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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 24, 2007 -> 02:24 AM) I'm not falling for that Memphis trap BS after what they did to my bracket last year. Yeesh, you guys are rough on a team that made it to the elite 8. It's not like they lost in the 2nd round.

Rumor has it that I was on TV quite a bit last week.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) No words are necessary for this one...

If Zambrano would 'settle' for a 5 year deal then I hope Kenny would be all over that and throw billions of dollars at Zambrano.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 04:46 PM) Does anyone think the refs favor their favorite team? LOL, you know the answer to that.

Basketball by far and away.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 02:04 PM) Regardless, it's still hard to judge a team that plays against such weak competition. Where would C-USA rank among conference in America? Does it even crack the top ten? I'm in no way speaking 'ill' of Memphis, I'm just saying it's hard to tell how great they really are. There's no denying that their schedule blows. Just have to watch them play and make your own judgements, certainly can't go off who've they played. I've seen Memphis a bunch and I personally think they're a very, very good team.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:46 PM) You know I'm going to disagree with that, and that's just why you said it I like McCarthy - not as much as you, but I do - but I figure Vazquez will be better, and I think Danks will too. Of course. Nah, you know how much I like Brandon though so I figured if I can defend Brandon AND disagree with wite, then it's a must.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) i thought the same last year and picked them to go to the final four. thus, my skepticism this year is mostly residual bitterness over them blowing apart my bracket. They did make the elite 8, I'm sure there were many factors that 'blew apart your bracket' rather than an elite 8 team that didn't make the final four. Memphis is good, very good. They have athletes all over the floor, they can go down low and they can shoot, not to mention that they're terrific defensively.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 01:08 PM) The NL hit more homers in 1998, but had more teams too. We can throw stats back and forth all day and nothing will come of it. At some point, dominance stops becoming about statistics and starts become about the player himself. McCarthy's stuff, while good, is not overpowering. He can be dominant on certain days, but it's probable that he'll never be able to maintain that dominance over an entire year because his stuff is not overpowering. Vazquez's is stuff is overpowering, and there's no argument against that. It's easy to see that McCarthy is the better "pitcher" - as in he has better command of his stuff and knows how to get hitters out. Vazquez is much more of a "thrower" than he is a "pitcher," but that throwing can lead to dominance over the course of a year. Kerry Wood has done it, and I'd argue Jose Contreras has done it as well. Point blank, Vazquez has been a great pitcher in the past, and only his head really is stopping him from being completely dominant. Brandon will be better than Vaz this year, actually, I don't think it'll even be that close.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 10:16 AM) 32 teams, and the payout was only $50? You get free drinks as well, so that's probably why, but still 50 bucks works for me. You'd be proud Milkman, our team name was actually 'The Perfect Team' after Mr. Perfect because we were just playing Smackdown vs. Raw.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 23, 2007 -> 12:43 AM) Loyola and Wright State are both pretty good. One of them is going to win the Horizon Tourney, thus Butler will take somebody's at large bid. Boo. And Wright State gets to host the games for as long as they go, so they definitely got a solid chance to win it as does Loyola and obviously Butler. If I had to bet, I'd go with the Raiders right now.

I just won 50 bucks by winning a 32 team beer pong tournament tonight. I love college.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Feb 21, 2007 -> 09:55 PM) yeah they lost to Missouri at home and although Missouri is underrated, they are not that good. They have struggled mighty bad down the stretch. They have 0 true road wins, ZERO. That's just pathetic and I don't think a team with absolutely no wins on the road can be a NCAA tourny team.

Ok State should be no where near a NCAA bid at this point.

Outright champs of the Valley :headbang :headbang

SIU is 19 as well.

The White Sox will be the only team in the AL Central to win 90 or more games.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 21, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) Go to a national championip with Self's recruits. Terrible without Self's recruting Horrible approach with the players, and now is getting abused in the media.......Get rid of this guy, bring in talent. Billie Gillespie your phone shoud be ringing soon...come take this team back to the respectable program they should be. Don't turn this into a Bruce Weber coaching bashing thread. It has no place here.

Jesus christ people, they're 19 years old, this isn't on Bruce, sorry. These guys can make their own decisions, BW can't be on them 24/7 and he's not their daddy. I think it's to the point where everyone wants to blame everything on Bruce. This is all on Jamar.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 11:48 PM) My friend works at Best Buy and can get me a solid deal on a TV, something I've needed for years now and am thinking about splurging on knowing that this window of opportunity will close unless I take advantage of it now. Looking tonight, I picked out two TV's that I absolutely loved. Toshiba Sony The Toshiba is currently on sale for $799.99 marked down from $999.99; He can get it down to $599.99. The Sony is currently on sale for $1299.99 marked down from $1499.99; He can get it down to $999.99. At first glance, I'm thinking "man, you can't beat that Toshiba, it's only $600 bucks!" but then I take a double take and realize "man, that Sony is much bigger and I'm getting a third of the price knocked off from the original price. You can't beat that Sony!" What do you do, I ask. What do you do? Buy yourself one and buy me one. Problem solved?

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 21, 2007 -> 12:09 AM) KU will get a crack at Texas to close out the big 12 season. Also if they advance further than A&M they get it. KU had a good out of conference schedule, and got good wins over Florida, BC, South Carolina, and USC. THe RPI is not taht important outside of ESPN. It is a tool that is used. No, it's not the most important thing in the world, HOWEVER it is definitely important, especially when it comes to 1 seeds. Since 1999, there has been one whole team outside the rpi top 10 that got a one seed and a whole 2 outside the rpi top 7 that got a one seed. There have also been 0 outside the rpi top 15 to get a 1 seed, so Kansas is going to have to get that rpi up a bit. I'm not taking a shot at Kansas here at all but I just can't see them getting a one seed this year.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 11:51 PM) Kansas has played there best basketball down the stretch where teams like North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Florida have not. If the season ends today, I think they get a number one seed. I doubt it. Wisconsin, UNC, UCLA, Pitt, Florida and OSU all have better rpi's, more top 50 wins and have at least the same 'last 10' record. Kansas is a 2 right now, and I really don't see them getting out of that spot.

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 02:31 PM) Can someone please explain to me how Chief Illiniwek is offensive to an extinct tribe of Native Americans? If he went out hammered and dealt blackjack at center court, wouldn't that be more stereotypical and offensive? Illinois is not the Redskins, Indians, Savages, Braves. They are the Illini, the same as the Seminoles, and the like. Hell, just to prove a point, the Irish Illini in favor of the Chief should start b****ing about Fighting Irish. Maybe get that changed, I'm not of Irish decent, but if White Americans can b**** and pull weight in how offensive the Chief is to Native Americans, shouldn't I, a non-Irish American be able to say how offensive that damn Leprechaun is? Or the fact that the Irish are portrayed as green wearing, fighting drunks? Political Correctness to the extreme like this is ruining America. I completely agree with this.

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