOU CANT LOSE SIXTY PERCENT OF A STARTING LINEUP AND NOT TAKE A HIT......TWO...I THINK WE WILL BE FINE OFFENSIVELY...WE WILL STILL PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD.....LOTS OF WEAPONS IN BRUNSEN,RYAN,HART,DANIEL,PHIL........WE GOT SHOOTERS ALL OVER THE PLACE..... IM BULLISH ON OUR OFFENSIVE ..POTENTIAL."....THREE....I REALLY THINK OUR OFFENSE WILL RUN THRU DAN OCHEFU MORE NEXT YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE....WE WILL BE A REAL GOOD OFFENSIVE TEAM.... IF I WERE COACH WRIGHT, OCHEU WOULD BE A KEY TO OUR OFFENSE.........FOUR....I THINK WE WILL TAKE A HIT DEFENSIVELY.......MAYBE BIG TIME.....HILLIARD WAS A TERRIFIC DEFENDER.....PINKY IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY, AND ENNIS WAS AS GOOD A GUARD DEFENDER THAT WE HAD IN FIFTEEN YEARS.............FIVE...I THINK OUR PRESS WILL BE LESS EFFECTIVE......HILLIARD AND DYLAN CREATED INNUMERABLE...,,STEALS,DISRUPTIONS,DEFLECTIONS,ETC........."......SIX....WE WILL BE LESS ATHLETIC...... ILL LET YOU THINK ABOUT WHY...NOT HARD TO FIGURE IT OUT.....THINK OF SOME POOR COMBINATIONS ATHLETICALLY THAT COULD IMPACT MANY FACETS OF THE GAME.........SEVEN.....WE WILL TAKE A HIT ON THE BOARDS OR REBOUNDING........HILLIARD WAS A TERRIFIC REBOUNDER....IF HE DIDNT GET IT, HE DEFLECTED THE BALL...KEPT IT ALIVE....BATTED IT BACK OUT.......SAME WITH DYLAN ENNIS.....HE WAS A VERY GOOD REBOUNDING GUARD......IF HE DIDNT GET A PURE REBOUND,,,,HE KEPT BALLS ALIVE FOR ORHERS, PINKY RANKS AMONG ALL TIME LEADERS....IN REBOUNDS SO THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF....................X FACTORS.....DARYL REYNOLDS AND MIKAL BRIDGES......WE NEED TO GET SOME CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH IF WE ARE TO BE VERY GOOD.........KRIS JENKINS NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM HIS BODY TO REACH PEAK PERFORMANCE...............I THINK WE CAN BE PRETTY GOOD AGAIN,,,,,BUT LOTS OF QUESTION MARKS.......TEAM APPEARS A BIT SMALL ON PAPER ......AND STAYING HEALTHY IN KEY SPOTS IS IMPERATIVE........JUST MY EARLY OPINIONS.......COACH WRIGHT AND STAFF DO A GREAT JOB FIGURING IT ALL OUT.....BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD........MUST STAY HEALTHY........ONE THING IVE COME TO AN EARLY REALIXATION IS THAT BRUNSEN MAY BE AN OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER....BUT HE REALLY IS ONLY SIX FOOT ONE TOPS.....AND A SHORT ARMED PLAYER IN THE FISHER....MALCOM,.....SCOTTY...MOLD...........MORE RUNNING BACK BODY THAN BASKETBALL BODY........BUT THATS OK..




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Were those two calling the Wisconsin/Kentucky game terrible? Why didn't the NCAA use Bilas and company? I could not watch the whole game because of these two morons.

fortunately ,they screwed Both teams at the end.

Sadly my money is on Duke, their big problem all year was defense and softness, and all of a sudden hey have really turned up the intensity. Congrats to Wisc for beating Kentucky, but their backcourt didn't impress me tonight. I hope it's a close high scoring game and would love for Wiscy to pull it out...just not sure they will.

This is tough. Thought I was over 2 weeks ago.
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Kudos to both teams on an outstanding game....Decker with the onions step back for the ages...

But, notwithstanding a total inconsistency all night as to what was or wasn't a foul...

Down the stretch....

Two hand pushes in the back guarding the post...no calls...

Flagrant One...no call

Missed shot clock violation on huge tying bucket....

Mystery foul on drive with one minute left....

The two teams showed up, but the three zebras did their Villanova v. NC State imitation....just awful...who rates these guys?

...realize how foolish they look crying. NO ONE feels bad for them. NO ONE!

If you are not a UK fan, you are thrilled right now. Cal not likable - he has made college hoops a joke (see the Tai Wynward article) and the BBN look like fools crying.

They played in a lousy league. Beat up on patsies. Almost lost to scrub teams like Texas A&M and Ole Miss and Florida and got beat by a better basketball team tonight.

No tears for Cal, BBN and their pantheon of McD's divas who didn't shake hands with UW after the game. The UK broadcasters were fuming that they didn't shake hands.

in Highschool. Mighty Depaul was one of the better programs offering him.

Cap tip to Bo Ryan for signing him & developing
the big guy.

Frosh year @ Whiskey, his season high was 9 points.

..must not read this board

Bo Ryan deserves this. I didn't know that Kaminsky played 2 games in his first two years. Amazing!!

Montverede wins another NC over Oak hill, it's there 3 straight title.
I know he gets the players, but they all buy in. The man can coach.

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Thank God we got Brunson and Spellman. Wow - two potential 4 year stars locked up.

The NE is going to be nuts for talent. Chris and his crazy assts at St. Johns. Freddy at SHU. Pitino and K always around. Cal when it's a stud. Boeheim still a factor. Just nuts. Luckily Calhoun is gone. Good Pitt is irrelevant.

Jay is amazing and has a great brand, but it's going to be tough - as tough as possible with most all local schools competitive for talent now. We will get ours, but great to have two stars locked up...

Interesting Idea?

Across Town

Are you planning on having a VUSports representative at any of the EYBL events?

I unfortunately won't be able to make the Session 4 Minneapolis event this year, but I'm hoping to attend Session 3 in Houston and will be reporting the action to the board.

This post was edited on 4/4 12:18 PM by StAnthonyGrad23

They deserve a ton of credit. This is a bunch of freshmen that are steamrolling this tournament. Steamrolling.

No TV work at the Final Four? Rafferty could have spent some time on the GQ angle during the Duke blowout.

Not looking real happy. Could a transfer be coming?

So this is the next frontier in the gay rights debate? Is there now an absolute right to have a private business bake you a wedding cake?

I'm a supporter of the gays, but privately held businesses should be allowed absolute discretion whether or not they serve certain groups. People also should have absolute discretion to not give those businesses any of their money.

FOR THOSE THAT LIKE RANKINGS......JUST RELEASED...........CLASS OF SEVENTEEN.............NO SIX,,,,,,TREVOR DEVALL........NO NINE...DJ HARVEY.......NO TWENTY...QUADE GREEN.........NO TWENTY TWO,,,,JERMAINE SAMUELS.......NO TWENTY SEVEN....LONNIE WALKER.......NO TWENTY NINE.....JORDAN TUCKER......NO THIRTY TWO....MOHAMMED BAMBA...........NUMBER FIFTY EIGHT.....SID WILSON........NUMBER SIXTY SIX......SAM IORIO FROM PARKLAND HS...........NUMBER SEVENTY....NICK RICHARDS..........NO SIXTY EIGHT......DAHMIR COSBY ROUNDTREE....NEWMAN GORETTI........NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THREE......NICK ALIKAKOS..."..........TWO NEWMAN GORETTI KIDS....IN GREEN AND ROUNDTREE.

Too many players to list since pa has three all state teams for each class....a, aa, aaa. aaaaa. ....or about sixty total players in the state......QUADE GREEN......IST TEAM ALL STATE....CLASS AAA.........LONNIE WALKER....SECOND TEAM ALL STATE....CLASS AAAA..........LAMAR STEVENS MADE NO ALL STATE TEAM......BUT HIS TEAMATE SHAWN ALSTON DID...........CONGRATS TO MY MAN.....QUADE....AND SOUTH PHILLY LEGEND......PATSOX.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-your-college-basketball-team-worth-1427903905

Guess where we rank...

Guess who's top in the BE... (not us)

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When I had the opportunity to meet Jalen and his mother and father at my daughters 8 th grade game I drew a couple conclusions. (1) Jalen is 6'1 , that's it I'm 6'1 and a 1/2 and I was a little taller then Jalen. This is a reason I don't fret a 1 and done , he can dominate all 4 years , as I fully expect him to do , I still question his NBA stock due to height and not having (Iverson, Lowry, Drose) type athleticism. The mom was charming all smiles decked out head to toe in Nova where. She was very gregarious and thankful for the well wishes from my wife and I . Rick was reclined on the bleachers. He didn't sit up to meet us not did he seem at all excited like the Mom. He wasn't really rude just disinterested