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McDermott going all Laettner in the 1st half.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 2, 2013 -> 01:44 PM) I've complained about that numerous times in this thread. What makes it particularly egregious that the refs favor the defensive player to the extent they do in college basketball is that well over 50% of the time the defensive player should be called for a foul in those situations. It drives me insane. And oh ya it's wayyyyyyy over 50 percent. It's terrible.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 2, 2013 -> 01:34 PM) OU smacking ISU. Just s***ty effort. Hangover?

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 2, 2013 -> 12:39 PM) So as long as we don't play anyone hot or good, we got a shot? Yes pretty much. Haha.

Every time players collide in college basketball it's a charge if you guys didn't know.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 09:36 PM) Just cuz I want to start a thread. SIU gonna be the first 10 seed ever to win this! Stay away from IlSU in the first round and out of Creightons side of the bracket please.

Magic has apparently offered to put up a million dollars if LBJ would enter the dunk contest.

Illinois is going to be one of those teams where nobody will be surprised if they go to the e8 or lose 1st rd.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 07:13 PM) Love B&B, but it's not for everyone. But, when they talk sports, they can talk it at a higher level than anyone else in town. But let me just say that some of the best parts of the show is when they aren't talking sports at all, and just talking about random stuff. Sometimes those segments are just epic. Not a huge fan of them in general but I will say listening to them when all the Penn State stuff was going down was the best radio ever.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 09:39 PM) There's already a rumor he could be transferring and could look at Iowa State, naturally. I guess we should probably open up the March Madness forum soon. I was going to yell at you about it soon. Conference tourneys start on Tuesday!

Kyyle, Brian here are the arch madness scenarios: win on Saturday and we face the winner of The Saturday Bradley-Mo state game, we lose on Saturday and IlSU loses Saturday we face them in the first rd(worst scenario and possibly the most realistic), or we lose on Saturday and IlSU wins then we play Drake on Thursday.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 10:00 PM) Yea you guys obviously never drove through So Illinois, lol I read I57 and just cringe.

Yay Salukis. I'm just hoping to stay out of Creightons side of the bracket and hope for a miracle.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 07:20 PM) PSU/Michigan tied with 4:20 left. Michigan is a good bet to be the first 1/2 seed to be eliminated come tourney time.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 09:48 AM) Do we have a shot to miss Thurs at Arch? No. We're basically locked into the 10 seed. At least we'll have a decent shot to win on Thursday.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 09:51 AM) I don't think you can say OK State is the best team they've faced like it's a fact. I think everybody would agree that the B1G is a harder conference than the Big 12 and look at how OK State did out of conference compared to Illinois. The argument can certainly be made that OK State is the best team they've faced, but it isn't fact. And the problem with Gonzaga is their guard play. Against good defensive teams their guards have lots of problems. Pangos isn't a good defender either. Look at the three OOC games against Illinois, Butler, and K state (cherry picking because those were probably the three best defensive teams that Gonzaga faced this year), Pangos had a combined 24 points on pretty poor percentages. Stockton off the bench isn't particularly good either. On paper and when they're playing poor teams Gonzaga looks incredible. Unfortunately, when they play teams that can pressure the ball or play solid defense their guards have issues because they can't really drive. You're right that I shouldn't have worded that as a fact, IMO Ok state is the best team they've faced this year. I can say for a fact that Ok State is the best defensive team that they've faced all year and by a good margin, and Pangos lit them up. And once again, this has nothing to do with how they look on paper(though the numbers love them as well), this has to do with what I've seen.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 11:16 PM) I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's so hard to judge teams like that. Play almost nobody, and when they have, they've lost. They beat Ok State(who was the best team on their schedule, not Ill or Butler) and KState. And like I said, I'm certainly not saying they should be ranked number 1 or even a 1 seed at this point but my eye tells me they're one of, if not the best team in the country. They have scorers/shooters from every position on the floor, they're extremely efficient offensively, their defense has improved big time as the season has went on, they're big, they're fast as hell, they're really, really good. And don't get me wrong, I understand what you're saying but from what I've seen, they're as good as anyone.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 10:42 PM) It feels icky because Gonzaga just isn't all that good... They're pretty damn good. Resume wise they don't deserve to be number 1 but they're good enough to win it all this year.

Alright number 1, s*** has gotten ugly, we're ready...

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 08:40 PM) Ryan Evans just shot a jump shot free throw. lol Ha might as well try something new at this point.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 05:25 PM) I think everyone left work early, cause my commute home was a piece of cake. Yup. We got like nothing downtown. Brian, I heard you guys got hit pretty hard?

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 03:52 AM) This, and I'm not so sure Punk loses. Taker has to be retired somehow and he isn't just going to quietly disappear. Taker loses at Mania and they do a whole lightning and smoke show where he is carried off or something. Retirement. They've sold their 20-0 DVDs already. He'll be at WM 30. I'd be shocked if he lost to Punk.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Feb 25, 2013 -> 10:52 PM) I think that any accomplishments, be they individual or team-related (as is the case with the 2012/13 Hawks season), need an asterisk next to them during shortened years- especially one that has been nearly halved. It's been like 37 hours since the season began and it's nearly halfway over already. The same goes for each of the other major sports. Well hello buzz killington.

That was absolutely a charge. Bad break for the heads'

Punk and Cena are seriously fantastic together.