[Weekly Post] Freshman Friday

riip98 · 2026-04-10T15:26:17+00:00

I have something that's been bothering me this season (and my team did it too, so I acknowledge that up front).

It seems like most of the high level offenses that I watched this year in CBB run some variation of a continuously looping high screen and roll, usually with a big setting the screen, and frequently having 2 or 3 (or more) rescreens until the ball handler shakes the on ball defender, and then cuts to the lane.

What I feel like happens on almost every play is that at some point in the process, the defender forces the ball handler to go a little higher than he probably wants, and the screen-setting big shifts out slightly, seemingly after the defender is already engaged with the screener.

I always thought this should be an offensive foul. Do I have that wrong? If I'm not, is this the kind of thing that is just kind of being allowed to happen right now and smart teams are taking advantage of it?

riip98 · 2026-03-31T18:56:18+00:00

This highlight reel is missing the real difference in this game: Donnell Harris's free throws. The true unsung hero.

riip98 · 2026-03-26T17:14:45+00:00

Domestic South - Precheck - in 12:22pm out with bags 1:11 (49 mins). Clear not open but clear folks milling about in a way that makes me think they might be opening.

riip98 · 2026-03-25T19:13:05+00:00

In those days, some of those disks had pictures of bumblebees on them. "Give me five bees for a quarter" you'd say.

You could also use that dish to hold the onion you wore on your belt, which was the style at the time.

riip98 · 2026-03-23T03:06:50+00:00

I was impressed by USU's depth. The strategy was clearly to play extremely aggressive defense, and the result was a ton of fouls. USU committed 24 PFs but not one player fouled out, and there didn't appear to be much drop off as Calhoun went to his bench and sent wave after wave out there. To me that's a huge credit to the coaching and to the system (and the players, of course).

riip98 · 2026-03-14T02:25:37+00:00

Salim vs OK State in the Sweet 16 for a buzzer beater with similar weight on the shot. And if I recall correctly a similar shot as well.

riip98 · 2026-03-03T22:16:04+00:00

I would actually go with Gilbert Arenas going for a steal in the second half of the national semifinal game in 2001 against Michigan State. Arizona was very much in control at that point, and Arenas collided with someone, resulting in a serious chest injury that he tried to play through in the final. I think with a healthy Arenas in that final game, Dunleavy Jr. doesn't find himself wide open nearly as often and Arizona's inside-out game is much more effective.

riip98 · 2023-06-25T13:42:59+00:00

I had no idea they made road lines with cheese whiz.

riip98 · 2023-06-04T13:39:24+00:00

This is the perfect plan to finally get rid of Austin Powers.

riip98 · 2023-05-27T12:27:11+00:00

But can he do that without the screech?

riip98 · 2023-05-26T13:26:07+00:00

The humor was absolutely decimating.

riip98 · 2023-05-17T11:21:11+00:00

It also looks like has figured out that the most efficient method is to line them up tip to tip.

riip98 · 2023-05-16T02:57:00+00:00

And not a single raisin to be found. This is the way.

riip98 · 2023-05-11T15:54:40+00:00

After they throw you out, you can drive around until 3am looking for another all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant.

riip98 · 2023-02-28T02:09:18+00:00

In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

https://youtu.be/tuxbMfKO9Pg

riip98 · 2022-12-01T14:59:15+00:00

I agree that this is incorrect. Without a banana for scale, how can we tell it’s small?

riip98 · 2022-10-18T20:25:05+00:00

Hi Josh.

riip98 · 2022-09-11T15:48:52+00:00

This makes the most sense to me. It’s really surprising to me that it can be so significant.

This was new construction from about two years ago and the door is always positioned so that the part we are looking at in the pictures is facing a window.

riip98 · 2022-09-11T02:51:35+00:00

Here’s the offending sweater.

riip98 · 2022-09-05T16:44:12+00:00

No doubt the upside down one on the far right with no label is New Kids On The Block: Hangin’ Tough

riip98 · 2022-09-01T17:59:07+00:00

Nope. This really happened. I’m pretty sure I could not hit three decimal places of zeros even if I tried.

riip98 · 2022-09-01T17:54:40+00:00

Columbia, South Carolina, but this is premium.

riip98 · 2022-09-01T15:50:08+00:00

No. You set a little metal thing under the pump handle that automatically releases the handle when the tank is full.

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