Not a lot of shame in losing on the road to a team that hasn't lost at home all year, Nancy.

Congrats to the Judges on a great year.  We'll miss you, Caitlin and Alison!

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 11, 2007, 08:18:13 PM

Quote from: newtonnancy on February 11, 2007, 06:39:03 PM
Also, anyone know why when there is a foul on a shot it is NOT considered a shot taken? I saw several TERRIBLE shots forced today and when the shooter gets fouled on theses horrific shots I was told today they don't count againt shooting percentage, but if it goes in and is a 3 or 4 point play it does count. Just doesn't sound right.

Sure it sounds right. Why would you penalize a kid for missing a shot when he/she was fouled in the process of taking it? The shot was illegally affected.

Yeah, I've always liked that rule; it makes it easier to pad my shooting percentage when playing with LeBron James in NBA Live...   

Quote from: newtonnancy on February 04, 2007, 07:22:37 PM
Just to make sure I wasn't talking out of my butt, I went back and checked the stats and I again say you can't use Capra for any excuse, she folds against tough competition, today she was 4-17, Friday against UC she was 4-12, last Sunday against UC  1-13, last Friday against Wash U 3-11. Thats 12-53, and she is still shooting 40% on the year....

Capra is one of those players that likes to chuck it up, good shot or bad, I agree you need to defend a kid like that but a little defense against that type of player goes a long way.

Jaime Capra on February 7, 2007 vs. Rochester Yellowjackets (18-3, D3Hoops.com #6):

31 PTS., 9/20 FG, 13/15 FT, 12 REB, 4 A, 2 ST

31 against the #6 team in the country.  That ain't folding...that's rising to the occasion.

  Mr. Coleman:

  I was under the impression that you were speaking about the Brandeis-Wash. U. games of Sunday.  While I cannot speak to the time and score checks in the women's game, I happened to be the play-by-play announcer for the men's game, and so I recorded it as well.  I checked it this morning to make sure I did give frequent score updates, and I was correct in thinking that I did, to the best of my ability (as the game was very fast-paced and difficult to keep up with from a play-by-play standpoint).  Again, I would be happy to send you a DVD with either or both of my enormous .WAV files on them.
  I would like to reiterate that I mean no disrespect with my posting here, but I felt compelled to defend the quality of the broadcasts that we put out this weekend and over the course of the year.  Thank you for even taking the time to listen to us as a source of reliable information; we hope we'll always surpass expectations.

  Yours,
Ben Gellman-Chomsky

  Mr. Coleman:

  With all due respect, I feel that your comments regarding the WBRS broadcasts of the men's basketball game between Brandeis University and Washington University in St. Louis are inaccurate and damaging.  I had the good pleasure to serve as WBRS's color commentator for the men's game that day, and I was fortunate that I decided to record the broadcast of the game.  I recall turning to the play-by-play guy several times as he noted the time and score, and I pointed to the scoreboard to remind him a few times as well. 
  Upon further review, my memories were confirmed by the recording of the WBRS broadcast that I have on my computer.  It would be impossible for me to e-mail you the proof of this (the file is a .WAV that is over a gigabyte in size), but if you'd like, I'd be happy to burn it to DVD and send it to you. 
  Your comments (to wit, "Nor did it translate to giving the actual score and time, things which are helpful to listeners." and "It applied to both games. Talking about the announcers, not you.") are damaging to our station's reputation and hurtful to myself and my co-commentators.  We in the WBRS sports department take the work we do very seriously, and we hope to continue to bring you the finest all-student broadcasting in Division III as the years go on.

  Yours,
  Ben Gellman-Chomsky

P.S.  Shameless plug: WBRS will be broadcasting the game between the women's teams of Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon, this Friday at 6 PM.  Catch all the action at WBRS.org!