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Post by canislatrans on Nov 13, 2014 9:59:44 GMT -6
sandakotastate's comment, "SDSU is going nowhere and will always be the class of women's basketball in the Dakotas," is where this thread was hijacked. If a USD fan typed something as provocative on the bunnyboard it'd start a riot. Then he writes above, "I just find it funny how some people think that USD women's basketball is high and mighty because USD made the NCAA tournament." Hello pot, this is kettle. Can we get this train back on the tracks please? I like Kioatee's question above about a link to the full media day, that would be nice to see. I do not contest the quoted statement was provocative. I was just wondering where Yote14 got the WNIT > NCAA claim. I can see from other threads Yote14 has the tendency to exaggerate so I thought I would inquire. A little house cleaning, then back on topic. Since Yote14 was quoting me, a re-read of the Alexis Yackley thread in Womens BB, will explain the source of the WNIT > NCAA folly. Alexis' response proved that not only does USD Law School put out the best lawyers (jackjd), it even puts out better journalists than SDSU's journalism school, ha, ha! I'm going on a hunch that sillyrabbits.com, or whatever the SDSU fan forum is called had a lengthy discussion about the matter also. I think that the South Dakota schools are going to have a big impact in Summit League BB this year. It's obvious on the Women's side, but I think both Men's programs will accomplish more than perhaps projected in preseason. Looking forward to it!
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Post by yote14 on Nov 13, 2014 11:21:10 GMT -6
WNIT > NCAA Summit Conf. Title > NCAA (Summit Tourney Title) Sour grapes, much? Jackjd here is where canislatrans is stating that summit conf title is greater than summit tourney title. I agree. and above that he also states the WNIT is greater than the NCAA tourney. Which is ridiculous. So no exageration.
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Post by jackjd on Nov 13, 2014 12:10:54 GMT -6
WNIT > NCAA Summit Conf. Title > NCAA (Summit Tourney Title) Sour grapes, much? Jackjd here is where canislatrans is stating that summit conf title is greater than summit tourney title. I agree. and above that he also states the WNIT is greater than the NCAA tourney. Which is ridiculous. So no exageration. I read the source posts including the "sour grapes" comment. It was being implied that a Jackrabbit fan made the statement WNIT > NCAA and I inquired about the source because I don't recall reading any posts from an SDSU fan making such a statement. Your posts confirm my recollection.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 13, 2014 12:20:33 GMT -6
There was the piece by some hack in the Mitchell paper that said a WNIT bid was better. It got enough traction that it warranted a response from Alexis Yackley, so clearly some people had the misinformed opinion of the WNIT being premier. I know I heard some chatter around that time mirroring the opinion as well.
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Post by yote14 on Nov 13, 2014 13:41:50 GMT -6
I also meant to post the original article from the Mitchel Daily Republic but I could not find the article anymore and got busy at work and ended up posting it before I wanted to. So I can see where my quote of canislatrans was confusing, sorry jackjd.
They may have taken it down honestly because there was some reaction to it as the gentleman that wrote the article graduated from SDSU and the title of the articlce if I remember correctly was "Poor USD, even when they win they lose". Alexis' response was very well written. I would also encourage reading it.
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Post by GoYotes on Nov 13, 2014 14:11:54 GMT -6
To continue the drift on this thread the individual who wrote the column in the Daily Republic was a SDSU grad with a last name of Tupper. If you look up the transitive verb definition of tup in Websters it shows why SDSU fans liked his column. (And also gives a whole new meaning to tupperware)
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Post by yotefan on Nov 13, 2014 15:04:17 GMT -6
And there you have it folks, goyotes has officially made history with the first known use of "transitive verb" ever recorded on a fan-board. Nicely done. =)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 23:37:41 GMT -6
There was the piece by some hack in the Mitchell paper that said a WNIT bid was better. It got enough traction that it warranted a response from Alexis Yackley, so clearly some people had the misinformed opinion of the WNIT being premier. I know I heard some chatter around that time mirroring the opinion as well. Some may have argued that the Final Four run in the WNIT was better off for SDSU last year rather than another 20+ point loss in the NCAA (read this thread on the SDSU forum). I'm sure EVERYONE knows that the premier event in D1 basketball is the NCAA Tournament. Sorry about starting the thread drift, but there was a comment that said something along the lines of USD surprising SDSU as the power of the Summit in women's basketball because of their NCAA tournament appearance which I rightfully disagreed with. I simply stated SDSU won't be going nowhere anytime soon and that SDSU is the class of women's basketball in the Dakotas and backed it up with facts. Found both articles (you have to have a subscription to read them): www.mitchellrepublic.com/content/opinion-usd-player-prefers-one-and-done-ncaawww.mitchellrepublic.com/content/tupper-sdsu-loses-ultimately-winsQuestion relating this thread: Did USD have any early signees in women's or men's basketball? For anyone interested, here is SDSU's women's basketball 2015 recruiting class. The men's team didn't sign anyone and is looking like Nagy isn't in a hurry to do so.
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