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given what's happened in the past i think kevhead is right on in his assessment. at this point, i hope both frank and kw stfu about the matter.

if you are really into basketball recruiting, or in high school basketball in general, this is a pretty cool link. this site has video (some of it pretty damn good) of high school games this year. some pretty good teams and players to see. media page

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 08:05 PM) http://www.youtube.com/w/Autistic-basketba...&page=1&t=t&f=b man, am i the only one who gets choked up over s*** like that. damn i'm a puss.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 08:42 PM) I'm not saying this doesnt happen because Illinois wont do it, an annual game would be great for the state and benefit both schools for recruiting. I don't understand why a school would fear a loss before a game is potentially scheduled... i'm not sure how much of a benefit illinois derives from playing southern, but i am happy they are doing it. i'd like to see an illinois-depaul game as well.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 07:50 PM) Oh man, there is a great Simpsons reference for that, but I'm already over my quota for the month. LOL.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 07:18 PM) I give the Hooisers credit...that will be a tough game indeed. The Illini should play them every year, but that will happen when pigs fly. actually it is probably happening next year. this is from mark tupper's web log on feb. 2: blog link and for the record, weber has said throughout his tenure at illinois that they would schedule southern as soon as the players he recruited were off the roster. that would be next year. and when the pigs fly, will they be wearing capes?

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must've heard from hutch and henson.

i have found a new hero.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:31 PM) This year's team, as much as it angers me, doesn't have the talent to have as good a record it does. i agree with this, although i am sure it is not a popular view among some illinois fans. i heard bill carmody on the pre-game show before last saturday's ohio state-northwestern game, and carmody said he thought ohio state and illinois were the two teams that overachieved the most this year in the big ten. now, i don't know if i totally agree with that, but i will say that if preseason you would have told me they'd have been 22-5 this year at this point, i think i would have been pretty happy about it. illinois is a really flawed team. they have to win with their defense, but their best defensive line-up features randle and frazier, and you can pretty much ignore those guys offensively, which compounds their problems. i give weber credit for making it work somehow.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) I haven't really read this thread, so I might have missed this, but what's the word on Sherron Collins? committed to kansas.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:46 AM) That's because Ohio State won the Big 10 last night. i would not be shocked if the wildcats gave osu a run in evanston. not saying they'll beat them, but it's not like osu crushed them in columbus.

looks like her and kwan had a talk before she left town.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 07:14 PM) I've also liked OSU since they put together that run out of conference. I knew Dials would be a stud, but I didn't think their guard play was going to be as solid as it is. I'd feel a lot better about them if they had another big man though. If Dials gets in foul trouble, it could get interesting. It might also be a problem if they face a really big, athletic team, but I can't think of one that also has good enough guards to keep up with OSU, other than UConn. As I've said, Illinois is the only other team that I really have any faith in, although I think their chances of getting past the Sweet 16 are fairly slim. Every other team looks like a world-beater one night and awful the next (I guess the Illini do it to, but they get by with their defense). I think the team with the best shot of making a run outside of those two is Michigan, but only if they get 100% healthy or very close to it. They haven't fallen off the face of the earth despite playing without Abram for most of conference play, without Harris for two games and half of two others (they might have beaten OSU if he hadn't gotten hurt), without Smith for a few games, and are now playing without Hunter. If they do get healthy and no one suffers significant slumps getting back into game shape, a starting lineup of Horton-Harris-Abram-Brown-Sims with Hunter, Pettway, Coleman, and Smith off the bench is a very impressive lineup. On paper, that's the best team in the conference, although I'm not sure how close they can get to a full squad between now and the tournament. you have been very consistent in your support of michigan. i could see them putting it together if they get in, and right now i think they are in. as for illinois? i guess i feel like them a lot like i feel about the rest of the big ten contending teams. they are great at home, but outside of the wisky game have not proven themselves on the road. i could see them making a huge run, and i could see them having a horrid shooting game and being out in the second round.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 07:12 PM) I'm not going to say it's true, but the sources this came from mean it's more than just hearsay and somebody throwing crap on the wall and hoping it sticks. As for Bruce, Simeon has a kid named Tim Flowers who I know we are at least evaluating right now, and Bruce was seen talking to him, not Rose, after the game last night (and that's not hearsay, it's direct info from somebody that was at the game). hmm. i heard differently. i heard from a friend of mine who went that he saw weber and didn't see weber speak with anyone. i'm not sure he is even allowed to speak with recruits right now. i'm also very skeptical of flowers as a big-time recruit. but who knows.

i really like ohio state's chances. i've liked them all season really. to me, they have all the elements you need to make a deep tournament run. great guard play from foster and butler (the league's best point guard, imo), have a great big man who scores well and can play defense, have good depth and an outstanding coach. of course, with ohio state you can always run into the trouble of having a cold-shooting night or having dials in foul trouble. that could end anyone's run, though. outside of them i am having a really hard time assessing how the other teams are going to fare. big ten teams have played like utter crap on the road in the league, and i'm not sure if that's a result of the league being so strong or those teams just not having what it takes from a mental toughness standpoint to win on the road. the latter scenario would not bode well for teams in the tournament.

he'd never played before, and hit six 3s in four minutes of a high school game. nice job. story

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 05:56 PM) Harry Doyle "Welcome to local Access TV 44, Wahoo TV central everybody. We are looking to start another campaign at the Reservation this year against the hated pale hose from the 2nd city. Today we will have an interview from Japanese pitcher Tadano. Who appears to be some sort of cult movie star. We will be showing a few of his clips during the commercials for Big Als Bowl-o-rama. Hey everybody, don't forget about die hard night here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant." nicely done. a kaz tadano movie reference no less. bravo.

QUOTE(illinilaw08 @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 07:52 AM) The best Izzo teams have always had a ton of depth in the frontcourt, and I really think that is the weakness of this MSU team, beyond Davis there is not much there. They could absolutely make a run deep in the tourney because of their big 3, but the Izzo teams I remember always had bigs they could keep throwing at you. They are the most talented scoring team in the big 10, but the role players just are not there. trannon was probably their best big man besides davis. so much for that.

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thanks for the info, i just read that. at this point i'm not reading too much into it. i have no problem with his brother running his recruitment, and a big problem if he is running it by trying to line his own pockets. at this point that is all hearsay and is unproven. besides, if illinois was out of the running already and not even interested, why would weber have been in attendance at last night's von steuben-simeon game? there were no other high division I prospects playing in that game. i am not confident rose will go to illinois, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did. at this point i think illinois fans are just so gun shy with any kids from the city that they are looking for reasons to be negative about the recruitment.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 23, 2006 -> 04:54 AM) Illinois has offered 4 star PG Brockeith Pane of Dallas already this week, and now apparently have offered Evan Turner http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/evanturnerfeb.html This I'm sure is related to the Derrick Rose incident.... incident? please share.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Feb 22, 2006 -> 02:12 PM) I disagree that Julian Wright would be the difference maker for us. IMO the player we could most 'use' from Kansas would be Brandon Rush. We are missing a 2 guard that can get his own shot. We don't have a player who can have the ball in his hands down the stretch and get off a shot under diress. Dee is a very good college player. He has certain things that he can do well. But we are sorely missing consistent production from our off guard position this year. That and our poor free throw shooting will be our demise come march. very good points. this team has not really developed a consistent offensive option from the guard spot this year. mcbride and smith have played well at times, but they are streaky three-point shooters who don't offer much more than that on offense. the frustrating thing is that i do think in pruitt we've begin to see the development of a better inside offensive game, but there is no complementary outside game that would give you a nice inside-outside balance. most concerning to me, though, is this team's defensive lapses. i've said many times that this team will go as far as its defense. clearly that is the best part of its game. however, the defense has been really spotty lately, and most disconcerting it's been spotty at the most crucial points of the game.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Feb 21, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) But when I was at Oklahoma State...... .....coach sutton always played me huge minutes because i mixed up the best scotch on the rocks...