j. spilotro said:

Horrible offense. Close outs weak. Bad basketball.

I know we were on the verge of a lifetime extension after beating excellent Utah State and SDSU squads.

I’m wondering if Wyoming is popping champagne while Kool and the Gang’s Celebration blasts in the background and the team all dances all over one another. I mean, for Wyoming, that IS a big win, so I’m wondering …

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Yeah, it seems what’s most important for this program is creating Instagram content. Winning is a distant second, maybe 3rd or 4th.

Upper echelon teams is a bit of a stretch. , but I agree it no Bueno. Senior/ Junior stacked every year and stuggle every year.

Beating upper echelon teams, then losing to the dregs, is not good for my health. As long as CKK is here I think the best we can hope for is sustained mediocrity.

j. spilotro said:

They can’t drain it to keep it at an optimal level? It’s all or nothing? Flooding or bone dry?

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The problemo is that fire season and rain season seem to somehow crash together in CA. Even though we got no rain in last year lol.

It's not always 'mismanagement' when shit happens out of the ordinary.

j. spilotro said:

They can’t drain it to keep it at an optimal level? It’s all or nothing? Flooding or bone dry?

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There are 16 rivers between San Francisco and the Oregon border that empty into the pacific. They account for 40% of the total runoff of California Mountains. They would need to be dammed to divert a portion of their water South. There are several problems with this. The terrain of these rivers would be difficult and expensive to dam but not impossible. Damming the rivers would make life difficult for Salmon and white water rafting. Environmentalists are in favor of dismantling dams/ not making new ones and the local residents of NorCal are generally against anything in their territory helping the rest of the state.

It's much easier to take water from Lake Mead.

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LVRebel2000 said:

Yeah, but every year, they dump a ton of fresh water out of the reservoirs and into the ocean because they don't have enough storage for it when the storms hit. Then they complain that they don't have enough water

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It's probably better to just let those full basins and reservoirs to flood the respective areas annually. Just to prepare for that once in a century or so event, like the one that just happened.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

This is correct. *Was*

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He's still a consultant for them

R3belnation said:

I'm confused. They shout that the melting icecaps dunps fresh water into the ocean, reducing it's salinity, then they cry that desalination will make the ocean to salty?

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Confusion is one of the main goals of the Environment Wacko community.

bcvegaspt2 said:

Now let’s get drafted!

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Hoping at least one of them makes it to the combine.

Bullmastiff 1 said:

This is true. But we were pretty busy in the portal last year. With Odom leaving and taking guys and other guys opting out it created a situation where we had to be even busier this year with a lot more spots to fill.

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May the best Rebels win.

RebelinWA said:

Something tells me we'll only recognize a couple of names on this roster after spring practice. Hoping it works out. I wish there was a little bit more continuity with this roster, but that's wishful thinking. Overhauls are the new normal now for every program.

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This is true. But we were pretty busy in the portal last year. With Odom leaving and taking guys and other guys opting out it created a situation where we had to be even busier this year with a lot more spots to fill.

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bergemj said:

Rick White #59
Jackson Woodard #75

Great to see Rebels on the list!

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Now let’s get drafted!

Rosegreen1 said:

I also must say I am not impressed by CKKs staff, they don’t say much on the sidelines, not much coaching going on. There’s talent on this roster but for whatever reason there isn’t much growth.

Like Luv said, last night was on the coaches. How did they not run press more often? Whenever they (UNLV) did it resulted in a turnover or rushed shot. That’s why they (UNLV) were able to come back and almost send it to OT. It’s just mind blowing. Where’s Lon? He can point this stuff out to junior, again where’s the staff doing the opposition work?

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Lon's golfing and hasnt been involved much in the game since he retired 4 years ago. Its not his job to point stuff out to his son. Maybe Kevin could read his book...

saulpaul21 said:

Under new coach Pat Kelsey, Louisville has gone from 8 wins last year to a top 25 rating this year. He was at Winthrop and Charleston before Louisville. Just being at a small school does not mean you cannot coach. Many on this board would say no to a Pat Kelsey type of hire. Remember Tark started at a Juco and Beard was at Little Rock. Both could coach.

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and TJO was at south Dakota.... Its not like we haven't hired good coaches. The problem is they come in with our expectations that we're a Final 4 team with the right coach so they try and recruit a bunch of guys that can "fit" that build and then fall flat putting that team together. Now with the transfer portal you can hire those smaller school guys and let them bring 80% of their team with them who have already established a culture together and bring that in and win immediately. And that should come with the expectation that we should be a tournament team every year. Not just a hope to be in, not a "Well we made the NIT".. theres no reason or excuse.

I also must say I am not impressed by CKKs staff, they don’t say much on the sidelines, not much coaching going on. There’s talent on this roster but for whatever reason there isn’t much growth.

Like Luv said, last night was on the coaches. How did they not run press more often? Whenever they (UNLV) did it resulted in a turnover or rushed shot. That’s why they (UNLV) were able to come back and almost send it to OT. It’s just mind blowing. Where’s Lon? He can point this stuff out to junior, again where’s the staff doing the opposition work?

j. spilotro said:

Horrible offense. Close outs weak. Bad basketball.

I know we were on the verge of a lifetime extension after beating excellent Utah State and SDSU squads.

I’m wondering if Wyoming is popping champagne while Kool and the Gang’s Celebration blasts in the background and the team all dances all over one another. I mean, for Wyoming, that IS a big win, so I’m wondering …

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It is a big win for them, they haven’t won at the Mack in a regular meeting since 2003. Given the amount of coaches we’ve cycled through since is pretty impressive that there’s one team we could reliably beat at home.

j. spilotro said:

Horrible offense. Close outs weak. Bad basketball.

I know we were on the verge of a lifetime extension after beating excellent Utah State and SDSU squads.

I’m wondering if Wyoming is popping champagne while Kool and the Gang’s Celebration blasts in the background and the team all dances all over one another. I mean, for Wyoming, that IS a big win, so I’m wondering …

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Yes it a big win 4 them. They suck. Anytime u can beat a net 100ish team it huge for them especially on their own home floor. That was some of the worse starting 5 i have seen in a while. 1 really good player and a bunch of players that would not even see any minutes at UNLV.

dcut03 said:

Interesting to see that UNLV seems to be getting all of the G5 love. Its cool, but we are going to have a brand new team practically with a brand new coach. Boise is losing some key pieces, but you would still think that they would be the favorite.

UNLV has done well with the portal, but the majority of the players we have landed are a bit unproven.

I know the fact that we have CDM is driving this heavily, which makes some sense. But it is still interesting to me with so many questions on what our team will be next year.

Picking Boise seems to be the safer pick.

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Something tells me we'll only recognize a couple of names on this roster after spring practice. Hoping it works out. I wish there was a little bit more continuity with this roster, but that's wishful thinking. Overhauls are the new normal now for every program.

dcut03 said:

Interesting to see that UNLV seems to be getting all of the G5 love. Its cool, but we are going to have a brand new team practically with a brand new coach. Boise is losing some key pieces, but you would still think that they would be the favorite.

UNLV has done well with the portal, but the majority of the players we have landed are a bit unproven.

I know the fact that we have CDM is driving this heavily, which makes some sense. But it is still interesting to me with so many questions on what our team will be next year.

Picking Boise seems to be the safer pick.

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Iron sharpens Iron... Lots of talented guys going to be pushing for playing time. Some with huge chips on their shoulders.

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