If we going to be any good this year Pruitt needs to be huge, he da man

It's game night! Yay

woo Gophers!

 

I'm also going to be on Fox 9 tonight.. a friend of mine and I got interviewed (asked a question) by a reporter in the stands before the game

ISU looked pretty decent without two starters. 66-38 with essentially no scoring the last ten minutes. Craig Brackins was fun to watch.

Any truth to Pruitt being out due to disciplinary issues?

 

Team has the flu bug going around right now, and they wanted to see the kids play. Bruce is a discipline wimp, but he wouldn't even sit out a guy in stealth mode for an exhibition game as "punishment".

 

As for the redshirt situation, Cole looked great last night but it's gotta be him. Davis is raw as hell, but his length, athleticism, and instincts at the 4 are too benificiary to not have. I wish they'd redshirt Carlwell as well, as he won't be in basketball shape until league play IMO, but I doubt that happens. Tisdale didn't look great last night, but he's too skilled to redshirt.

 

Oh, and you could redshirt Carlwell. You'd lose a precious 2010, but you just gained one with C.J. on football scholarship officially now. Tough decision.

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Team has the flu bug going around right now, and they wanted to see the kids play. Bruce is a discipline wimp, but he wouldn't even sit out a guy in stealth mode for an exhibition game as "punishment".

 

As for the redshirt situation, Cole looked great last night but it's gotta be him. Davis is raw as hell, but his length, athleticism, and instincts at the 4 are too benificiary to not have. I wish they'd redshirt Carlwell as well, as he won't be in basketball shape until league play IMO, but I doubt that happens. Tisdale didn't look great last night, but he's too skilled to redshirt.

 

Oh, and you could redshirt Carlwell. You'd lose a precious 2010, but you just gained one with C.J. on football scholarship officially now. Tough decision.

 

CJ's would already be open for 2010 so you really wouldn't be gaining one by redshirting Carlwell. I would actually lean towards not redshirting anyone and just letting things sort themselves out.

AP Top 25
 

 1. North Carolina (29) 0-0 1,728

 2. UCLA (24) 0-0 1,710

 3. Memphis (18) 0-0 1,680

 4. Kansas 0-0 1,568

 5. Georgetown (1) 0-0 1,504

 6. Louisville 0-0 1,380

 7. Tennessee 0-0 1,371

 8. Michigan State 0-0 1,296

 9. Indiana 0-0 1,145

10. Washington State 0-0 1,103

11. Marquette 0-0 1,002

12. Oregon 0-0 918

13. Duke 0-0 868

14. Gonzaga 0-0 711

15. Texas 0-0 638

16. Texas A&M 0-0 623

17. Arizona 0-0 499

18. USC 0-0 480

19. Arkansas 0-0 468

20. Kentucky 0-0 372

21. North Carolina State 0-0 338

22. Pittsburgh 0-0 293

23. Stanford 0-0 290

24. Southern Illinois 0-0 222

25. Kansas State 0-0 216
 

Others Recieving Votes

Villanova 144, Ohio State 128, Butler 114, Syracuse 103, Clemson 83, Xavier 73, Connecticut 50, Davidson 50, 

Mississippi State 38, Florida 35, West Virginia 20, Virginia 19, Virginia Commonwealth 19, Notre Dame 18, 

Wisconsin 15, Alabama 14, Missouri 8, Nevada 6, Maryland 6, Washington 6, Vanderbilt 6, Utah State 4, 

New Mexico State 4, Providence 3, Brigham Young 3, Akron 2, Illinois 2, Southern Miss 2, George Mason 1, 

Houston 1.

So Grand Valley State beat MSU today in an exhibition.

Team has the flu bug going around right now, and they wanted to see the kids play. Bruce is a discipline wimp, but he wouldn't even sit out a guy in stealth mode for an exhibition game as "punishment".

 

As for the redshirt situation, Cole looked great last night but it's gotta be him. Davis is raw as hell, but his length, athleticism, and instincts at the 4 are too benificiary to not have. I wish they'd redshirt Carlwell as well, as he won't be in basketball shape until league play IMO, but I doubt that happens. Tisdale didn't look great last night, but he's too skilled to redshirt.

 

Oh, and you could redshirt Carlwell. You'd lose a precious 2010, but you just gained one with C.J. on football scholarship officially now. Tough decision.

 

My guess is both Carlwell and Semrau (who is showing why high-level DI teams backed off on him) don't finish their career with the Illini.

Our top recruit Trevor Mbakwe is out for the season. Awesome news...

Headed to the arena, FINALLY. I couldn't care less that it's an exhibition, I'm so excited. YAY

Michigan State loses to Grand Valley State

God, I missed that...

2kSports Invite opens the season Monday.

2kSports Invite opens the season Monday.

I know you're the same way as me B>W but I'm so excited for monday. I can't explain to you how much I missed college basketball.

I know you're the same way as me B>W but I'm so excited for monday. I can't explain to you how much I missed college basketball.

Yeah, me too. The number one thing I would change about sports is for the CBB opener to get TV coverage(Not including ESPNU), even if it is just Memphis vs. Tenn-Martin.

Is it true Michigan State just lost an exhibition game to a D2 school?

Is it true Michigan State just lost an exhibition game to a D2 school?

 

Yes, Grand Valley State in 2OT.

 

But it's just an exhibition game, so no biggie.

Yes, Grand Valley State in 2OT.

 

But it's just an exhibition game, so no biggie.

 

Really? I would of been pretty disappointed if SIU lost to King last night in an exhibition game.

I know it's early and the games don't matter, but Indiana is far and away the best team I've seen during these exhibition games on the Big 10 Network.

Gordon is tearing it up, and everyone was right about Jordan Crawford, the kid is a freak. You can listen to the game online here: http://www.wiux.org/new/

Jordan Crawford finishes with 30 points. Will Gordon have some competition for Freshman of the year in the Big Ten? Probably not, but Crawford is going to be a force this year!

My not-so-in-depth analysis of the IU-Northern Alabama game:

 

Jordan Crawford was ridiculous. 9/10 from the field, including 6/6 from downtown, and he finished with 30 points. Although, he strikes me as a very emotional and streaky player, so he easily could have gone 2/10 from the field as well, if he had missed his first few shots. But still, he looked really good.

 

Eric Gordon was as good as advertised.

 

Lance Stemler was horribly disappointing. He made a bunch of dumb mistakes, couldn't get a hand on some rebounds, and overall just was bad.

 

Eli Holman started slow, but picked it up by the end.

 

DeAndre didn't have the greatest stats, and he had some dumb fouls (he fouled out), but he had 4 steals or so, and he looked quick on them.

 

That's all for now, maybe more later.

Only 121, IU? Pretty awful.

I requested they stop there.

 

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