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Post by horns1 on Apr 3, 2021 21:52:15 GMT -5
The only reason the season has an asterisk is because we are in a global pandemic and teams had to deal with it. Yes, you can argue loss of matchups and stuff, but imo, having the mental fortitude to maintain quality play while navigating postponements and rigorous testing/isolation, shifting lineups, missing coaches on the sidelines, no fans, etc...it balances out. This has been just as tough a season, just for difficult reasons. Let me know where I can view any asterisks . . .
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Post by basil on Apr 3, 2021 21:56:22 GMT -5
The only reason the season has an asterisk is because we are in a global pandemic and teams had to deal with it. Yes, you can argue loss of matchups and stuff, but imo, having the mental fortitude to maintain quality play while navigating postponements and rigorous testing/isolation, shifting lineups, missing coaches on the sidelines, no fans, etc...it balances out. This has been just as tough a season, just for difficult reasons. Let me know where I can view any asterisks . . . The whole year has an asterisk, not just the season. I just mean that this year is special (for lack of a better word), thus giving it an asterisk.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 3, 2021 21:58:16 GMT -5
Let me know where I can view any asterisks . . . The whole year has an asterisk, not just the season. I just mean that this year is special (for lack of a better word), thus giving it an asterisk. If everybody had to to deal with the same overall pandemic, what is the exception? I don't see anyone begging for an asterisk in men's and women's hoops.
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Post by basil on Apr 3, 2021 22:02:42 GMT -5
The whole year has an asterisk, not just the season. I just mean that this year is special (for lack of a better word), thus giving it an asterisk. If everybody had to to deal with the same overall pandemic, what is the exception? I don't see anyone begging for an asterisk in men's and women's hoops. I give everyone an asterisk. Idk if most people are though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 22:02:50 GMT -5
The whole year has an asterisk, not just the season. I just mean that this year is special (for lack of a better word), thus giving it an asterisk. If everybody had to to deal with the same overall pandemic, what is the exception? I don't see anyone begging for an asterisk in men's and women's hoops. Hasn't affected everyone the same. Hell, Hawaii didn't even get a season. C'mon.
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Post by oldnewbie on Apr 3, 2021 22:06:59 GMT -5
If everybody had to to deal with the same overall pandemic, what is the exception? I don't see anyone begging for an asterisk in men's and women's hoops. Hasn't affected everyone the same. Hell, Hawaii didn't even get a season. C'mon. Injuries and illness never effect everybody them same, ever.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 3, 2021 22:09:30 GMT -5
If everybody had to to deal with the same overall pandemic, what is the exception? I don't see anyone begging for an asterisk in men's and women's hoops. Hasn't affected everyone the same. Hell, Hawaii didn't even get a season. C'mon. That's not what i stated. The overall pandemic was something everyone had to deal with; didn't say it affected everyone in the same manner.
Was Hawaii a favorite to win the title? Sorry they missed the season, just like the Duke women's hoops teams and others didn't finish out their seasons due to safety concerns. No asterisk listed for tomorrow's championship match between Arizona and Stanford that I know of.
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Post by Kingsley on Apr 3, 2021 22:12:02 GMT -5
No time to learn yet another new language right now. UCLA just went ahead of Gonzaga with 6 minutes left! OHHHHH WHYYYYYYYY
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 22:12:16 GMT -5
But this is what gives the season an asterisk. It hasn't been a level playing field. At all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 22:13:37 GMT -5
No time to learn yet another new language right now. UCLA just went ahead of Gonzaga with 6 minutes left! OHHHHH WHYYYYYYYY how the hell did he make that
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Post by oldnewbie on Apr 3, 2021 22:13:52 GMT -5
But this is what gives the season an asterisk. It hasn't been a level playing field. At all. But that is the point. It never is.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 22:14:42 GMT -5
Hasn't affected everyone the same. Hell, Hawaii didn't even get a season. C'mon. That's not what i stated. The overall pandemic was something everyone had to deal with; didn't say it affected everyone in the same manner.
Was Hawaii a favorite to win the title? Sorry they missed the season, just like the Duke women's hoops teams and others didn't finish out their seasons due to safety concerns. No asterisk listed for tomorrow's championship match between Arizona and Stanford that I know of. And some teams playing in the fall AND the spring? No difference. Again, c'mon. Not to mention a 48 team field in frikking Omaha.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2021 22:15:20 GMT -5
But this is what gives the season an asterisk. It hasn't been a level playing field. At all. But that is the point. It never is. It has NEVER BEEN THIS UNEVEN. THAT is the point.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 3, 2021 22:15:50 GMT -5
But this is what gives the season an asterisk. It hasn't been a level playing field. At all. I don't get why it's only women's volleyball fans here who are whining about an asterisk. As far as I know, no other sports fans are crying about it.
Folks can invent an asterisk in their head to help them cope with whatever denial they are facing; it still doesn't exist in the record books.
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Post by horns1 on Apr 3, 2021 22:17:23 GMT -5
But that is the point. It never is. It has NEVER BEEN THIS UNEVEN. THAT is the point. I wanted an asterisk added for those championships Nebraska won in Omaha in front of partisan home crowds; never happened.
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