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Originally posted by IheartBU
Originally posted by Big Mike
We all know that ZA will be fresh! 
Perhaps he was just trying to teach ZA an important lesson: DON'T LITTER!
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Funny you say that... I didn't see it last night... but I have seen ZA throw his gum as he heads to the bench ticked/disappointed/mad.Just so long as he places his gum in the proper receptacle ... or whatever Jimmy was grumpy about last night.
Perhaps he was just trying to teach ZA an important lesson: DON'T LITTER!
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Tornado, it's Stark-vegas! The cops will arrest you for any reason they can think of. Just ask Johnny Cash. He got arrested for picking flowers in front of the courthouse. He even wrote a song about it.Comment
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the kid was driving on a suspended license....
maybe someone can find out why the college senior who's getting his tuition
and all his expenses paid for by the fine folks of Mississippi so he can play a game,
had his license suspended in the first place....
somehow I suspect something more in this whole story...
Here's the latest story...
"(Coach) Stansbury downplays Slater's arrest"
"Dietric Slater will play in Saturday's NIT second-round game against Bradley, and that news of his arrest was overblown."Comment
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Aside from the obvious legal situation, I'm glad they are playing BU at full strength. I always hate when a team is missing a player for any reason this time of year. He's already served as a distraction for his team and if he's gone, it would make game planning for them more difficult, so hopefully he's there and BU can just go to Starkville and whoop them, then head to Florida.Originally posted by tornadoComment
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Here is the stat line from Mississippi State's NIT win over 200 RPI Mississippi Valley State (who by the way, at RPI 200 and SOS 311 had absolutely no right being in any post season tournament).
Their weakling opponent Mississippi Valley State went 0-6 vs. teams ranked 1-100 in RPI and 1-10 against teams ranked 1-200.
That means they were a whopping 17-5 against teams whose RPI was over 200! How the heck they even found 22 teams with RPI's above 200 is beyond belief! Their non-conference record was 5-10! and their best "quality" win was over RPI 168 Jackson State. The second best was over RPI 235 McNeese State.
Well, here's Slater's stat line...
31 minutes played, 1-9, 0-2 from 3-pt, 1-2 on FTs, 3 points.
I am actually glad they are going to let the guy play.
He's a 25% 3-point shooter, but still launches more than two a game.Comment
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It looks as if this guy missed about 10 games at the beginning of the season too, any one know what that's about?Comment
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Originally posted by amckillip
amckillip, you are really astute!
Slater tore ligaments in his knee near the end of last season (2005-2006) but was fully recovered and ready to go this past fall,
and the he was "suspended for the entire first half of the season AND the first two SEC conference games due to violating team rules".
The team would not disclose the nature of the violation, but I have to be suspicious that this may not be Slater's first violation of this nature!! There was some rumble I found on message boards that he failed a couple of "tests" over the summer.
How many HALF-SEASON suspensions do you routinely see in D-I?
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Originally posted by tornado
Here is the story on Dietric Slater. I have season tickets, and have seen him play many, many times. Dietric is listed at 6-3 200. He may be 6-2 1/2. He is the GUTS on this team. He plays hurt all the time. He has a badly sprained wrist on his shooting hand. He wears ace wraps on arms, legs, and simply is a Spartan warrior. If there is a player on our team who you could make a highlight reel from, it is him. He is absolutely fearless. He totally disregards his body. He is a wild man on the floor, and our best defender. When healthy, he can score 10-12 ppg, just feeding on the slop, taking loose balls and putting them in, getting offensive rebounds and taking them to the hole, and making an occasional shot.
BTW, he pronounces his name "Die-Trick"Remember 21Comment
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That's kinda what I was thinking, I mean it really could have been something minimal, like POB's last year, but when you get reoccurring events like this you have to start to question whats going on.Originally posted by tornadoComment
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Speaking of players arrested...
I found this article detailing how many of John Calipari's Memphis players have been arrested.
The team seems to weant to take the leadership role in this area from Bob Huggins.
Four of the present team have been arrested at least six different times since becoming players for Calipari,
and others have been suspended for team rules issues.
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