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I don't know where else to post this but The Inbetweeners (an English comedy) is one of the funniest shows in existence. Not as good on American TV since so much of it is edited or bleeped out but still hilarious.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 10:54 PM) Nope, he seems to be a really good kid from what people say about him. Something that's very important is that some of the players with poor work ethics leave the program before they set a bad example for some of the superior talents coming in. If you have guys like McCamey and Davis showing Richmond/Leonard/Head how to go through the motions, then that's a disaster waiting to happen. Davis is such an incredibly frustrating player. He doesn't box out, doesn't provide help side defense, and still refuses to go up strong on offense yet he puts up a double double on a consistent basis. If he ever develops any mental toughness and plays hard all the time he would be such a stud. Hopefully since he only has one year left the light goes on since it will be his last chance to showcase himself to pro scouts. See also Warren Carter and Brian Cook (Cook was always more talented than Davis be also would disappear far too often).

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 10:45 PM) My prediction is that 2 seasons from now, Tyler Griffey will be the best player on Illinois' roster. He's going to be a very good player. He has a lot of work to do on defense and with his rebounding but he is going to be a fantastic offensive player for sure. And I'm not worried about him becoming at least an adequate defender and rebounder.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) You see Keller give Weber a bad look after being removed following his tip dunk? Everything I've heard about Keller is that he's just a huge cancer in the locker room. I despise Keller and it is rare for me to truly hate a college athlete that isn't getting into trouble off the court but he is so selfish and he was told when he was recruited his role was a junkyard dog type but he never accepted it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 09:37 PM) Tisdale's 2nd half was quite comical. 2 missed layups, and then fouling out about 10 seconds after being brought back in the game. Dayton's too quick for him anyways....if you didn't hear Jimmy Dykes say that 2,000 times. Jimmy Dykes is Mike Patrick bad as an announcer. I have no idea how some of these guys have jobs. No effort at all from the juniors tonight. And at least if Illinois loses I will never have to watch Keller play basketball again.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 21, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) I'm missing something, did Wisconsin win? Big 12 has 3 sweet 16 teams as well. Kansas' and A&M's losses were bad, but the Big Ten has just played to seed. Can't say by far the best. Big 12 has 2 don't they? Kansas St. and Baylor are all that is left.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 21, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) Kentucky, Cornell, and Duke were clearly the 3 most impressive teams this weekend. I love the line by draftexpress about how it's the battle of the future lottery picks against their future financial consultants. With the game being in Syracuse, everyone besides Kentucky fans will be cheering for Cornell. Syracuse has looked awesome.

Absolutely pathetic performance by the Big East. 6 out of their 8 teams are gone even though they had 5 top 3 seeds plus two 6 seeds.

Gigantic comeback for Maryland and they actually lead by 1 with 31 seconds to go. MSU has the ball though.

That was a monster shot by UNI.

Northern Iowa getting screwed by the refs a bit right now. That foul call on Morris's shot was absurdly late and I don't think there was a foul on that play and then the UNI guard got pushed out on that last turnover.

KU in big trouble

Reynolds is trying his hardest to lose this game for Nova. Nova within one so he takes back to back contested jump shots that he bricks.

It is amazing how much Scottie Reynolds has sucked in this tournament.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) I was one of these people who was very wrong. Now that I think about it, it wasn't like Hummel carried the team every single game, they do have tons ofother talent. I think the really putrid showing vs. Minnesota, combined with the mid-major hype machine towards Siena threw me off. Tons of other talent is an over statement. They have 2 other great college players and a bunch of role players, most of whom aren't very good.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 20, 2010 -> 08:54 AM) It was one of many awful calls that went against Waukegan. I've been coming down here to Peoria a long time and can't remember when I saw such a poorly officiated game at state. Should of been 1.9 on the clock. Refs didn't even look at the monitor to try and get it right. Just threw up .5 secs. It's only a state semifinal game. AGreed with fathom on Sam Thompson. He doesn't have many offensive skills. Starks will be very good at Oregon State. The suntimes article makes it seem that Thompson shut Richmond down, but Jereme missed the entired 2nd quarter with 3 fouls, two of them were terrible calls, than they forget he scored 8 points in the 3rd, to finish with 12. Richmond needed another big man to help board this season and it caught up with them. I'm obviously biased but I thought Richmond got completely screwed by the refs as well. That game probably goes very differently if isn't for the early terrible foul calls.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 10:29 PM) That game was the best basketball game of the day, tournament included. Starks was phenomenal. Fantastic ball handling by him in such an up tempo game. Why is Sam Thompson so highly regarded by Illini fans? That guy seems terrible every game I watch him. I haven't seen him play well either but Thompson's potential is extraordinarily high with his athleticism. But at some point you need to actually produce and while he has had a decent season his production doesn't come close to matching the hype. He certainly is not anywhere near the player of guys like Richmond or Blackshear but that is the group he is mentioned with.

Whitney Young won on a game winning shot by Ahmad Starks. I hate that the clock doesn't stop after a made bucket in HS. Ruined really any chance that Waukegan would have had to answer.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) Jereme Richmond had an amazing dunk that was called a charge tonight against Whitney Young. Terrible call

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 06:17 PM) Losing a game these teams were supposed to lose proves they didn't belong in the tournament? I'm calling bulls***. Neither was competitive.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) Turner was a backup plan. Just because you get an early offer (and junior year is practically a late offer nowadays) doesn't mean you are particularly wanted. I am not as knowledgable about the Moore situation though, so I'll take your word for it there. I usually refer to him more in the form of hearsay I heard because it's nice fodder to rip on Bruce. Turner wasn't a backup plan, they had 5 scholarships in that class and he was their top target at the SF position. He might not have gotten the love that Gordon and Rose got but they wanted him badly.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) Illinois was the last school to offer him, he was waiting. Ryan was by far the leader for his services until Thad snatched him up. The father stuff isnt true though. His mother LOVES Thad, and she's the king in that family. http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/201...d_a_buckey.html http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sport...at=&sid=101 Turner said Illinois was his leader and that if he was going to commit early it would be to Illinois. A couple weeks later he committed to OSU. Ryan wasn't before the leader for his services.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 05:34 PM) Yeah Illinois' interest in Turner was lukewarm at best, as it was in E'Twaun Moore. They would have been in good shape with both of them had they wanted to be. Oops. You are simply incorrect on this. Moore didn't want to play with Gordon but Illinois recruited him hard. And Illinois recruited Turner very hard. He got an offer early in his junior year when he visited with Peoples (who is at ND).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 04:35 PM) They played well against the Illini in Champaign this year, losing by only 5 or 7, although we all know games vs. NIT teams dont count. Illinois beat them by 14

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 19, 2010 -> 02:50 PM) Agree, but he still had that s***ty grin like he just made the guy his b**** or something. Can't stand him. I love when bad basketball players are cocky as hell. Also, Purdue is really lucky the game is being reffed the way it is. Their foul on every single possession of the game defense is working beautifully.