***Official 2014 Offseason Thread***

Revolver

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ACC/Big Ten pairings will be announced today.
 

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Dochterman just tweeted that according to Sports Illustrated Iowa plays @ North Carolina.
 

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Well at least we broke the losing streak last year.
 

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Is it not enough for Roy to repeatedly mollywhop us on the recruiting trail? Must he be allowed to do it on the court too?
 

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Fred Fucking Hoiberg is a transfer recruiting machine. I hate it. And I hate that I hate it.
 

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They seem to be pretty close to getting two more.
 

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Chris Williams is insufferable. He manages to be a dork, and condescending. I'd feel bad for the old guy, but he's senile.
 

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Chris William's voice makes me want to light the ARL on fire. I don't really want to....but he pushes me to the brink.
 

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Just read Jok's statement about the DUI, co-written by Randy Larson. I like Jok's given name, "Kacoul," better than "Peter". I hope the student section picks it up sometime next season.
 

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Apparently there is going to be some sort of Big Ten-Bog East thingy at MSG. Also sounds like the Big Ten tourney is moving to Washington DC for a year. In other words it's moving right into the heart of Big Ten country.

Fuck expansion.
 

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Apparently there is going to be some sort of Big Ten-Bog East thingy at MSG. Also sounds like the Big Ten tourney is moving to Washington DC for a year. In other words it's moving right into the heart of Big Ten country.

Fuck expansion.
Ok now they're saying it will tip off the season starting in 2015-2016 and be at campus sites.
 

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Also sounds like the Big Ten tourney is moving to Washington DC for a year. In other words it's moving right into the heart of Big Ten country.

Fuck expansion.
JFC. I'm starting to think there's nothing Delaney won't do to obliterate the identity of the conference and the things that have historically interested its fans in the name of enhancing revenue. Obviously he can't do it alone, but thus far member institutions have followed along in lock step. It's already put a dent in my interest in the schedule, and while I'd like to believe that at some point a lot of fans would say "enough is enough," I have my doubts. I suppose the rationale for this would be that either we do everything we can to grow revenues or the conference literally can't survive, but was the financial outlook for the conference in its pre-Rutgers/Maryland incarnation really that dire?
 

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I will never buy anything at Mr. B.
 

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DC is an easier flight from The Metro! (and a much better destination) than Indy. I'm okay with it.
 
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DC is an easier flight from The Metro! (and a much better destination) than Indy. I'm okay with it.
I agree that DC is a more exciting place to visit, and I don't know anything about the area around DC's stadium, but Indy's downtown is pretty much perfectly setup to host a tournament of 14 teams.

Indy does a hell of a job with the tournament.
 

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Arena is close to china town, and a not bad walk from the mall and WH. It's a fantastic location, IMO.
 

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Will this Big Ten vs Big East series be in addition to the Big Ten vs ACC series or in place of it? Anybody know?
 

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A buddy of mine who is usually legit tried pulling the "close to the program" line with me on the white-mccabe bullshit. I basically did some CIA Canary trap shit and proved that his connection was basically reading the free board on TOS despite actually having connections to the team.
I heard something about this again this weekend. Thought it had summarily dismissed as bs. Some dude was telling me it was not bs.
 
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DC is an easier flight from The Metro! (and a much better destination) than Indy. I'm okay with it.
I'd rather go to DC by a factor of 10 before Indy, and I like Indy.

For one, there will be fewer Hoosiers.
 

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On second thought, I think you guys are right about DC being okay for the tournament. I got r-t tickets to DC for about $220 last summer. Do you think event tickets will sell as well as in a Big Ten state, or is the Big Ten indifferent about ticket sales--like the NCAA in the opening rounds of its tournament?
 

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my dad and I would seem more appropriate
 

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I don't think either are grammatically incorrect. I have been wrong before though.
 
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