11-09-2012, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthCaptivaGator
Wow, what a bunch of p-words
A "publicity stunt". This team needs a publicity stunt! Maybe this will get the students and fans a bit more interested in this amazing program that Billy has put together! We get to play Fricking Georgetown on a Fricking Boat! That is Awesome! Do you think anybody is asking FSU to play on a ship? Georgia? Tennessee? No! Billy D and the Gators against one of the basketball elite. We are there Gator fans! Rejoice! Enjoy it for what it is!
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+1 It's basically an exhibition game and great pub. These kids grew up playing outdoors. They'll be fine.
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11-09-2012, 12:42 PM
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My concern is not the wind, but the unpredictable gusts that blow over ships. It is not as if these kids grew up playing on ships.
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11-09-2012, 04:45 PM
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Are there any current engineering students taking Dynamics who want to calculate for us how much (how many inches) the wind can move the ball (left or right) or shorten/lengthen a shot during flight? It's been too long since I took Dynamics (over 30 years) and I'm too lazy anyway 
I tried googling "wind effect on basketball shot" to see if there were any calculations or empirical data on this, but didn't find anything quantitative.
I did find the relevant story linked below, which mentions that for the Michigan St/UNC game last year, they put up wind breaks to minimize the impacts from wind. I wonder if they're doing the same for this game.
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ct-a-jump-shot
The wind used to bother my shot when playing outdoors, but I always wondered how much was physical and how much was mental. 
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11-09-2012, 04:48 PM
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Of course, you'd have to make some assumptions, including length and time period of the shot and what wind speed(s) to calculate.
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11-09-2012, 05:21 PM
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It's interesting that no one mentions our armed forces in the discussion of the merits of this game.
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11-09-2012, 05:22 PM
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11-09-2012, 05:22 PM
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Is rucker park a boat with a hardwood court? Yeah, these games are just like playground games.
Its a shameless publicity stunt that shamefully only reaches those with nbc sports network. Sad.
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11-09-2012, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ufgator4ever
Is rucker park a boat with a hardwood court? Yeah, these games are just like playground games.
Its a shameless publicity stunt that shamefully only reaches those with nbc sports network. Sad.
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Whiner.
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11-09-2012, 05:46 PM
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Man, this may be the earliest in a season I've ever had to break this out.
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11-09-2012, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ufgator4ever
Is rucker park a boat with a hardwood court? Yeah, these games are just like playground games.
Its a shameless publicity stunt that shamefully only reaches those with nbc sports network. Sad.
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These schools participate voluntarily. I don't think Georgetown, UF, OSU, Michigan State and UNC are the kind if schools who participate in publicity stunts.
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11-09-2012, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by YakYak
It's interesting that no one mentions our armed forces in the discussion of the merits of this game.
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In a thread about the wind?
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11-09-2012, 09:37 PM
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Will seagulls be a factor?
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11-09-2012, 10:29 PM
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Not only wind, temperature, but now floor conditions. I stick by what I said earlier...no business playing real basketball games outdoors.
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11-09-2012, 10:42 PM
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Feel sorry for anyone who paid to go to half a game. Hopefully college basketball will get out of the "playing on a ship" business.
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11-09-2012, 10:45 PM
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I'm not sure why they didn't use a different floor type, or just the ship's deck with temporary lines.
In the future they'll have to play in the daytime, west coast, or use a different court material.
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11-09-2012, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by demosthenes
I'm not sure why they didn't use a different floor type, or just the ship's deck with temporary lines.
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The ship's deck? I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt on that one. Sure you were just kidding.
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11-09-2012, 11:53 PM
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What if they had run some heating elements under the floor? Could that stop the condensation?
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11-10-2012, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by gatordavisl
The ship's deck? I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt on that one. Sure you were just kidding.
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Why? Steel decks with non-skid coating would be perfectly fine. The ball bounces just as well on steel...
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Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it,
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11-10-2012, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by demosthenes
Why? Steel decks with non-skid coating would be perfectly fine. The ball bounces just as well on steel...
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sure and replace the nets with chains.
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11-10-2012, 12:10 AM
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Sure.
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