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QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) Now imagine the team without rice, ekey, Nunn, and Tate and replace them with Shaw, Henry, James, and Orris. The roster was left in shambles. This should be the last bad year. If its not, Groce will be gone fast. Yep. We will know everything we need to know about Groce by this time next year. That team has to be a tourney team and he will have 3 recruiting classes under his belt and the 2015 class has to be really good. This team was always going to be bad unless Groce recruited at Calipari levels. The only 3 Weber players on the roster in year 2 are Abrams, Bertrand and Egwu. Abrams and Bertrand (although Bertrand is a black hole and may be the worst passing guard that has ever played for Illinois) are ok roleplayers but nothing more and Egwu is f***ing terrible. I just don't think you can win with Ekey, Bertrand and Egwu playing big minutes. They should have a couple wins but this team wasn't going to be a tourney team unless the freshmen were much better than their rankings. Unfortunately that isn't the case but at least Hill and Nunn look like players.

If it wasn't clear I was being sarcastic above.

It makes you wonder where the $51 billion they have spent on the Olympics has gone.

Boozer is following up complaining about his minutes with a stellar 2-8 from the field and 0-2 from the free throw line performance.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 08:31 AM) The show's hit a lull...the kidney subplot is boring, the boss and brother subplots are both lame...Lip's fate is the only interesting one for the moment. Will he go back to his ex? Will he meet the prissy/stiff "Southside" girl he first encountered at the party again? Does he have a shot with the blonde TA? Will the blonde TA get naked, haha? I actually thought the girl who was coming into the laundry room was about to be next. And what's the deal with the Russian prostitutes thing? Really? How is that supposed to be compelling in any way? Then you have Debbie...sigh. Wish Jimmy/Steve would come back from the dead...and not looking forward to all the dramatic possibilities with the four babies on the way, either. Agreed. This season in general has just been boring. Not a single compelling story line.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 04:30 PM) But he's had a better TS% (not much better though) despite playing 6 more minutes per game. A lot of guys like Taj regress with more playing time and responsibility on offense. He's actually improved. This is his best year in terms of TS% (.530) and FT% (72%). He also is having the worst year of his career on the glass and while he has basically maintained his efficiency with a small uptick in usage he really hasn't improved much on that end. He also is turning 29 soon and hasn't really showed any meaningful improvement in his game to this point in his NBA career so what you see is what you are going to get with Taj.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 04:16 PM) 1. Taj has really brought it this season. He regressed last year, but that is not the case anymore. He has taken another step up and has earned some degree of increased PT 2. Given that we are not awaiting Rose's return to take us deep in the playoffs and have already traded away Deng, it makes some sense to err on the side of playing the younger guy with the longer deal. Gibson really hasn't been much better this year than last. Boozer continues to regress and has been really bad on offense this year though.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 10:17 AM) the new Transformers looked terribad Least surprising thing ever.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 10:17 AM) Andre Reed getting in before Tim Brown is about the biggest joke ever. Eh, this is clearly just a case of Reed being on the ballot longer and getting in first because of that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) That trailer is fantastic. Hopefully the movie is of the same quality. That is the only movie that had a TV spot yesterday that I have any interest in.

Anthony Davis is so much fun to watch.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) Yep. f*** you Groce and your s***ty substitutions. You lost this game. His decision to play Ekey down the stretch was awful but he actually coached a good game. Really good adjustments in the game today.

Terrible by Groce to play Ekey over Hill and Nunn down the stretch and while Egwu played better than he has recently he is just such an awful basketball player. He has literally the worst hands I've ever seen by a D-1 basketball player. Illinois up 2 and run a good out of bounds play that a normal Big 10 center catches and gets a layup on and instead the ball goes right through his hands and Iowa gets a layup at the other end. Just a killer.

Egwu has the worst hands I've ever seen.

It is amazing how different a team looks when they actually make some shots.

Great close to the half by Illinois. Best they have looked in a long time. Really good minutes from Nunn and Hill down the stretch.

Lol at Ohio State. Wow if they end up losing Lenzelle Smith is going to be a goat here.

Lol at that foul call on Shannon Scott. Just awful. College refs are universally terrible.

Lol, Craft makes one wide open 3 and Dakich starts raving about him and he still says he would take him #1. So f***ing stupid.

Hayes has gotten some questionable calls on the last few possessions.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) How does a referee not call that hook on OSU? That was absolutely brutal. I'd punch that ref if I was Bo Ryan. Aaron Craft got away with an unbelievably blatant foul when the ref called a travel on Jackson as well. College basketball refs are just unbelievably awful at their jobs. It is stunning actually. Also, Dan Dakich's #1 player Aaron Craft currently with 0 points midway through the second half.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 01:48 PM) Some assistant must have read the "Cast Heisenberg" email wrong. But really, seems like an odd choice. He's a good actor though so I bet it works out If it wasn't Snyder directing maybe. That movie seems like it is going to be an absolute clusterf*** with how many characters they are introducing and Snyder isn't talented enough to pull that off.

So unless someone wins their conference tournament it looks like the states of Illinois and Indiana will both be totally shut out of the NCAA tourney. Crazy with how much talent each state produces.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 10:37 AM) Meant to say other then the Michigan game, they should be undefeated. E.g., they should have only had 1 loss. Should have / would have / could have doesn't mean jack s***. That works both ways though. Xavier was in control against Iowa with less than 10 minutes left and then Semaj Christon started having cramping issues and missed the rest of the game.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 11:14 AM) It might be Michael Bay (bad), it might have Megan Fox as April O'Neil (worse), but it does have Will Arnett (bonus) and these wicked character designs. I'm in. Michael Bay would actually be an upgrade at director in this case as Jonathan Liebesman has basically only directed horrendous movies. There is no way that movie isn't really bad.