bballfan01

Good guy or not, if a player doesn't live up to his capabilites, sports announcers are real quick to point out their flaws; Howard did not live up to his responsibility of being an adequate announcer today. To be honest, this is not the first time he has been "off his game", so to be honest, he doesn't deserve a break. It was annoying to listen to all of his mistakes and blunders!

Mark Howard left channel 5 a little while ago. He was so terrible tonight that it makes you wonder if maybe he was drunk or something. How can an announcer mess up that badly? Drew Maddux was on point and many times corrected Howard. UPN needs to re-think letting Howard do any more broadcast. He was flat out awful!

Do you know if he has signed with any college yet?

I'm not sure if you are giving him a compliment or saying he isn't a good basketball player. He has improved his game tremendously! He is well deserving of AAA Mr. Basketball without any doubt.

The case could also be made that by Josh playing on a team with someone like Brandan who gets double and triple teamed a lot, that Josh probably gets a lot more opportunities. This is not a comparison post, please don't misunderstand me, Josh is a good player on a very good team. I have seen both play DII and AAU. Gaines played up on a 17 year old team this past summer and contributed significantly against some of the best players in the country. The Midstate Ballerz finished 6th in the nation. Remember, these two really don't play the same position either; Gaines is a true point guard and I believe Josh is a 2 guard. Gaines may not be in the top three either, but he is pretty close as well.

HotSauce11: Sagging pants got started in the prison system. Actually a pretty gross story that I won't go into. I don't think it would even matter to most of the guys where it came from, they would still do it which in and of itself is pretty sad!

The question was what criteria are you basing Dylan and Joshua being more deserving? If it's more deserving than Oher then I can't comment because I have not seen him play. If the criteria is more ppg, assists, blocked shots, steals or rebounds, as being more deserving than there is the case for Deon Gaines @ MBA. He has averaged more points in less games than both Dylan and Josh with less set 3 pointers, had way more blocks, rebounds, steals and assists. If it's individual stats than I would have to say Gaines of MBA because he is a better all around player than both Dylan and Josh. However, if you are taking into account their team then that's another story.

If the criteria is more ppg, assists, blocked shots, steals or rebounds, there is one kid in DII who averaged more points in less games than both Dylan and Josh with less set 3 pointers, had way more blocks, rebounds, steals and assists. Let's not even talk about academics. I think all of these guys have great character, so how do you pick someone else besides Brandan in Middle TN? If you use the above criteria, then it is individual stats and not team, so it can't be if they are on a winning team. More deserving?!!!

What criteria are you basing Dylan or Joshua being more deserving?

I am rooting for BA because they are a TN team and it is good to see a TN team get some pub. I am pretty sure Brandan will play big time, he always does. I hope he gets help from the other guys.

I am not sure what game you were watching, but the MBA student cheering section was not taunting. Everyone could see when Brandan got the ball just past half court that he was going to dunk it. The cheering section was rooting him on. Who doesn't like to see a great dunk?!! It was awesome.

You can actually remember something worth remembering, good for you! thumb

I have witnessed first hand in many instances where BA does in fact put sports ahead of academics. Maybe not in every instance, but in too many! I will not give names, situations or circumstances because that would not be right. There is nothing you can say to convince me otherwise because I have experienced it first hand. I am not flipping out about MBA basketball, I don't even go there, just stating the facts. I am sure you are probably right about the MBA football fans, I just haven't noticed that as much because I follow the basketball post more.

Good sports do not equal bad academics. I never said that! I personally don't trash talk or make fun of any team. Let's see how long the BA fans stick around when basketball takes a down turn, and it will, just like all other schools. The point is schools that have good athletes and better academics says a lot about a school. It says their priorities are in the right place.