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QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 11:06 PM) Like MJ and the Bulls said after their 72-10 reg season in 96. It don't mean a thing without the ring. The same applies here. Even though I'm a huge Illini fan, you don't get a 37 wins banner or rings or trophy. The one game that mattered, they didn't win, so I can't give them propz. It's killing me too. You are an idiot, that is all.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:27 PM) Homecourt advantage and we couldn't get the job done. I wish DeRon would say, "F this, I'm coming back and we're going to win this" Too bad he wants the money. Please, I would take the money too. The best thing he could do for HIMSELF would be to go pro and support his family IMO. He gains nothing from staying in college another year.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:15 PM) Stop them please. Lu for three

Thanks refs for completely taking Augustine out of the game with weak foul calls today.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:02 PM) *note - Illini need to get DeAndre Thomas for next year. If he was in there, I guarentee May uses up at least more energy. There's no way he could move that 300pound, 6-8 tank. We already have a taller more physically fit player who is similar to Thomas in Charles Jackson for next year.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) Absolutely no 2nd chance points. May is absolutely destroying. They need to make May run and run alot. Even with all these 3's, they are soon to start missing and May is still handling them. May is doing the old Shaq lower your shoulder and plow through guys and the refs are allowing him to do so. UNC recognizes it so more power to them.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 09:28 PM) I hate him... a lot. Always have and always will. He is so overated. Two of brown, augustine, head will have better careers. This is so wrong it isn't even funny

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2004 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) I saw that too. Kentucky fans warned me that Unc gets away with murder. UNC is outplaying us, but apparently Sean May gets to do whatever he feels like on the basketball court.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Apr 3, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) The more I think about it, I guess I can understand. Alot of fans have superstitions and this could be one I suppose... Yep, as for me, I'm wearing my orange hat which was first worn during the Zona game and worn again on Saturday, as well as the Dee Brown jersey, white undershirt and jeans that I have worn for the last two games.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 06:51 PM) I could not see anything besides the opening paragraph. The rest was in a premium area. What did you have a problem with? There are more things wrong with that scouting report than you could imagine. It has Felton=to Neitzel when Felton is clearly better. They have Jawad Williams as a SG to name a couple of glearing errors. They also have Marvin Williams as a starter when he isn't one.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 08:37 AM) Jesus, how can you be the #1 team in the country all year long and have the #117th class, even with all of the graduations and NBA jumps that are going to happen after this season? To be fair almost every player in the '05 class decided on schools before this season started. I still would have liked to see him bring a better class, although I think Smith and Jackson are going to be very good players and that Weber got very lucky that Jackson was available (that wasn't good recruiting but it worked out well). Weber chose to offer Smith a scholarship before offering guys like Josh Tabb, Jerel McNeal, and even Bobby Frasor, will that work out, who knows? As for Rush, reports are Oklahoma leads and that Illinois is right there.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 08:42 PM) I think it would be an atrocity to hold back highschoolers. Lebron, Amare, Dwight Howard have all shown the past year and a half that they are very capable making the jump straight and frankly too many others have as well. I know there are tons of failures, but this guys deserve to play as long as an NBA team is willing to pick them up. I agree. And I guess I don't understand how players lose jobs. It seems to me that you have the same number of players drafted whether or not you have early entries so how are there fewer jobs if guys are allowed to leave earlier. Besides, there is really no reason to put this rule in. HS basketball players have proven they are capable of making the jump to the NBA. This year alone you have Josh Smith, JR Smith, and Dwight Howard all making impacts for their team. And hypothetically, had LeBron had gone to college for 4 years it would have cost him well over 100 million dollars. Lets say he plays till he is 38 regardless of when he leaves. He would lose 4 years of the maximum salary ~60 mil. Then 4 years of endorsments (which are at least 20 for him I believe) and he loses close to $150 million dollars. I know everyone here says that they would take less money if they were athletes but if anyone here says they would turn down over $100 million dollars to go to college they are either a liar or stupid.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) They're poorly rated on just about every reputable site too. That had nothing to do with me bringing that up. I don't care if those guys were 1,2,3 in his rankings I would still say he sucks.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Mar 30, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) ABoz, Do you know anything about any of those individual recruits? Are there any guys that are going to make an immediate impact or make the opposing team tremble? Never use Clark Francis rankings or opinions on players, the guy is an absolute joke. Here is what I would expect from UI's incoming players based on reading quite a bit about each player: Jamar Smith is a 6'3" SG from Peoria. He is a very good shooter, with above average quickness and athleticism. Struggled a bit with injury problems this year, bleeds Orange and Blue, his best game he scored 37 pts on 13-15 shooting including 10-11 from the 3 point line. From what I've read about him he should fit perfectly into the motion offense that Bruce Weber uses. Despite the rankings he had as good if not better of a HS season then any other player from Illinois except for Jon Scheyer and Jerel McNeal (Marquette). Charles Jackson is a 6'8" 270 lb. PF/C from Georgia. He is very strong, has good footwork in the post and has solid quickness. Needs to work quite a bit on his leaping ability. He has played against Korvotney Barber who is a McDonald's AA three times and outplayed him by quite a bit each time. He was offered scholarships to just about any great football school you could think of but decided on basketball instead. He has loads of potential but I wouldn't expect anything next year. By his junior year he could be an absolute monster though. I think he may end up being a very special player and not just because he is coming to Illinois. Chester Frazier is a 6-1" PG who plays for Notre Dame Prep in Maryland. He was his teams best player this year and he is supposed to be a terrific defensive player. He made scout.com's prep second team, where he is among some very good company. I would expect him to be a very solid backup PG who by his junior or senior year could be a good starter. If Dee goes pro and he is our PG next year we are in big trouble though. I think Jackson and Smith have the potential to be All Big 10 time players, Frazier should be a solid role player.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Mar 25, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) ESPN guys think he was bumped. Best call would have been no call in that situation. Actually the best call would have been to call one of UNC's two seperate fouls on that play. That call was an absolute joke.

QUOTE(T R U @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 08:42 PM) Man this movie is going to be awesome... whats the exact release date? I think I missed it if it was posted in here I'm pretty sure it is May 19th and that trailer was one of the best I have seen. If the movie lives up to the trailer it should be something special.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 09:31 PM) Jon Scheyer, Glenbrook North, 48 points Holy f***ing s***. Choose Illinois my friend! He'll end up at Duke. I hope I'm wrong but I am never confident at all going up against Duke for a player.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:19 AM) I hit rim more then that. And I could beat an 8th grader...even if that 8th grader is good. I guarantee there are a ton of 8th graders that could beat you.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Mar 13, 2005 -> 06:00 PM) I would argue Duke got the toughest draw, slightly over Illinois. Duke gets Kentucky, OU, Syracuse, and Michigan State just in the top 5 seeds. Utah is no cakewalk either. I do think its ridiculous that the overall 1 seed got such a tough draw, having Arizona as a 3 seed in your bracket is just tough to swallow. I disagree completely, Kentucky is not that strong of a team at all. Oklahoma is a decent three seed, MSU isn't really that good of a basketball team, Syracuse is tough though. UNC has arguably the most dangerous team in the tourney in UCONN, one of the better three seeds in Kansas, a very dangerous 5 in Villanova and, Florida as a 4 who is actually playing better than Kentucky right now.

UNC got screwed, they have by far the toughest bracket.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 7, 2005 -> 08:47 PM) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3296418/ I hope this b**** doesn't just hide when he is wrong. This has become the norm from the sports media in this country. Make predictions that have little or no logic behind them and then hope that you are right. If they are right they toot their own horn and say how great they are. If they are wrong they never bring it up again, there is no accountability at all.

QUOTE(BaseballNick @ Mar 6, 2005 -> 08:56 PM) He's not a pure point, You are 100% incorrect on this point. Deron is as pure of a PG as you will find.

NC State just got screwed. They get fouled shooting a three pointer with about 4 5 seconds to go and no call. Then Chris Paul takes it the length of the floor for the game winner despite the fact he should have been ejected for a sucker punch in the first half.

Great win for Carolina. The timeout that they were given looked like an absolute gift, I didn't think anyone had control, but since on another play the ball was out of bounds off Nelson and was called off Felton it evened out.

I'm disappointed but not really upset. In the grand scheme of things this loss means nothing. However, I'm not one of the people who think losing is ever a good thing and I really wanted to see this team go undefeated. Better to lose now than in the tourney. 29-1 ain't bad either.