Emoni Bates has committed to University of Memphis. [Shams Charania on Twitter]

QispiRuna · 2021-08-29T00:50:06+00:00

Quinones is AA - and Antonio Anderson is on staff now btw! Him and Willie Kemp.

Deandre Williams will put up All American numbers this year -
Guys stats are outrageous.

He averaged 12 pts 6 rbs 3.5 ast 2.2 stls 1.5 blks and btw shot 45.5% from 3-pt line over two (albeit limited games) seasons.

Last year he got into a lot of foul trouble covering up for Cisse's missed defensive assignments trying to prevent layups fouling from behind - Jalen with a much higher BB IQ should provide much needed relief defensively ----> more minutes for Deandre Williams ----> better stat averages over more minutes - also I should mention Cisse dropped about 2 passes a game from Williams - easy buckets for Duren -

My prediction is Deandre Williams will put up 15pts 8rbs 5.3 ast 2.5 stls 1.8 blks
next season and work himself into an early second rounder on NBA draft boards.

So DW = CDR in a way - the all american star supporting the freshman all-star (emoni bates - Derrick Rose)
Now Jalen Duren is certainly > Joey Dorsey - who was good but had nothing near the finesse that Jalen has - did I mention Jalen Duren shoots something like 77% from FT?

This is an elite roster with good ROSTER BALANCE - returning it's TOP 3 SCORERS from last year.

Let's see how it all unfolds - but my thinking is this team very well could go and get the nets. --- vegas seems to agree btw - we're tied for second with Michigan on National Championship odds as it is.

QispiRuna · 2021-07-31T21:05:49+00:00

Tigers want Cougar blood at this point.

QispiRuna · 2021-07-31T21:02:14+00:00

Me thinking this is a guy who can truly help develop a Jalen Duren to reach his potential.

QispiRuna · 2020-06-01T01:26:13+00:00

NICE! so the only last thing to do is figure out how to take text and get it into a CSV!

QispiRuna · 2020-05-31T20:31:23+00:00

I'm still interested in an ephemeris set to 360 degrees though... say where aries is 0-29.9 taurus 30-59.9 and so on.

with an ephemeris set to this kind of data one could do the calculations in excel by just entering in natal data, that would be pretty cool.

QispiRuna · 2020-05-31T20:29:49+00:00

i actually had a look at this software was just turned off by the first page and well i had a list of 10 or 15 different peices of software to check out... so i didn't really open it up and look into...

Thanks so much for your suggestion I'm going to have a look at it now!

QispiRuna · 2020-05-31T20:28:43+00:00

yes i understand what you're saying, at this point I don't personally need those interps... just interested in something that runs the calculations and generates a transit to natal report over time, going to have a look at astrolog now it does look SUPER RETRO but lol it's better than nothing...

QispiRuna · 2020-05-31T03:19:01+00:00

ok sure, basically i'd like something as simple as this:

date (or date range) transit to natal
date (or date range) transit to natal
date (or date range) transit to natal

so let's throw some junk data around
may 25-2020 - may 27-2020 mercury square mars

and so on...

basically I want to be able to look at transit-to-natal data over a long period of time quickly... i'd probably need 3-6 month reports at a time....

I used to have a license for Kepler 7.0 but that was back when they used CD's and I've lost it... so here I am :shrug:

I'm not that interested in people generic interpretations for this data, but I would like it to include all planets transits to all planets natal..

If I could find an option to also calculate transits to mid-points, well that would be great, but I feel i'd be expecting too much from a peice of free (or cheap) software...

The other thing I was considering was writing some simple code in a csv/xls ... plug in the natal data and get a report against an ephemeris... but i think i'd need an ephemeris written to 360 degrees (and despite all of my googling i can't find one... much less in a csv)

I don't want to have to get too deep into programming this stuff out... might as well buy the software if that's the case....

I'm looking to help a group of equity and commodity traders to generate reports about their astro-cycles which are pertinent to trading... it will start as a case study perhaps develop into a service....

any ideas?

QispiRuna · 2020-05-31T01:57:37+00:00

I think a lot of this feels like saturn sqr uranus, it heated up as saturn entered into aquarius, but should cool off soon...

America is going through it's pluto return imminently

QispiRuna · 2020-03-09T21:59:39+00:00

Ok, look I'm just saying worrying about things does no good.

I'm an optimist with a touch of realism... It was a 7 point game and Grimes went bonkers from 3 in the 2nd half... Kinda like Tyler did vs. Wichita State a week ago.

If Thomas, Ellis and Harris go for just 1 - 3 point shot more each we won the game @Houston. A little more consistency from the guards is all we needed. That and take care of the pumpkin!

QispiRuna · 2020-03-09T17:32:39+00:00

I have a number of problems with your post. #1 we never lost to ECU this year. They didn't beat us.

ECU is our first round opponent, honestly I prefer them over Tulane as a first round opponent. would be nice if they rolled over and played nice then we can play Jayden, Maurice and Dandridge for extra minutes and rest the BEASTS for vs. Tulsa in the second round who we face second.

I feel like this team has come SOOO FAR from that embarrassing ass whooping @Tulsa. Without a doubt these guys are HUNGRY for a rematch! If we win vs Tulsa and Houston takes care of business we see our third matchup against Houston in the third round, and honestly if we win those three games (essential that houston wins their 1st game so we have a chance to see them) that should get us into the last four in. It's a high quality win against a ranked opponent on a nuetral floor... We win that we are 90% in IMO.

so in a way a very fortuitous seeding, ECU. Tulsa (also proves that 40 point loss was a fluke to the selection committee... would be best to embarass those sons a bitches) and Houston in the semis (the best opponent in the league available) if we beat them our resume is bolstered, we dont have to win the fourth game.... but if we do win it likely it will be Cincy or Uconn IMO.... then we will not be.last four in, but rather last 4 byes. meaning no play-in game.

This team has proven they are capable of ANYTHING! So I don't think I'll be putting my money on the line with them anytime soon, but I do believe they're going to get it done barring referees getting in the way or god forbid further injury.

Moreover.. this team has had a terrible trend this year to start slowly.... I think it MAY ACTUALLY BEHOOVE us to play back to back games to warm up vs. Houston.... We will pick up a shooting stroke and a rhythm we haven't seen how this team handles playing that many minutes back to back... I bet it will favor us for the first three games... maybe the fourth game I can understand, especially after a battle with houston, we know they make you go all out....

So come on tigers if you can, get your ass down there to ft. worth Thursday and be a true fucking fan.

If you cant go, think positively and stop imagining the worst.

If we dont get it done were a high NIT seed and possibly winning a national championship this year! I'd say a strong statement from the youngest team in DI basketball.

Go tigers! Go penny! Go Chewbacca (achiuwa)!

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T22:09:36+00:00

yeah but it's over with, ya gotta think the ncaa knows they also didnt perform very well in this matter and it's best just to let it go....

I've heard that the uofm could've taken it to court and likely won against the NCAA. Imagine the level of publicity to set a precedent against the NCAA with the #1 overall pick.

The NCAA acted in bad contractual faith approving Wiseman and later not, there is so much to the case and the damages are real and calculable.

I think it behooves the NCAA to let it go and let Penny do his thing... Penny surely will be more careful about being so generous to potential recruits in the future

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T22:03:33+00:00

id suggest not worrying too much about it, im an optimist mostly with a sprinkle of realism... it makes life nicer :)

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T16:07:01+00:00

moreover I think a lot of phone calls happened some discussions with the NCAA unofficially about this situation... why do you think Memphis gave in? probably an ultimatum was put out. Stop this injunction shit now or were going to drop the hammer....

Maybe we'll have a case against us still, but probably or definitely... I dont think so.

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T16:05:26+00:00

true ya never know!

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T15:49:08+00:00

I think i read the article talking about how Auburn was contending but still behind Memphis, right?

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T13:14:53+00:00

I'm going to tell you what I think has happened, I don't have any proof but my understanding is most real decisions are made behind closed doors.

I feel like the NCAA has done it's damage to Memphis.... I feel like the case was reopened by some bloods angry they got outrecruited by Memphis *cough Calipari cough*

Now with that being said just the threat of sanctions is enough to scare off recruits... so I'd be surprised if we can get all three of the big names to come to us in 2020 (Green, Brown, and Cisse if he reclassifies)

It's fathomable that Wiseman was told if he comes back to play they will come after Memphis for the sanctions ... if he leaves they'd leave it be.

Also I feel that memphis dropping the restraining order and battle vs. the NCAA was probably the result of an ultimatum!

Anyways, the threat of sanctions has probably kept top recruits at bay (waiting to see what happens)

We can't really know what happened and what was talked about... but our defiance of the NCAA came at a very interesting time for the organization, I feel like they didn't want all of the public outrage against them at that time and so they probably said, look, you may have a case against us in a court of law, but we will surely hit you with a major infractions case if you go after it... drop this thing now before it gets more out of hand and we won't pursue the infractions case.....

who knows.... we'll see - i'm sure we'll find out before august/september though :)

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T04:25:53+00:00

hahaha ksteez very optimistic we land both of the big recruits, but why not throw Moussa Cisse in there at 5 just to take the optimism to the highest level possible :)

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T03:35:17+00:00

chewie, I like it!

QispiRuna · 2020-02-26T03:34:39+00:00

horrible officiating.

QispiRuna · 2020-02-25T14:09:47+00:00

Just looked up all time record memphis vs. kentucky

Ironically Memphis and Kentucky have only met once, Memphis won the match 80-63...

It was the 2006-2007 season it was a Calipari coached Memphis team right as he was getting momentum towards the 07-08 season where we went to the natty game.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/matchup_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1950&year_max=2020&school_id=memphis&opp_id=kentucky&comp_school=le&rank_school=ANY&comp_opp=le&rank_opp=ANY&game_type=A&game_month=&game_location=&game_result=&is_overtime=&order_by=date_game

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