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QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jan 21, 2012 -> 07:19 PM)
Great win for us against UConn. Jarnell Stokes is a beast - it's amazing he should only be a senior in high school this year. Andre Drummond who?

 

That's a good win for you. UConn looked awful. You got them at the right time. I have faith they'll be a different team come March once everyone is healthy. We need to get Boatright back though - if they NCAA wasn't dicking him around I firmly believe they would have won both games they lost this week

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QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 21, 2012 -> 06:08 PM)
Iowa State is now tied for third in the Big 12 so I'm enjoying it.

If someone told me prior to the season the team would, at this point, be 14-5/4-2 and tied (below) for 3rd in the B12, I'd have been very happy.

 

Somehow, I don't feel that happy. Losses to Drake and UNI were just terrible, and they looked horrible vs OSU. This team really is inconsistent, have major trouble rebounding, and still don't have a true PG.

 

That all said, I think Hoiberg finally has his formula for who he plays where and when. And it seems to be something they can grow with. 6-6 the rest of the way gets 20 wins prior to the conference tournament.

 

I hope their recruiting is focusing on true PG's and C's.

 

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QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 01:14 PM)
This thread has a tendency (myself included) to assume that everyone knows what team everyone is referring to. It makes it very hard to follow sometimes.

Yeah, I noticed that too, though my last post I was quoting a post that specifically said "Iowa State".

 

Plus most regulars in here know that Heads and I are the only Iowa State fans around.

 

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 01:28 PM)
Yeah, I noticed that too, though my last post I was quoting a post that specifically said "Iowa State".

 

Plus most regulars in here know that Heads and I are the only Iowa State fans around.

I'm posting this solely for you and Heads: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 02:51 PM)
How does Lunardi have Kansas over Missouri?

 

8 teams for the Big10, still no Northwestern.

KU has better power numbers though that is obviously skewed beating OSU w/o Sully. Overall, MU's resume is much more impressive to me but at the moment Kansas has the numbers advantage.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 01:55 PM)
KU has better power numbers though that is obviously skewed beating OSU w/o Sully. Overall, MU's resume is much more impressive to me but at the moment Kansas has the numbers advantage.

Plus there's the 'they're Kansas' factor. It's reminds me of football season except for the fact that it all gets sorted by the end of the season. How nice.

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 02:10 PM)
Yeah, I just still cant imagine putting KU with a loss at home to Davidson over Missouri who just beat Baylor @ Baylor. KU might not even have a top 25 road win.

This only matters a little, but the Davidson game was semi-home in KC.

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Not only did Big10 have 8, they also had NU just on the outside.

 

I actually am starting to believe that the Big10 is going to at minimum get 7. Right now OSU, MSU are locks, Wisconsin, Ill, Indiana, Michigan are all in as of today, and I think at worst 1 and likely 2 of Purdue, Minnesota and NU make it.

 

 

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Please stop putting "NU" or "Northwestern" and "tournament" in the same sentence unless you are saying "Northwestern is not going to the tournament." This is just like every other season: they go something like 10-2 in the non-conference season, start the conference slate in 1-4/2-5 territory when they start playing real teams, then finish with 6 or 7 conference wins and another NIT berth.

 

They're just so annoying to follow. They always seem to have 1 or 2 really solid players and then a bunch of limited role players that shouldn't see significant playing time on a decent team. What's worse is they always seem to give you just enough hope before someone gets hurt and they drop a few close games that would be huge resume builders.

 

So annoying, these last few years were by far their best chances in quite some time. Before Coble got hurt/quit they looked like a reasonably safe bet to make it, then last year they had to deal with Shurna limping around all year. The near future doesn't look that great either with Shurna graduating and a lot of young players that haven't produced yet on the roster. Barring a surprising underclassman stud, it'll be at least two more years before they look remotely tournament-worthy again.

 

Sorry about the rant, I know no one cares about NU except me and Danman. :lolhitting

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 02:22 PM)
ACC with 5 teams? No way. Big 10 won't get 8 either, but we've already discussed that. And Big East won't get 8 either. B12 and MWC will get more than they show there, if I had to guess right now.

The MWC isn't getting more than 3.

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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 23, 2012 -> 03:27 PM)
Not only did Big10 have 8, they also had NU just on the outside.

 

I actually am starting to believe that the Big10 is going to at minimum get 7. Right now OSU, MSU are locks, Wisconsin, Ill, Indiana, Michigan are all in as of today, and I think at worst 1 and likely 2 of Purdue, Minnesota and NU make it.

 

 

I dont see Minnesota making it and no way does Northwestern even deserve to be mentioned. A good RPI is nice to talk about but you have to start winning some big games eventually.

 

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