Billy Reed will probably write something along those lines. :-)

That happens a lot with blocked shots, especially on dribble drives. Louisville was not in position, or they would have recovered the ball. It does not count as an offensive rebound, statistically, but since there is no possession change, it has exactly the same affect. It really doesn’t help shooting percentage, necessarily, it just gives you an extra shot, just like an OR.

It appears you are trying to chalk that up to luck, and I’m sure there was some of that, but I chose to believe it was player being in the right place. Or rather, Louisville players being disadvantaged by the attack and being out of position to collect the deflection, which is what a block is most analogous to.

as I was the night I lost my virginity! That sounded pretty corny, but I think I made a good point, LOL! Imagine if Perry woke up one day and weighed 250 pounds? A Beast he would be!

I believe shoots over 70 percent on his free throws. IMO he can shoot it if he wants too.

Sorry, thought I’d go ahead and take it back to the 90s since 40 started it. I hope this doesn’t violate Tru’s no-politics rule ; )

…it wasn’t Francisco. And the way I remember, it was a touchy foul anyway. :)

I guess I never paid much attention to the different rankings and what exactly they mean before, so obviously, I guess you all can tell how much "weight" I put on rankings – not much at all. I suppose, in a way, the rankings are just something for sportswriters to write about and analysts to talk about and something for fans to watch for and either brag about or be depressed about.

As far as what I mean by "weight", I suppose at this time of the year I was referring to the rankings that are displayed when we are watching the teams on television, whether that be ESPN, CBS, ABC, etc.. I would have thought that there was some consistency and structure across the board for these things, but apparently not. For example, I always thought the AP poll was used for television purposes. But, tonight as I was watching Georgetown play at Notre Dame (ND, not a fave of mine, btw) and the teams are ranked 10 and 13 respectively — those rankings are not coming from the AP poll like I thought they would be, they are coming from the USA Today/ESPN poll. So, it would seem that CBS, ESPN, etc., are all probably using their own polls for television purposes, huh?

Regarding March and the meaningless AP rankings, if my memory serves, I think last year (2007/2008) was the first year that the top 4 teams in the final AP poll of the year (UNC, Memphis, UCLA, Kansas) all received #1 seeds in the tournament. So last year, in a way, I guess the AP poll kind of did mean something. : )

will pay your income tax, so if they offer you $1 million tax-free, they do the math and pay you $1.3 million (or whatever it comes out to…that was just an example).

… about the earned income exclusion. I think it’s $87,500 or something like that, and that can be excluded from US income tax if you qualify for it. At least according to my layman’s understanding of the law.

There is also a significant foreign housing exclusion that foreign US workers may be eligible for.