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Bulls getting absolutely destroyed right now.

Awesome start to the NBA playoffs. The Warriors/Nuggets game was a lot of fun.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 20, 2013 -> 03:42 PM) IIRC we told Tracy McGrady we weren't interested that same offseason Tracy McGrady said no to Chicago. The Bulls tried incredibly hard to land him.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 08:10 AM) Kentucky adds Dominique Hawkins to their recruiting class, which makes 8. Isn't ranked on the major lists but was named Mr. Basketball in Kentucky. Not sure how many minutes he expects to get. His other offers were from Purdue, South Carolina, Morehead St, Western Kentucky and Tennessee Tech. I imagine he sees 5-10 minutes a game because Kentucky doesn't have a ton of depth at guard despite their ridiculous amount of talent. They have 3 top 10 guards coming in between the Harrison twins and James Young but they really don't return any guards on their roster so they will need someone else to give them some minutes. Of course if they get Wiggins that changes things.

Eric Gordon is terrible (not really but I just watched him give the Lakers the game down the stretch).

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 02:08 PM) Well, once the NBA stuff sorts itself out things will obviously be very different. I think there are a few interesting teams at the top. Kentucky certainly has an obscene amount of NBA-level talent. I can see Florida being a little like Louisville this year in that they don't have a ton of pro prospects, but they'll be able to go deep into their bench with good athletes that can contribute. Arizona's frontcourt is pretty loaded and their starting backcourt should be solid. If Duke can get someone like Plumlee or Jefferson to anchor their defense, they've got a ton of firepower. To me, the top is a little deeper than this year's group. It's kind of a mess once you get down around 10 or so though unless some guys unexpectedly stay in school. One other note for your write up (note I'm not nitpicking just passing on information) is that Tarik Black is transferring from Memphis.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 01:24 PM) I've seen MSU really high in a bunch of places. I can't buy that until we know for sure that Harris and Payne are back. If one of them leaves, maybe like 15, if both leave fringe-ranking at best. I don't see how you can put them at #3 and Michigan totally off the board when they can both be top-5 or unranked depending on what happens with the pros. That's a lot of love for the Shockers too. They were really solid this year and will still be decent next year, but I have a hard time buying 11 with Hall and Armstead moving on. A ton of guys that were marginally productive stepping into bigger roles. Here's mine for comparison. I don't know why I like Georgetown a lot more, I just do. Other than Kentucky it doesn't look like there are really any great teams next year. Russ Smith is going pro by the way so you have to knock Louisville down a bit.

Behanan has been mugged every time he has touched the ball in the 2nd half. Can't believe that isn't getting called. Also, Russ Smith is the only reasons Michigan still has a chance right now. Unbelievably dumb play from him.

College refs, where challenging a shot and getting a clean block is rewarded with a foul and playing s***ty defense and sliding over too late as a weak side defender is always rewarded.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2013 -> 09:07 PM) Kerr has hit it a couple of times, but it has been really bad. The refs have missed some of the most obvious calls I've ever seen (just absolute muggings on both side of the court, McGary blatantly kicking the ball). College basketball has to be able to do better than the officiating we've seen in this tournament. The officiating has been about the only negative in what has been a fantastic basketball game.

Hasn't really affected the game because this has been all about Albrecht going nuts but the officiating in this game has been beyond awful.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 7, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) I'd say 70/30, but you never know. The longer this goes the better for Illinois. I have a lot of confidence that Groce will be able to make up ground and the fact that Alexander is friends with Tate and Nunn will also help Illinois in that recruitment. Plus, with MSU essentially not having a 2013 class and Harris certainly being gone by the time Alexander would get to campus, it isn't like he would be going to an MSU team that is a threat to win anything.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 8, 2013 -> 09:37 AM) Not necessarily disagreeing with you, but pointing out that Jordan's double-nickel game was in his fifth game back. His play that year was also closer to his Wizards years than any of his years with the Bulls. He obviously had some great games but he really struggled shooting the ball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2013 -> 11:30 PM) http://hawkcentral.com/2013/04/05/harty-di...lford-comments/ Former/current Iowa beat writer details how he had to be removed from covering Alford when his own niece was almost assaulted by Pierce. Interesting stuff. It really is too bad that this piece of s*** gets rewarded for being an incredibly mediocre coach by making an absurd amount of money and moving up in his profession.

I love that Jay Bilas called out the refs for that terrible call. I've said it before and I'll say it again, refs get that call wrong substantially more than they get it right. Almost everything you called a charge in college basketball is the wrong call.

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.