Sammy J

commit to the bit

[Chris Marler @Vern_Funquist]

To the surprise of no one, #3 UGA and #14 Mississippi State deliver one of the best games of the postseason so far.

Thank God we got it at 11 am local time and not primetime.

[Sammy J @Sambo__Jones_]

@wydsilent Linas Kleiza

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

Can someone get Kenny Atkinson a cup of coffee?

[Drew (Toxic I Guess) @ThunderHusky17]

Wemby’s PR is INSANE. Dude is 8 feet tall, shot under 30% from the field, and LOST at home as a double digit favorite… and this is the only thing anybody is talking about…

[Jason Timpf @_JasonLT]

Reminder before you go on your “let’s pretend Jokic’s title didn’t count” rant today, both the 2025 Thunder and the 2024 Celtics won the title without beating a team with more than 50 wins.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

I am witnessing a playoff game where Jamal Murray cannot be on the floor.

[Sammy J @Sambo__Jones_]

@DNVR_Nuggets Jamal has to do something else. Doing everything wrong right now.

[Sammy J @Sambo__Jones_]

RT @HPbasketball: It is very difficult to try and defend the idea Jokic gets a bad whistle when we have these kinds of seqeuences. Jokic is…

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

I don’t understand why Sark keeps making statements like this when he doesn’t have to.

He had the quote below at SEC Media Days last year

I get that you want people to know you’re working hard to build a good roster, but you don’t have to set yourself up for title or bust

[Jason Timpf @_JasonLT]

Some truly insane numbers about the Nuggets’ schedule.

Pretty unreasonable to ask these guys to go 6 straight weeks without any extended stretch with their families.

[Katy Winge @katywinge]

Reporting facts:

The Nuggets landed in Denver at 4:19am Memphis time last night. My head to pillow was 5:30am.

Tonight will be Denver’s 16th game without rest - the most in the NBA.

The Nuggets also have the best win percentage since start of last year without rest (22-9).

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

You can hear Jaylen yell “that’s not basketball.”

He’s right. A bunch of stars have adopted this specific “drive hard left, draw contact on a semi-impossible shot, then flail” move and it keeps working. Refs have to stop calling it. It sucks to watch.

[First Things First @FTFonFS1]

“The Thunder get away with a lot…I think this moment will change how they’re officiated, particularly that player. I think it will have a tangible, legitimate impact on their ability to repeat as champions.”

@getnickwright says the spotlight is on Lu Dort 👀

[College Football Nerds @CFBNerds]

Indiana's win means the last 3 national champions played zero P4 teams OOC in the regular season.

Until tough P4 OOCs are specifically rewarded, there is zero point in playing them.

23 UM: ECU, UNLV, Bowling Green
24 OSU: Akron, WMU, Marshall
25 IU: ODU, Kennesaw, Indiana St

[Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey]

Free-throw attempt differential in 2025-26:

1. Lakers (+195)
2. Spurs (+181)

Free-throw attempt differential for the last three seasons:

1. Lakers (+923)
2. Heat (+418)

Free-throw attempt differential during LA's LeBron era:

1. Lakers (+1,854)
2. Bucks (+1,470)

Free-throw attempts differential all time:

1. Lakers (+12,905)
2. 76ers (+12,822)

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

I say this at the risk of pissing off some people but… It’s absolutely ridiculous that the power holders sitting in these meetings are talking about expansion scenarios nobody wants instead of reforming an extremely flawed selection committee process.

The 12-team system would work great if we played the quarterfinal and/or semifinal games on campus and properly rewarded higher seeds. It would also preserve more meaning in the final regular season games for those teams who are not in danger of falling out of the Top 12.

Instead of working on what is best for the sport that we all love we have a situation unfolding that has caused lots of fans to wonder if the playoff meetings are turning into an ESPN/Fox proxy war.

[WADE 😁 @Its_Wade]

I will also be re-evaluated in four weeks

[Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball]

soooooooooooooooooft calls in Denver tonight

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

The baby just woke up…

Keep seeing “we set a precedent on not punishing teams for playing in conference title games”

2023 UGA lost by 3 with an injured Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey in a game where Bama scored a TD off this 4th & 10 conversion

And UGA went from #1 to #6

[Graham Coffey @GrahamCoffeyDC]

Oklahoma and Vanderbilt have played a combined 13 games against the Top 30 of the Sagarin rankings

Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon and Texas Tech have combined to play 13 games against the Top 30

The SEC plays a different sport than the rest of the country