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And an incorrect charge call screw Syracuse. Shocking.

That is the right call but I hate that call after you just gifted Michigan an extra possession at the other end.

Absolutely terrible call against Syracuse there. Clear offensive foul by Hardaway.

Carlos Marmol is garbage. Cubs should have traded him a few years ago when he had value.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 07:38 PM) College officiating is hilarious. The officiating was terrible but the jump ball at the end was the right call and Baker walked if you don't call the jump.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) Me neither. I've seen Louisville get called for ticky tack fouls and then seen them tackle someone and not get called for it. For the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half, Louisville wasn't allowed to play defense but in the last 10 minutes both teams have just been fouling the crap out of each other with no calls.

I have literally no idea what a foul is in this game.

Terrible officiating right now.

Holy crap that was a terrible half of basketball.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 04:10 PM) I dont think he ends up as a top 3 scorer in the Big Ten this season. He obviously couldnt get much going against athletes in the NBA. You do realize that John Shurna led the Big 10 in scoring last year right? Adam Morrison>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>John Shurna. The Big 10 was better this year than last year but this argument is pretty ridiculous.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) Conference play in general. I know you are hanging your hat on an early season contest vs MSU in which no defense was played in 3 OT's, but I dont think thats a good barometer. The Thomas situation I think wont prove out until about 3-4 years from now. By then we'll have forgotten all about it. BTW, this guy dropped 36 in that game: http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2982/maurice-ager Ager was a first round pick. Not sure how that helps your argument.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 03:39 PM) Sullinger averaged 7 and 7 in 23 min in Jan before his back went out. Funny enough his back hurt him enough in his last few games to have surgery. And no, I dont think Morrison would be a dominant force in this years Big Ten. I dont think Olynk would either FWIW. Your opinions are great, I hope to see more of them, however I dont think you've watched enough of Thomas this season. He will be a good bench player in the NBA, thats about it. If he goes undrafted I will be the first to say I am wrong, however thats pretty far fetched as of today. Also I dont look at Chad Ford's lists. They are usually far fetched at this point. I believe he has guys like GR3 as lottery picks. I dont think thats very accurate at this point. Disagree on Morrison. He sucked in the NBA but that guy would have scored in bunches against the Big 10. He scored 43 against MSU, 43 against a really good Washington team with Brandon Roy, 34 against a Memphis team that won 33 games and made the Elite 8, 25 on Maryland, 24 on UCLA, etc.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 12:50 PM) Theres alot of top talent and I think it will come out this summer. Okafor as a junior was better than Parker was as a senior. He's really impressive. There are several guards that I think will rocket up the charts. Parker was bad the first few months of the season after coming back from the injury but was easily the best player in the state down the stretch.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 4, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) Dear lord was that close, but why are you running a play to give Brook Lopez a 3? The most questionable possession for Brooklyn was when they were up 1 and just isolated Lopez in the post despite the fact that Williams was destroying the Bulls down the stretch. Taking the ball out of his hands there was a really dumb decision.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 12:28 PM) Got it. It could be better, obviously we've said that a few years and they havent been all that impressive in college action overall IMO. I am actually more enthused with the next class. Not sure that has been the case. I remember 2008 and 2009 not being highly regarded at a national level and 2012 was not liked at all by scouts. 2010 and 2011 were both considered solid classes but nothing special.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 12:21 PM) Simply not true though. By star avg its not, by McDAA its not. You may want to check out the 2008 and 2010 OSU recruiting classes. How soon we forget. 2011 OSU is right there at a 3.80 star avg with a McD AA on it. That isn't what I mean. I don't think he is referring to IU's 2013 class but the 2013 class as a whole (i.e. Wiggins, Parker, Randle, etc. is better than any class since 2007).

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 12:15 PM) HUH, one McAA this year, is that what you mean? And where do you get that this is the best class in the conference since then? Based on your view, or based on actual rankings? I believe he is referring to the 2013 class nationally being the best class nationally since 2007. That is actually entirely possible since none of the classes since then have been particularly strong.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 09:51 AM) Since Zeller needs to leave you have three kids with almost zero experience listed there. Usually not the recipe for "nasty." Zeller alone is a damn good frontcourt in modern NCAA basketball but if he leaves IU should be happy if they get decent play out of the front court. Based on his ranking alone I would expect Vonleh to be at least solid for IU next year. Perea got very limited minutes this year but was horrendous when he was on the floor so he needs to make a jump to even be serviceable. I know nothing about Fischer but big men with his ranking are rarely more than serviceable as freshman.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 3, 2013 -> 11:42 AM) I basically never played it because it didnt have franchise. Pretty annoying. I didn't buy it because it didn't have franchise mode.

Kevin Ware's injury was easily the most gruesome injury I've ever seen in a basketball game.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 30, 2013 -> 11:12 AM) Alford to UCLA One Sweet 16 in 18 years and the Sweet 16 wasn't at Iowa or New Mexico and you get the UCLA job. Wow just wow.

Jim Boeheim on Indiana last night: "They never really succeeded in getting the ball in the right places," Boeheim said about the Hoosiers. "And it's not that easy, but it can be done. But they didn't know how to do that."

Devin Langford also to transfer. Lots of scholarships opening up for Illinois.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 29, 2013 -> 12:02 PM) His inner circle shouldn't be happy with the way he has developed since his JR year in HS. Really since his freshman year of high school IMO. He just isn't very good at basketball right now and if you are a big man who couldn't get any time on this years Illinois team you just aren't good enough to be playing for a good Big 10 team.

Mike Shaw is also going to transfer. I had heard that as of last week he had asked the coaches if he could stay and they said yes but I know his inner circle was not at all happy about his playing time.