Butler Vs Duke - KOD
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Damn Scott, that was close... too bad you didn't take a little with the points, but still a nice run!
I guess you should have listened to XYZ and bought back your ML wager:142smilie :mj07:
I guess you should have listened to XYZ and bought back your ML wager:142smilie :mj07:
March Madness 2010
5-1 83% + $ 1,687.00
Well what a game.
Duke coming out shooting 5 of 20 3 pointers almost did the trick.
Heywood lost the game for Bulter by only
making 2 -11 field goals. Duke shut him down.
And Butlers center Matt Howard is useless. The guy cant play 5 minutes without fouling. He missed way too many shots.
It does show that Butler's defense was the real deal and could play with anyone in the country. On this night it was not to be.
I don't even mind losing when the game and my wager goes down on the last shot of the game.
I love March Madness.
Only played 6 of all the games offered.
That was fun and still added to my bankroll I am adding to for football.
Catch me in the Off the Wall Forum
I may play some NBA playoff games with the Hawks.
gl
KOD
5-1 83% + $ 1,687.00
Well what a game.
Duke coming out shooting 5 of 20 3 pointers almost did the trick.
Heywood lost the game for Bulter by only
making 2 -11 field goals. Duke shut him down.
And Butlers center Matt Howard is useless. The guy cant play 5 minutes without fouling. He missed way too many shots.
It does show that Butler's defense was the real deal and could play with anyone in the country. On this night it was not to be.
I don't even mind losing when the game and my wager goes down on the last shot of the game.
I love March Madness.
Only played 6 of all the games offered.
That was fun and still added to my bankroll I am adding to for football.
Catch me in the Off the Wall Forum
I may play some NBA playoff games with the Hawks.
gl
KOD
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Butler's Gordon Hayward chooses the NBA over another run at a national title
If Butler is going to make another run at a national championship in 2011, it will have to do so without star forward Gordon Hayward. The sophomore forward has decided to stay in the NBA draft, according to The Indianapolis Star.
Hayward is projected as a mid- or late-first round pick after averaging 15.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. His stock rose significantly after the Bulldogs' surprising NCAA tournament run that ended with a two-point loss to Duke in the title game.
Financial ramifications were part of Hayward's decision. First-round picks are guaranteed two year's salary with team options for the third and fourth years of the initial contracts.
In addition, the current labor situation makes things uncertain if he stays in school. The collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2010-11 season and there is no guarantee what the salary structure will be.
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Man this kid is making a mistake coming out early.
He was shut down by Duke and he will have more of the same in the NBA.
Maybe late 2nd or 3 hrd round pick and he would be a project imo.
I think I hold it against him for missing that last shot in the Duke game , but life goes on.
If Butler is going to make another run at a national championship in 2011, it will have to do so without star forward Gordon Hayward. The sophomore forward has decided to stay in the NBA draft, according to The Indianapolis Star.
Hayward is projected as a mid- or late-first round pick after averaging 15.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. His stock rose significantly after the Bulldogs' surprising NCAA tournament run that ended with a two-point loss to Duke in the title game.
Financial ramifications were part of Hayward's decision. First-round picks are guaranteed two year's salary with team options for the third and fourth years of the initial contracts.
In addition, the current labor situation makes things uncertain if he stays in school. The collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2010-11 season and there is no guarantee what the salary structure will be.
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Man this kid is making a mistake coming out early.
He was shut down by Duke and he will have more of the same in the NBA.
Maybe late 2nd or 3 hrd round pick and he would be a project imo.
I think I hold it against him for missing that last shot in the Duke game , but life goes on.
May 7, 2010
In gambling, brain explains attraction of near-misses
Posted: 03:53 PM ET
By Elizabeth Landau
CNN.com Health Writer/Producer
You pull the lever on the slot machine and get two cherries and a lemon. Or you throw down dice and get a six, then an eight, when you were aiming for a seven. So close! Play again!
We get a rush from playing games that we feel like we've almost won, but have lost by a small margin. For people who gamble, the allure of the "near miss" can keep the dice rolling, the slots turning, and the money slipping away.
A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience looks deeper into the mind of the gambler. Psychology researchers Henry Chase and Luke Clark looked at 20 regular gamblers. Participants varied from recreational gamblers to "pathological gamblers," meaning their habits may interfere with everyday life.
Researchers scanned the brains of these gamblers while they performed a simplified slot machine task. Although the sample size is small, studies that make use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tend to have fewer participants than survey-based experiments, and can still have important implications.
The study found that near-miss outcomes during gambling involve the brain's reward system; in particular, areas called the ventral striatum and the anterior insula.
A previous study on healthy volunteers also found that near misses are linked with heightened activity in these same brain regions associated with monetary wins.
Scientists have long known that a small cluster of brain cells that release a chemical called dopamine have been associated with addiction, but there has never been a clear explanation for it.
"This study provides an important advance in our understanding of how the brain's reward circuits underlie one form of addictive behavior, pathological gambling," said Steven Quartz, director of the California Institute of Technology?s Brain, Mind, and Society Ph.D. program, who was not involved in the study. "Many modern games of chance, especially slot machines, compel some people to play repeatedly even when they are not winning," he said in an e-mail.
Chase and Clark also showed that the more severe a person's gambling is, the more these near misses trigger the reward circuit. But the brain region in question is also involved in learning. That means the gambler's brain may be "tricked" into thinking that it is learning new information about the environment through near misses, Quartz said.
"Ultimately, a better understanding of the rewarding effects of near misses may have implications for both treating problem gambling and for regulatory practices of the gambling industry," he said.
The authors noted that they did not take into account such conditions as nicotine dependence and personality disorders, which may have impacted the brains and behaviors of participants. Also,the group of regular gamblers in this study was almost all male.
Further research is necessary to determine more conclusively how the minds of gamblers work.
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Yeh near misses
got to get my mind right
:SIB
In gambling, brain explains attraction of near-misses
Posted: 03:53 PM ET
By Elizabeth Landau
CNN.com Health Writer/Producer
You pull the lever on the slot machine and get two cherries and a lemon. Or you throw down dice and get a six, then an eight, when you were aiming for a seven. So close! Play again!
We get a rush from playing games that we feel like we've almost won, but have lost by a small margin. For people who gamble, the allure of the "near miss" can keep the dice rolling, the slots turning, and the money slipping away.
A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience looks deeper into the mind of the gambler. Psychology researchers Henry Chase and Luke Clark looked at 20 regular gamblers. Participants varied from recreational gamblers to "pathological gamblers," meaning their habits may interfere with everyday life.
Researchers scanned the brains of these gamblers while they performed a simplified slot machine task. Although the sample size is small, studies that make use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tend to have fewer participants than survey-based experiments, and can still have important implications.
The study found that near-miss outcomes during gambling involve the brain's reward system; in particular, areas called the ventral striatum and the anterior insula.
A previous study on healthy volunteers also found that near misses are linked with heightened activity in these same brain regions associated with monetary wins.
Scientists have long known that a small cluster of brain cells that release a chemical called dopamine have been associated with addiction, but there has never been a clear explanation for it.
"This study provides an important advance in our understanding of how the brain's reward circuits underlie one form of addictive behavior, pathological gambling," said Steven Quartz, director of the California Institute of Technology?s Brain, Mind, and Society Ph.D. program, who was not involved in the study. "Many modern games of chance, especially slot machines, compel some people to play repeatedly even when they are not winning," he said in an e-mail.
Chase and Clark also showed that the more severe a person's gambling is, the more these near misses trigger the reward circuit. But the brain region in question is also involved in learning. That means the gambler's brain may be "tricked" into thinking that it is learning new information about the environment through near misses, Quartz said.
"Ultimately, a better understanding of the rewarding effects of near misses may have implications for both treating problem gambling and for regulatory practices of the gambling industry," he said.
The authors noted that they did not take into account such conditions as nicotine dependence and personality disorders, which may have impacted the brains and behaviors of participants. Also,the group of regular gamblers in this study was almost all male.
Further research is necessary to determine more conclusively how the minds of gamblers work.
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Yeh near misses
got to get my mind right
:SIB
