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Mike Woodson 2022 Summer Basketball Camps

IU Coach Mike Woodson To Hold Two Basketball Camps This Summer

If you know the story of how Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson began his journey with the Hoosier program, you know that it began with attending a summer camp that was put on by Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight. The youngster from Indianapolis had a chance to make an impression for the first time with his long-time mentor and thus a near half-century relationship began.

“One of the biggest thrills of my life was winning a contest at Coach Knight’s camp and being given a t-shirt for doing so,” noted the Hoosiers second-year coach. “After that, there really wasn’t any other place that I wanted go to college and there wasn’t a coach who I wanted to play for more than Bob Knight.”

Woodson will now have the chance to run his own camps in the Summer of 2022, with Day Camps for boys in Grades 2 thru 9, June 13-16 and June 20-23. The camps encourage a love and appreciation for the game and will have a staff which will include Hoosier coaches, players, and student-managers.

“If we can inspire someone and change the direction of their life then I feel like we will have accomplished what we set out to do,” added Woodson.

The Day Camp will emphasize fundamental skill development. The daily schedule will include individual instruction, small group instruction, contest and competitions, and 5-on-5 scrimmages. This is your opportunity to experience Coach Woodson’s basketball program up close. The Day Camp will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Check in will begin on Monday at 8:15 a.m.

Day Camp I
June 13-16
Grades 2 thru 9 (Boys Only). Girls encouraged to sign up for Teri Moren Camp
$290
Cook Hall and Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

Day Camp 2
June 20-23
Grades 2 thru 9 (Boys Only). Girls encouraged to sign up for Teri Moren Camp
$290
Cook Hall and Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

To register click:
https://www.mikewoodsonbasketballcamps.com/

Why We Need To Reformulate How Both Bowl Eligibility And Playoff Eligibility Are Formulated.

as currently is the case, how we formulate both bowl and playoff eligibility, totally screws up and perverts non conference scheduling options.

and in my opinion, also how starters are chosen, especially QB, and locked in to a point, in non real game conditions.

and the ability to take a look at more players, and give more players a chance for some game experience.

i would love to see a conference season only formula for both bowl game eligibility and playoff eligibility.

that would allow B10 and other conferences' schools far more flexibility in scheduling non con opponents, where fan enjoyment, attendance, and matchups, take precedent in scheduling, without having to make scheduling wins against schools fans don't want to see or pay to see, a top priority.

with just one added loss per season, or even one bad play leading to one added loss, usually killing off playoff eligibility, and often bowl eligibility, scheduling wins and avoiding scheduling possible losses, has totally perverted non con scheduling options for schools, making for a big downside for both schools and fans.

this would also allow schools to let QB battles, (and other positions to a lesser extent), to be fought out in real game situations in the non conf season, being that real game situations no longer exist much, if any, in practice to my knowledge.

and until the lights go on, and a real game environment exists against other big schools, imo you can't really judge how competing QBs will fair in a real game against a competitive school.

currently, the starting QB is picked in different conditions than games are played in.

in no tackling the QB in practice, i can theorize how that could possibly advantage the better passer over the better athlete, and take performance under high duress, out of the equation to an extent.

and under the current situation, once that starter is picked, absent total calamity, only an injury removes him, as coaches are terrified of one bad play leading to one extra loss knocking them out of bowl eligibility, or playoff eligibility.

would be great for fans and coaches and administrators alike, to be able to schedule the non conference season without having to worry about how said scheduling will impact bowl or playoff eligibility.

i'd think it would also benefit players and coaches, by allowing coaches to experiment more freely and look at more players during non conf season, without fearing one bad play leading to one extra loss, could sabotage a whole season.
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Hockey town USA

Denver East High School won the Colorado state championship. It went on to win the national high school invitational tournament.

Denver University won the NCAA Hockey title.

The Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup.

Has there been a time when teams in the same city won national high school, college, and professional titles in the same sport in the same season?

Alito's bit of verbal gymnastics that most won't notice

I haven't read the concurrences or dissents yet, so I can't speak to that, but I want to bring up a point about Alito's opinion, because it lines up well with something I predicted in previous discussions about this case.

First, let me make something absolutely clear again, even though previous pleas have sometimes fallen on deaf ears. Nothing I'm about to say should be construed as either an endorsement or a critique of Alito's opinion. So far, I find his opinion well-reasoned and compelling, but that doesn't mean I agree with it. Once I get around to reading Roberts and the dissents, I suspect I will also be impressed with their arguments, but that doesn't mean I will agree with them. Sometimes, the beauty of the law in my eyes is the conflict between opposing arguments that both make sense, even though logic dictates that the correctness of one must necessarily imply the error of the other.

Having gotten that out of the way, I argued a couple of months ago that, while overturning Roe has been the primary focus of the anti-abortion movement, it wasn't the only one, and it certainly wasn't the endpoint. The endpoint is fetal personhood in the form of federally recognized 14th Amendment protections for the unborn. That's what they want, and they've already started the process of trying to put this theory into legislative language in various states. Eventually, this question will find itself before the court. So, I was immediately drawn to a seemingly small, interesting phrasing in Alito's opinion.

Roe mentions what it calls "potential life" or "the potentiality for life" a dozen times. In every case it is part of a formulation in which the state has an interest in potential life that might compete - and thus need to be balanced against - the woman's right to privacy. Casey mentions potential life many more times, but it follows Roe's formulation. Potential life is a valid state interest that might stand in conflict with a woman's valid interest in her right to privacy.

Alito departs from this formulation ever so slightly, technically misrepresenting Roe and Casey in doing so:

Ordered liberty sets limits and defines the boundary between competing interests. Roe and Casey each struck a particular balance between the interests of a woman who wants an abortion and the interests of what they termed “potential life.” Roe, 410 U. S., at 150 (emphasis deleted); Casey, 505 U. S., at 852. But the people of the various States may evaluate those interests differently. In some States, voters may believe that the abortion right should be even more extensive than the right that Roe and Casey recognized. Voters in other States may wish to impose tight restrictions based on their belief that abortion destroys an “unborn human being.” Miss. Code Ann. §41–41–191(4)(b). Our Nation’s historical understanding of ordered liberty does not prevent the people’s elected representatives from deciding how abortion should be regulated. (Emphasis mine)​

See the difference? Whereas in Roe and Casey, the state had an interest in potential life, which must be balanced against the interests of the woman. In Dobbs, the interest rests with the potential life itself, and it is the state's role to balance the interests of the woman against the interests of this potential life. In this reading, the only plausible understanding of the interest residing with the "potential life" is that the interest is that of the fetus.

Now, read at face value, Alito's opinion does what it says: returns the power to make these types of policy decisions regarding abortion to the states. But in doing so, it also grants the fetus an express interest in this balancing act. That grant is exactly the foot in the door needed to pursue federally protected fetal personhood. Alito's reasoning might not support such a change, but his small shift in phrasing here has given them a big weapon in the fight.

Who's the one player's improvement that makes this IU team, "special"?

Aside from the obvious of TJD developing a jumper---or Race for that matter. WHo's the one guy(returning), who if he makes "the jump", catapults this team to a very high level? Or does IU need multiple guys to do so?

IMO, its Bates or Kopp. If one or both can become a serviceable, to good, consistent shooter, Indiana becomes a different team. A much, much different team.

Google Maps time machine, for if you are a Roman and wandering the Roman Empire

and you want to know how long your trip will take you

by foot (cheapest), chariot, donkey (2nd cheapest), boat, or a combination. The Fastest journey from Roma to Londinium in January takes about 41.8 days. Donkey refueling time not included.

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Friday Funnies

A man is flying in a hot-air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man below. He lowers the balloon farther and shouts, "Excuse me! Can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot-air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."

The man below says, "You must be in management."

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."






and a chick....

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Summer Ball

The IU baseball web page has a live listing of summer ball participants. Of note they seem to be omitting players who have entered the portal. There are only 11 players listed but the list includes Ty Bothwell who finished the season on a positive note. Hopefully this indicates he plans to return. Left handers with live arms often attract MLB interest, at least on the free agent level. The Reese Sharp link does go to the Bourne Braves site in the Cape Cod League although the site lists the Cincinnati Steam as the team.


FWIW I did stumble into a record of a couple of innings work by Matt Cuzco with the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League. Matt is a pitcher from the Chicago area who is part of this year’s class. Perhaps he stopped in on his way to Bloomington for the summer.
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