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13/13 K-State Hosts Huggins, West Virginia Monday
13/13 K-State Hosts Huggins, West Virginia Monday
Feb. 17, 2013
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Game 26
13/13 Kansas State (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) vs. West Virginia (13-12, 6-6 Big 12)
Monday, February 18, 2013 * 8:06 p.m. CT
Manhattan, Kan. * Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
Television: ESPN's Big Monday presented by Bud Light
Brent Musburger (play-by-play); Fran Fraschilla (analyst)
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Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play); Stan Weber (analyst)
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vs. Big 12: K-State trails 445-452 (244-162 at home)
vs. West Virginia: K-State leads 2-1 (0-0 at home)
Last Meeting: K-State won 65-64 (1/12/2013 in Morgantown)
10/11 Kansas State (20-5, 9-3 Big 12)
Head coach: Bruce Weber (Wisconsin-Milwaukee `78)
School Record: 20-5 (1st season) * Career Record: 333-160 (15th season) * vs. W. Virginia: 1-0
West Virginia (13-12, 6-6 Big 12)
Head coach: Bob Huggins (West Virginia `77)
School Record: 133-68 (6th season) * Career Record: 723-279 (31st season) * vs. K-State: 1-2
No. 10/11 Kansas State (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) concludes its brief two-game homestand on Monday night, as the Wildcats welcome back former head coach Bob Huggins and his West Virginia Mountaineers (13-12, 6-6 Big 12) to Bramlage Coliseum. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN's Big Monday with Brent Musburger (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst) on the call. This will be not only the first visit by Huggins since leaving K-State after the 2006-07 season to return to his alma mater, but the first visit by the Mountaineers to Manhattan, in this, their first season in the Big 12. This will mark the 12th time K-State has faced a former head coach (Tex Winter, Lon Kruger and Huggins) with the Wildcats winning four of those occurrences. The squad has three such wins this season, knocking off West Virginia, 65-64, on Jan. 12 to go with a season sweep of Kruger and his Oklahoma Sooners (the first since 1993). After Saturday's 81-61 win over Baylor on Saturday, K-State kept pace in the Big 12 standings, as it remains in a three-way tie for first place with No. 14/13 Kansas and No. 17/16 Oklahoma State with 9-3 league records. Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma are all two games back with 7-5 records and West Virginia is three back with a 6-6 mark, as the Big 12's Top 7 teams are separated by just three games with six games to go. The Wildcats look to continue their stellar play at Bramlage Coliseum, where they have won 14 of their last 15 games and boast a 13-1 record this season. The team saw its 11-game home winning streak end in a 59-55 loss to No. 3/2 Kansas, but have since posted wins over Texas, Iowa State and Baylor.
Although Bob Huggins was K-State's head coach for just one season, his impact was nothing short of monumental. He helped the Wildcats post their first 20-win season (23-12) since the 1998-99 season and the first in the regular season since 1987-88 en route to snapping an eight-year postseason drought with invitation to the NIT. The team's current streak of seven consecutive 20-win season was started by Huggins in 2006-07. His 23 wins are still the most by a first-year coach in school history, while his squad was the first to post 10 Big 12 wins since the league's inception in 1997. In addition to attracting the nation's top recruiting class, he helped sell out Bramlage Coliseum for first time in its history, as season tickets went from 6,500 in 2005-06 to 13,000 in 2006-07. The Huggins' hiring was dubbed the 2006 sports story of the year in the state of Kansas by The Associated Press.
K-State moved up in both major polls on Feb. 11, jumping three spots to No. 10 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll and four spots to No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches poll. It marks the eighth straight week that the Wildcats have been ranked in the AP poll, while the No. 10 ranking is the highest in the AP poll since also placing No. 6 on Dec. 13, 2010. The program has now been ranked in the AP poll at least one week in each of the last four seasons. K-State is 249-94 (.726) all-time as a ranked team.
West Virginia (13-12, 6-6 Big 12) enters Monday's game as one of the Big 12's hottest teams with four wins in its last five outings after starting league play with a 2-6 record. The Mountaineers are averaging 66.3 points on 40.9 percent shooting, including 31.6 percent from 3-point range, while holding opponents to 65.6 points on 43.3 percent shooting, including 35.4 percent from beyond the arc. Freshman Eron Harris (9.2 ppg.) leads a diverse offense with seven players averaging six or more points per game, while junior Aaric Murray adds 9.1 points to his team-best averages in rebounding (6.4 rpg.) and blocked shots (1.5 bpg.). Sophomore Juwan Staten paces in both assists (3.1 apg.) and steals (1.2 spg.) to go along with his 8.7 points per game average.
Shane Southwell made two free throws with 21 seconds left, then blocked Gary Browne's lay-up attempt with a second left to preserve No. 18/23 Kansas State's 65-64 win over West Virginia in the teams' last meeting on Jan. 12 in Morgantown, W.Va. After Southwell's free throws, the Mountaineers had two chances to retake the lead, but a great defensive effort by the Wildcats thwarted the comeback. Southwell and Rodney McGruder both scored a game-high 17 points for K-State.
This will be fourth meeting between K-State and West Virginia with the Wildcats holding a 2-1 lead in a series that dates back to 1949. Both K-State wins have come in Morgantown, a 49-44 victory on Dec. 12, 1949 and a 65-64 victory earlier this year. The Mountaineers won the only other meeting in the state of Kansas, an 85-80 double-overtime win in Wichita on Dec. 8, 2011.
--Kansas State's 20-5 start is the seventh-best start in school history after 25 games and the best since the 2009-10 team went 21-4. The 1958-59 team posted the best start after 25 games (24-1), while the 1950-51, 1957-58 and 1961-62 squads were just one game back at 22-3 and the 1947-48 team went 21-4. It is the 26th 20-win season in school history, including a school-record seventh consecutive 20-win season. The 9-3 start to Big 12 play ties two others for the best since the league's inception in 1997 and the best since the 2009-10 team also went 9-3. The nine league wins already surpass any single conference season from 1997-2006. The last team with a better start to league play was the 1973-74 squad, which went 11-1 to begin Big Eight play. K-State saw its season-best eight-game winning streak end vs. No. 3/2 Kansas on Jan. 22, which was the longest winning streak since the team won 10 in a row from Nov. 21, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010. Four of the five losses are to current Top 15 teams in No. 3/3 Michigan, No. 14/13 Kansas (twice) and No. 6/6 Gonzaga. The team faced three Top 15 teams (No. 4 Michigan, No. 14 Gonzaga and No. 8 Florida) in non-conference play for the first time. K-State posted double-digit non-conference games for the seventh straight season, including its first regular-season Top 10 non-conference win (No. 8 Florida) since 1981.
--Bruce Weber's 20-5 record is the second-best start by a first-year K-State head coach in its 109-year history with only Zora Clevenger (15-2, 1916-17) posting a better mark. The best campaign by a first-year coach is still held by Clevenger, who led the Wildcats to a 15-2 mark in 1916-17. The eight-game winning streak (Dec. 18, 2012-Jan. 19, 2013) was the second-longest by a first-year coach and the longest since Clevenger's 1916-17 squad ended the year with 13 straight wins. He is just the fourth first-year Wildcat coach to have won 20 games, joining Bob Huggins (23, 2006-07), Frank Martin (21, 2007-08) and Lon Kruger (20, 1986-87).
--K-State is having a terrific start to the 2012-13 athletics season, as the Wildcats have one of the best records among BCS schools when combining football and men's and women's basketball. As of Sunday, the school's 44 wins tie for 17th nationally and its .698 winning percentage (44-19) places 20th. K-State is one of 20 schools (along with Big 12 brethren Baylor, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State) with 40+ combined wins among its three major sports. If you take into account the success of the volleyball team, which won 20 matches and advanced to NCAA Tournament, the Wildcats are 65-28 (.699) since August 24.
--K-State has built a solid resume, as the Wildcats boast a No. 19 RPI in the latest ESPN rankings. The squad is one of five Big 12 schools in the Top 50 of the ESPN RPI, including Kansas (9), Oklahoma (18), Oklahoma State (23) and Iowa State (47). K-State is one of just four teams with four wins over Top 35 RPI teams, along with Kansas, Indiana and Miami (Fla.).
--The Wildcats have been one of the best in February the last five seasons, posting a 29-7 (.806) mark in the month since the 2008-09 season, including a 15-3 mark at home. Three of the seven February losses have come to Kansas (2009, 2012, 2013).
--The three-man senior class of Jordan Henriquez, Martavious Irving and Rodney McGruder could be one of the best-ever in school history. The trio currently boast a 94-35 (.729) record during their playing careers, which ranks sixth on the all-time wins list by a class. They are three wins away from posting the most wins by a senior class in school history (96 by Victor Ojeleye and Jamar Samuels, 2008-12). They are the fourth straight senior class to tally 90 or more wins in their career.
--Fifteen of the 25 games have been at home (including a home game vs. No. 8/9 Florida in Kansas City's Sprint Center), where the Wildcats have won 15 of their last 16 home games, including 14 of 15 at Bramlage Coliseum. The team's 12-game overall home winning streak and 11-game streak at Bramlage ended in a 59-55 loss to No. 3/2 Kansas. The 11-game streak tied three other teams for the fourth-longest in the arena's 25-year history, including the longest since winning 14 in a row in 2011-12.
--K-State is 5-2 in road games this season, winning at George Washington (65-62), West Virginia (65-64), TCU (67-54), Oklahoma (52-50) and Texas Tech (68-59) to go with losses at Iowa State (73-67) and Kansas (83-62). The loss at Hilton Coliseum snapped the Wildcats' six-game winning streak in road games, including five-game streak in Big 12 play, which dated back to last season and was the longest since 2010. The Wildcats have improved their play on the road in the Big 12, posting a 28-26 record over the past seven seasons (which began in 2006-07) after winning just 10 of 80 road games in the league's first 10 years (1997-2006).
--K-State received its first national ranking of the season on Dec. 24, appearing at No. 25 in the AP Top 25, and earned its best ranking at No. 10 on Monday. The No. 10 ranking is the highest since checking in at No. 6 on Dec. 13, 2010. The Wildcats improved to No. 10 in the AP poll and No. 11 in the USA Today Coaches poll on Feb. 11, which marked the sixth straight week the team has been ranked in both polls. The Wildcats have a 249-94 (.726) record as a ranked team since first being ranked in 1949-50.
--K-State ranks in the Top 50 nationally in five categories, including 23rd in assist-to-turnover ratio, 26th in assists, 32nd in scoring defense, 44th in 3-point field goal percentage defense and 49th in turnover margin. Angel Rodriguez (2.4) ranks 42nd nationally and tops in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Wildcats place in the Top 5 in 14 of 21 Big 12 categories, including tops in scoring defense, assist-to-turnover ratio, turnover margin and offensive rebounds and second in 3-point field goal percentage and assists. In Big 12-only games, the squad ranks first in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, assists, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio, second in 3-point field goals and third in scoring defense and steals.
--Monday's meeting with West Virginia will mark the 12th time K-State has faced a former head coach (Tex Winter, Lon Kruger and Bob Huggins) with the Wildcats winning four (including three this season) of those occurrences. Prior to this season, the last victory over a former head coach came in a 95-80 win over a Kruger-coached UNLV squad on Dec. 12, 2009. K-State lost twice to Winter (Washington in 1971 and Long Beach State in 1978), while the Wildcats are now 4-4 against Kruger in his stops and 1-1 against Huggins at West Virginia (2011, 2013). Interestingly enough, the Wildcats are 6-0 against head coaches prior to them coming to K-State. The school went 1-0 against Winter at Marquette (1953), 3-0 against Jack Hartman at Southern Illinois (1964, 1968 and 1969), 1-0 against Kruger at Texas-Pan American (1986) and 1-0 against Huggins at Akron (1988).
--The 67-61 win over No. 8/9 Florida in the Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic on Dec. 22 was the first regular-season, non-conference Top 10 victory since knocking off No. 8 Minnesota at home, 62-52, on Dec. 21, 1981. Overall, it was the 12th non-conference Top 10 win (and first since defeating No. 3 Purdue, 73-70, in the 1988 NCAA Tournament), including the seventh in the regular season.
--K-State had a tremendous semester in the classroom, as the team had a cumulative 2.839 GPA (the highest in 12 years) during the Fall 2012 semester. A program-best eight players - Adrian Diaz, Rodney McGruder, Angel Rodriguez, Brian Rohleder, Ryan Schultz, Shane Southwell, Will Spradling and Nino Williams - were named to the Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll on Jan. 9. Rohleder was one of 31 student-athletes to post a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester.
K-State has proven to be a balanced team across the board with eight players averaging four or more points, including just two in double figures, and five averaging three or more rebounds per game. Senior Rodney McGruder (15.0 ppg., 5th in Big 12) and sophomore Angel Rodriguez (10.7 ppg., 20th in Big 12) are the only Wildcats averaging in double figures, while three others - Will Spradling (8.3 ppg.), Shane Southwell (8.3 ppg.) and Thomas Gipson (7.4 ppg.) - are averaging better than seven points per contest. The team has seen 10 players collect 71 double-digit scoring games with McGruder (19) leading the way, while the squad has seven players with 45 or more field goals made with McGruder's 142 the most of any player in the Big 12. The 10 players with double-digit scoring efforts ties Baylor the most in the Big 12, while K-State joins Iowa State and West Virginia as the only league schools with seven different players with 45 or more made field goals. In all, the Wildcats have had six players lead or share the lead in scoring led by McGruder (12). Gipson (5.3 rpg.) paces the squad in rebounding, while McGruder (5.3 rpg.) and Jordan Henriquez (4.5 rpg.) are also averaging better than four rebounds per game. The team has seen eight players either lead or share the lead in rebounding with McGruder pacing the squad in seven games.
The Wildcats have also been diverse in other categories, including seven players with 10+ assists and eight with 10+ steals. Rodriguez has dished out a team-best 115 assists (68 in Big 12 play) with six players either leading or sharing the lead in assists. Rodriguez also has a team-high 33 steals (23 in Big 12 play), while eight have either led or shared the lead in steals. Four players -- McGruder (31.8 mpg.), Spradling (29.8), Rodriguez (26.1) and Southwell (24.3) -- are averaging more than 20 minutes, while seven others are averaging 10+ minutes. Seven players have at least one start with McGruder and Spradling starting all 25.
The switch to a four-guard lineup has proved to be a pivotal decision by Bruce Weber, as the Wildcats are averaging 68 points on 45 percent shooting, including 37.8 percent from 3-point range, since making the change 16 games ago. The squad has posted a 13-3 mark in those 16 games, including victories over No. 8/9 Florida, No. 22/21 Oklahoma State, Oklahoma (twice), Iowa State and Baylor. Although the team scored nearly 71 points in their first nine games (before the switch), they are shooting nearly five percent higher from the field (45 from 40.8), four percent higher from 3-point range (37.8 from 33.3) and posting more 3-pointers (7.1 from 6.0), while dishing out more assists (16.1 from 15.6) and producing fewer turnovers (11.0 from 12.8) in the last 16 games. The Wildcats have connected on better than 45 percent from the field in nine of those games, including 50 percent or better on five occasions, while shooting better than 40 percent from 3-point range in eight games. Rodney McGruder is averaging five more points per game (16.7 from 11.9) on nearly 10 percent higher field goal percentage (48.1 from 37.8) in the last 16 games, while Shane Southwell has improved his average from 6.3 points in first nine to 9.3 points in the last 16 games.
K-State is starting to find more of an offensive rhythm in Big 12 play, where the Wildcats lead the league in field goal percentage (44.9), 3-point field goal percentage (39.4) and assists (15.8) and are second in 3-point field goals made (7.9) 12 games into the conference season. The squad has connected on 43 percent or better from the field in nine league games, including better than 50 percent against West Virginia and Iowa State (twice). The team has shot better than 40 percent from 3-point range in seven league games with nine or more 3-point makes in five contests, including 11 vs. Baylor. Rodney McGruder ranks fifth in Big 12 games in scoring (16.7 ppg.), sixth in field goal percentage (48.6), seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (42.4) and eighth in 3-point field goals made (2.1), while Angel Rodriguez is first in league-only contests in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.0), second in steals (1.9), third in assists (5.7) and free throw percentage (81.8) and 15th in scoring (11.3 ppg.). Shane Southwell is fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (43.9) and eighth in 3-point field goals made (2.1) in Big 12 games.
K-State has been solid protecting the ball, as the squad ranks first in the Big 12 in both assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4) and turnover margin (+3.0). Thus far, the Wildcats have produced a Big 12-low 11.6 turnovers per game, while forcing its foes into an average of 14.6 turnovers (third-most in the Big 12). The team has 14 or fewer miscues in 19 games, including a season-low six against Texas and Baylor, while they have forced their foes into 18 or more turnovers seven times, including a season-high 26 by Lamar.
Seven Wildcats have posted an even or positive assist-to-turnover ratio this season, including its four primary ball-handlers (Angel Rodriguez, Martavious Irving, Shane Southwell and Will Spradling) combining for 291 assists to 126 turnovers (2.3 ratio). The current ratio for the quartet is a solid improvement after posting a 1.4 ratio (302 assists to 211 turnovers) as a group in 2011-12. Rodriguez (2.4) ranks first in the Big 12 and 42nd nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio, while Spradling's team-best ratio (2.7) is outside the minimums to rank. Spradling, who has 66 assists to 24 turnovers, led the team with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio a season ago, while Rodriguez has made a notable improvement (115 assists to 47 turnovers) in the area after posting a 1.2 ratio (101 assists to 85 turnovers) as a freshman. Irving has also drastically improved his ratio (1.9 from 1.5) with 51 assists to 27 turnovers, while Southwell has a solid 2.1 ratio (59 assists to 28 turnovers) after posting a 1.6 ratio last year.
Adding to the K-State's balanced attack is the production from its bench, where the Wildcats are averaging 21.4 points, including a 535-391 edge over foes. The team has collected at least 20 points from its bench in 13 games, including a season-high 45 points vs. North Dakota on Nov. 9 and Texas on Jan. 30. Reserves have scored nearly half of the team's points five times this season with Thomas Gipson posting the scoring lead against North Dakota (13), Delaware (12) and Texas (17), while Shane Southwell had a game-high 16 points vs. Alabama-Huntsville and Nino Willams tallied a career-high 17 points against No. 22/21 Oklahoma State. The rebounding leader has come from the bench in 10 games with Gipson posting team-highs vs. Delaware (6), Texas (7) and Iowa State (7). Since moving back to the bench six games ago, Gipson is averaging 9.5 points on 54.5 percent shooting with 4.8 rebounds in 19.2 minutes per game. In that same period, Martavious Irving has also provided a lift from the bench, averaging 6.8 points on 48.4 percent, including 60 percent from 3-point range, in 18.7 minutes per game. Over 40 percent (369) of the team's rebounding total and nearly 35 percent (535) of the scoring total has come from the bench this season.
K-State is averaging 17.5 personal fouls per game this season, including 18.7 per game in its 12 Big 12 games. Opponents have knocked down 291 free throws in 436 attempts, an average of 11.6 makes per game, with the Wildcats countering with 306 makes on 455 attempts for an average of 12.2 makes per game. The 12 Big 12 opponents have combined to shoot 49 more free throws than K-State (231 to 182), while scoring 155 points (12.9 FT/m) to just 128 (10.7 FT/m) for the Wildcats from the line.
K-State has continued to be one of the best defensive teams in the nation, ranking 32nd in scoring defense (59.4), 44th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.8) and 49th in turnover margin (+2.5). In all, the Wildcats rank either first, second or third in five Big 12 defensive categories, including first in scoring defense, turnover margin and rebounding defense and third in rebounding margin. The team is also fourth in 3-point field goal percentage defense and sixth in field goal percentage defense.
The 1,486 points surrendered through the first 25 games are the fewest in the shot clock era (1985-86) and the fewest since the 1982-83 squad allowed just 1,439 points (57.6 ppg.) through the first 25 games. The current 59.4 points per game scoring average is the third-lowest since 1951 behind only the 1981-82 (56.8 ppg.) and 1982-83 (57.6 ppg.) squads. The team has held 18 of its 25 opponents to 65 points or less, including nine to 55 points or less, while eight have been held under 40 percent shooting from the field and eight to 25 percent or less shooting from 3-point range. The defensive effort has been even better in the first half, as the Wildcats are holding its 25 opponents to just 26.2 points on 39 percent shooting, including 29.8 percent from 3-point range. It has held five opponents to 20 points or less in the first half. The team's defense was nearly historic in the 87-26 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 13, as the 26 points allowed were one shy of the Bramlage Coliseum record of 25 set against Savannah State on Jan. 7, 2008. The Chargers' 16.4 field goal percentage was only surpassed by Savannah State's 15.5 percentage.
A trademark of Frank Martin-coached teams were their ability to score points off of opponent's mistakes and Bruce Weber has continued that legacy. The Wildcats are out-scoring their opponents, 413-285 (an average of 16.5 points per game), through the first 25 games in points off of turnovers. The squad has posted 10 or more points off of miscues in 20 of 25 games, including 20 or more points on seven occasions, with a season-best 34 vs. Lamar on Nov. 12. The team has out-scored its 12 Big 12 foes, 210-131 (an average of 17.5 points per game), in points off of turnovers, including 20 or more points in wins over TCU, Oklahoma and Baylor and a near season-best 33-point effort against Texas. They are 15-1 when scoring more points off of turnovers. The Wildcats are out-scoring their opponents, 359-211 (an average of 18.0 points per game), in points off of turnovers in their 20 victories, while are being outscored 74-54 (an average of 10.8 points per game) in points off of turnovers in their five losses.
K-State is forcing its opponents into 14.6 turnovers per game (third-most in the Big 12), including a season-high 26 by Lamar, while turning the ball a Big 12-low 11.6 times per game. The 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks 23rd and first in the Big 12 with Angel Rodriguez boasting the league's best assist-to-turnover ratio and ranking 42nd nationally. In Martin's five seasons, the Wildcats averaged 18.2 points per game off of turnovers. Nearly 25 percent of the points scored in that period came off of offense generated from miscues. The school has scored 500 or more points off of opponent turnovers in six straight seasons.
Although they have dropped games to No. 3/2 Kansas and Iowa State by a combined 10 points, the Wildcats have been successful in close games this season, posting an 11-2 record in games decided by 10 points or less and a 6-2 mark in games decided by six points or less, including five Big 12 wins. Angel Rodriguez, who knocked down the game-winning free throws in the last five seconds in the win at Oklahoma on Feb. 2 and was 6-of-6 in the last 2:24 in the win over Iowa State on Feb. 9, paces the team in free throws (26), free throws attempted (29) and free throw percentage (89.7) in the last five minutes of games. Will Spradling, who is also solid from the line in clutch situations (21-of-26 in the last five minutes this season and 79-of-96 for his career), went 10-of-10 from the line in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware, George Washington and Texas Southern. Rodney McGruder (12-of-15) and Shane Southwell (8-of-10) have all been solid from the line in the last five minutes of games. In the 65-64 win over West Virginia on Jan. 12, Southwell knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds and also blocked the game-winning shot with one second left. With the score tied at 50-all against Oklahoma, Rodriguez knocked down a pair of game-winning free throws with just 5.6 seconds left. The team went a combined 9-of-9 from the line in the last five minutes vs. Iowa State.
Rebounding had been a source of strength earlier in the season, but has now become a source of concern since the start of Big 12 play, where the Wildcats rank seventh in rebounding margin (-1.0), eighth in defensive rebounds (20.5), ninth in rebounds (30.8) and 10th in offensive rebounds (10.3). Since switching to a four-guard line-up 16 games ago, the squad is averaging 32.7 rebounds, including 11.1 offensive rebounds, with opponents posting 30.9 rebounds, including 10.1 offensive rebounds. In the team's first nine games, they averaged 42.6 rebounds, including 18.2 offensive rebounds, while its foes posted 34.1 rebounds, including 11.3 offensive rebounds. The Wildcats out-scored their opponents, 153-99 (+54), in second chance points in its first nine games, but has since held been outscored 175-174 (-1) in second chance points in the last 16 games. In its three league losses, K-State has been out-rebounded by 32 (111-79) and allowed 32 more (46-14) second-chance points. In contrast, in its nine league wins, the squad posted a +20 rebounding edge (291-271) and posted 30 more (116-86) second-chance points.
K-State still boasts solid overall rebounding numbers, where it ranks first in offensive rebounds (13.6), third in rebounding margin (+4.2) and seventh in rebounds (36.2). Overall, the Wildcats have out-rebounded their foes by a 906-802 margin, including 341-264 on the offensive end. The team is 17-0 this year when out-rebounding its opponent, but just 3-5 when it is out-rebounded. K-State has at least 10 offensive rebounds in 20 games with a season-high 29 against North Florida on Nov. 18.
McGRUDER AMONG ELITE COMPANY
Senior Rodney McGruder (1,403 points & 598 rebounds) became just the 11th player in K-State history to crack the 1,300-point plateau against Kansas on Jan. 22, while also cracking school's all-time Top 10 scoring list. He sits in eighth place on the all-time scoring list after passing Chuckie Williams (1,364; 1972-76) with 22 points against Iowa State on Feb. 9. He is now one of four players in school history with at least 1,400 points and 500 rebounds in a career, joining Rolando Blackman (1,844 points & 607 rebounds), Bob Boozer (1,685 points & 824 rebounds) and Cartier Martin (1,546 points & 546 rebounds). He is just two rebounds from becoming the first Wildcat player with 1,400 points, 600 rebounds and 100 steals in a career.
McGruder ranks in the Top 10 of 12 other career categories, including consecutive starts (92, 3rd), games (125, 4th), 3-point field goals (173, 5th), 3-point field goals attempted (445, 5th), minutes played (3,331, 4th), 3-point field goal percentage (38.9%, 6th), double-digit scoring games (76, 6th), starts (92, 7th), consecutive games (101, 8th), field goals (506, 9th), steals (102, 9th) and field goal attempts (1,114, 9th). He ranks in the Top 15 in five Big 12 categories, including field goals (1st), scoring (5th), minutes (8th), field goal percentage (13th) and 3-point field goals (14th) . He ranks fourth in scoring in Big 12-only games (16.3 ppg.), while he is sixth in field goal percentage, seventh in 3-point field goals and eighth in 3-point field goal percentage.
McGRUDER NAMED PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR FOURTH TIME
Senior Rodney McGruder earned Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in seven weeks on Jan. 21 after helping K-State run its winning streak to eight games. McGruder's four Big 12 Player of the Week awards break his tie with Michael Beasley (three, 2007-08) for the most by a Wildcat in a single-season, while McGruder's five overall weekly awards are the most-ever by a K-State player in the Big 12 era. He first won the weekly honor as a junior on Dec. 26, 2011 then this season on Dec. 10 and 24, 2012 and again on Jan. 7. McGruder posted back-to-back 20-point outings for the first time this season, as he averaged a team-best 20.5 points on 55.6 percent shooting (15-of-27), including 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from 3-point range, with 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 36 minutes per game in wins over TCU and Oklahoma. McGruder opened the week with a 21-point effort in a road win over the Horned Frogs then followed with a 20-point outing in a win over the Sooners. He has now collected 20 20-point games in his career with the Wildcats posting an impressive 17-3 mark in those contests.
Junior Shane Southwell has made quite the jump in his productivity in year three, as he is averaging 8.3 points on 44.6 percent shooting, including 44.3 percent from 3-point range, with 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 24.3 minutes per game with 16 starts in 23 games played. That production has been even more of factor during the team's last 16 games (of which the team is 13-3), as he is averaging 9.3 points on 41.7 percent shooting, including 42.4 percent from 3-point range, with 4.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals in 28.1 minutes per game in 16 starts. He ranks second on the team in assists and field goals (53) during that stretch, while he is second in 3-pointers (28) and third in scoring and steals. Southwell had a huge game in the win against West Virginia on Jan. 12, as he knocked down two free throws in the last 21 seconds to give the Wildcats the lead then blocked the game-winning shot with just one second remaining. He first set his career-high for points (19) against No. 3/2 Kansas on Jan. 22 then matched it against Baylor on Saturday with 19 on a career-best six 3-pointers. He has now posted double-digit points 11 times in his career (9 K-State wins), including seven times this season. He entered the 2012-13 campaign averaging just 2.5 points on 36.1 percent shooting with 2.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 14.8 minutes per game with 62 games played and 19 starts.
Sophomore Angel Rodriguez has made steady improvement from his freshman to his sophomore season, as he ranks first or second on the team in six categories, including first in assists (115) and steals (33) and second in scoring (10.7 ppg.) and double-figure scoring games (14). He has helped the Wildcats rank first in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio and turnover margin and second in assists, while he places in the league's Top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4, 1st), assists (5.0, 4th) and steals (1.4, 7th) and paces the league in conference-only assist-to-turnover ratio (3.0) and is third in assists (5.7). He has scored in double figures 14 times, including 20-point games against Iowa State (20) and Baylor (22), to go with game-highs against Lamar (19), George Washington (17) and Gonzaga (14). He tallied his first career double-double in Saturday's win over Baylor with career-bests in both points (22) and assists (10). In Big 12 play, he is averaging 11.3 points on 35 percent shooting with 5.7 assists and 1.9 steals in 29 minutes per game. He was named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team after averaging 11 points and 5.5 assists in two games in New York, as the team finished in second place to tournament champion Michigan.
Junior Will Spradling has been a model of consistency from the free throw line, knocking down 42-of-48 opportunities, including going 10-of-10 in the last 35 seconds in wins over Delaware, George Washington and Texas Southern. His effort has raised his career free throw percentage to 83.5 (167-of-200), which is the second-highest in school history behind Steve Henson (90.0; 361-of-401; 1986-90). Spradling has not only been stellar on the free throw line, but he ranks first on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8). He also places eighth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (36.5) and 12th in 3-point field goals (1.5). He ranks first on the team in 3-point field goals (38), second in assists (66) and third in scoring (8.3 ppg.) and double-digit scoring games (11), while he tallied a season-high 17 points vs. Florida on Dec. 22. Since going scoreless against Kansas on Jan. 22, he has posted double-digit efforts at Iowa State (15), Oklahoma (12) and Kansas (10).
Since returning to the bench six games ago, sophomore Thomas Gipson has become a big presence in the paint for K-State, as he is averaging 9.5 points on 54.5 percent shooting (24-of-44) with 4.8 rebounds in 19.2 minutes per game. His scoring average and field goals in that span are third on the team behind Rodney McGruder and Angel Rodriguez. He has scored in double figures in three of the six games, including a game-high 17 points against Texas on Jan. 30 to go with a team-high seven rebounds in 21 minutes. Gipson, who had started 13 consecutive games prior to coming off the bench vs. Texas, posted his individual high in a Big 12 game, while his 16 points against Iowa State gave him double-digits for the ninth time this season. He came into the Texas game on Jan. 30, averaging just 4.7 points on 45.5 percent shooting and 2.8 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game in Big 12 play. He had arguably his best all-around game against Texas Southern on Dec. 18 with 14 points, 12 rebounds and career-bests in blocks (4) and steals (3) in 26 minutes. It marked his fourth career double-double, but the first of the season. The 12-rebound effort tied his season-high that he also had against George Washington. He is the team leader in rebounding at 5.3 per game.
Senior Martavious Irving has provided a scoring lift from the bench of late, posting double figures in three of the last five games for the first time in his career. He has scored 10 points each in the two road wins at Oklahoma and Texas Tech to go with another 10 against Iowa State on Feb. 9. In the last six games, he is averaging 6.8 points on 48.4 percent shooting, including a team-best 60 percent shooting from beyond the arc with nine 3-pointers, in 18.7 minutes per game. Although his numbers aren't high enough for Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year mention, he has still been one of the major factors for the team's success with 4.7 points, 2.2 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 18.4 minutes per game. He is one of five players with 20+ 3-pointers.
After playing in just 15 games his first season (including a medical redshirt in 2010-11), sophomore Nino Williams is starting to emerge as an impact player for K-State. He has played in 24 of 25 games with 11 starts, averaging 4.5 points on 45.2 percent shooting (47-of-104) with 3.5 rebounds in 14 minutes per game. He had career week in wins against South Dakota and No. 22/21 Oklahoma State, in which, he averaged 16.5 points on 66.7 percent shooting with 6.0 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game. He tallied a career-best 16 points vs. South Dakota on 7-of-10 field goals before eclipsing that mark with 17 points off the bench against the Cowboys on 7-of-11 field goals. If you include the Kansas City game, he averaged 13.7 points on 51.5 percent shooting with 8.3 rebounds in 25.7 minutes per game in a three-game period from Dec. 29 to Jan. 5.
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The AFL has ditched their top-10 countdown for revealing clubs' national draft choices.
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Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - James Harden scored a game-high 31 points, including nine in a late third quarter surge that propelled the Houston Rockets to a 100-89 triumph over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Charlotte led 66-65 with 2:44 left in the third before Harden supplied nine points, including the final seven, during a 13-2 quarter-closing run that sent Houston into the fourth holding a 78-68 advantage.
The Bobcats got as close as five following Al Jefferson's turnaround hook shot with 2:14 to play, but Chandler Parsons and Patrick Beverley buried back-to- back 3-pointers for an 11-point lead with just over a minute remaining.
Parsons finished with 11 points, while Dwight Howard, who had missed Houston's last three games with a left ankle injury, posted a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Rockets, who have won four straight games.
"He just took over," Houston head coach Kevin McHale said of Harden fueling the team's third quarter run. "He's been fantastic playing the right way."
Kemba Walker paced the Bobcats with 22 points, while Jefferson supplied 20 points and 11 boards for Charlotte, which has dropped three of its last four games.
"I just think that we let (the Rockets) get us out of what we do," Jefferson said. "We didn't move the ball. We just have to get back on track."
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Josh McRoberts opened the second with a layup to put the Bobcats back in front, but Jordan Hamilton answered with consecutive triples to give the Rockets a 31-26 edge.
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Jones' layup with just under 7 1/2 minutes left in the third provided Houston with a 62-54 lead, but Michael Kidd-Gilchrist countered with a three-point play at the other end to spark a 12-3 Charlotte run that gave the Bobcats a one-point lead with under three minutes left in the third.
Game Notes
Harden missed a free throw late in the third quarter to snap his streak of 27 straight made free throws .... Houston improved to 22-5 against teams from the Eastern Conference this season ... The Rockets have won seven straight against the Bobcats ... Charlotte dropped to 20-16 at home this season ... Jones finished with 18 points and seven boards ... Gerald Henderson scored 13 for Charlotte ... Houston scored 21 fastbreak points, compared to just four for Charlotte.


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The Bengals were also believed to be ready announce a multi-year deal with right tackle
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"Very effective on screens and misdirection….possesses similar vision and run instincts and even better hands (than Rice and Maurice Jones-Drew)," according to Pro Football Weekly's draft review. "He does not run with the same tackling-breaking power, urgency, or body lean….Instant impact utility back who could wear down in fast if thrust into an every-down role."
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If you have not yet read Part I and Part II of this series, you should probably do that now so you will better understand Part III.
In this part I wanted to take a look at individual goalies and see how they compare to the average. The following is a list of the 19 goalies I used to create the goalie performance by age average chart that you see in Part II and if you click on their names you will be shown a chart of their performance compared to the average performance.
Chris Osgood
Chris Tererri
Craig Billington
Curtis Joseph
Dominik Hasek
Ed Belfour
Glenn Healy
Jeff Hackett
Jocelyn Thibault
John Vanbiesbrouk
Kirk McLean
Martin Brodeur
Mike Richter
Mike Vernon
Olaf Kolzig
Patrick Roy
Ron Tugnutt
Sean Burke
Tom Barasso
I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to go through each of the charts and draw whatever conclusions you can but there appear to be two different charts. The first is a typical curved chart where a goalie improves early in his career and tails off later in his career. There are of course varying degrees of this curve from the extreme like Jeff Hackett to a more moderate curve like Ron Tugnutt. The other type of chart which is quite common is the one where the goalie enters the league at quite a high level and then tails off over time. Again there are varying degrees as to which this tail off occurs from the extreme in Jocelyn Thibault or Kirk McLean to a more casual drop of as with Mike Vernon.
It is generally believed that the two best goalies of the past 20-25 years are Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur. Not as often mentioned is Dominik Hasek and I can only assume that is because he doens't have the win totals or Stanley Cups of the other two partly because of the teams he played for and partly because he started his career late compared to Roy and Brodeur. But, in the prime of his career he was truly dominating and in my opinion was by far the best goalie in the NHL through the late 1990's and into the current decade. So, lets take a look at how these three stack up against each other.
Clearly all three have been better than the average of the other 19 goalies, but I was actually a little surprised to see how little better Brodeur has been for much of his career. Four times in Brodeur's career has he performed below the average of the other 19 goalies at the same age where neither Roy or Hasek ever performed below the group average at any age. The other conclusion one must draw from this chart is simply how good Hasek was, particularly late in his career. Roy had dominating years in his early to mid 20's but from age 29 on clearly Hasek was the more dominant goalie. As for Brodeur, he has had a few excellent seasons but generally speaking has been a step below the Roy and Hasek at all ages. The only other goalie who could possibly be considered as a similar talent to these three goalies is Ed Belfour who you could argue had a career quite similar to that of Brodeur.
In part IV, which I'll either post tomorrow or early next week, I'll take a look at a few current goalies in the middle of their careers to see if we can gain any insight into what phase of their career they are in and what the future might hold for them.


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VIRAL RIGHT NOW: Ghost Running Through Crowd at Stadium?
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A shadowy figure was caught on tape running through the stands at a soccer match in Bolivia last Thursday. IS IT A GHOST?!?!?!?!
Basically, it looks like a person running through the bleachers, but it's going pretty fast, and it kind of looks like it runs straight through a crowd of people.
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A friend of mine got targeted by that Windows scam. She had a wonderful story:The guy told her to sign on to her computer, hit this key, look at that screen, etc. etc. She pretended to do everything he was telling her to do (she was actually sweeping the floor). Finally, he asked "What do you see on the screen?" She said "Huh - a warning message just popped up." He was obviously not expecting that and asked "Really? What does it say?""WARNING: THE A****** ON THE PHONE IS TRYING TO RIP YOU OFF."There was a brief pause followed by a very rude exclamation, then he hung up.
We noticed we were paying repair insurance on our phone lines through our phone bill every month, so I stopped it after about 2 years. Then 30 years later, we had a problem. The service representative was rather stern with me when pointing out that if the problem was in the home, we would have to pay for the service call, but if we had been paying this free repair item it would be no charge. I pointed out how long ago we had stopped the fee and that we never had a problem. so paying for the service call would still be money ahead. I simply said, "You do the math." His answer was, "Oh." ( I do realize that if we had, for example, a mouse probem, the fee would have been worth it.)
There was a lady who was renting a Princess Phone from a phone company since the '50s. When she died in the '90s, she still had the phone but was paying $2.50 a month for all those years. (That was a news story - I can't site the source.)
However, very few people are going to be able to bring the car back with it just sucking gas fumes to get back.
After the second call I was shaking and angry. It takes a lot to get me to that stage, but this woman managed it. I still have no idea what the point was.
The other one is the service contract for my cable or satellite TV service. For just an additional 6.00 a month I can get a service contract so if there is any problem with the equipment, a service call will only cost me twenty dollars, other wise I have to pay the full price of 85.00. I told one person who tried to sell me on this that the problem they had is that I knew how to do simple math.6.00 a month was 72.00 dollars a year, a service call would cost me 20.00 so the first service call would actually cost me 92.00, as opposed to the 85.00 I would have to pay if I did not have the contract. I would need to have two service calls in one year before it would be beneficial, I never take them up on it.
Regarding the gas rip off scheme........A few years back I answered the phone to a telemarketer offering some sort of a gas card "bargain." I told her quite truthfully that....."I never buy gas in the US, and I always pay cash."The telemarketer got off the phone after that strange statement. This was true, and still is. We buy our gas on the lands of the Seneca Nation.
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And dont forget this. Unemployment up in Oct to 7.9% from 7.8%. There's some pissed
off voters as Federal, State and Local gov'ts cut thousands of jobs.
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Mid-term, statewide elections for governor, and even Senator, etc, aren't great indicators of presidential elections. At least in terms of net results; maybe they can predict trends or relative margins of victory. But simply put, less people vote in midterms and less people means a higher percentage of conservatives, since conservatives tend to vote regularly at a greater percentage than liberals. It is similar (though not close to the same extent) to saying that Ehrlich winning in 2002 gave Bush a shot at MD in 2004.
I agree Romney could win Pennsylvania. And I think his decision to campaign there means he thinks he has some kind of shot. But since he hasn't put too much effort into it until now, I am a bit worried the "shot" may be more a shot in the dark to possibly replace Ohio, which is being stubborn in support of Obama (though again, Ohio is clearly winnable for Romney, I would say moreso than Pennsylvania).
I absolutely hope I am wrong and you are correct in terms of what is going on here.
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The thing is that African Americans are going to overwhelmingly support Obama no matter what. HOWEVER, some of the religious Blacks that are against things like gay marriage might not show in the numbers they did in '08 either. PLus, and while it's in NO way a sizable mark yet, there are a growing number of Black Conservatives out there that feel like they can vote and make their presence known. Not to mention I think Romney could carry 40% of the Jewish vote as well (which includes 90% of my own family, even my Democrat relatives in Florida who loved Clinton are voting Romney this time.)
This is why I think trying to use '08 sampling is flawed. And the polls aren't even doing that now. They are assuming HIGHER Democrat turnout than '08.
And yet again, a perfect example of why I don't believe the sampling is Ohio. In 2008, 80,000 people came to Obama rallies in Cleveland. Yesterday, on his final stop where you should be rallying the troops, he had 4,000, after last night only having 2,800.
Romney on the other hand ended his Ohio campaign with a rally of 30,000 people. GOP enthusiasm is through the roof right now, and much is pro-Romney and not anti-Obama.
Speaking of the Ohio polls and another reason you can't believe them. According to most of the EV polls (even the CNN one), they say 30-40% of people already voted. The problem with that is the state is only reporting that around 20-25% have voted early. So who's lying.
Now in that hard count, comparing early voting in Pro-Obama and pro-Romney counties show the GOP in much better shape than it was in 2008. In 2008, Obama only won Ohio by 4.6%. It's probable that Romney's early vote has cut into that by half if not more. Can Romney's Tuesday voters make up the rest is the question.
This is why I'm not conceding this election nor am I pushing the panic button. I still in my heart believe Romney is going to pull this out.
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I saw and NBC poll for Ohio that predicts Obama will win Ohio by the same margin he want it in 08. Are they really saying he's lost no support since 08?We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
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Another thing about Ohio I forgot about. I know this was the midterms, but all 88 counties of Ohio voted to opt out of Obamacare.
That's a positive sign. We'll know soon enough if it's positive enough.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
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For the pessimists, I posted above that 30,000 waited in long lines in the freezing cold
to see Mitt in OHio, only 2800 showed up to see OBY. This morning on his last stop
in the same city, only 4000 showed up and that's in a DEM strong hold.
That's compared to 80,000 that showed up in Ohio to see him in 08.
These crowds coincide with the early voting figures for Mitt in OHio. He is over-performing
by 75,000 more votes from 08 to over 181,000 less votes for the under-performing Obama
since 08. Mitt is over-performing in all the counties in early voting in Ohio.
This was posted on FREEPERS today.
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And Romney got the endorsement of Lee Iacocca - that's significant in MI, as state that just came into play since the drubbing Obama took in the first debate. In OH, the endorsement is even more significant. His name and endorsement still carries weight with the lifers in the auto industry.
Looks like Ohio is listening to Lee not OBY. So much for the bailout issue.
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Re: RCP Electoral Map Thread
Again my concern is the discrepancy between all the anecdotal evidence you are providing, Iacocca, rally-sizes, yard signs, a poll here or there, and the stubborn lead Obama has in the vast majority of the Ohio polls.
Obviously the polls can be flawed, but for so many to be flawed, the mistake they are making has to be systematic. Along with the anecdotal positives, I would feel better with a strong argument why all these polls are consistently bucking the anecdotal evidence. And the argument needs to explain why this election shows the systematic polling error while other recent elections really didn't. I threw out the idea of early voting affecting likely voter samples, but I am still not sure that does the trick in reconciling the way the polls look vs. the way everything else looks.
Stay positive though, your points and optimism is helping me keep hope alive. Without it, I may have already written this thing off, as pessimistic as I normally am, lol. :D
it's very easy answer. most of the pulling it done by democratic leaning firms. the idea is to create a narrative. that's narrative is built to keep Republicans from voting on Tuesday because they think the election is lost cause.
Here, read this. It will bring you off the ledge. :). http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives...-poll-in-ohio/
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Ok. I am back inside, but I am leaving the window open. :D
I realized the Marist poll was BS. I was more talking about the ones showing 2 point leads, etc in Ohio; I think the 1-2 point lead may be real. I don't think all these pollsters are rigging their results purposely, though Marist makes it obvious that they are one of the pollsters that does.
The problem with trying to gauge "intensity" is that these month-long early voting windows negate the "intensity" factor because Democrats (Republicans have gotten into the game this election, but I am sure not to the same extent) flat-out corral people who wouldn't in a million years motivate themselves to vote, early or otherwise, onto buses, etc, and hold their hand all the way through the process. The longer the early voting window the more busloads they can round up. So I agree Republicans are more pissed off, and if people had to put in effort to vote that rage/intensity would help a lot, but people don't have to put in much effort these days.
And to some extent, I think Obama's 2008 performance wasn't a maximum effort like this one is going to be in terms of rounding up stray votes. He had it in the bag vs. McCain relative to this election. One can easily argue they took their foot off the early vote gas in 2008 once they realized victory was clear.
Thanks though. I am inside again, though I can't promise that the ledge and I won't meet again before Tuesday, lol.
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Here's a perfect illustration of how the influence of religion can distort public policy and foster utter irrationality. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that almost 40% of Americans believe that extreme weather events are a sign of the "end times" rather than having a natural cause.
Most Catholics (60 percent) and white non-evangelical Protestants (65 percent) say they believe disasters like hurricanes and floods are the result of climate change.
But nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of white evangelical Protestants say they think the storms are evidence of the "end times" as predicted by the Bible.
Overall, 36 percent point to end times and 63 percent to climate change.
There are several ways that Christian fundamentalists use such arguments to fight against taking any action to fix the problem. We've had members of Congress make the astonishingly idiotic claim that global warming can't be real because God is in charge of the weather and he's promised not to destroy the world again (which is both irrelevant and irrational. And if severe weather is really just a sign of the end times, then there's nothing we can do to stop it anyway. Such beliefs aren't just wrong, they're dangerous.


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I'm not having any problems with the 8187, stupid question but did you restart ettercap when starting the 8187
Equipment involved: BT3B HDD install, Ethernet (eth0) Atheros PCI Card (ath0) and ALFA RTL8187 (wlan0)
Good morning members i am new to the work of ettercap but enjoying the learning curve im currently surfing (credit to yeehaw and other members involved).
i am currently using the GUI version to get familiar with the commands.
Unified sniffing & arp poisoning
Firt i try a wired connection...
i tested eth0 for the arp poisoning and managed to capture passwords via my wireless desktop (on xp). hotmail and ebay no problem, certificate popped up etc.
So then i decided to try my wirless devices for the posioning.....
Firstly my Atheros PCI
i selected my ath0 device (listed in my sig) and same fantastic results.....
then i disconnect the atheros (from my network)
I then went and setup my Alfa rtl8187 re-ran ettercap and started the poisoning and the returned to my desktop XP machine. Upon entering my hotmail details the login fails, no certificate warning pops up the login just fails (through firefox and opera and ie)("Page cannot be displayed etc") the same results for any Secure Logins (tested hotmail, Thunderbird(mail wont send), ebay, msn messenger.)
Why does this occur, i never ran ettercap in BT2 so i have nothing to compare to really. Obviously running the BT3 Beta at the moment.
my BT3 HDD is default, i have not patched or upgraded/changed any drivers or files only installed tcpreplay 2.3.5 since the HDD install.
Thanks for showing your interest guys, and hope the information may help you to help me and others who may experience or seek the same information.
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I'm not having any problems with the 8187, stupid question but did you restart ettercap when starting the 8187
yes i stated in my original post i re ran ettercap.i have Tried restarting bt3.i will continue to try different techniques. Thanks.
ok after playing with it for a few days i tried different combinations, such as:
(nothing to do with drivers etc, i left all SOFTWARE RELATED topics well alone) booting up with it plugged in, not plugged in etc.
Anyway i had to power up WITHOUT THE ALFA PLUGGED IN
With that done i associated with my AP using the iwconfig wlan0 essid ETC key ETC
started ettercap (GUI version) and voila, ARP-poisoning worked.
sometimes if i use addition devices BEFORE my alfa in ettercap, such as my ath0 and eth0 before using my alfa (testing all devices here, normally i would only use the one device of course) then the alfa would not poison.
I hope this is clear but i thought it may help or possibly just point out slight problems.
The main reason for this post was to test the alfa along side other equipment within backtrack 3(b) and ettercap.
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Its cool that you gave feedback on how you got around to fixing this. Not a lot of members come back to tell us how they fixed it.
Although, I have an Atheros and a RT73 [Edimax]. I usually enter this command: 'ifconfig ath0 down' , then I take down rausb0, change the mac and then 'ifconfig rausb0 up' . You can start B|T with both cards in, as far as I am concerned anyway.


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More than 250 Occupy protesters descended early Monday on the Port of Long Beach as part of a West Coast effort to disrupt shipping from Alaska to San Diego.
The demonstrators braved cold and rain for a 6 a.m. march to the SSA Marine Terminal, which was targeted because of its affiliation with investment bank Goldman Sachs.
The protest disrupted truck traffic along a road between the Queen Mary and the terminal for roughly three hours, although operations weren't significantly disrupted, Port of Long Beach spokesman Art Wong said. Two protesters were arrested during the mostly peaceful demonstration, police said.
No disruptions were reported at the neighboring Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest seaport.
Demonstrators targeted Seattle-based SSA Marine because it is partially owned by an infrastructure investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs, composed of pension plans for workers in the United States and Australia.
Goldman Sachs is the investment bank at the heart of many Occupy grievances nationwide because of its role in the economic crisis.
Protesters in Long Beach had dispersed by noon, but further actions tentatively were planned for later in the evening and possibly for days to come.
"It's about stepping up and making our voices heard, and we plan to continue until changes are made in regards to (federal) policy on economic inequality and other social ills plaguing our society," said Geoff Wirt, a 23-year-old who made the trek to join those fed up with high unemployment, income disparity and other issues.
"The goal is to create something entirely new. A new system with new values and new priorities. In my opinion, this movement in the past few months is the start of something historic."
Demonstrators were escorted by authorities during their march from Harry Bridges Memorial Park to the terminal nearly one mile away.
The group was part of a larger Occupy the Ports movement that sought to obstruct or shut down operations at key West Coast ports Monday through a series of picket lines, road blockages and sit-down strikes outside terminal gates.
Arrests were reported in Seattle, San Diego, Portland, Oakland and San Francisco, among others.
Occupy members targeted some of the nation's busiest ports; Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle together handle more than half of all of the country's waterborne trade.
Other West Coast ports at which protests were held included Tacoma, Wash.; Vancouver, Canada; Anchorage, Alaska; and Port Hueneme near Oxnard in Ventura County.
Demonstrations were anticipated at Hawaii ports as well, and at inland locations nationwide in solidarity with port protesters.
Dockworkers have voiced mixed opinions, although some reportedly refused to cross picket lines in Seattle and Oakland, the latter of which saw a similar march Nov. 2 that shuttered much of the port for one day.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents more than 50,000 port workers along the West Coast, said Monday that while it supports the Occupy movement's overall goals, efforts to target shipping could ultimately undermine port jobs and development, hurting port communities.
"The ILWU shares the Occupy Wall Street movement's concerns about corporate abuses and the future of the middle class, but we must be clear that any actions organized by outside groups, including the proposed shutdown of various terminals on the West Coast, have not been vetted by our union's democratically led process," Robert McEllrath, president of ILWU International, said in a statement.
ILWU Local 13, which represents about 20,000 workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports, hasn't taken a public stance on the Occupy movement.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle said the harbor would remain open during the demonstrations.
"We had planned with law enforcement in anticipation of this, so there were no disruptions and we ensured protesters were able to enjoy their constitutional right to free speech and assembly while also guaranteeing SSA had the ability to carry through their operations," Lytle said.
Following the march to the terminal's front gate, Long Beach police arrested two men for misdemeanors, one on suspicion of obstructing justice and another for resisting arrest, Long Beach police Deputy Chief Robert Luna said.
The economic impact from the protests in Long Beach and elsewhere remains unclear. The U.S. Department of Commerce has estimated a complete West Coast port shutdown would cost the U.S. economy more than $2 billion per day.
Organizers said Monday's effort was the beginning of a larger long-term movement to bring attention to economic issues. Many said the focus has shifted to ports, now that most cities have broken up tent encampments that began in September.
"We'll be back, and we'll continue with our peaceful efforts for as long as it takes, and even after that we'll keep on to ensure their gains are maintained," said Dennis De La Vega, an Occupy Los Angeles organizer who attended Long Beach's march.


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Brooks tells "Tulsa World" that his family appreciates the "warm wishes and sweet celebration of Baby K's arrival." But he adds that he hopes the media will respect his daughter's privacy as she begins this new chapter of her life as a mom.
August is Brooks' middle child. The singer, who's currently married to country star Trisha Yearwood, has three daughters with his ex-wife, Sandy Mahl.
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