congrats to kansas head coach bill self on the commitment of 5 star power forward carlton bragg to ku


briggs commitment to the jayhawks effectively ends their recruitment of ivan rabb, it is now highly unlikely that rabb will visit cold azz lawrence this winter

the bishop o'dowd humble superstar has already made official visits to both kentucky & arizona and is slated to visit ucla for their game vs colorado on january 31st

ivan's 4th & final visit will be to cal as the bears staff is trying to coordinate a joint visit with caleb swanigan

on the court, ivan rabb scored 20 points in limited playing time as the bishop o'dowd dragons fireballed the arroyo dons 76-56


ivan's collegiate decision is getting closer with each passing day...




diamonds are forever#

[video=youtube;kwm8N6-hO6A][/video]

commitment probability analysis: ryan's dad played rugby at cal and serves on the greens committee at orinda country club with sarah montgomery

conclusion: cal lock

ivan who?#

Shocky1;842436302 said:

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[video=youtube;kwm8N6-hO6A][/video]

commitment probability analysis: ryan's dad played rugby & golf at cal and serves on the greens committee at orinda country club with sarah montgomery

conclusion: cal lock

ivan who?#

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YouTube video doesn't play on my phone.
Ryan who?#

parentswerebears;842436303 said:

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YouTube video doesn't play on my phone.
Ryan who?#

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that's a shame

the cal's monster class is not phone friendly

Shocky1;842422884 said:

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during labor day weekend of 2010 tony woods beat the crap out of his girlfriend in front of their 8 month old child...woods was arrested and charged with three counts of assault for kicking and pushing courney lorel barbout who suffered a fracture of her spine in the attack

against the 6'11" 250 lbs woods, courney had no chance to protect herself

wake forest did the right thing and suspended woods

so oregon's sleazeball head coach dana altman recruited woods to shore up the ducks interior defense



steve alford & dana altman are enablers of players that commit crimes of violence against women if it means they might win a few more games



dana altman is once again relying upon 6 transfers for the ducks 2013 season...2 of these transfers are srs: mike moser & jason calliste

the 2 senior transfers are not student athletes in any sense of the word...moser & calliste will arrive in the fall & then depart that spring with zero academic progress and/or achievement...they are like transients

beyond devaluing the already shaky oregon degree (which is considered a jc caliber education with its 90+% acceptance rate), those players that have worked within the basketball program for several years are recruited over & benched in favor of guys who don't even know where the library is in eugene

so who else did altman recruit for the 2013 ducks?

*elgin cook, declared ineligible during hs in milwaukee for having a gpa under 2.0
http://themilwaukeedrum.com/2011/02/13/the-tragedy-of-elgin-cook-other-mps-black-student-athletes/

*jordan bell from lbp was declared ineligible before the school yr & will not join the roster until next season

*christiano felicio from brazil was declared ineligible by the ncaa after attending a roseville "prep school" handpicked by altman that is facing allegations of academic fraud & child abuse
http://fox40.com/2013/01/10/roseville-prep-academy-coach-arrested-for-physical-abuse/

bottom line
*****a cal degree helps you move forward in life & marry the girl of your dreams
*an oregon degree helps you get hired as the night shift supervisor at the truck stop in medford & probably marrying a lot lizard



*jaquan lyle, 2.5 gpa & suspended for fighting in high school is no longer listed on the oregon basketball roster because of admissions/eligibility issues...now enrolled at the img academy in florida

*ray kosongo has been denied admission by the university's special admission board

*mike moser, jason caliste, johnathan lloyd, richard amardi & waverly austin used up their eligiblity...not clear if any of them will ever earn an oregon diploma

*ben carter, suspended along with dominic artis for selling team issued shoes/gear, transfered to unlv

*a.j. lapray transferred to pepperdine

*brandon austin, 2.6 gpa in philly, was suspended from the providence basketball team after being charged with a sexual assault of a female student...he immediately was recruited & transferred to oregon...when confronted by the media, altman claimed he checked austin's background but did not know he raped a girl while at providence...recently named in the rape of an oregon female student...dismissed

*damyean dotson, suspended during the season for trying to use a fake id at a bar, considering transferring & currently not participating in team activities...recently named in the rape of an oregon female student...dismissed

*dominic artis, he attended cal's last pac 12 home game at haas vs usc...i was speaking with his former hs athletic director at salesian chad nightingale (played wr for the bears) when dominic came over & said hello, it was clear to me that he wanted to speak privately with chad...recently named in the rape of an oregon female student...dismissed & currently attending contra costa cc as a student while practicing (but not playing) for the bb team

*elgin cook & jalil abdul bassit were arrested by the eugene pd for shoplifting at market of choice across the street from matthew knight arena on sept 12th...dana altman has stated "we expect our student athletes to conduct themselves as solid members of this community and team...both are being internally disciplined (which means nothing as usual)"
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2014/10/two_oregon_ducks_basketball_pl.html

*dana altman knews that elgin cook had been cited for assault & battery, disorderly conduct and vandalism four years ago in wisconsin before he recruited him to oregon...criminal dana altman has stated "i was aware of elgin's background prior to his arrival at the university of oregon...the two years before he arrived here, elgin did very well at prep school and junior college, especially in the classroom...we would not have recruited elgin if we didn't believe he was capable of receiving a college education that he would appreciate and value"
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2014/10/dana_altman_was_aware_of_elgin.html

*jordan bell was cited for harassing a university of oregon police officer after receiving a parking violation ticket...life values guy dana altman suspended bell for 1 game, a home game vs washington state

this is oregon basketball#
just do it#



what up, coach dept: hypocrite dana altman is upset with players dwayne benjamin & jordan bell because they "held their hands up above their waists throughout the playing of the star spangled banner and then appeared to frisk each other as the team's starting lineup was announced...i think every player has a right to express their opinions, however i didn't think that was the time and place for it...on their own as individuals, they have that right...as part of our basketball team, when you put on the oregon jersey on, it's a little different"

to be honest with you, coach, when i see the oregon basketball jersey i usually think of non academic dumb azzs with minimal educational aspirations & criminal records playing for a coach that is more interested in winning than any life lessons

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bravery award of the year goes to the female victim who is still a student at the university of oregon
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12139436/oregon-ducks-head-coach-dana-altman-sued-student-alleged-sexual-assault

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other than last season's sweet 16 run, johnny's teams missed the ncca tournament his first 5 years down on the farm

stanford is a great university...like cal & the ivy league schools, it will open many, many doors in life...i will never give **** to guys (like cameron walker) particularly those that grow up kinda sheltered that seek a less urban & diverse environment than berkeley for commiting to stanford

let's face it, a circus clown with a drinking problem could successfully recruit quality student athletes to stanford

but the reality is that johnny isn't a very good game day coach...his ability to be outcoached & outmanuevered in the last 5 minutes of games is predictable...hopefully stanford will extend johnny's contract 10-12 years at season's end after the cards miss the ncca tnt for the 6th out of 7th time...i dunno, maybe wily coyote will catch the roadrunner someday...



adios johnny#

johnny got schooled in the final 5 minutes (again) as stanford lost their 3rd game of the season to byu 79-77

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johnny got outcoached in double overtime 86-81 to ucla...if stanford is in a close game, you know the story

a current nba general manager once told me that a revealing evaluation factor for coaches on any level of competitive basketball is how they manage close games with 5 minutes to go

beep, beep#

Shocky1;842436398 said:

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johnny got outcoached in double overtime 86-81 to ucla...if stanford is in a close game, you know the story

a current nba general manager once told me that a revealing evaluation factor for coaches on any level of competitive basketball is how they manage close games with 5 minutes to go

beep, beep#

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A quick check of ESPN.com for Stanford's results over the past 6+ seasons shows that Dawkins is 6-4 in OT.

In his 6 seasons at Cal, Montgomery was 6-4 in OT.

Shocky1;842433948 said:

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herbie death watch: asu loses 6th game of the season to arizona

a sun devil basketball scholly offer is about as useful as a kardashian library card

sorry

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herbie death watch: asu loses 7th game of the season to oregon state

a sun devil scholly offer is about as useful as a starbucks gift card to nicodemus

sorry

Only four teams in the nation are sponsored by Jordan:

[COLOR="#0000CD"]California Golden Bears [/COLOR]
North Carolina Tar Heels
Georgetown Hoyas
Marquette Golden Eagles

oscar frayer scored 17 point including 2 3 pointers & damari milstead got everyone involved along with 13 points as the duo played limited minutes as the moreau catholic mariners shipwrecked the irvington vikings 87-43



frank knight's student athletes#

jordan ford played lockdown d & scored 16 points as the folsom bulldogs took a bite out of the granite bay grizzlies 56-36

the california golden bears 2016 class is gonna be led by uber athletic oscar frayer of moreau catholic & the oakland soliders and hopefully santa monica's jonah mathews too...this class will likely have a strong nor cal & california (and hopefully nevada too) presence of guys that are gonna be howlin' at the moon in berkeley at the #1 ranked public (#3 ranked overall) university in the world





salute#


jonah mathews is the best 2 on west coast in the 2016 class

yeah, jonah's gotta big bro who can play a little basketball too


carlos johnson is a plus 1 athlete with strength & hops and the ability to be multiple


jordan ford is a crafty facilitator at the 1 that can also shoot lights out on the 3 pointer, kinda like arizona's tj mcconnell


the bears also need at least 1 of the following power forwards:

zach collins


ike anigbogu


ben kone


jayce johnson

tyler dorsey scored 44 points on 12-23 fgs including a lethal 5-11 3 pointers along with a ferocious 10 boards, 3 assists, a block & a steal as the marantha minutemen ticked by the bellarmine jefferson guards 93-91

td is arguably the nation's most prolific scoring guard in the 2015 class & would be a likely (nothing guaranteed) day 1 starter at cal



diamonds are forever#

Shocky1;842427249 said:

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what could be worse than losing a bunch of games for the once storied national championship ucla basketball program despite its inherent advantages of recruiting in los angeles?

answer: finding out your head coach is an unremorseful enabler of a rapist because he thought it might help him win a few more games

check out the orange county register article: "alford's past paints blurry character portrait"
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/alford-535065-indiana-basketball.html

if steve alford has not protected his star basketball player after he raped the 1st student, then the 2nd victim most likely would have been spared this violent crime

if alford had been a basketball coach at an iowa middle school rather than the head coach at the university of iowa, then alford would be in a prison today for his documented role in enabling/facilitating a convicted rapist to escape justice all in the name of his winning a few more basketball games



steve alford's insincere decade late apology as mandated by the ucla athletic director during april of 2013:

"at that time i instinctively and mistakenly came to (pierece's) defense before knowing all the facts...i wanted to believe he was innocent and in response to a media question i publicly proclaimed his innocence before the legal system had run its course"

"that was inappropriate, insensitive and hurtful especially for the young female victim and i apologize for that"

"i have learned and grown from that experience and now understand that such proclamations can contribute to an atmosphere in which similar crimes go unreported and victims are not taken seriously"

why did alford wait over a decade to apologize?

does alford truly feel any responsibility for the 2nd rape victim because of his actions?

steve alford=dana altman=joe paterno

this is ucla basketball#

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ivan & tami rabb will be making their 3rd official visit to ucla on january 31st for the game with colorado

might be a good time to ask stevie about his respect level for women

Half the running backs in the playoffs are from Cal



[SIZE=5]Justin Forsett[/SIZE]


[SIZE=5]Marshawn Lynch[/SIZE]


[SIZE=5]C.J. Anderson[/SIZE]


[SIZE=5]Shane Vereen[/SIZE]

Shocky1;842436492 said:

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herbie death watch: asu loses 7th game of the season to oregon state

a sun devil scholly offer is about as useful as a starbucks gift card to nicodemus

sorry

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herbie death watch: asu loses 8th game of the season to oregon

a sun devil scholly offer is about as useful as a diploma from the university of kentucky (unless you wanna sell used cars in lexington all your life)

sorry

humble superstar & mama's boy (just like the shockster) scored 27 points with 13 boards as the bishop o'dowd dragons nightmared the sacramento dragons 82-54...cal potential 2016 recruits of interest christian terrell scored 11 points & solomon young scored 16 points...mayor kevin johnson dnp for sac high




diamonds are forever#

Shocky1;842391431 said:

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you like sitting on your azz for the half the game in his new platoon scheme with a dozen mcdonalds all americans sharing one basketball & the bench...the guy selling cokes at rupp is gonna get more action than 6'8" marcus lee (of course practicing is way more important in terms of nba skills development & fun than actually playing in basketball games according to some street runners)



ivan rabb's 5 finalists are cal, kentucky (tripping to lexington sunday & monday's blue/white scrimmage), arizona, kansas & ucla



coach cal is all business (he doesn't even pretend he's interested in any personal relationship with you) & emphasized the following key factors of the kentucky nba development factory during ivan's official visit:

*****playing 14-19 minutes per game will prepare you for the nba & coming off the bench cold
*****sharing playing time & one basketball with a dozen mcdonald all americans that all ruthlessly want your valuable playing time is an authentic replication of the cruel nba biz...the strongest predators will win out in the long run
*****the uber lux kentucky basketball dorms which are designed to minimize a player's unnecessary interactions with college students...if you wanna see students, you'll see them bundled up & lining up in the snow 3 hours before your games at rupp
*****an unlimited # of twitter followers & groupies
*****the state of the art kentucky basketball std health clinic which is open 24/7
*****seminars on important nba topics like the proper stowing of firearms in your vehicle for your personal safety
*****a reaffirmation that "reading books and **** like that is a total waste of time" in preparing yourself for the nba draft
*****financial advice re: the economic dangers of giving back too much to your high school & community instead of funneling money into your lavish nba cribs mansion with a tricked out game room
*****criminal defense firm near campus with experienced barristers "in case some bitch gets out of line"...you are legally entitled to a strong pimp hand at the trap house
*****the benefits of distance (2,382 miles from oakland to lexington) in order to "block out distractions like your mom & younger brother"

coach cal is the man#
business decision#

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coach cal isn't gonna wait around for rabb to make his decision...johnny c & assistant kenny payne checked out in person 5 star thomas bryant this week in addition to kentucky's other bigs offers to jaylen brown, checik diallo, stephen zimmerman, caleb swanigan & brandon ingram

ivan, coach cal isn't really interested in you as a person

it's just business, nothing personal

she knows it, you know it, we all know it


who do you have real relationships with?

real relationships matter#

the bruins are led by #20 6'3" 180 lbs bryce alford (15.6 ppg & 5.8 apg), #4 6'4' 215 lbs norman powell (14.9 ppg), nba 1st rounder #5 6'9" 220 lbs (12.9 ppg & 10.5 rpg), #10 6'4" 185 lbs isaac hamilton (11.6 ppg) & #23 6'9" 260 lbs tony parker (10.4 ppg & 7.4 rpg)...that's it, they got nothing coming off the bench...the starting 5 played a lot of minutes in ucla's double overtime win vs stanford on thursday

ucla can be careless with the ball & alford can be hounded into dribbling around to nowhere...the key to the game will be if kravish, behrens & the king will relentlessly compete with looney & parker

will the bears be able to channel the intensity & crisp ball movement they displayed at madison square garden in the bears epic victory vs syracuse when their backs were against the wall?

walked a brisk 18 holes with wayne's world at the riv this morning

i befriended wayne (a ucla undergrad/usc postgrad) during my 1st trip to ireland back in the day...since then we've played golf around the world including a special day at my beloved mofrtontaine in paris last summer...wayne does amazing work in mentoring hs kids in long beach & we're gonna bring a group to the game in westwood...he's asked me to give "a classic shocky speech regarding the importance of becoming the 1st person in their families to earn a college degree, to meet lots of girls in college & don't be a dumb azz"

can i do that?...can a bear growl?

Tyler Dorsey has been tearing it up
This athletic scorer's future in the League is at the 1

Looks like that's the position of need for Cal next year, to make the team Go

[video][/video]

we gotta get tougher#

Aaron Rodgers or Marshawn Lynch will be in the Super Bowl

jordan ford scored 25 points as the folsom bulldogs got corralled by the monte vista mustangs 66-64...jeff tedford & trevor john dnp for the horsies

sitting directly behind the cal bench (thanks jj) when jabari came out of the game limping i heard him tell nicodemus & nurse wicked that he was cramping up

bears need a healthy attacking bird & his perimeter shooting to create more spacing in the offensive flow

good luck to brandon sampson at st johns & particularly for the courage to leave the deep south (he will benefit greatly from a more diverse perspective of life)
http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/12153878/brandon-sampson-commits-st-john-red-storm?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

a pac 12 coach told me that bsamp has the potential to be a 2 & done player, he's that talented

but brandon is interested in immediate playing time as a starter at the 2 and that's not gonna be guaranteed at cal, sharpshooter jordan mathews is gonna be a 1st team all pac 12 player before he graduates from cal...and hopefully the best 2 on the west coast for 2016 jonah mathews (also an exceptional student like his big bro) is right behind him

another issue with cal's recruitment of sampson is that he scored only 16 on the act which currently makes him a non qualifier...he recently took the test again but in my opinion (and this is not the view of the cal staff) he would've been a potential academic risk at cal without a 100% commitment to developoing as a student athlete...his public comments re: his recruitment never really focused upon academics just his need for immediate playing time & relationships with coaches (to this end both huf & coach martin did an exceptional job of building strong relationships with brandon & his family)

the bears could have definitely benefited from brandon sampson's exceptional skill set, wish him nothing but the best

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happy holidays from capetown, south africa



took my family to robben island where former president of south africa & human activist nelson mandela was imprisoned for 18 years because of his outspoken efforts to abolish apartheid (segregation) policies...to understand the roots of the civil rights movement in the united states & the university of california-berkeley's role in those important efforts, nelson mandela's courageous views should be studied & appreciated



we all went para gliding off signal mountain (adjacent to table mountain)...an experienced (and preferably sober) guide flies with you



also said hello to the warm weather penguins (only other place i've seen them is melbourne) in simon's town



today we spent christimas morning in a shantytown, to see the reactions in the eyes of my kids shay, taylor & kyle is something i won't forget for a while...we were invited into homes made creatively out of virtually every construction piece of material possible, a one room house the size of a cal dorm rooming sleeping 10 people (3 families) every night



we ate lunch with a family, the mom had a 7 inch knife scar on her neck...as we left we all told lele & her family merry christmas & i gave her a gift of rands equal to a month's wages which was received with tears & appreciation...lele is a heroic mom doing the best she can under unimaginable circumstances, she is my idol

moms matter#

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received a beautifully poignant heartfelt thank you letter from lele for her xmas present & also purchasing giraffe artwork drawn by her talented son akani

Shocky1;842322404 said:

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cole, you might be a surfer dude but with a 4.378 gpa you ain't a stoopid dumb azz



beach baby

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congrats to cole on his crafty reverse spin basket vs the bruins

as "the blocker" of the ucla cheerleaders sitting at the end of the bench, welle did a good job of staying focused on the game

not saying i could've done a better job, not saying that at all

yoga matters#

Shooting Guard [COLOR="#0000CD"]Jordan Mathews[/COLOR] is not just a gun slinger

Yeah, he is shooting 57% from 3 in conference play (17-30 in 4 games), but Pac 12 coaches have noticed too, so they're loading up their defenses to chasing him off the line

So Coach Martin, has developed his game, and Jordan's responded by attacking the basket
His results: 24 points/game in the Pac 12

jayce johnson, a 2016 6'10 215 lbs big is now cleared to play for santa monica hs after transferring from findlay prep...johnson had previously attended j serra & mater dei



johnson works hard on defense & can finish with either hand...he is continuing to grow & is expected to be 7'

jayce is a terrific student with a 4.0 gpa & is interested in cal, stanford, utah, ucla among other schools...his dad jay grew up in nor cal & graduated from st marks (jay's sister graduated from cal)...the family visited cal this summer & will do so again after the high school season concludes



the vikings with jonah mathews & jayce johnson are gonna be a team to watch


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world

Shocky1;842437982 said:

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jayce johnson, a 2016 6'10 215 lbs big is now cleared to play for santa monica hs after transferring from findlay prep...johnson had previously attended j serra & mater dei
Just


johnson works hard on defense & can finish with either hand...he is continuing to grow & is expected to be 7'

jayce is a terrific student with a 4.0 gpa & is interested in cal, stanford, utah, ucla among other schools...his dad jay grew up in nor cal & graduated from st marks (jay's sister graduated from cal)...the family visited cal this summer & will do so again after the high school season concludes



the vikings with jonah mathews & jayce johnson are gonna be a team to watch


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public (#3 overall) university in the world

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Four high schools in two and a half years? Dude needs a gf.

Bobodeluxe;842438016 said:

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Four high schools in two and a half years? Dude needs a gf.

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He figures if Chauca could do it, so could he @ 7ft..

Bobodeluxe;842438016 said:

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Four high schools in two and a half years? Dude needs a gf.

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how do you know he don't right now gotta a gf from each of them schoolz?

viking express#

Shocky1;842438057 said:

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how do you know he don't right now gotta a gf from each of them schoolz?

viking express#

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...and a family!

😳

I thought he was also sponsoring Howard University in DC.

HoopDreams;842436582 said:

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Only four teams in the nation are sponsored by Jordan:

[COLOR="#0000CD"]California Golden Bears [/COLOR]
North Carolina Tar Heels
Georgetown Hoyas
Marquette Golden Eagles

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