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QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 07:32 AM)
Kansas comes to Hilton right at the beginning of the Big 12 season, where they have a record of 16-18 against some very s***ty ISU teams over the last 30 or so years.

 

 

except last year was so easy i fell asleep, and you had talent supposedly. Just kidding those games are always fun.

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QUOTE(danman31 @ Nov 14, 2006 -> 08:39 PM)
Northwestern is about to beat DePaul in Evanston. Either DePaul is really bad or Northwestern is at least respectable this year. I was expecting single digit wins from NU this year. The Cornell loss confirmed my expectations, but this DePaul win is out of nowhere. It's a nice win for a young team, they need some form of confidence early in the year.

 

I would lean towards the DePaul is really bad option. They looked absolutely atrocious. They turned it over 15 times (which is really a lot higher than it sounds given the incredibly slow pace NU plays at) and shot 34% from the field including 3-16 from 3-point range and a 2-11 performance from Meijia. They had a really poor game plan the whole game, they seemed to settle for jumpers even though they are a poor shooting team. Plus Chandler was in the high post or out at the top of the key most of the game, even though NU had no chance of stopping him when he got it on the blocks. He should have had about 30, instead he finished with 11 on only 9 shots. Apparently Meijia is nursing some kind of leg injury, but that's still not really a good excuse. They severely outclassed NU athletically, it should have been ugly.

 

NU didn't really play much better though, they only shot 40% and were 4-17 from the arc. They were awful in the first half, they only had 16 points at halftime. DePaul should have been up at least 12. The only real difference is that they only had 3 turnovers. They played a lot better in the second half though, getting some easy baskets. They still aren't going anywhere in the Big Ten, they're not very athletic and can't shoot too well.

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QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 01:13 PM)
They still aren't going anywhere in the Big Ten, they're not very athletic and can't shoot too well.

 

Haha, when your a basketball team that lacks shooting and athletic ability, your usually pretty bad. I just laughed out loud when I read that for some reason.

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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 03:19 PM)
Haha, when your a basketball team that lacks shooting and athletic ability, your usually pretty bad. I just laughed out loud when I read that for some reason.

 

It'd be funnier to me if it wasn't true. We don't have any guys that I would call "good" athletes. Okrzesik looks pretty quick, Coble looks decent so far (although he's definitely no Tyrus Thomas), and Williams looks passable. Doyle and Scott are definitely below average athletes. As for shooters, Moore is good if he can get open (which isn't often enough), Okrzesik looks pretty good so far, and Coble looks okay. Doyle is awful, Scott is mediocre but he thinks he's Dirk Nowitzki, and Williams is also pretty brutal (a combined 2-15 from long range so far from those guys). That's probably why so far we're shooting 41.1% from the field and 26.8% from behind the arc so far. :crying

 

Of course part of that is probably because for some reason our two worst offensive players (Doyle and Williams) have taken the most shots on the team. If we could slant that more towards Coble, Okrzesik and Moore we might put a scare into a few teams...

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QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 10:27 PM)
When I saw the score I thought it had to be a mistake.

 

Then I kept thinking they must of been talking women's basketball.

 

December 9th is marked on my calender, SB. You going to make it up (or down -- obviously don't know where you live) to the Bradley Center for the game? Should be a good one...

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I live in Chicago, so it would be north for me.

 

And Im ashamed to say that I actually have never been to 1 Wisconsin Basketball game, I used to have season tickets for football, but never Basketball.

 

I always watch them on tv though, and against Marquette I know that it will be close.

 

Should be an interesting season, its the first time Wisconsin has had any hype in a preseason so hopefully they dont mess it up and choke.

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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 04:30 PM)
I'm interested tonight to see how close Winthrop can play with the Tar Heels.

 

I can't wait until Winthrop visits NIU on December 2nd. Last year, we played them to a triple OT game at their place for Bracket Busters, and this time we get them up here on campus. That should be a fun time.

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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Nov 14, 2006 -> 11:32 PM)
Same thing happened to a lesser extent in the Butler/Indiana game. Well actually, I shouldn't say that, Butler did get more than a fair game. But Butler had it tied with 15 minutes left, and they immediately call a total BS foul on the Butler guy to get him his 4th and get him out of the game. As a result, Indiana takes a dozen point lead and nearly runs Butler out of the game while the star player sits. That's how it goes though.

 

 

I certainly hope you are joking. You aren't insinuating the refs helped IU in that game? You isolate one call in a game full of whistle-happy officiating? There were s***ty calls for two straight nights affecting both sides. There is no way one call in any way can illustrate such a point.

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QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 08:31 PM)
I certainly hope you are joking. You aren't insinuating the refs helped IU in that game? You isolate one call in a game full of whistle-happy officiating? There were s***ty calls for two straight nights affecting both sides. There is no way one call in any way can illustrate such a point.

He's obviously got Gordon envy, forgive him Rex.

 

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