Men's Basketball 21-22

[CU2007]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

[George64]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

The tied teams play a best three out of five, three-on-three half-court tournament.  If unresolved, consecutive rounds of H-O-R-S-E.  If still not resolved, rock-paper-scissors.
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[Al DeFlorio]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

The tied teams play a best three out of five, three-on-three half-court tournament.  If unresolved, consecutive rounds of H-O-R-S-E.  If still not resolved, rock-paper-scissors.
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How about a dunking contest?

[billhoward]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

The tied teams play a best three out of five, three-on-three half-court tournament.  If unresolved, consecutive rounds of H-O-R-S-E.  If still not resolved, rock-paper-scissors.
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How about a dunking contest?

As long as they're dunking into Fair-Trade coffee.
George64's tie-braker is as sensible as any. Probably more.

[nshapiro]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

The tied teams play a best three out of five, three-on-three half-court tournament.  If unresolved, consecutive rounds of H-O-R-S-E.  If still not resolved, rock-paper-scissors.
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How about a dunking contest?

Please NO!  Let us not degrade further into judged events.  It is why I find half of the Olympics unwatchable. Can someone explain why they have to have judging for style in Ski Jumping?

[billhoward]

Please NO!  Let us not degrade further into judged events.  It is why I find half of the Olympics unwatchable. Can someone explain why they have to have judging for style in Ski Jumping?

The Olympics are unwatchable because there's no second audio channel (SAP) that has neutral announcers. Even worse are the up-close-and-personal profiles. I don't think you can be on the U.S. team unless you or your family has worked through a personal tragedy and let a video crew traipse through the house. If NBC does an up-close on a German, he or she must be a model or heir to some Prussian title that fell into disrepute, and they're photogenic.

They judge style in ski jumping? Surely you put that in to see if we read the entire thread. It wasn't until recently that I knew if Monobob meant a single occupant or a single sled-runner. At least, and I checked, I haven't seen a headline, What About Monobob?, but maybe it's early innings for the media.

[nshapiro]

Please NO!  Let us not degrade further into judged events.  It is why I find half of the Olympics unwatchable. Can someone explain why they have to have judging for style in Ski Jumping?

The Olympics are unwatchable because there's no second audio channel (SAP) that has neutral announcers. Even worse are the up-close-and-personal profiles. I don't think you can be on the U.S. team unless you or your family has worked through a personal tragedy and let a video crew traipse through the house. If NBC does an up-close on a German, he or she must be a model or heir to some Prussian title that fell into disrepute, and they're photogenic.

They judge style in ski jumping? Surely you put that in to see if we read the entire thread. It wasn't until recently that I knew if Monobob meant a single occupant or a single sled-runner. At least, and I checked, I haven't seen a headline, What About Monobob?, but maybe it's early innings for the media.

Honestly, they take distance and adjust it with style points in ski jumping.  I agree that it is unwatchable live, for all the reasons you say.  I DVR it and fast-forward to the actual competition.

unfortunately, in a text thread, it makes no sense to add "and don't call me Shirley".

[Trotsky]

Please NO!  Let us not degrade further into judged events.  It is why I find half of the Olympics unwatchable. Can someone explain why they have to have judging for style in Ski Jumping?

The Olympics are unwatchable because there's no second audio channel (SAP) that has neutral announcers. Even worse are the up-close-and-personal profiles. I don't think you can be on the U.S. team unless you or your family has worked through a personal tragedy and let a video crew traipse through the house. If NBC does an up-close on a German, he or she must be a model or heir to some Prussian title that fell into disrepute, and they're photogenic.

They judge style in ski jumping? Surely you put that in to see if we read the entire thread. It wasn't until recently that I knew if Monobob meant a single occupant or a single sled-runner. At least, and I checked, I haven't seen a headline, What About Monobob?, but maybe it's early innings for the media.

Allegedly there are internet streams which just give you the event audio and a crawl with the times, names, and standings, and zero commenters, to avoid all the infantile and jingoistic network inanity.

[upprdeck]

some sports there are multiple broadcasts as well.. there is a NBC feed a Peackock/Olympic channel feed. often a feed with no talk for some events.

I dont find most feeds that biased compared to feeds from other countries because they reality is the broadcast in the US is for 2 things.. One is for promoting the US athletes and is for promoting the sport.. the US is good in some sports and not others and in many of those the US is just the token presence in the broadcast which is fine.. if my kid made a sport I would hope they made a broadcast and got some kind of shout out.

why would you not want this to happen for these people they put in a lot of work to get to an event that happens every 4 yrs and for most no financial gain at the other end.  you want to complain the family gets a small 5 min window?

are you thinking every country does this different?

[nshapiro]

some sports there are multiple broadcasts as well.. there is a NBC feed a Peackock/Olympic channel feed. often a feed with no talk for some events.

I dont find most feeds that biased compared to feeds from other countries because they reality is the broadcast in the US is for 2 things.. One is for promoting the US athletes and is for promoting the sport.. the US is good in some sports and not others and in many of those the US is just the token presence in the broadcast which is fine.. if my kid made a sport I would hope they made a broadcast and got some kind of shout out.

why would you not want this to happen for these people they put in a lot of work to get to an event that happens every 4 yrs and for most no financial gain at the other end.  you want to complain the family gets a small 5 min window?

are you thinking every country does this different?

I like to watch sports, not watch biographies, or people talking about sports.  I turn on the super bowl at kickoff, not for the pre-game.

[David Harding]

What are tie breakers for the 4 spot if we end up tied?

The tied teams play a best three out of five, three-on-three half-court tournament.  If unresolved, consecutive rounds of H-O-R-S-E.  If still not resolved, rock-paper-scissors.
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LOL

[Trotsky]

if my kid made a sport I would hope they made a broadcast and got some kind of shout out.

Of course you would; we all would want that for our kid. That's the problem.  The Olympics are very close to the golden rule of socializing: the only thing more boring than somebody else's fantasy football team is somebody else's kids.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

the reality is the broadcast in the US is for 2 things.. One is for promoting the US athletes and is for promoting the sport.

You forgot the main reason:  Selling advertising.

[ugarte]

Cornell was up by 2 at the half in Hanover but have completely fallen apart in the second half. Down by 10 now.

[semsox]

Gross game so far. For us being so up tempo, just putrid possessions in the 2nd half. I think we should be even more aggressive.