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QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 11:22 PM) Who's they? I'm no where near an Illini fan but I'll put myself on that list. There, I guaranteed Illinois will make the sweet 16.

QUOTE(Brian @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 10:47 PM) Oh My God! I thought SIU played tomorrow and I was gonna miss it cuz of work. Just realized they play Friday, YES!!! Well, if they win on Friday I am most likely going to have to miss the game on sunday to go back to school.

Billy Packer is proving more and more that he's a complete tool. He admits that he hasn't seen any of the valley teams play this year, yet he's pissed off that they got so many teams in. Hey Billy, watch some of these teams play or shut the f*** up.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) What's Nunez's first name? Vladimir.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) When did we get Nunez? Sometime last year, iirc.

He looks good. His fastball might not be 95 but you can tell it kinda explodes on the hitters. I like him, lets see if he can continue to impress.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 03:04 PM) I realize how good Bradley is as well, but they shouldn't beat Kansas. Can it happen? Of course, but it would be a big surprise to me. I think KU should win as well, but it's no where near a 90 percent certainty like steve said.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) though it's not a bad idea. I just went through and did a couple 5 team parlays with teams that i'm 90% certain will win, regardless of how bad the money lines were (MSU, UNC, OSU, KU, etc) Don't be shocked if that game f's you over.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:53 PM) Considering that the #1's have never lost in the first round and that #2's very seldom lose in the first round, has anyone here ever bet on the money line on them? Taking a 4 team parlay on the #1's would double your money and a 8 team parlay on the 1's and 2's on the money line would bring a return of 3.3 times your wager. I am just wondering if anyone here has done this before. If not, why would someone choose not to do this? Isn't this as close to a sure thing as you can possibly get? Heh, not a bad idea at all. If I had money to gamble with right now, I'd probably do a 4 team parlay with all the 1's. Not the 1's and 2's though, as I think Tennessee is going down.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 11:32 PM) i would kill for some giordano's right now. Well maybe your spring break should be a week earlier.

At the Bulls game today, the guy in front of me couldn't fit into his seat. I mean, I don't want to sound like a total asshole but c'mon now.

Quite hilarious if you ask me.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 01:48 PM) San Diego will rue this day. I think Leinart is a Jet now. Titan.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) Sucks that Gload has no value to the Sox. I think Ross makes the team.

Gload can still hit.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 11:03 PM) Damn, I thought I was the only one. Do you have them beating Gonzaga or Xavier? Xavier. Xavier is starting to get things back together after losing Thornton and Finn for the year. Also, everyone knows how I feel about Gonzaga, so I like the Musketeers in that one.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 10:58 PM) DJ White will not be the best big man in the big 10 next year. Gregory Oden. Yeup. It won't even be close.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 10:47 PM) IU wins by double digits. Book it! Post saved. It'll be a good game but SDSU will pull this out imo.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 10:33 PM) I'm willing to be educated here, but why is San Diego St. considered a good team? What have they done or who have they beaten? Hell, I can't even find good teams they lost to. --Best team they played was Cal and they lost by 18 -- Split with Air Force, the team nobody thinks should be there -- Their non-conference schedule consisted of: Alaska Fairbanks UIC (loss) Southern Miss (10-21) Albany (woo hoo a #16 seed, but a tourney team anyway) San Diego Point Loma?? California Washington State (last in the PAC 10) UCSB (15-14) Maryland - Baltimore Co Providence (loss - doesn't make Big East Tourney) Loyola Marymount (12-18) South Dakota State I'll try to keep an open mind, but what about that schedule or the conference they play in makes anyone think they should be able to stay on the floor with Indiana, provided IU doesn't sleep through the game?? Watching them play. I've seen them play a good amount and Slaughter and Heath are absolute studs. SDSU is a real, real good team and in my sweet 16.

Man, Digger goes out on a huge limb. Besides the 8-9, the only first round upset he picked was Seton Hall over Wichita State and that's just because he hates the valley.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 05:22 PM) That's supposed to be the case, but don't tell UNC that. Tennessee gets to play in Greensboro, NC, while UNC is stuck in Ohio. Tennessee is a whopping 17 miles further from Ohio than UNC. Edit: Well I was wrong, Knoxville is actually closer to Dayton than Chapel Hill, so thanks selection committee. Tenn's seeding makes even less sense now, if thats even possible. Nothing the committee did this year makes sense. Look at my rant in the dc region thread about the bubble teams. I want someone to explain that to me.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 05:10 PM) I'm not sure. I don't profess to know how they come up with the seedings in each region. Since Gonzaga was widely considered a 2, I would think that they would be the strongest 3 on the ratings, although most of us say that they are the weakest. I believe for the first 4 seeds they try to get them as close to home as possible. I don't think it matters where they are on the s curve. I believe that is right, I'm not 100 percent sure though.

Just cause this is still bothering me a little bit, I would like to go over 2 resume's. Mo State: 4 rpi top 50 wins, rpi of 21, sos of 48, 8 and 2 in their last 10, tied for 2nd in the mvc which is the 6th rpi conference in the nation. Air Force: 0 rpi top 50 wins, rpi of 50, sos of 158, 7 and 3 in their last 10, tied for 2nd in the mwc which was the 8th rpi conference I believe. What the f*** am I missing here?? I heard that Air Force got in because typically the number 8 conference gets atleast two teams in. Now if that's true, all that bulls*** the committee has fed us about conferences not recieving bids is well..bulls***.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) Seriously, they have like 3 players that are any good. Granted one of them is pretty tough inside and another is averaging 28 a game, but they don't have a lot of talent for a team that is supposed to be good. They just barely squeeked by several weak WCC teams, so I don't see how they are going to do anything against real competition. The only teams they beat that were any good this year are two drastic underacheivers in Maryland and MSU, and they needed triple-overtime to beat the latter. I think everyone knows why I dislike Gonzaga so much. If you defend that poorly, you're going to get knocked out early. Not only do they play s***ty defense, they just don't give a crap on the defensive end. They would rather showboat after scoring then get back and stop the opposing team in transition. It's pretty sad to watch.