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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) Israel is putting their air defense on high alert for the immediate future as they think there is a possibility that the plane was hijacked with the ulterior motive to use it to deliver chem or nuke weapons into Israel. I mean that would be the craziest thing ever.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 10:16 AM) I don't deny the experience gained part. I just have this feeling there would have been some awful team implosion that led to more transfers if they kept playing. Probably an overreaction, but honestly the best thing right just seemed to be to write this season off and head to the offseason for a fresh start. Something going on there that outsiders must not know. I am just a huge proponent of getting as many sanctioned practices as possible. It really hurt our football team years ago when we couldnt. A few years ago the NIT run by OSU really helped team cohesion and development.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 10:04 AM) That's awesome. Golf is one of those sports that can teach you good life lessons (patience, persistence, love for the outdoors, etc.). Even when I play bad, I always enjoy my time out on the course. And there's always a new challenge to overcome (and some challenges that you never overcome despite decades of trying). I went to Golfsmith this weekend for a club fitting session and ordered up some new clubs. Got the Taylormade Bladez irons from last year and the R1 adjustable driver, all for about $775 including tax. I'm torn on the adjustable driver because I think it will keep me from correcting my swing, but really on my drives i've had a pretty consistent fade/slice for the last 15 years. I'll go a few rounds with the problem "fixed" and then i'll spend the rest of the summer back in the same funk. If I can adjust the face angle slightly and get the ball to go straight, well, that would be great. I hate those white drivers but I love taylor made woods. Those irons are nice. Golf teaches fair play in kids as well as honesty. It's a great sport to get them in.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) Normally I'd agree with you. But with the way the season ended, especially with rumors of Vonleh holding himself out solely for draft stock and just a general lack of togetherness with this team, I just don't think it would have ended well. Practice is invaluable with the NCAA rules. Even if they lost the experience gained is worth it unless they are getting rid of the coaching staff. It's even stranger that Crean came out and said he wished they could keep playing.

Prove it.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 12:33 AM) Cool with declining CBI, not cool with Glass being a dick about it. And I wonder if there's some dissension between Crean and Glass. Certainly possible. Why would you be cool with declining additional practice time for a young team? It's stupid.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 10:22 PM) I don't know a ton about Tennessee, but Iowa is not better than an 11 seed. The Vols are IMO. Iowa could have been.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) What he say? When asked if they were going to the CBI he say, "no we're Indiana." And then Crean said we'd love to keep playing.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 08:51 PM) IU also declined. Moronic. Why not continue to improve your team? The ad's response was equally bad.

Wow the east is murderous. Not a great 1 seed but lots of parity.

Wow. MSU as a 4? Dangerous.

Louisville as a 4 seed??!!! Wtf.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 05:08 PM) OSU vs Dayton should be fun. CBS calling out Thad, saying he's been ducking them. Dayton will have a good shot. Former buckeye, lots of kids from Columbus. Not a great matchup.

Sounds like a high maintenance broad.

Zona Ucla was excellent.

So Michigan should be a 1, Wisconsin a 2, MSU a 4 and OSU a 5?

Lots of firsts today. First time MSU and UM face each other in the BTT title game, first multi win BTT for UM since 98, first BTT win for UM vs OSU. Should be a good one tomorrow.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 05:16 PM) At the risk of sound like Illinois fans and Rock, how is Wisc getting called for loose ball or over the back fouls and MSU isn't? Because they are trying to even up the calls, something that happens almost every big ten game. Almost.

Both of these teams have the chance to be dangerous in the tourney. Every team making it there is so different.

Wisconsin has the shooting to come back.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) Go into big ten thread and people are complaining about the refs. I am shocked. Cute. It was a one sided game but it wasn't the reason we lost. Still could have won even with twice the whistles.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) Ross got bailed out on Morgan's 5th. Wasn't even facing bucket. Imagine how much better he'd be if he stopped crying to refs and just played. Or if he shot about the 6 more free throws he deserved.

Good effort. Can't go down that much and expect to win. I still would have liked 5 make up calls.

Why take Thompson out there? Strange. Michigan should just start hacking. It's not going to matter for a few whistles.

Michigan has 3 fouls to give with 3 min left.