Carry on. Not with the stupid stuff. Just with the discussion.

Kid is good.

I'm starting this today because I consider the Masters starting with the Par 3 contest. Always fun because past champions participate even when not participating in the full tournament.

https://www.masters.com/en_US/live/index.html

All times Eastern

Par 3 Contest -- Wednesday, April 10
Masters on the Range: 9-11 a.m. on CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com
Par 3 Contest: 3-5 p.m. on ESPN | Live stream: Masters.com
2018 Masters final round: 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network

Round 1 -- Thursday, April 11
Round 1 start time: 8:30 a.m.
Masters on the Range: 8:30-10:30 a.m. on CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com

Masters Live stream: 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on CBSSports.com

Featured Groups -- 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Amen Corner -- 10:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Holes 15 & 16 -- 11:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.
TV coverage: 3-7:30 p.m. on ESPN
TV simulcast live stream: 3-7:30 p.m. on Masters.com

Round 2 -- Friday, April 12
Round 2 start time: 8:30 a.m.
Masters on the Range: 8:30-10:30 a.m. on CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com

Masters Live stream: 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on CBSSports.com

Featured Groups -- 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Amen Corner -- 10:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Holes 15 & 16 -- 11:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.
TV coverage: 3-7:30 p.m. on ESPN
TV simulcast live stream: 3-7:30 p.m. on Masters.com


Round 3 -- Saturday, April 13
Round 3 start time: 10 a.m.
Masters on the Range: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com

Masters Live stream: 11 a.m. to completion of play on CBSSports.com

Featured Groups -- 11 a.m. to completion of play
Amen Corner -- 12:30-6 p.m.
Holes 15 & 16 -- 1:30-6:30 p.m.
TV coverage: 3-7 p.m. on CBS | Encore: 8 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
TV simulcast live stream: 3-7 p.m. on Masters.com

Round 4 -- Sunday, April 14
Round 4 start time: 10 a.m.
Masters on the Range: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com

Masters Live stream: 11 a.m. to completion of play on CBSSports.com

Featured Groups -- 11 a.m. to completion of play
Amen Corner -- 12:30-6 p.m.
Holes 15 & 16 -- 1:30-6:30 p.m.
TV coverage: 2-7 p.m. on CBS | Encore: 8 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
TV simulcast live stream: 2-7 p.m. on Masters.com

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My wife and I are thinking about taking our 2 kids aged 5 & 8 to Colorado for a few days. We would drive from Kansas City. Does anyone have any tips on where to stay and what to do? We want to go white water rafting and horseback riding provided those activities can be tame enough for my 5 yr old. I was also thinking it would be nice to stay at a hotel with a water park.

I think that this is an important question we need to ask ourselves. I think it is part of what is causing a lot of the vitriol between certain groups. As some others said I think we just have groups who have different views of what our program status is.

My breakdown of the groups are as follows so hopefully we are on the same page.

• Top 10: Blue Blood
• 10-25: consistent tourney team with occasional runs
• 25-35: regular tourney team who regularly wins one game
• 35-50: semi regular tourney team
• 50-70: occasional tourney team
• 70+: doormat

EDIT: More clarification

“Today, past seasons or future seasons? This makes no sense if its just what you WANT it to be.”

Apparently I wasn’t clear. The question is what type of program are we. AKA where are our expectations for a program.

Credit:
texasjeremy_Scout

Returning production, based on 2018-19 stats, minus players that are out of eligibility, announced intentions to enter the draft, or announced intentions to transfer. Obviously, it will change if any players decide to return to school (or don't actually transfer):

AVERAGE PERCENTAGES (9 categories below)

MINUTES
180.0 - Oklahoma State (89.6%)
150.5 - Baylor (75.0%)
129.4 - Texas (64.1%)
120.5 - West Virginia (59.4%)
111.3 - Kansas State (55.7%)
104.0 - Texas Tech (51.7%)
84.9 - Oklahoma (42.3%)
74.9 - Iowa State (37.4%)
66.1 - Kansas (32.7%)
64.1 - TCU (31.6%)

POINTS
62.2 - Oklahoma State (91.4%)
51.9 - Baylor (72.2%)
42.3 - Texas Tech (58.1%)
39.3 - Texas (55.4%)
38.1 - West Virginia (51.7%)
30.9 - Kansas State (47.0%)
29.1 - Oklahoma (40.9%)
23.3 - Iowa State (30.3%)
20.7 - Kansas (27.4%)
19.1 - TCU (25.9%)

REBOUNDS
27.8 - Oklahoma State (90.1%)
27.8 - Baylor (81.0%)
20.2 - West Virginia (56.5%)
19.4 - Kansas State (62.9%)
17.0 - Texas (53.3%)
15.9 - Oklahoma (48.0%)
15.4 - Texas Tech (48.3%)
13.6 - Kansas (38.4%)
12.4 - Iowa State (38.2%)
11.6 - TCU (34.6%)

ASSISTS
12.0 - Oklahoma State (90.8%)
9.4 - West Virginia (69.1%)
9.3 - Baylor (67.0%)
9.0 - Texas (68.6%)
7.9 - Texas Tech (58.1%)
5.9 - Oklahoma (46.7%)
5.5 - Kansas State (40.5%)
4.7 - Iowa State (31.1%)
3.5 - TCU (21.9%)
3.1 - Kansas (23.6%)

STEALS
5.0 - Oklahoma State (87.4%)
4.8 - Baylor (78.0%)
3.8 - Texas Tech (52.2%)
3.8 - Kansas State (50.0%)
3.6 - West Virginia (58.7%)
3.3 - Texas (54.2%)
2.9 - Oklahoma (49.3%)
2.8 - Iowa State (40.1%)
2.1 - TCU (30.2%)
1.9 - Kansas (28.8%)

BLOCKS
4.4 - Baylor (93.7%)
4.0 - Oklahoma State (92.1%)
2.6 - TCU (59.3%)
2.3 - Kansas (59.0%)
2.1 - Iowa State (46.9%)
1.6 - Kansas State (71.1%)
1.6 - Oklahoma (53.9%)
1.6 - Texas (38.2%)
1.4 - West Virginia (41.3%)
1.3 - Texas Tech (26.3%)

FG ATTEMPTS
51.1 - Oklahoma State (91.0%)
41.0 - Baylor (70.9%)
35.4 - Texas (61.0%)
32.3 - West Virginia (53.4%)
31.6 - Texas Tech (56.8%)
26.3 - Kansas State (47.6%)
23.3 - Oklahoma (40.2%)
16.8 - Iowa State (28.7%)
16.1 - Kansas (27.2%)
15.1 - TCU (25.8%)

3PT ATTEMPTS
22.9 - Oklahoma State (97.2%)
18.2 - Texas (72.1%)
15.0 - Baylor (63.4%)
12.3 - Texas Tech (61.7%)
12.1 - West Virginia (51.3%)
10.0 - Kansas State (47.0%)
6.8 - Oklahoma (35.2%)
6.6 - Iowa State (28.4%)
4.1 - TCU (18.5%)
3.9 - Kansas (18.8%)

FT ATTEMPTS
14.4 - Oklahoma State (83.8%)
14.4 - Baylor (77.2%)
11.6 - West Virginia (49.0%)
11.1 - Texas Tech (61.0%)
8.8 - Kansas State (51.9%)
7.8 - Texas (45.2%)
6.5 - Oklahoma (35.8%)
6.0 - TCU (32.4%)
5.9 - Kansas (30.8%)
4.7 - Iowa State (27.0%)

picked number 9 (21 overall) in the second round by Connecticut.

Brent Metcalf's latest appearance ON THE MAT with hosts Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman

Listen: mattalkonline.com/otm566

Ok, I hesitated doing this, because of course hardly any of you know her. But she'll kill me if I don't use every network at my fingertips to get the word out.

If you don't mind, go here and vote for my daughter. She's a sophomore at Wheaton Warrenville South High School (Chicago suburbs) and she was nominated for Athlete of the Week. She threw two shutouts last week in two wins for her high school softball team. Voting closes at 6:00pm today!

https://t.co/TnCYJrJhVqto

Edit: I just realized of course you don't know her name. She's Katey (listed as Katie) Pierce, so vote for her, not the other nominees.

With his 25th season coming up next season, and Bill saying Bridget was one of his best players ever, I decided to look at just who would be the Fennelly Five. While I welcome all to share their Fav Fennelly Five, I put together this one based upon how individual players were ranked as far as AP All-Americans, and All-Big 12 Teams. I picked the AP as the AA team because it has been the one AA team that has been around for all 24 seasons. I used the All-Big 12 team members listed in the team history on cyclones.com.

I applied the following scoring system:

All-American: 1st team - 8 pts; 2nd team - 6 pts; 3rd team - 5 pts; Hon. Mention - 4 pts
All Big - 12: 1st team - 3 pts; 2nd team - 2 pts; Hon. Mention - 1 pts

*Note before 2003, the Big 12 named 3 teams, with only five on the 1st team. So a 2nd team honor prior to 2003 is scored as part of today's 10-player 1st team and 3rd team is considered today's 5-player second team.

The Cyclones have had nine players become All-Americans. One of them three times and four twice.

The Fennelly Five:
C - Angie Welle 25 pts (AA - HM, 3rd, 2nd; B12 - HM, 2nd*, 1st, 1st)
PG - Stacey Frese 19 pts (AA - HM, 2nd: B12 - 1st, 1st, 1st)
SG - Bridget Carleton 17 pts (AA - HM, 2nd; B12 - HM, 1st, 1st)
SF - Hallie Christofferson 14 pts (AA - HM, HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)
PF - Chelsea Poppens 14 pts (AA - HM; HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)

The next seven to round out a 12-women roster:
CG - Alison Lacy 10 pts (AA - HM; B12 - HM, 2nd, 1st)
PG - Lyndsey Medders 10 pts (AA - HM; B12 - 1st, 1st)
SF- Kelsey Bolte - 9 pts (AA - HM: B12 - HM, HM, 1st)
SF Megan Taylor 9 pts (B12 - HM, 3rd*, 2nd*, 1st)
CG - Anne O'Neil - 8 pts (AA - HM; B12 - HM, 1st)
PG - Lindsey Wilson 8 pts (B12 - 3rd*, 2nd*, 1st)
PF - Jayme Olson 7 pts (B8/12 - HM, HM, 3rd*, 1st)

Have at it.

This was just sent to me by a buddy. Enjoy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chaos-walmart-woman-karate-son-exposes-dog-steals-food

On right now. 7:45 AM

Information about the end of the year banquet.

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/4/15/iowa-state-wrestling-end-of-the-year-banquet.aspx

It looks like the two All-Americans are recovering from shoulder issues.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...99/msu-student-reported-rape-reveals-identity

Some pretty damning stuff in here about their reporting office deterring women from reporting rape and assault by MSU athletes to the authorities.

soon we hope?
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/4/11/18304747/college-gameday-sites-history-never

It's still about 15 years until I'm 55, but I think I may like to retire in Puerto Vallarta or something like that. Does anyone know any ex-pats living in Mexico or other countries in Central America? How do the pros match up with the cons? I know Belize is popular too.

One has to wonder if this is the begining of the end for Bill Self. Dotson declares for the NBA today. Grimes says he's gone. Charlie Moore gone. The two MEM bros - gone. Dok likely gone. FBI/NCAA lurking. And there sits coach Beard in west Texas awaiting a blueblood proposal.

I went to Cys Locker Room on Duff the other day and they had a very limited selection for wrestling specific clothing options. Does anyone know a good place/website to get some quality Cyclone wrestling apparel? Thanks

By Allen Trieu for Hunter Zenzen. He is a 6'3 215 Pound OLB from Minnesota. 81 rated 3 Star per 247 but the kid is an absolute beast. He is a 2 way player lining up as a TE on offense, and a OLB/DE on defense. I believe he would be a major under the radar gem ie. Mike Rose. Allen Trieu has a 91% success rate on his predictions fwiw.
https://247sports.com/Player/Hunter-Zenzen-46080659/