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These ratings are laughable. I don't get it, watch the game. You want to knock Curry knock him all you want, but the guy helps the team. Without Eddy the Bulls would have ZERO low post presence and they would falter. He needs to improve his rebounding and of course defense. But he did have stretches this year where he played better defense. His quotes today were great talking about him and Chandler and fact is he's in tremendous shape. Lay off the guy. Also, its horses*** if anyone thinks Nocioni is that bad. The guy is instremental in a lot of Bulls games. He draws the offensive foul like nobodies business and has done a pretty good job replacing Luol Deng. Case is, Curry rarely plays when the bench is in and the Bulls bench tends to outscore opponents benches. There are a lot of factors to these ratings and no one is gonna tell me Hassel is one of the worse players in that regard. Hassel may not score but he is one of the best defenders in the NBA.

Sounds like a great freaking win

QUOTE(Spod=Ratings @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 08:29 PM) Do you think Wake still deserves a number 1 seed? Yes...they lost the game without one of there best players, if not there best player. Bottom line is Kansas doesn't deserve a 1 seed so Wake definately does. I guess Duke could grab Wake's 1 seed but I don't see it happening. UNC and Illini are locks and I kind of think Wake is as well.

QUOTE(Fotop @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 09:39 PM) Even with the win today I still don't buy Iowa making the dance unless they make the Big 10 final. You don't go 7-9 in the Big 10 and expect a tournament bid when you win 2 games in the Big 10 tourney. Also, don't overrate their OOC games that they won...those were with Pierce, and he's not going to be playing again anytime soon. Fact is they won the games. Regardless of whether he's on the team or not anymore isn't the case. The Hawks have more big wins then any other bubble team and they proved today that they could win without Pierce by taking out the #10 team in the country Michigan State. 21 wins, quite a few quality wins including the big wins over MSU, Texas, Louisville...then of course ISU, Texas Tech, Northern Iowa (should be tourney bound).

The Titans went down to Utah State in a close game. Absolutely the worse officiated game I've ever seen. 24 fouls to 9 and no game is called like that. The Titans got absolutely clobbered on the boards and it was the only reason they lost. They were down by 2 with under 2 to go and then Utah State pulled away. Absolute blast though regardless..just wish they could of went further cause they have a good squad. God I love this time of year. There were a bunch of brawls at the game and I can singlehandedly say Utah State is the team I hate more then any other team in the country. GO PACIFIC tomorrow.

NC State is gonna be dancing as well with that win, imo. So it looks like NC State, Minnesota, Texas Tech and I'd like to think Iowa have all gotten themselves into the tourney today. Then you have Iowa State who has to be teetering at this point. I'd think they'd go but you just don't know. And I don't know why but people think UCLA should still go and is a near lock but that would be horrific because the Pac 10 is awful this year minus Washington and Arizona.

Personally if I am a favorite, the teams I don't want to play are the ones with everything on the line cause those are the teams that will be going all out. You could even count the teams with nothing on the line either ,like the NU's. But in the case of Iowa they got everything in terms of tourney future on the line so they better damn well leave it all on the court. I think you could say the same about OSU except they are soley playing for pride and for next year and then you have Wisconsin who is gonna want to improve their seeding and of course Minny. Its gonna be a fun game tomorrow whether its OSU or Wisconsin. Iowa has split with OSU and blown a game against Wisconsin but I look forward to playing either of them. I'm just glad Iowa has another game.

OMG, what a game by the Hawkeyes. They had that one stretch with like 6 stretch turnovers in the 2nd half but besides that they played very well and won that game. Heck, they did all they could the final two minutes to hand the game to MSU because that game was Iowa's. If this doesn't get Iowa into the dance I'll be pissed, but regardless I want them to just keep on winning. On a horrible sidenote I just got home and turned on ESPN and they are saying Bruce Weber's mom passed away. Horrible news and prayers go out to him.

Nice, just called the bar and the game is gonna be on the big screen. GO Hawks and hopefully later today I'll be posting about a great Hawkeye victory

56-54 Stinson with a jumper 1:26 left

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) Yeah, what a game, i'm on the edge of my seat I'm having to use gametracker to follow this...LAAAAAAAME

56-52 now with 1:37 left.

54-52 2 minutes left. ISU losing would really make the selection show interesting. I still think they should be in, but they'll definately be sweating.

Raiders won't move to LA because the majority owners (not Al Davis) are mobsters and the real reason they left was because they were in deep s*** in LA and trust me they won't be back. This was the talk when they originally left LA and its the only reason Al Davis is the spokesman for the team and not the real backers.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 02:04 PM) I'm at a loss for words right now. This is just ridiculous. Well ESPN has just sold me on buying that CSTV package so I make sure I can get all the games I want to see in the tourney. 10 bucks will be well worth it.

1 point game ISU up with TT losing. Omg total bulls***, they are actually going to the Holy Cross game. Its the first f***ing half when you have a 1 point game late in the 2nd half in the big 12. No loss to show the end of ISU-TT game and then going to the HOly Cross game (they are getting spanked right now). I swear, every year I b**** at CBS and ESPN and how big of f***tards they are with there programming.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 02:01 PM) f*** ESPN, let's go alreayd, this is a 19 pt game. Good lord...if they actually go to the Bucknell Holy Cross start instead of the end of the ISU-TT game I'm gonna go nuts.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) Only one minute left, hopefully they'll get on it right away We continue to be shown this game because Dickie V is announcing probably. "Gotta give the people what they want" Dickie V is a retarded jackass.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 01:59 PM) They trailed most of the 2nd half. Either way, I'm still surprised everyone picked they way they did. I shouldn't be because people see Northwestern and assume they will lose. Lord knows the Hawkeyes have done that plenty of times

Me too, I don't get why we have to watch GT-VT when its an asswhooping. For christ sakes ESPN's gotta figure this out. I'd understand if I was in the ACC region but I'm not, I'm in the west coast so give me the best damn game. ISU wins this won and they are in for sure. I think they are already in, but this would cinch it. It be a good thing too because it helps the case for my Hawks, imo, even though ISU is a bubble team I don't think of them as a competing team in terms of the Hawks potential spot.

They just better do good on Sunday against the Clippers because I'll be there

Funny thing is, if Iowa doesn't do it today, there is a decent shot that IU will get Alford and Iowa would get Davis. Personally I'd have no problem with that cause I like Davis.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 11, 2005 -> 01:49 PM) I got an AMEX. For $10, I'd watch the games. Hehe. I got one too. If your in I can order it and then we'll just doc the 10 bucks or whatever from server costs...ehh I hear its pretty good online and you can watch multiple games at once and stuff. I figure 10 bucks is a small price to pay.

Should be a good game. Wish I could see it, hopefully they'll win.

Should he...No, but will he...Yes I think the alumni calling for his head will be too much for the AD and they'll eventually axe him. Personally I think he's getting way too much blame because I think in general he's done a good job. This team was insanely young and its tough to do as good as they did with a team that young. Young teams are bound to be inconsistent. IU will be a very good team next year. Hell, the Big 10 should once again be one of the premier conferences next year. If Ill doesn't lose too many guys to early entry, then them, MSU, and IU will all have very good clubs, Iowa has the talent (we'll see if they could put it together) and then of course Ohio State is a good team as well and then Wisconsin and Minny.