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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 12, 2014 -> 08:43 PM) Why are you down on Davidson? Strikeouts? Defense? I've noticed almost everyone is down on Viciedo as well...although I honestly have no idea who's going to be considered the better player 3-5 years from now, Avisail Garcia or Dayan Viciedo. Seems he's getting the benefit of the doubt, because everyone's so familiar with Viciedo already...although there's not a huge age difference really. I'm not down on him, but safe money is him ending closer to a 4 on this scale than a 5.

Oklahoma doesn't look too interested in playing tonight, or the next few days for that matter.

Fantastic game between Iowa State and Kansas State. Monte Morris is a stud in waiting, and it was probably good that Kane fouled out. ISU-Kansas should be good as always tomorrow night.

Yeah, I imagine that crowd of 7 is in. WV can make things relatively interesting if they win a couple. Today should be a great slate.

Here's a scale to use: 0 = never plays in the Bigs 1 = cup of coffee/outright bust 2 = useful role player or specialist for a couple years 3 = very useful bench/backup/utility/MR option 4 = borderline starting position player OR high quality setup man OR 5th starter, several seasons in the bigs 5 = average starting position player all around OR quality closer OR #4 type of starter, several seasons in the bigs 6 = above average starting position player all around OR dynamite closer OR #3 starter 7 = generally an All-Star level position player OR #2 type of starter 8 = perennial All-Star position player OR true ace SP 9 = HOF candidate Here are the names, no particular order: Jose Abreu-6 Keon Barnum-1 Rangel Ravelo-0 Marcus Semien-5 Micah Johnson-3 Carlos Sanchez-2 Leury Garcia-2 Clelius Rondon-0 Connor Gillaspie-3 Matt Davidson-4 Trey Michalscaweersdfski-5 Avisail Garcia-7 Dayan Viciedo-5 Adam Eaton-6 Jordan Danks-2 Jared Mitchell-1 Trayce Thompson-1 Keenyn Walker-0

Okie State tears through Texas Tech. The game with Kansas tomorrow afternoon should be decent.

Sagarin odds to win the tournament, and I have no clue how. (1) Kansas 31.9% (4) ISU 17.3% (8) OSU 14.6% (2) Oklahoma 11.9% (7) Baylor 9.2% (3) Texas 5.7% (6) WVU 5.2% (5) KSU 3.9% And Embiid is now questionable for the tournament.

Iowa's in 7-10 territory right now, IMO

It has been kind of a s***ty year as far as top level play. Gonna be disappointed if the NCAA isn't full of upsets.

Adam Woodbury sucks. It'd be nice if both schools didn't let the top talent leave the state. Marcus Paige, Harrison Barnes and the like. But back to the Big 12 tournament....I would imagine we'll see a Kansas/OU finals.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 5, 2014 -> 10:10 PM) Iowa fans are blaming all the close losses the last two years, and the inability to finish out games about 90% on McCaffrey. Fair or not. I think part of it's talent, obviously. And they have managed to win 3-4 road games in the Big 10 this year, which they failed to do last year (at Illinois, at NW, at Ohio State, at Penn State). I'd never let Aaron White off the court if I was Fran.

There's absolutely no reason that both teams can't be consistent tourney teams. Both have excellent coaches.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 5, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) Hampton. Thirteen years ago, but okay. I guess Iowa's never been upset by a team ten seeds or more lower than them.

I have no clue what's going to happen here. Pretty sure Kansas will win it, but beyond that, the only thing I know is that TCU will lose next Thursday. Should be some fantastic basketball.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 5, 2014 -> 01:22 PM) From FanGraphs chat today: Comment From Concerned White Sox Fan What do you expect from Jose Abreu? 12:21 Dave Cameron: Everything I’ve heard so far has been positive. I’d say maybe top 10-20 hitter in MLB. That's high praise coming from him. He's cynical about everything. Uh......a top 10-20 hitter in MLB? If that ends up being true, then Rick Hahn won the offseason.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 2, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) Heads must still be hungover from yesterday's game. Kansas State is not a good matchup for ISU

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 28, 2014 -> 08:32 PM) I've followed CBB less this year than I have in at least 10 years. That probably guarantees I finally win a bracket pool. Well, among the most followed conferences here, the B1G tourney should be damn good. On a personal note, the Big 12 tournament should also be the same, aside from the TCU game.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 28, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) This will be the first time since my Junior year of High School(so 10 years ago) that I wont be able to watch every minute of Thursday's and Friday's games. Just join the Iowa State bandwagon. We have Hoiberg.

The best weeks of the year are soon upon us. The March Madness forum will soon be upon us as well.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 27, 2014 -> 07:56 PM) The guy has limited power. He's a gap power, 20 homer guy. I'd much rather we have a line drive hitter who makes consistent contact and sprays doubles all over the field in the 2 hole, and leave Abreu for 3rd. He's also 22 and possibly not done improving.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 22, 2014 -> 09:56 PM) Why does it matter if we the fans isolate that moment as the reason for missing out on the playoffs? The fact would be that we missed out on the playoffs by one game and that any one of the stupid decisions we made along the way could have been the difference. I'm actually shocked that this many people are against optimizing our chances of winning. And before anyone else says "it's just one game, who cares", with the addition of the second wild card, one game is going to make or break a lot more seasons going forward. I'm sure Texas Ranger fans have a long list of items that could have made the difference for them last year. It's 10% of our starting lineup for one game. This is absolutely not anything to get worked up about.

I don't think anyone advocating starting PK on Opening Day is advocating increased playing time along with it....(maybe greg).....it's letting a dude that helped bring us our first World Series since 1917 and a dude that's been here since 1999 - one of the very best White Sox in team history, start his final Opening Day. I understand that some people would like to get rid of all sentiment sometimes, but dear Lord, even if he doesn't want to do it, he should be trotting out there for one last Opening Day.

Kansas is going to win the Big 12. TCU is going to get last. No clue how the rest of it finishes. 2. Texas 9-5 2. Iowa State 9-5 2. Oklahoma 9-5 5. Kansas State 8-6 6. West Virginia 7-7 7. Baylor 6-8 8. Oklahoma State 5-9 8. Texas Tech 5-9 I don't know if it's a better league than the B1G - the B1G probably a touch better at the top - but this season has been very entertaining.

Andrew Wiggins is doing OK.

If we get to a point where one game makes a difference in the season and it's because PK started Opening Day - I don't think anyone will look back at the end of the season and say "if only we hadn't started Paulie"