IlliniKrush

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 21, 2014 -> 09:34 PM) Soccer players in Europe were jealous of that flop, but there is zero reason to contest that shot. This. Don't breathe on him.

MASH unit. We know we're playing Avs in the first round, likely on the road, just hope we can hit the reset button health-wise for game 1. That's about all that matters at this point. Will be interesting to see how TT fits in. Maybe Sunday, won't be tonight.

God I was so sick of Pitino b****ing about the matchup.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 21, 2014 -> 12:15 AM) Tonight will never end!! Goal should be to run this game until the 1st game starts tomorrow. Also, holding on to basketballs is a good skill to have.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 11:05 PM) I've got Lou to at least the elite eight. Yikes. If you only have them in the elite 8, and have Mich/Duke or whatever, you may as well root against them. You're still ahead of the guys that have them as champs/final game/final four.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 09:12 PM) Well we all know the Dakich family are a bunch of clowns. Anyone who knows college Bball knows craft is a great glue guy and role player. That's it. However I have no problem with them highlighting a kid who is a success off the court. We need more Aaron crafts and less thugs, criminals, and guys who get 0.0 gpas. Don't disagree. QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) There's a difference between highlighting and slobbering all over him. That's what gets annoying. But yes, this.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 08:40 PM) I think it's funny to hate on the media shoving good kids down people's throats. Those are exactly the kids they should make people aware of, the good role models, the kids that are what's right about college athletics. Dakich saying he'd take him over ANYONE ELSE in college basketball? It's not about good kid, it's how overrated he became.

He also traveled, seeing it again.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) Craft mugged. No call. Fitting end for this team. Happy to never watch them again. LOL right, expect a bail out call there when hes barreling praying for a foul

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 09:54 PM) This is awesome. A little scary from a security perspective, but he didn't do any harm. That's incredible. And yeah, a bit scary.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 08:59 PM) Pretty much what I do. I like to do multiple brackets because it's fun to try to play out multiple possibilities. But I guess we're not doing it right. For example, I just made one for the second Soxtalk pool. I spent about 3 minutes on it. But I wanted to throw Heads a bone and have ISU make the Final Four in one of my brackets. And just in general I hate the entire right side of the bracket, so I like seeing where I end up with it each time. http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballn...t-have-more-fun

What a comeback win, way to battle gentlemen. Why is everyone so quick to give up and mock them? QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 08:20 PM) I would totally be up for putting the trophy on the line if that happened. Yeah, let's risk a trophy we already have. Makes sense. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 08:40 PM) I love how you conveniently ignore that the starting 5 will most likely be the same next year. Starting 5 with improvement, too. And look at what that starting 5 has accomplished since they've been assembled. That's not a different team than the one in January? What were we missing this year? Shooting? Add Cosby Depth that aren't true freshmen? Add Paul and Starks Better inside presence/rebounding? Add Black I don't see how we're not significantly better next year.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) I believe I mentioned him a long while ago for the job. Would be an incredible upgrade over the worst coach in the history of athletic competition. OMG SO FUNNY

Until I hear otherwise, I'm terrified of Kane's knee injury. f***ing f***.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 09:49 AM) I have MSU in the Final Four in two of my brackets. I think they're getting hot at the right time and could be a nightmare for teams. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) Thats why we play the games right? I like Wisconsin going quite a bit in the tournament this year but who knows. OSU will be out early, so will Iowa. Michigan plays nobody until Duke and MSU will run into a few challenges but not much until UVA. Cinci or Harvard will be interesting against them and I have ISU coming out of one of my brackets. The funny part is Wisconsin literally got the white boy road. Creighton, BYU (possibly)? So many buzzcuts and white man jumpers. One bracket people. OH MAN I TOTALLY NAILED THAT UPSET/FINAL FOUR! QUOTE (dasox24 @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) Except this is college sports, and these aren't real laws. Look, I get your point, but at least Bruce Pearl isn't a "dirty" coach (at least no more than the rest of college basketball). College basketball is incredibly corrupt. It's way worse than college football. AAU programs and shoe companies (Nike/Adidas) run the whole recruiting circuit. But we're all going to get on our high horse when Bruce Pearl lies about a secondary violation he committed and then comes clean about it 2 weeks later? I understand that most of you are Illini fans, so you hate the guy... but you need to look at this arbitrarily. Keep in mind that I'm defending the guy even though he's the reason for the decline of UT's basketball program. We were the #1 team in the country at one point in 2008 and made an Elite 8 run in 2009. He got fired and now we're a bubble team. I have as much reason to hate on the guy as any, but I think he deserved another shot. He's not a bad guy. He made a stupid mistake. And he isn't necessarily getting off easy. First, he couldn't coach for 3 years. And now that he's back, he had to go to a low-tier program like Auburn. That will be a very tough program to win at. Not only do they have poor facilities, they have Under Amour as their apparel provider. UA doesn't own much of the basketball landscape and that kills teams in recruiting. Of all the major conferences, only one team ever has won a conference championship wearing UA gear. He'll have his work cut out for him. But I suspect he'll be successful for Auburn's standards. And lucky for him, the SEC is pretty bad right now. I can look at it arbitrarily. He completely fabricated an entire report to the NCAA during the Thomas fiasco. Trying to play the fake "good cop" because he was butthurt over losing a recruit. THEN all the stuff at UT, well after that. He's a liar and a cheat.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 10:50 AM) An interesting name came up for the next head coach for Illinois, Greg Schiano No use starting a coaching search when we're at a 0-0 record and nothing has been determined.

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 30s Temple forward Anthony Lee will transfer and be eligible next season. Sources told ESPN that Iowa St, Illinois, Marquette, Indiana in mix.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2014 -> 01:44 PM) Raanta to start tonight in Philly, Crawford tomorrow vs. the Blues. Wait, so starting your #1 vs a divisional opponent is more important than starting him against an EC team? What a concept.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 01:28 PM) I'm already re-thinking one of these. Sorry Kenny, you're going to have to wait for the complete avoidance of teams. You're re-thinking UCLA, because Alford is their coach. If you end up with Florida, MSU, Arizona, and Louisville, I can't call you crazy this year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 08:18 AM) Last night's game was just brutal with the amount of fans with no clue how to wait for the whistle, no matter how many times you yell at them. And it wasn't all of the Red Wings fans either. Nice to see Hossa come back with a vengeance. I'm sure the time off will help in the long run. That's because it was the St. Patrick's Day game where all the Hawks fans wear their green jerseys just like the Hawks do, and have done, for as long as I can remember being a fan!

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 10:12 PM) Tennessee and Iowa are both better than an 11 seed. This is a bulls*** play-in game. The committee is awful. Louisville as a 4 seed? Are they joking? I can't figure out why the committee hates Tennessee. Kept us out the last 2 years when we should have been in, and then this year they make us play a good Iowa team in the First 4 game. Get out of here. I don't know a ton about Tennessee, but Iowa is not better than an 11 seed.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 08:22 PM) Krush's Theory of Row Falling In Love With Teams should instruct everyone who not to pick OH MAN EVERYONE HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ACIE LAW GUY PLAY? THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVEN IF THEY ONLY PLAY WITH 4 GUYS

Genuinely excited to watch us play more basketball, and get guys more PT. Tough road with all road games, but let's take a shot.

LOL Indiana. LOL on so many levels.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 05:44 PM) Two matchups I really didn't want to see for WSU were Kentucky and MSU. Hopefully KState can take out the Cats. Interesting matchup with Kentucky. The true "experienced team" against the "bunch of young talent thrown together" (although playing more like a team lately).