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BTW Wisconsin is ranked #4 in Pomeroy, actually one spot higher than West Virginia. That is a really good basketball team and it is unbelievably difficult to win at Kohl.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 9, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) Since yesterday? http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/re...636&prov=ap West Virginia has also lost at home to Syracuse and doesn't have near the home court advantage as Wisconsin does. Besides Weber the Big 10 is simply not capable of winning at Wisconsin. Plus I said might be, I wasn't making a definitive statement.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 9, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) My sentimental side wishes Paul was playing better and contributing more. He is playing the way he did as a soph on varsity at Warren. Trying to do too much at times. He played great in the 2nd half against MSU. All he really needs to do is learn better shot selection. He is going to be a stud without a doubt though.

That might be the best road win by any team in the country this year.

DMac playing himself into a possible NBA draft pick. If he is a first round pick he should go but I hope he doesn't go if he is only a 2nd rounder. He is the difference between Illinois being a Final 4 type team next year and a 9 seed.

Balbay from Texas is lol bad on offense.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 8, 2010 -> 05:49 PM) No kidding, Lucious played a TERRIBLE game. Lucas is about the most overrated player in the country, but he's still almost a sure thing to play better than his back-up did. Who cares about the Illini's record right now though, in all honesty? They have such a hard schedule left that if they get to 11 wins, then they deserve to make the NCAA Tournament. The list of bubble teams is pathetic anyways right now. Lucas definitely impacts the game but does it change the outcome? No one can possibly answer that. Maybe if Lucas plays Green and Allen who both shot the lights out get less shots. Maybe Lucas goes 3-10 from the floor and MSU still turns the ball over a lot even when Lucas plays. I don't think 11 Big 10 wins make Illinois a lock btw. If they beat Minny, Michigan, and say Wisconsin at home it would be borderline depending on the Big 10 tourney. Although we would be a hell of a lot more deserving than most of the A-10 teams people are pushing to make the tourney right now.

USC got a commitment from a 7th grade QB today. WTF?

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 08:44 PM) Is this even a question? Good point.

Is Ed Hightower capable of making a call without walking on the court to make sure he is gets his face time on national TV?

QUOTE (danman31 @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 12:12 AM) No, but I think missing more than 1/3 of the conference is too much. Play everyone in your division for 6 games and you only play 2 out of division games, missing 5 teams. I think 14 is just a bit too big. You could easily just play 9 conference games. The Pac 10 does that every year.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 08:56 PM) Yeah, I was a little confused myself when I saw that. I'm not sure what the heck the deal is... I'm guessing early entries don't count?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 11:07 AM) Fox, ESPN to Bid on Olympics Rights as NBC Faces Loss There may be nothing worse than an ESPN covered Olympics. Fox would be terrible and I could imagine that being easily worse than ESPN having the Olympics. Fox's sports coverage is generally terrible.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 10:37 AM) Looks like the BUcks arent getting anyone they need, James to ND, Moses to UVA and looks like Henderson to USC. Looks like a really poor year recruiting for the Big 10 (well on paper from internet rankings anyways). Michigan and OSU both with down classes, and PSU with the only really good class.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 12:53 AM) "you aren't in Kansas anymore"...a movie reference in a film set 150 years in the future. genius.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) Avatar' 'The Blind Side' 'District 9' 'An Education' 'The Hurt Locker' 'Inglourious Basterds' 'Precious' 'A Serious Man' "Up' 'Up in the Air' I've seen the bolded ones. I have Hurt Locker sitting next to my TV, waiting to be watched. Up in the Air was just ok. Don't get what the hype was about District 9 was absolutely horrible. Cheesy, boring. You name it. The other nominations I could understand. Great pictures. Avatar was one of the cheesiest movies I've seen recently. If you are going to criticize District 9 for that you have to criticize Avatar for that. Unless you like such amazing dialogue as "You aren't in Kansas anymore", "Why did you save me?" A: "You have a strong heart", or "Then everything changed, I fell in love".

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) Every show that has a hyped series finale, with the exception of MASH, have their fans either love it or hate it. I have no idea how it is going to end, I have no idea what would make he hate or love the ending. I'm just hoping I enjoy the ride. As long as it is isn't something completely ridiculous like the whole thing being a dream or everyone actually having died in the plane crash or the like or a Sopranos ending I can't think of anything that would make me hate it. I just know in general finales are disappointing so I figure if I expect it to not blow my mind I won't be as disappointed if it doesn't.

As much as I have loved Lost, I'm still preparing myself for being incredibly disappointed at the Series Finale. I think it is almost inevitable that the ending will be disappointing but I'm hoping to be surprised.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) FTW. You add more teams, it means a lot of blow outs in the first week. I'm not sure that is true since I'm assuming the top 32 teams would get byes. In actuality it would produce an incredible amount of crappy basketball between nothing but bubble teams and low major champions. That sounds like fun doesn't it.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) Makes me sick to my stomach just hearing about expanding the tourny. It's the best thing in sports, LEAVE IT THE f*** ALONE Yep. This is inexcusable. The NCAA tournament is the closest thing to a perfect event as there is in sports. And even as is there are a bunch of teams that really deserving each year. To use an example the Illinois team that was a bubble team 3 years ago, now I argued then and will argue now they deserved to be in a 65 team field. However, that team was mediocre and really didn't add anything to the tournament. And that is true for generally at least 5 or 6 teams every year. And now we want to add 31 more of those teams, some of which are going to struggle to be over .500 (I could easily see a major conference team finish under .500 not win their conference tourney and make the NCAA field). The entire first weekend will be watered down, and who the hell is going to want to watch a 9 seed face a 24 seed in the first round. There won't be any magic when there is an upset like that and it will be terrible basketball. I'm sure we are all looking forward to those 16 v. 17 seed matchups between teams that finished below .500 in major conferences. Picture the 4th place team in this years Pac 10 facing the 11th place team from the Big East. Ugh

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 11:15 AM) It's amazing how much they downplayed the fathers role in Michael Oher's life. Sean Tuohy was a nonfactor in the movie. The hero of the movie was Sandra Bullock's character rather than Oher and that bugged me as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 11:00 AM) Already it's obviously a much more "Big name film inclusive" list than that from last year. I really hope Avatar doesn't win. That would drive me nuts if Avatar won considering I hated Titanic and Cameron won for that and I thought Avatar was a mediocre movie at best even with its amazing visuals.

Oscar nominations are out. Here are the 10 up for Best picture: 'Avatar' 'The Blind Side' 'District 9' 'An Education' 'The Hurt Locker' 'Inglourious Basterds' 'Precious' 'A Serious Man' 'Up' 'Up in the Air' I haven't seen a few of these but Up was by far my favorite movie of the year and I would love to see the academy award an animated film.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 12:13 AM) As much as I'd like to see the tourney format stay the same, you'll be in a serious minority on this. Oh I know, but aside from Illinois games I am going to have no desire at all to watch that first round of games. There are enough mediocre teams in the tournament now, they don't need to add 31 more.

So it sounds like there is a good chance that the NCAA tournament will be expanding to 96 teams. Way to ruin the best postseason sports NCAA. And way to continue to prove you are arguably the biggest joke of an organization in the world. This is the dumbest idea ever. There aren't even 65 deserving teams in a single season let alone 96. I hope everyone joins me in boycotting the NCAA tournament due to the expansion if this happens.