IlliniKrush

Dear Kansas fans (Jimbo, watchtower, etc), How's Bill Self treating you? Is that 2 first round losses in...2 years? To a 13 and 14 seed? Damn. Rock. Chalk. Jayhawk. KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Love, Illinois fans

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) They don't have a lot of weapons. They've done it when defense all year. Picked a bad time to have a horrible defensive game. They have 39 points with 4 minutes left. I don't care how good their D was, they weren't going to win.

This SIU team is just not very good offensively whatsoever, they can't close the gap

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) Krushers are the only fans dumb enough to rush the floor in a loss. I knew you'd come back with that, and right now it doesn't matter. Iowa fans are awesome.

Did Iowa fans rush the court after the game?

LMAO...hang a banner in Carver Hawkeye for that one.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 17, 2006 -> 10:49 AM) I would probably have picked G. Mason if Skinn didn't feel it necessary to punch people in the nuts. I'm just not sold on this MSU team even if they are usually a very good tourny team. Last place so far Rowand, nice

All 5 brackets are between 11 and 13 wins, only Nevada gone in the sweet 16 on 2 brackets.

So according to college gamenight, ISU just fired their coach.

Sweet scoring breakdown by Duke. 29 for redick and williams, 12 for everyone else (8 of it mcroberts). 20 turnovers, including 7 by paulus. This team is going down sooner than later* *Depending on how much the refs can save them.

Besides some shoddy 3 point defense (a ton of those were wide, wide open looks) and some stand around offense in the 1st half, that was a pretty good game. How about Jamar Smith. That game got close so many times and Jamar just pushed Air Force away. If you are gonna continue moving in this tournament, that's the kind of game you are gonna need from your bench. Warren with a good game as well, i can't forget to mention that. If Dee can start making some damn shots, and we get an effort like that all-around, i'll be excited to see how far we can go. But it's gotta be all pieces clicking. Good game, see someone on Saturday.

CWSGuy (going to Marquette) calls me with a minute left "I just got out of the opera, what's the score?" ........................um, yeah.

Wichita St looks like they are gonna run SH out of the gym right now.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 16, 2006 -> 01:15 AM) If you guys beat Texas and Duke to get to the final 4, I'll shave my ass hairs. I'll even post a pic of my hairless booty. He said it: "There is no more passionate owner in sports than Bill Wirtz and the Wirtz family," Bettman said. "This is just going to be a question of getting back on track. They were a little unlucky, and they have acknowledged they made some mistakes."

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 10:50 PM) Well, if they win on Friday I am most likely going to have to miss the game on sunday to go back to school. Taking SnB's job, nice.

Good job Boz

http://bracketproject.atspace.com/comparison.htm This is for watchtower boy. I'd be done talking about it, but if you want to keep going, i will.

This, from Andy Katz, today about what he heard from the committee: And yet they go on record continuously and say that they look at schools, not conferences and that conference affiliation does not matter.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 10:59 AM) Thats all I was trying to let you and other Illini fans know, how u finish counts for an awful lot. I used the last 9 games as a factor, because it is pretty clear on how the two teams finished out the season in different directions and obviously gets worse for Illinois case if I used more games. Of course Mich St is a better oppenent than Virginia, but this is really where the Illini lost their #3 seed. I already admitted that I like Illinois body of work better, and I don't even know why I am trying to justify UNC's seed to the few blinded Illinois fans. I've had more realistic discussions with diehards that are happy that they didnt fall to a #5. The strength of schedule is not even close. Yes I know Illinois beat UNC, yes the Big Ten is better than the ACC. But like I said before, UNC will get the benefit from the committee in a close situation, UNC coming in peaking at the right time earned them this spot and rightfully so. Illinois can earn that same creditability by going out and beating UConn instead of whining that you have to play them. Was Syracuse #5 seed before they finished the season the way they did?? I've had better conversations with people who don't say "illinois drew air force and play in san diego, so it's a good draw"

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QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 09:17 PM) Thanks. Why would you click on an obviously labeled women's basketball thread when you obviously hate it? Doesn't make much sense to me. To add a comment in here. Women's bball, woot.

Tell me this thread doesn't exist.

Basically podcasts mean Jason > professors.

QUOTE(watchtower41 @ Mar 13, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) This will be the one and only time you will see me defend UNC, but the breakdown between the two is actually pretty easy. -UNC won 8 in a row (including @ #1 Duke) going into the ACC tourney and beat Virginia in the tourney. -Illinois is 5-4 in their last 9 games and looked horrible in their opening round loss to Michigan State. Conference tournaments do count on the resume. I agree that I would favor the Illini's overall body of work opposed to UNC, but how you finish has always been a major factor with the committee, this year was no different. UNC also has also earned an elite reputation with the tournament, they will get the benefit in a close situation. Body. Of. Work.