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I don't think they care too much, to be honest. A lot of them have been through the coaching carousel through AAU and school. UMD didn't quit, they just lost to a #1 seed. I'm not reading too much into it. The biggest issue with MD sports is that they're just not able to consistently recruit top tier talent from the DMV in basketball or football. I don't know if it's because a lot of local kids just want to get away from the distractions or that they're just not drawn to the campus vibe.

Dang it, the base state Midwest cloud deck has returned. I’m loving the incoming wind direction, though. I’m done with northerly components for now.

They got blasted on defensive boards. You can't give a team like Florida that many second chance opportunities. It also didn't help that they shot under 33% from threes.

They’re just playing against elite talent. Too sloppy on offense, though.

We need a 2018. My IG is set to private, but I made a post there showing June 2018 vs December 2017 at Great Falls. The difference was ridiculous. I think 2017 was wet too, but more so in the summer. Definitely mosquito, spider, and gnat type of weather. In a weird way, I miss it lol. https://www.weather.gov/media/lwx/climate/dcaprecip.pdf

Biking into the wind adds another dimension to an uphill climb. I wouldn't be opposed to a light southwest breeze as our next pattern evolution.

This is turning into a legitimate drought in the mid-Atlantic: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast Storms are just not beelining us with any consistency. Very little southern stream, and most of the NS vorts scoot further north and leave us with windy/cool conditions (like today). I think we need a complete pattern overhaul and I'm assuming an El Nino which (aside from me simply not wanting cold weather right now) is why I'm all good with the milder weather coming up.

I'm hyped.

Base state satellite loop. Wouldn't be surprised if there's some snow mixed in with those patchy showers to the north at places like Michaux State Forest.

The base state breeze has arrived again.

It's a little trickier in college, I think. While some people don't like the gather step in the NBA, I like that they have a defined rule where basically if you pick up your dribble with one or two feet on the ground (aka gather or zero step), then the next step is the pivot foot and the following step is the 2nd step (legal). It would be illegal in that case for the pivot foot to return to the floor before the ball is released (3rd step), but that's not what Queen did. He gathered with his right foot on the floor and took 2 steps. In college, I suppose it would technically be a travel, but a little more debatable depending on which team you root for lol.

I don't know about college (need to check the rules), but it's a clean gather and 1-2 in the NBA.

That was fun lol. CSU has hoopers…tough win

At this point, Queen needs to takeover, period.

They lack length. Every game I’ve seen them struggle has been against teams with skilled bigs. CSU plays a similar brand of hoops as Michigan.

That too

Re long range models...just a reminder that the majority of humans don't look at the 7-10+ day GFS and Euro lol.

The Terps are a tough out, but they've gotta stop getting off to these slow starts. So sloppy to start both of these games and, make no mistake, that will bite them against the elite teams (assuming they get past CSU which has some good ball handlers at each position).

Felt nicer today than I would have thought given the clouds and temps. Probably because it wasn’t too windy today. I’d only accept a 6”+ snowstorm at this point. I just can’t do these little events anymore and I think that same thought might roll into next winter as well. Onto spring and summer now…

Non-accumulating, cosmetic snows are for November and early Dec

The current satellite loop is a base state pattern from November thru April…not an everyday, but a base.

Seems to be as a general rule that south of dc has a little more sunshine than north. I guess it’s a combo of being closer to the Lakes and a little higher elevation being closer to the Apps.

Back to breezy, cool, and party sunny. I'm looking forward to a stretch of hazy, hot, and humid.

Losing digital snow in late March makes me happy.

Snow sounds awful right now. See you at the 0z Euro.