IlliniKrush

OH GOD NO PLEASE NOT DUKE

First inning of my first game on All-Star and I just turned a triple play. Lo Duca nailed one to the wall, Dye retreated and robbed him of extra bases...both the runners at 1st and 2nd were advancing past the next base before it was caught, Dye gunned it into Uribe, over to Konerko to complete the triple play just in time.

All i could think of while reading this thread is Duhon wincing

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Feb 27, 2005 -> 06:16 PM) Think about how hard it will be for them to keep this streak alive and get into the final four. How many teams do that? I don't think, from watching numerous games of their's this year, that they are the best team I've seen in years or decades. Someone please correct me if i'm wrong, but i think Illinois only has to be the best team this year...and when you get down to it, for 6 games in March. I had no idea we had to be the best team in the past 30 years to win a NC.

Kansas and Okla St are tied at half, 39-39. Both teams are shooting lights out.

Palehose, you didn't exactly defend Duke there. BP has argued that Duke is better than Illinois the entire time, which is what we've been "arguing" even though it's no argument for anyone who knows anything about college basketball. You didn't just defend that statement.

Yeah they lost to those teams, but you have to take that into account. Should IU have lightened up the schedule a bit? Probably. But they held up in some of those tough games, and you can't just look at it as "another loss" when you are playing teams of those caliber. Aboz is right, if they would have creampuffed their schedule and had 4-5 more wins instead of losses vs great teams, they'd probly be in for sure. The more i think about it, the more IU should be in

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Feb 27, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) As a fan of neither team, I can safely say that Illinois would handle Duke rather easily in any location: Cameron Indoor, Champaign or at a local park in a pickup game. I am not a fan of Illinois at all, but all of the haters around here need to quit running it about them until somebody actually BEATS them. They are clearly the best team in the nation, they have proved it and Butter, the ACC is top heavy with three good teams and after that it's a substantial dropoff. Well put

Okla St at Kansas right now, midway through first half, on CBS Go State

Nice win today Greasy. I woke up to watch the game then went back to sleep after OT, lol. Almost killed yourself at the free throw line late, but the guys kept their composure and played some good D down the stretch and in OT. If only Bracey could be consistent...and no i don't mean 40 pt games, but his bad shooting and poor decisions that have played a huge hand in games has got to piss IU fans off. Selection Sunday will be interesting for you. I don't think anyone can say whether IU is in or out for sure right now. Here's hoping we get another Big Ten team in there.

Man, you go out of town for a day and you miss a s***load of mindless Butter Parque posts. You said "Illinois would be lucky to go .500 in the ACC" You want a statement that sounds like it came from someone who hasn't watched a game this year, this is it. BTW, saying the ACC is better than the Big Ten doesn't make Duke a better team than Illinois by any logic whatsoever. What a useless thread this has turned into.

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:51 PM) Actually, if you ever watched a college basketball game or ever heard anyone talk about JJ Redick, you would have learned or seen that he has become one of the best players in the country at driving to the basket and drawing fouls. Whe he gets to the line, it's automatic. You would have also learned that he has improved his defense dramatically, if you saw the UNC game, you saw that, just ask Rashad McCants. With a statement like yours above, it shows just how little you know about college basketball, so before you make remarks, think. Should have known, coming from a Illinois fan. By the way, who was the last team to beat Illinois? Just a question. Please. Redick gets more favorable treatment from the ACC refs than anyone in that conference. He gets away with so many shoulder drops and push offs it's ridiculous. Also, Redick is terrible at creating his own shot from 3 point land. Redick is pretty good, but he isn't God. Take off the Duke glasses already...wow.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 06:31 PM) Why is Paul Davis crying every time I see him play? Every time. Never fails. Nothing beat's last year's game vs Wisky, where he looked like he was having a child on the bench

I was just about to post this. Anyone have a handle on it?

Sean Dockery out for the year with a torn MCL suffered during last night's game

Finally got MVP. Waited til i was done with the past 2 days of hell school work as to not tempt myself.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 02:45 PM) To Duke fans: When Coach K retires, you'll be lucky to be in the RPI top 100, because Coach K can flat out coach. To UNC fans: Roy Williams will do exactly what he did at Kansas, make it to the tourney, some final fours, and then.......nuthin'. To Illini fans: 28-0!!! Yeah, or Coach K can "coach" McDonald's All-Americans 28-0, yup

So JJ Redick can shoot threes. It doesn't make him the best player in the nation. Butter, why don't you turn your anger into a poem for the rest of soxtalk to enjoy.

Please don't rip on Redick, you'll send him into a state of depression and he'll have to write some lame ass poetry, and i've seen enough of that at this point.

You're a northwestern fan and you're a nerd? Who would have thought... LOL

Kenny and Steve jump up and down in disbelief that it didn't go in

GIVE IT TO SEACAT!!!!!!!!!!

SEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The wave started, which sucked....but the Illini bench participated in it, LMAO

NW @ Illinois tonight 7pm

90/10, out of his mouth, talk all you want P&J Garland. He knows he needs to prove himself more anyway. And if you actually believed Carmelo back then, i have some AOL stock i'd like to sell you.