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QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) I found that funny. And anyone who follows college basketball at all knows Illinois did not deserve to be in this year's tournament. No bubble teams got screwed this year. The closest to having a case is probably Virginia Tech. Illinois would have had tied the most losses ever by a tourney team I believe if they made it.

Best. Decision. Ever. He's terrible.

Kansas has a nightmare bracket, if they make the final four, not sure anyone can beat them.

Still trying to find someone on the internet upset about the starters staying in until 2 min left. So far, nobody but Felix. Wait, actually on about the 5th message board I searched I did find about 4 people. So at least there is SOME company.

QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 14, 2010 -> 04:21 PM) This isn't meant to be sour grapes (or anything along those lines), but am I the only one that thinks OSU was being fairly classless this game by keeping their starters in while up 20+ points with like 3 minutes to go? I try not to root for injuries to players, but I certainly wouldn't shed a tear if they had been seriously injured. LOL really? He took the starters out at the 2 min mark, big deal. Be happy your team made a good run in the tourney.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Mar 14, 2010 -> 09:35 AM) Yeah I dont see how you call it an Illinois hack fest, overall the game was called pretty fairly. Only issue I had was the intentional foul call and than when Turner committed a foul that was a no call that lead to Tisdale picking up his 5th foul. But, when there are really only 2 complains about a game that means the refs did a pretty damn good job. Me too, but it didnt look like many agreed with you reading the thread.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) You have a s***ty PC then. There are so many PCs that there are bound to be lemons, but there are also a lot of PCs that are superior and cheaper than Macs as well. You just have to know what you are looking for and don't just buy computers out of a flyer. False, Im in the technical field, I dont buy PC's from fliers. I've had 3 corporate procure Dell laptops that havent been able to stand up to the rigors of the media work that I do mostly because of the inherent security weaknesses of windows. Not only is the Mac OS 100 times more stable than Windows, but the Mac hardware is superior also. I know you are a hater of all things Apple because thats your stance on computers, but I'm not some noob who apparently buys crap because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'll tell you what, next time you log into your online banking portal, take a minute to thank me for enhancing the security and your user experience, because there is an 80 percent chance that I am responsible for it.

Glad I was out and didnt come in this foul b**** fest as the OSU Illanoy game went on. The illinois hack fest was on full display tonight. Love to see Minny kick the s*** out of Purdue, that was fantastic. Now only Minny needs to win to get 6 in the tourney.

QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 10:17 AM) By that logic, but Illinois and Minnesota are going to advance. That'd certainly make for an interesting matchup in the finals. I think thats a lock actually. We'll see I guess, but ill call it right now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) Awesome buddy...you're getting hooked just like the rest of us! Did Core again today....felt awesome Had plyo friday yesterday, awesome.

At his age, this isnt that bad at all, he just misses about 6-9 months of development. Oh well.

QUOTE (hitlesswonder @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 09:50 AM) Jerry Palm at CBS still has Illinois out of the tournament and I think he's right. If Illinois beats OSU, they'd be in but I don't see that happening. Like Palm, I don't see the Big ten getting more than 4 teams in with what's happened in the ACC and Big East. And if the Big Ten does send 5 teams, Minnesota has the best shot since they can beat Purdue.... Its very hard to beat a team 3 times in a season, my money is on Illinois today.

LOL, Oregon is so thuggish. Masoli suspended for entire 2010 season for stealing a laptop from a fraternity party. Idiots. James has to spend 10 days in jail.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) I'll trade you Todd Lickliter for him. Will even throw in little Lick. At least it seems the Iowa AD finally may be starting to realize Lickliter wants to play a brand of basketball that talented players have no desire to play. Alford has New Mexico ranked in the top 10. I think Pierre Pierce may have singlehandedly killed Iowa basketball. Apparently Alford can coach and recruit, but after the Pierce fiasco he just was never going to be a fit in Iowa City. I just don't know what decent coach would want the Iowa job. I'm still trying to figure out what Lick does well.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) at least Rios is putting on a clinic. fixed

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Thats what I am looking at right now, but I dont really have the cash on me to spend. When I replace my Dell laptop (which should have atleast another year or two in it since I upgraded nicely when I bought it) I will definitely look at a mac for an everyday computer. Their applications and software are topnotch, hell you cant even find a PC replica of alot of their programs. My imac is lightening fast too. I tried to stream gigs of videos to my PS3 on my PC and it was completely bogged down and always had to be restarted, I had to restart it several times a day.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) It has wireless sync, what can be easier than that? Doesnt work with the programs I use to transfer torrants to my ipod video. The only support IPODS

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) No, it really didn't. It caught on because it was an incredibly superior product. The first iPod was introduced on October of 2001. Do you think anyone cared about their ads in 2001? I had a creative MP3 player back then. Terrible product.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) What does the Zune lack that the iTouch has? And the Zune costs $177 for 16 GB And the Itouch costs $181 for the 8 GB I dont have an itouch, I dont need that much functionality. I would say integration into itunes is probably the biggest gripe i have, its also not as user friendly. I have a much easier time transferring files, movies songs and whatnot onto my ipod than on my zune, which is why i dont use it anymore. Most companies that develop applications to even move files usually develop them for the ipod first.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 03:47 PM) If you know your way around a computer and can build it your own or shop smartly, you can find much better deals than a Mac. But, if you dont know much and just go off of standard deals and such the Mac is reasonably priced. I have always been a PC owner with an ipod as my mp3 player (I have a touch now and its amazing). I really want to buy a mac mini just to have a desktop that wont cost $1000 but also have the software that Mac has, like iweb which is just amazing for building websites. Try a refurb Imac, they are very reasonably priced, and the performance is amazing. I bought a core Duo, with 4 gig of RAM and 1 TB of storage for about 1,000

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) I used to think this same way....and then I bought just one of their products. Why do you think they OWN the mp3 market if they don't make the best device? I have a Zune as well as an Ipod and its not nearly as good as my ipod. Not as intuitive, doesnt work with itunes (defacto MP3 player), they just arent as good. IPODS are the best, my nano was 100 bucks and its ridiculous. I also have a classic (huge storage) and 2 shuffles for working out. All are intuitive and work great.

I guess I almost jinxed it there, wow. I know everyone on here had a feeling that Jordan was going to miss both shots.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 03:01 PM) I thought Melton pronounces it "Gartell" Luckily the LAA announcers are doing the game.

Illinois just played themselves into the tourney, nice work. St Joe's part 3 coming up. Chi-town

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) I can't stand Apple and their overpriced products. The only thing they have ever made that I wanted was the iTouch, but not enough to buy. Which ones in particular come across as overpriced? Their ipods are well priced IMO, my nano was very affordable and is awesome. My imac was also affordable, a rock solid long term computer for $1000 with 4GB of Mem and 1TB of storage is unreal in the computer world IMO. My Dell's generally only lasted 2 year max before I needed to upgrade, this will last for 5+