After bailing on you last week to recover from a food hangover, and also a regular hangover, we’re back in your face with the mail. Today we’re scheduling cupcakes, finding the best free-throw shooting big man, and blasting down some sweet, sweet chicken.
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- Andre Drummond: 29.5
- Josh Boone: 55.9
- Emeka Okafor: 56.4
- Hilton Armstrong: 57.8
- Jeff Adrien: 60.6
- Travis Knight: 62.2
- Hasheem Thabeet: 62.5
- Amida Brimah: 63.8
- Cliff Robinson: 64.4
- Jake Voskuhl: 65.6
- Kirk King: 65.9
- Kevin Freeman: 67.1
- Gavin Edwards: 73.7
- Donyell Marshall: 77.0
Nick Bliga asks: Why did UConn play SHU and Providence play Hartford Wed? Why can’t UConn get the cupcakes off the schedule & play a team like PC?
Why can’t UConn play PC? Well, I suppose it can. But the Huskies already have Michigan, Syracuse, Gonzaga, Maryland, Ohio State, Texas and Georgetown on the schedule. It’s a little hard to knock them for not facing major conference opponents. You also can’t expect a team to eliminate cupcakes from the schedule. It just doesn’t work like that. The cupcake teams need those games to fund their athletic departments; the powers need those games so they don’t wear themselves out, can get a couple wins, try some new things and build confidence.
If you have a problem with the Sacred Heart game it should be that the Pioneers were the wrong type of cupcake. I explained it in detail here. TL;DR: You want to schedule cupcakes that will win a lot of games in their league. It’s a way to game the RPI, which still matters greatly to the people who matter most. Instead of Sacred Heart, St. Francis-NY or Robert Morris would have been better NEC options. Another reasonable complaint, which Tyler brought up in his recap, is that the game was played in 15.5k-seat Hartford, rather than 10k-seat Gampel, which students could have filled because they were actually on campus.
Matt asks: Round table discussion about the best flavor of chicken wings at Bidwell.
Bidwell of course refers to the Bidwell Tavern in Coventry, home of some phenomenal wings, bomb ass french onion soup, and a wood stove that gets so hot it will melt you down to the floor if you’re seated within 25 feet of it. We put this question to the group and got a diverse range of answers. Matt himself contends Hot Honey BBQ is the true champion. Alex eventually agreed but hedged, saying “I don’t think there is a best one. There are different flavors for different moods.” Peter chimed in “Honey Mustard tastes like Jesus made it.” Meghan likes the traditional Honey BBQ flavor. All of them are wrong and bad people. The answer is Oriental Sesame.
