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Huge comeback in the Big Sky final. Northern Arizona was down 21 and they've come all the way back, down 2 now with 4 and a half to go.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) Just dawned upon me looking ast Lunardi's brackets, UNLV is slotted to get a 4 seed and I have yet to see this team in action at all. Does the MWC tourney start tonight?? I love me some late night hoops provided Mark Few isnt coaching the team that is on. It technically started last night with TCU beating New Mexico but it resumes tomorrow. UNLV is a solid team but I'm not sold on any of the 3 at large candidates in the Mountain West to be honest. I think SDSU is the team that can make the most noise out of that conference next week, but the only way they get in is to win this tournament.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 01:48 PM) Syracuse new unis are unbelievably terrible. Yes they are.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 01:39 PM) You forgot Bmac Oh I remembered. He doesn't belong in that exclusive company though.

QUOTE(SnB @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 01:08 PM) depaul-nova game has been really good. Depaul has hung around the entire time, but it's not looking good right now. 67-61 nova with a minute left. They're done unfortunately. I was really hoping they'd make a run in this tourny and if they got by this game I thought they had a shot.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 12:59 PM) mmm hmm. If you lock up Buehrle, garland automatically becomes the top trade bait. Not to mention, I see how hes getting better by watching him, but pure stat heads are going to see that last year's numbers where the same as a couple of years ago, which doesnt suggest improvement. I'm the last person in the world who can be called a stat head but Jon hasn't showed much improvement at all minus 05. He was pretty much our most inconsistant starter last season but he had a nice stretch where everyone else was sucking wind so it made him look even better. Jon is what he is, he's an average innings eater who you basically know what you're going to get out of. I'd trade him in a heart beat for the right package.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 12:51 PM) I really dont see how it could be a good idea to trade Garland. All the benefits of trading him are all the reasons we should keep him. Hes young. hes been consistent and getting better and we have him for two more years. Says who? He's pretty much an average pitcher who had one solid season, that's it. Jon is prime trade bait because he does have value because of his youth and we could probably get a top of the rotation return for a non top of the rotation starter.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 11:55 AM) Doesn't take much to get you jazzed up for dropping the money on a jersey. Please tell me these are just three of the many jerseys you own. Maggs, Lee, Thomas, hell I could even understand Cotts but a Joe Borchard jersey??????? Don't take it the wrong way just giving you grief, it does suck to drop that kind of dough. Ha, I only own one of those. Two of 'em are from others on this site.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) Definately...and I don't want my jersey to be useless. The useless jersey club is a pretty awesome one which includes: Damaso Marte, Billy Koch and Joe Borchard. So don't feel too bad.

I'm not getting my hopes up though. QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 09:23 AM) Levine said he expects Buehrle's agent to ask for 4yrs @14 mill. He thinks KW will counter with 3yrs @ 14 with an option for a 4th. If that's what Mark wants, this deal should have been made a long time ago.

I'm pumped to wake up early to watch CBB tomorrow, gotta love all day games. Anywho, I'm hoping Depaul can make a run here, if they can get by Nova I got a feeling they'll take down GTown.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 10:14 PM) Sorry bubble teams but.... Congrats to Evansville native Brad Brownell! Go to the Big Dance and then move your ass back home to take the UE job. That'd be a great hire for Eville and is definitely someone Aces fans have talked about on VT.

The Raiders are dancin' and there goes a bubble spot.

March basketball, how I love the.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 09:29 PM) Ha, sucks to be on the bubble Oh s*** Hop on aim.

BTW, Oral Roberts wins the Mid Con and Jimbo gets real nervous.

Butler-Wright State about to tip off, all of bubble nation is watching.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 05:07 PM) Did any of the people who think this is a great signing laugh at the Cubs when they signed Ted Lilly? I'm not going to call anyone out, but yes.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 04:42 PM) Thats fine. But who else could you lock up on the market for that money that would be a better option? Ask me in a few years, but that's not the point. I'm not arguing the market value of this deal, with an out of whack market, as of right now this deal doesn't look awful. Will the market correct itself in a few years? Who knows, once again, to me this is all about locking up a pitcher who hasn't proven jack s*** in the american league. He has proven that he has good stuff, that's it. We're locking him based on the prospect that he's going to all the sudden turn it around at the age of 30. Whether its someone in our system or in free agency, their will be better options in a few years imo.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 04:39 PM) hes going to get around 3-5 million less per year than Freddy and probably 2 less years. Maybe javy didnt put together a full year last year of great ball. But once he made significant changes to his delivery, he put together 2 of his best months. He is a good pitcher, signed below market value. I dont understand how anyone could have a problem with this at all. Probably because most of us aren't convinced that he's a good pitcher.

QUOTE(FlaCWS @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:54 PM) SportsNation Rob Neyer: (4:22 PM ET ) Really? Another feather in Kenny Williams' cap, if you ask me. Vazquez's wins and losses don't show it, but over the last two seasons he's been just as good as Freddy Garcia. But because of those wins and losses, he comes a few ticks cheaper. Good news for Sox fans. Seems like ERA shows otherwise... Vazquez's ERAs over the past three years: 2006: 4.84 2005: 4.42 2004: 4.91 Garcia's ERAs over the past three years: 2006: 4.53 2005: 3.87 2004: 3.81 Ding ding. It's not about his wins and losses it's the fact that he has not been a good pitcher in the al, strikeout rates be damned. I really don't care how good his stuff is or how good his secondary numbers are, until he stops allowing runners to score then he's not doing this team any good.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) So like 44 million over 4 years? Thats 5th starter money these days. To me it's not about the money. Contracts are insane right now so to be honest the money probably wont be horrible considering the market. I just don't want Vazquez here for 3 extra years until he starts to prove he can actually turn his stuff into results. As much as people would like to believe he turned the corner at the end of last year, I still want to see it in results this year. The guy is still a mental midget imo and I still don't think you can count on him to be a consistant starter, not yet anyways. Hopefully I'm wrong.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:07 PM) He hasn't gotten the job done in his 2 years in the AL, he hasn't spent 2 consecutive years with the same team since '02-'03 let alone the same league. Give him back to back season in the same league with the same team and he'll flourish, this is mine and KW's thinking obviously. Of course if you wait until the end of the season to give him an extension and he does kick ass this year it's going to cost you insane money to keep him around. This way you sign him to a potential bargain price in hopes that a second year with the team will do him some good. He could anchor this staff for years to come if they could just get him in a comfort zone. And IMO like I said before I really don't think a 3 year deal worth around $35M guaranteed is that much of a risk. I'm going to completely disagree with you on this. I think it's the complete wrong time to extend his contract. He has done nothing so far for us and yes I know his secondary numbers were solid last year and we all know what kind of stuff he has, but until he can equate that to actual performance(not letting runners score) then he's doing nothing for us. We're giving him an extension entirely based on potential instead of actual performance. I don't like this.

The Cowboys should not have pissed off the Icebox.