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For North Carolina, loss to Alabama in Sweet 16 will be a haunting NCAA Tournament exit
LOS ANGELES — His feet plunged in an NCAA cooler half full of crushed ice, eyes glued to the black carpet inside North Carolina’s locker room, Cormac Ryan tried to answer a simple and simultaneously impossible question:
What are you feeling right now?
“F—ing pissed off, first and foremost,” Ryan said. “Wanted to win that game. We all did.”
Naturally. So in moments like that — not even a half hour after UNC’s season-ending 89-87 loss to Alabama in the Sweet 16 — that’s a logical first reaction. You’re still replaying missed shots and other miscues on a nightmare-like mental loop. The gut, visceral response is frustration, that red-hot fire of having failed.
And then, in real-time, the rest sank in. How once Ryan takes off his jersey, there’s no putting it back on. Season, over. And for him? College basketball career, over. Just like that. Gone forever.
Ryan’s lip quivered. A deep exhale.
“You know, I’m sad,” he continued, much more slowly, “that this is gonna be the last time with this group. Love these guys. Love this university.”
And it was, even despite Thursday’s result at Crypto.com Arena, a special group. No, North Carolina will not fly to Phoenix next weekend for the Final Four, but that disappointment does not (or should not, at least) cancel out this team’s other accomplishments. Winning the ACC regular-season title. Earning the program’s record 18th No. 1 seed. Producing both the player and coach of the year in the conference.
“Getting Carolina,” as RJ Davis said, “back to where it usually is.”
But those things are hard to cling to now, when a team’s lofty dreams just turned to dust. The finality of everything is what makes the NCAA Tournament the best postseason in sports — and quite possibly the most painful. Because one minute, you’re up three with 92 seconds left, an Elite Eight berth in your grasp. And the next, the buzzer blares and you’re on a redeye flight back home.
One locker to Ryan’s right, after Armando Bacot’s 169th and final college basketball contest, UNC’s storied big man tried to put that sentiment into words.
“I’m just shocked. I don’t even really know,” Bacot said. “I’m, like, blank right now. No feeling.”
Shock is also appropriate — especially after those final 92 seconds, which will haunt the Tar Heels for quite some time. They will be talked about like Kendall Marshall’s broken wrist in 2012, like Auburn’s unstoppable shooting in 2019. Like Kris Jenkins in 2016, although obviously not to that level of drama. But in that same, painful vein.
Davis had just hit the second of two free throws to put UNC up three. It was the last point of his personal 6-0 run, one that seemed redemptive after arguably his worst game of the season. For the first time in 37 games, the All-American did not make a single 3-pointer, going 0-of-9 from deep. But that 6-0 run, part of an 8-0 stretch by North Carolina, reclaimed the lead for the Tar Heels and seemed to supersede any earlier wrongs.
And then everything came undone.
It started with Mark Sears, Alabama’s All-America guard, driving for a layup to make it a one-point game. On UNC’s next offensive possession, the Crimson Tide double-teamed Davis as they had all game, and he passed out of it to forward Jae’Lyn Withers on the perimeter. Withers hitched. And then, for only the 20th time all season, a 21 percent 3-point shooter rose up and launched a trey, with Davis behind him clamoring for the ball.
Clank.
“The shot I took was a crucial shot,” Withers said. “I work on it day in and day out, but I think that with the time and score there, I could’ve gotten to the free-throw line there. I could’ve gotten to the basket.”
Instead? Alabama took that defensive rebound and whipped it down the floor to forward Grant Nelson — who scored 19 of his game-high 24 points in the second half — just in time for him to convert an and-1 layup over Withers.
Nelson made the free throw, putting Alabama up two, then spiked Davis’ last-ditch layup attempt volleyball-style on UNC’s do-or-die offensive possession. The Tar Heels didn’t get another attempt off. Shot-clock violation, with 7.7 seconds left.
Ballgame.
And while those futile final possessions will be what haunts North Carolina in the days and weeks to come, that stretch was painfully emblematic of the Tar Heels’ entire evening. Missing 15 of their first 17 shots in the second half. Failing to get Davis, who shot 4-of-20 overall, going in any discernible way. Allowing Nelson, a wiry 26.5 percent 3-point shooter, to get to his spots, over and over again, with no defensive adjustment.
It was a phenomenal coaching job by Alabama’s Nate Oats, flatly refusing to let RJ Davis beat his team single-handedly. And it was the opposite by Hubert Davis, who had plenty of fire on the sideline but few solutions.
In the coach’s postgame locker room, Davis sat with his head in his hand, blankly staring into space. He will have to sit with his result and the role he played in it.
So too will UNC’s hurting players and their stunned families sitting behind UNC’s bench. Bacot’s father, Armando Sr., did not mill around with other parents, discussing what went wrong. He just sat there, his navy North Carolina hoodie pulled over his head, silently patting away his tears with crumpled brown napkins.
That sadness will subside some in the next few days. But next weekend, when either Clemson or Alabama is playing in its first Final Four, it will hurt again. Maybe worse. Because it will become apparent the opportunity North Carolina squandered here, with as readymade a Final Four path as it could’ve hoped for.
Once again, Arizona is left to pick up the pieces
There was no Arizona awaiting in the Elite Eight. No much-discussed meeting against former UNC star Caleb Love — who, like Davis, shot 0-of-9 from 3 in his team’s loss on Thursday. There was Clemson, a team UNC whooped by 10 on the road in January and lost to by four points — despite a 17-2 start — at home amid an obvious Duke hangover. Nothing is guaranteed, clearly, but a No. 16 seed, a No. 9, a No. 4, and a No. 6? To make it to the Final Four?
You take that eight days a week.
“Our goal was to win a national championship,” Ryan said, “and we didn’t do that.”
Another deep breath. His best attempt to swallow the knot in his throat.
“That one really hurts,” he eventually whispered, “and it’ll hurt for the rest of our lives.”
As you can see the caption was wrong and why scoring is subjective. Bottom line LeClerc should appeal which he can do and should not have been charged for the earned run.
Thanks. And from the video.
Michael Busch steals third base and scores on a wild pitch, giving the Cubs a 3-2 lead in the top of the 9th inning
PB or WP the runner doesn't get credit for a SB.
And the robo ump would have missed the call as well.
When I was working the call center was on the 4th floor and I worked on the 5th floor. At quitting time The elevator would stop at 4 and the call center people would get on and start checking their phones and texting. I'd stand in the back and say I wish I had friends to text. It got a chuckle from them as they weren't allowed to have phones at their desks.
That changes things looking at the play. I would have scored it a BP since the catcher allowed the runner to advance beyond 3rd and blew the throw going back to the plate and the pitcher was no help covering home.
When I was coaching I had a parent start arguing with the ump about his son being out on a called 3rd strike. The guy just would not stop and the ump came over to me and said you need him to shut up or your team will forfeit. I went over to the parent and told him what was up and he still wouldn't stop. I finally called the park police and had him removed from the park.
I'd have to see the play and whether the ball was still in play for starters. I realize the ump only calls balls and strikes. The question is can the runner advance beyond 3rd and if the ball was still in play. Neither one of us was there. In any event the ump blew the initial call and the scorer saw it differently when he reviewed the play.
Home teams used to have a local sportswriter designated as the official scorer and of course the scoring favored the home team. MLB took notice then changed the rules of who would be the official scorer.
In any event LeClerc can appeal the call.
https://www.mlb.com/glossary/rules/official-scorer
The question is how the scorer called the pitch passed ball or WP and it's up to the scorer to review the play to determine what is the right call.
https://www.mlb.com/glossary/standard-stats/passed-ball
Since he couldn't call it a PB he had to switch it to a WP and the pitcher did get charged for the run.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-rangers/2024/03/28/745039/final/box
You're right the runner advances at his own peril and no SB gets awarded.
I forget the time a player argued with an ump while the runner rounded the bases while his teammates were trying to get him to stop arguing.
Any moderator can edit the Ibox which is my understanding. But only the lead moderator can add assistants. If a board is unmoderated anyone can ask IHub to be the moderator via PM!
The scorer had no choice after the ump let the run score from second. And that's why they put erasers on pencils.
Years ago ballparks sold programs along with a free pencil with an eraser. Red Smith taught me how to keep score one day.
I think the jury is still out on Papi.
No Trump was recommending Florescent lighting to treat Covid along with bleach.
The dumb twit is suggesting sunlight would aid in getting pregnant rather than IVF.
My concern about these people is that they are breeding a new generation just like them. As an example look at Trump, Palin and Boebert's kids.To name just a few.
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and early recruit helped put the FTX founder behind bars for 25 years
PUBLISHED THU, MAR 28 20242:39 PM EDTUPDATED AN HOUR AGO
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Caroline Ellison was the prosecution’s star witness in its case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in prison.
Ellison, who ran FTX’s sister hedge fund Alameda Research, pleaded guilty in December 2022 and has yet to face sentencing.
Ellison was one of Bankman-Fried’s earliest recruits when he entered the crypto market.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/28/caroline-ellison-sbf-ex-girlfriend-helped-put-ftx-founder-in-prison.html
DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social
Jessica Guynn
Bailey Schulz
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/28/truth-social-trump-media-slide/73131957007/?tbref=hp
...Its market valuation, just over $8 billion, is still stunning for a social media fledgling with an unproven business model that has struggled to attract users and advertisers, burned through cash and wracked up losses.
“The valuation of the company should be several hundred million, not the billions it is currently valued at,” University of Florida professor Jay Ritter said.
....“The stock will continue to be very volatile, with sharp moves up and down. But the long-term trend will be down,” he said. “The company has about $2 in cash per share, but it will probably burn through that money and the most likely outcome is eventual bankruptcy.”
....Trump Media trading like meme stocks
Trump Media’s trading has mimicked meme stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment, which rose to improbable heights in 2021 after individual investors organized on social media platform Reddit to drive up the stock price. Those investors aimed to strike back against hedge funds that had bet against the company and shorted the stock.
.....Roberson, 52, from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas, said she purchased five shares of Trump Media at about $72 a pop, right around the stock price’s Monday peak, to show her support for the former president.
“It’s mainly to support Trump and his legal battles,” she said.
....Trump Media’s Nasdaq debut padded Trump’s wealth by about $5 billion – though only on paper.
And cashing out won’t be easy. Trump Media has restrictions that prevent insiders from selling shares or using shares as collateral for loans for at least six months.
The board which is stacked with Trump allies could waive those restrictions. It could also hold a secondary offering to allow insiders an earlier opportunity to sell.
The risk for Trump Media: If Trump sells shares, it could deflate the stock price.
“Donald Trump has substantial paper wealth in the stock, but the ability to turn it into cash is limited,” Ritter said. “By the time that he can sell shares, the price is likely to be in the single digits. And the more shares that he sells, the lower will be the price.”
DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social
Jessica Guynn
Bailey Schulz
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/28/truth-social-trump-media-slide/73131957007/?tbref=hp
...Its market valuation, just over $8 billion, is still stunning for a social media fledgling with an unproven business model that has struggled to attract users and advertisers, burned through cash and wracked up losses.
“The valuation of the company should be several hundred million, not the billions it is currently valued at,” University of Florida professor Jay Ritter said.
....“The stock will continue to be very volatile, with sharp moves up and down. But the long-term trend will be down,” he said. “The company has about $2 in cash per share, but it will probably burn through that money and the most likely outcome is eventual bankruptcy.”
....Trump Media trading like meme stocks
Trump Media’s trading has mimicked meme stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment, which rose to improbable heights in 2021 after individual investors organized on social media platform Reddit to drive up the stock price. Those investors aimed to strike back against hedge funds that had bet against the company and shorted the stock.
.....Roberson, 52, from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas, said she purchased five shares of Trump Media at about $72 a pop, right around the stock price’s Monday peak, to show her support for the former president.
“It’s mainly to support Trump and his legal battles,” she said.
....Trump Media’s Nasdaq debut padded Trump’s wealth by about $5 billion – though only on paper.
And cashing out won’t be easy. Trump Media has restrictions that prevent insiders from selling shares or using shares as collateral for loans for at least six months.
The board which is stacked with Trump allies could waive those restrictions. It could also hold a secondary offering to allow insiders an earlier opportunity to sell.
The risk for Trump Media: If Trump sells shares, it could deflate the stock price.
“Donald Trump has substantial paper wealth in the stock, but the ability to turn it into cash is limited,” Ritter said. “By the time that he can sell shares, the price is likely to be in the single digits. And the more shares that he sells, the lower will be the price.”
DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social
Jessica Guynn
Bailey Schulz
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/28/truth-social-trump-media-slide/73131957007/?tbref=hp
...Its market valuation, just over $8 billion, is still stunning for a social media fledgling with an unproven business model that has struggled to attract users and advertisers, burned through cash and wracked up losses.
“The valuation of the company should be several hundred million, not the billions it is currently valued at,” University of Florida professor Jay Ritter said.
....“The stock will continue to be very volatile, with sharp moves up and down. But the long-term trend will be down,” he said. “The company has about $2 in cash per share, but it will probably burn through that money and the most likely outcome is eventual bankruptcy.”
....Trump Media trading like meme stocks
Trump Media’s trading has mimicked meme stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment, which rose to improbable heights in 2021 after individual investors organized on social media platform Reddit to drive up the stock price. Those investors aimed to strike back against hedge funds that had bet against the company and shorted the stock.
.....Roberson, 52, from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Texas, said she purchased five shares of Trump Media at about $72 a pop, right around the stock price’s Monday peak, to show her support for the former president.
“It’s mainly to support Trump and his legal battles,” she said.
....Trump Media’s Nasdaq debut padded Trump’s wealth by about $5 billion – though only on paper.
And cashing out won’t be easy. Trump Media has restrictions that prevent insiders from selling shares or using shares as collateral for loans for at least six months.
The board which is stacked with Trump allies could waive those restrictions. It could also hold a secondary offering to allow insiders an earlier opportunity to sell.
The risk for Trump Media: If Trump sells shares, it could deflate the stock price.
“Donald Trump has substantial paper wealth in the stock, but the ability to turn it into cash is limited,” Ritter said. “By the time that he can sell shares, the price is likely to be in the single digits. And the more shares that he sells, the lower will be the price.”
Just a tad. lol.
I read some articles about his parents and they certainly never tried to get him on the right path but enabled him while taking money from FTX.
Definitely an odd couple.
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-sbf-who-are-his-parents-barbara-joseph-2022-12
Even though it was the Angels the Orioles and Burnes win were impressive.
Heck of a throw and I got a laugh when the Astros claimed Trevino was blocking the plate.
That was quite adventurous and I imagine exciting. For a while I dated a girl in the late 1970s who had her captain's license and could pilot yachts up to 100 feet up and down the east coast. She was also an instructor at Outward Bound and once took me winter camping on Mount Washington. We were as different as night and day but got along great. Opposites did attract. lol.
arguing that possible natural cures—like exposure to sunlight—have gone under-studied.
I have to say there is nothing more conducive to procreation than a woman with a good looking tan.
It's people that talk on their phones in the checkout lane that irritate me. Even though there is a sign that says no cellphones while checking out.
He's upset since prison will be a dramatic change from his previous life style living off the money he stole from his investors.
No silly. We were both looking at potatoes and I asked her what the difference was between Russets and Yukons and I explained what I was cooking and mentioned the slicer. Don't you ever talk to anyone at the grocery store?
Last week a little old lady asked me for help in getting some cookies off the bottom shelf since she couldn't do it by herself. I said no problem but you may have to help me get back up. She got a chuckle out of that.
I shop in the middle of the day to avoid commuters and it's mostly old folks (older than me) and I've been asked to help them get things off the top shelf etc.
I think a lot of people think they are the same.. The box kind comes in both flavors and they both suck.
RDDT fell today. As insiders decided to sell some shares.
Ancient history.
Listen genius, BA traded at $25 decades ago. But flash forward to recent times and it was trading at over $400 then the bottom fell out of the stock and today it's lost half of that and no longer pays a dividend. Once the stock started trading a wise man would have put in a stop loss rather than trying to catch a falling knife.
And at some point BA should have been sitting in a tax deferred account until one was required to start taking MRDs after retirement which is what is called tax planning.
And btw you are comparing apples to oranges when you bring BRK into the conversation. Two entirely different stocks.
I am making these for Easter to go with the ham. My wife has been buying the boxed scallop potatoes and they simply suck. And no I didn't dare tell her that. I'll demo the mandoline to her and hopefully she'll see how easy it is to use real potatoes.
On a side note I told a woman at the grocery store I recently bought a mandoline and she said that is an interesting musical instrument.
Scalloped Potatoes With Tarragon
Recipe from Cheryl Rogowski
Total Time
1 hour 35 minutes
This scalloped potatoes recipe comes from Cheryl Rogowski, whose family has been farming the rich black earth on their patch of Orange County, N.Y., for more than 50 years. They started growing Keuka Golds because the two best-known potatoes in the country — russets and Yukon Golds — did not grow well there. Keukas have yellow flesh, rich flavor and pale skin like Yukons, but they can handle the region’s drastic temperature swings, short growing season, divergent soils and uneven rainfall. For this dish, Yukon potatoes work equally well. —The New York Times
INGREDIENTS
Yield:
6 to 8 servings
3tablespoons butter, more for greasing pie plate
4cloves garlic, minced
1medium leek, white and light green parts only, minced
4small cipollini onions or 1 medium onion, finely chopped
2tablespoons minced tarragon (or 1 to 2 teaspoons dried tarragon) plus 1 tablespoon finely chopped, for garnish
3cups heavy cream
2pounds (about 6 medium) Keuka Gold or Yukon Gold potatoes (unpeeled), sliced ?-inch thick
Kosher salt and black pepper
PREPARATION
Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch deep-dish glass pie plate.
Step 2
In a wide saucepan, combine 3 tablespoons butter, garlic, leek and onions. Place over medium-low heat and sauté until mixture is light golden, about 15 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons tarragon, the cream and potatoes, and mix well. Simmer gently until potatoes are barely tender, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
Step 3
Using a slotted spoon, transfer potatoes to pie plate, spreading them evenly and pressing lightly to compact them. Drizzle with 2 to 3 tablespoons of cream from pan. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until top is light golden brown, about 10 more minutes. Remove from heat and allow to rest for 15 minutes. Garnish with a sprinkling of chopped tarragon, and serve.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012825-scalloped-potatoes-with-tarragon?
I was waiting for him to drop the light. lol.
The GOP gave up sanity for Lent.
And another one.
Wait till he finds out it's a Catholic university. What a dumb ass.
‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality
Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/boeing-quality-problems-speed.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.gE0.V_jN.vgyI_hKheFQm&smid=url-share