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SeattleUte · 03-02-2007, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Not bad for the future author of the Great American Novel.

You should give it a try, aspiring cult figure that you are. You know, you really need a book to pull it off.

MikeWaters · 03-02-2007, 10:04 PM

I am a simple man with simple goals.

I just want a job that allows me to play basketball during lunch and pays well.

BigFatMeanie · 03-02-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I am a simple man with simple goals.

I just want a job that allows me to play basketball during lunch and pays well.

You should have become a programmer instead of whatever it is you are - we have a basketball standard in our office. I'm not a particularly good BBall player but I can hold my own at PIG because I have mastered the art of the bank shot off the fire alarm flashy thing (now non-functional due to absorbing too many bank shots)

SeattleUte · 03-03-2007, 12:42 AM

How could I forget victories over ranked Virginia and WA State THIS year? Also, I consider it dirty pool that Waters didn't remind me Utah beat ranked Texas a few years back. There are many many more.

(I didn't include AF because I don't trust it's any good for the reasons previously stated.)

ute4ever · 03-03-2007, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

I'm so grateful for these Ute guys that hang around here. 1990's WAC/MWC basketball trivia is one of my favorite topics, and these guys do a great job keeping it fresh in my memory.

Here is another stat:
Recall the lone great win by BYU that was mentioned earlier, which came against OSU in the 02-03 season?

That same season, Utah defeated #1 Alabama.

pelagius · 03-03-2007, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Here is another stat:
Recall the lone great win by BYU that was mentioned earlier, which came against OSU in the 02-03 season?

That same season, Utah defeated #1 Alabama.

Not the same season. The OSU win was 03-04, and its not a fair argument. That Alabama team was good but not great; their early season ranking was clearly too high. Alabama ended up ranked 51st in the Massey computer poll and they had a win-loss record of 17-12 that year. Ute basketball has been good enough in the last ten years that you don't have to resort to an example like that.

Mormon Red Death · 03-03-2007, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by pelagius

I actually don't have the rest of the conference handily available in terms of game level data. If I get a chance I will try to write a program that does it in the near future.

Where do you get your data?

pelagius · 03-03-2007, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

Where do you get your data?

Massey's website: http://mratings.com

SeattleUte · 03-03-2007, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pelagius

Massey's website: http://mratings.com

Pelagius, sorry to be obnoxious and thanks for the data. We Ute fans have suffered much this year.

03-03-2007, 12:42 AM	#34
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	How could I forget victories over ranked Virginia and WA State THIS year? Also, I consider it dirty pool that Waters didn't remind me Utah beat ranked Texas a few years back. There are many many more. (I didn't include AF because I don't trust it's any good for the reasons previously stated.) __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

03-02-2007, 10:04 PM	#32
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I am a simple man with simple goals. I just want a job that allows me to play basketball during lunch and pays well.