whitesoxfan101

Like I said, Simeon is unbeatable . Rose was in foul trouble all game, and yet they still EASILY dispatched of St. Joseph's and their two Big 10 recruits by 14 points. Anyways, the quarters are Friday, and the semi's, 3rd place, and final game Saturday, so I figured I'd bump this. QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Feb 26, 2007 -> 09:59 AM) I would be suprised if Loyola didn't get downstate. Oops!!

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 09:47 PM) Of all the offensively challenged players, Ben Wallace and Tyrus Thomas are going nuts. Tyrus isn't offensively challenged, he's PT challenged by Skiles. He could answer some inside scoring issues if he plays that much. Your right about Big Ben, though....21 shots?!?!

8 PM tomorrow? I'm in.

Why is it that 99.9 percent of us in the midwest say "tournament" wrong. The eastern seaboard people pronounce it "tour-na-ment", which is right, yet us midwesterners call it the "turn-a-ment" for some reason. I never realized it until now, and don't get it. Also, had Illinois kept the Chief (it's official today that he's gone, but the nickname Fighting Illini stays btw I heard), would they have been left out of the dance? I say it's very possible with as fickle as the NCAA is.

To answer the question in this thread, we gave up on Cotts because even in the case of lefties, if your only pitch is a "sneaky" 90 to 92 MPH fastball, that's a bit of a problem. The Cotts/Aardsma trade will be remembered as crap for crap, and if all we could get was Mackowiak for Marte, Aardsma for Cotts is about right. People always overvalue players on their own team though, and you get threads like this. Heck, there are people who are silly enough to think we did bad in even the B-Mac trade somehow.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 10:50 AM) i hear a lot of what you're saying here and on many points i agree with you. but i really don't think that what 101 said was that far off base. his opinion is that outside of gordon illinois and indiana's classes are very, very similar. i'd agree with that. indiana's class illinois's class now this is based entirely on star rankings, which is really the only objective way we can look at players we've mostly never seen play before. as an illinois fan i think their recruits can be great, just as you feel the same way about indiana's. but at the end of the day, we don't know. this could be the class that gets erases the "weber can't recruit" belief, or it could be the one that gets him fired. time will tell on that, but for now the only way we have to judge these kids is by their star rankings. and in that vein, the rankings of the team's recruits are similar. Hooray common sense. And I also think Illinois would already be doing a lot better in recruiting had they got Gordon, Ohio State could tell you better than anybody what 1 big recruit can do.

I will say this about Rowand: IF we don't give up anything major and IF it means Rowand in CF, Erstad in LF, and Pods on the bench.....I could live with it. Doubt I would get all those wishes though.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 11:45 PM) I dont see how a player can be pissy about this, you make a guaranteed 7.2 million next season than either if he gets franchised again he will make 9 plus million or he will be a f/a and get the deal he wants. I just cant side with a player in this situation at all. He wants his 20 to 25 million guaranteed (Porter got like 23) in addition to the salary, it's pretty simple what he wants. The problem is, he doesn't seem to get that his choices are play for the Bears this year, OR sit out all year and lose himself a ton of money both in 2007 and beyond since nobody wants a guy that sat out a year. He can piss and moan all he wants at this pathetic system that loser Gene Upshaw created, but he has no choice but to play.

Somebody was listening to Mac, Jurko, and Harry today. Anyways, count me in. It's spring break, I got nothing else to do except watch games and this .

I don't have a whole lot of them (ODU and Illinois in the first round, I have Oregon over Maryland in the elite 8, Winthrop, Georgia Tech, etc....) but I have a bad feeling I'm going to regret one of the two games I didn't take, VCU vs. Duke (I saw VCU 3 times, they were bad all 3), and I have a feeling on Oral Roberts/Wazzu. Albany could also be interesting with the game they gave UConn last year in their matchup against Virginia.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 03:01 PM) Call me crazy, but I like the way BC matches up against them. Albeit, I am not that confident in having BC go that far after they have came crashing back to reality as of late. BC would get killed on the interior against them. Their lack of depth and size with Williams gone is a deathknell in that game.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 03:01 PM) KU also has the 3rd best defense in the nation, UNC like Kansas just needs to let Durant get his 28+ and contain Abrams and Augustin. Easier said than done. KU let Durant get his both times, used their depth, and still BARELY pulled out victories, and KU is the most talented and deep team in the country along with UNC. Very few people can do that, which is why if Texas survives UNC, I think they'll go to Atlanta and blow up all the brackets with Georgetown there *waves*. QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 01:35 PM) You'd think teams would start doubling him at all times since James and Mason generally aren't going to hurt you that bad. If he doesn't crack at least 25 against most teams they're toast unless Abrams is hot... The interesting thing about Durant is he's better against bigger guys and doubles. When KU doubled him or put Arthur or Kaun or somebody big on him, he scored at will. His trouble came against a smaller, quicker guy in Brandon Rush. Really, the only way to stop him IMO is use quickness to slow him/wear him down, although Brandan Wright on Durant would be a fascinating matchup.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 12:28 PM) No chance they'll hire another U of I assistant coach. I look for Phillips to use his ND connections, and possibly hire Gene Cross. That is what i'm told is probably going to happen. I wouldn't mind it, he has a lot of Chicago recruiting connections as well I believe.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 01:21 PM) I must be one of the few that has Georgetown going out relatively early. I could see them losing, but all they have to do is roll out the basketballs and they are in the elite 8 with the road they were given. BC and Tech aren't anything, and Wazzu is pedestrian.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 02:33 PM) I'm not here to go on Hangar-esque tangents, but this is a national magazine. You don't see the bias in the article? That is Hangar-esque grasping for straws. THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE is "baseball's last trajedy", which to me refers to the recent success of us and Boston.

I think the change (for the better) in his swing mechanics and how consistent he can be with it from now until we head for Atlanta means a lot more than the average, one will take care of the other. I personally want to see the BA in center, Erstad in left, Pods taking a nap lineup most of this year. Hope it happens.

*waves around proverbial John Danks pom pomps* I'm sorry, but lefties who will attack the hitters and have that kind of stuff don't get their ish knocked in. I'm a lot more concerned about Floyd getting killed than Danks to be honest. Based on what I've seen, read, and heard.....the only way I can see Floyd beating out Danks in the senario presented in the opening post of this thread is if Freddy Garcia trade politics get in the way, and sadly that's always possible.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 11, 2007 -> 10:15 PM) Is there any way that Iowa can still hang a banner? "2006-2007 Snub: NIT" "2006-2007 Participant: Big Ten Conference" "Almost kept Illinois out of NCAA Tournament: 2006-2007" "2006-2007 better seed in Big Ten Tournament than NCAA Participants Illinois, Purdue, and Michigan State" Any of those would go great with last years "Almost beat #14 seed Northwestern State in 1st round: 2005-2006" God I LOVE Steve Alford, I hope he stays at Iowa forever, it'd be so grand.

Oregon (surprise!!) UCLA (don't have to leave Cali) Georgetown (toughest team in the toughest bracket) Ohio St. (my pick to win it all over UCLA)

Wayne McClain to NIU is what I'm hoping for.

QUOTE(chimpy2121 @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 12:30 AM) I'm definately feelng the Hoyas in the east bracket. Does anyone have any info on USC? I'm not familiar with the West coast teams, but I'm trying to figure out if this is one of my 5-12 upsets. Floyd is a really good COLLEGE (emphasis on the caps) coach, that team has a lot of talent, and I wouldn't pick Arkansas because their one big asset (athletic ability) will be canceled out because USC is just as athletic and has solid depth, especially in the backcourt.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 11, 2007 -> 11:45 PM) I've really developed a strong dislike for Jim Boeheim the last few years, so I'm happy they didn't make it. Somebody should tell him that they'd have a better shot at an at large if they'd leave the state of New York before New Years.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Mar 11, 2007 -> 11:41 PM) Kansas fans are always glad to see Syracuse down in the dumps. I'm sure that statement rings (oh how bad is that pun?) hollow among their fans .

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Mar 11, 2007 -> 05:47 PM) Stanford beat 5 solid tourney teams, I don't see why everyone is up in arms over them getting in. Probably because Air Force beat them by 34 AT Stanford while having a comparable resume overall is what has people angry, however AF has nobody to blame but the mirror since they lost in the 1st round of their league tourney AGAIN. I would have put in Syracuse over Arkansas and probably somebody like perhaps FSU over Stanford, but besides that the bracket is solid. As good a job as i've seen them do in terms of putting the right teams in, and that is what really matters moreso than seeds.

Michigan shall continue in it's long line of excellence in the not invited tournament. In all seriousness, with all the bubble/20 win teams this year, it'll actually be a watchable NIT for once.