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[Silkworm]

The plural of Gata is Gata.

Bah, then I'm sticking to using "Gators".

 

[DominoKid]

man i almost wish you had to be in the top 8 to play in the ACC Tournament.

none of these teams on day 1 or 2 have a chance at winning and it's just 2 days of shit games.

 

[Wellscha]

man i almost wish you had to be in the top 8 to play in the ACC Tournament.

none of these teams on day 1 or 2 have a chance at winning and it's just 2 days of shit games.

Leveling the Playing Field.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Boise St. got off to a 25-0 start against SJSU. What is this, football?

 

[bachikarn]

damn, Auburn's coach got Kiffen'd. Fired an hour after their loss.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Gophers going to the final four.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Gophers going to the final four.

Of the nit?

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Potential No.1 seed Villanova down by 10 to Seton Hall

 

[Brian Fellows]

Both Rice and Abrams are going to have to see reduced minutes next year if the Illini are going to be a B1G contender.

EDIT: Guess Tracy heard me.

 

[Talon]

This Maryland - FSU game is ugly. Turnover city.

I'm getting a kick out of this lanky white guy playing for Maryland. Looks terrified whenever the ball is in his hands.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Every time I feel bad about how shit our (Illinois) season has been, I look at Indiana's and feel much better. Crean has to be on the hot seat soon, no?

 

[Grover Cleveland]

SETON HALL DAGGER

 

[Talon]

I love the smell of conference tournaments.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Maryland is officially out of the ACC

Bye Turtles

 

[Silkworm]

Drat, FSU wins which means they still have a chance to get into the tournament

 

[Talon]

Goodbye, Terps.

 

[CronoShot]

Raise your hand if you want that last 1 seed. Anyone? Anyone?

 

[McNei1y]

Finally, this shitty year has come to an end for the Terps. They better man the hell up for the B1G. This was absolutely disgusting.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Raise your hand if you want that last 1 seed. Anyone? Anyone?

Michigan will take it if nobody else wants it.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Both Rice and Abrams are going to have to see reduced minutes next year if the Illini are going to be a B1G contender.

EDIT: Guess Tracy heard me.

Rice is good, he just needs to stop being a chucker.

Abrams is who he is. So... I agree.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Cyclones! Bring on Kansas or OK ST!

 

[thefro]

Every time I feel bad about how shit our (Illinois) season has been, I look at Indiana's and feel much better. Crean has to be on the hot seat soon, no?

Getting hotter for sure, but he's got a crazy buyout for the next 3-4 years ($14 milion this year, $12 million after next year, $7.5 million in 2016, $4 million in 2017).

Realistically he probably gets another 2 years at least.

 

[DominoKid]

Getting hotter for sure, but he's got a crazy buyout for the next 3-4 years ($14 milion this year, $12 million after next year, $7.5 million in 2016, $4 million in 2017).

Realistically he probably gets another 2 years at least.

Good god

 

[perfectchaos007]

Raise your hand if you want that last 1 seed. Anyone? Anyone?

I think Kansas will take it if they win the B12 tournament...then again, Villanova did beat Kansas already this season so maybe Villanova would retain their #1 seed anyway.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Good god

Considering he had job security++ at Marquette and Indiana really wanted him at the time, the buyout isn't as crazy as it looks.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Of the nit?

I knew someone would say that.

Hope SMU loses...looking at their resume I don't see how they're "in" according to Palm and Lunardi. 19 of their 23 wins are against teams with an RPI 100+.

 

[Silkworm]

If Pitt loses today to Wake Forest, are they still a lock to make the NCAA tournament? I feel bad for Pitt because they've have a lot of tough close loses, so I hope they manage to win.

 

[UraMallas]

Cyclones! Bring on Kansas or OK ST!

Hogue had the game he needed to have - knocking skulls with their bigs. Threesus had another handful of clutch plays to seal the deal.

I think we match up better with KU with Embiid out and OSU is damn hot right now. Not only that, it's hard to beat a team 3 times in a season which is another reason I want KU.

Hate to say this, but I'm pulling for KU in this one!

 

[ErasureAcer]

COME ON HOUSTON. Phi Slamma knock SMU out Jamma.

 

[Silkworm]

COME ON HOUSTON. Phi Slamma knock SMU out Jamma.

Boo! Don't rain on Larry Brown's parade :-\

Edit: Bah, Houston has this game... damn Mustangs. Oh well, let's go Boilermakers! Beat those Bucknuts!

 

[ErasureAcer]

Arkansas 12 wins in the top 150 RPI. SMU 7 wins in the top 150 RPI. Arkansas also beat SMU head to head. How the hell is SMU in? SMU just lost to Houston(RPI 157). I'd put Arkansas (or just about anyone) into the NCAA tournament instead of SMU.

 

[Silkworm]

Arkansas 12 wins in the top 150 RPI. SMU 7 wins in the top 150 RPI. Arkansas also beat SMU head to head. How the hell is SMU in? SMU just lost to Houston(RPI 157). I'd put Arkansas (or just about anyone) into the NCAA tournament instead of SMU.

I guess in the eyes of some "bracketologists" AAC > SEC Crazy crap, I know.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Arkansas 12 wins in the top 150 RPI. SMU 7 wins in the top 150 RPI. Arkansas also beat SMU head to head. How the hell is SMU in? SMU just lost to Houston(RPI 157). I'd put Arkansas (or just about anyone) into the NCAA tournament instead of SMU.

How do those numbers look when you change the arbitrary "top 150 RPI" to "top 50 RPI"

Teams outside of the top 50 RPI wont even make the tournament unless they are an auto bid so who cares how many wins Arkansas (or SMU) had against non-tournament teams.

 

[ErasureAcer]

As I said earlier. SMU has 4 wins against the top 100(UConn twice). All the rest of their wins are against the top 100+. They now have 3 bad losses. Temple(172), South Florida(224) and Houston(157). So they have 1 more quality win than they do a bad loss. If SMU makes it by playing a fluff schedule I'll be quite mad. Seriously, look at this shit.

 

[perfectchaos007]

As I said earlier. SMU has 4 wins against the top 100(UConn twice). All the rest of their wins are against the top 100+. They now have 3 bad losses. Temple(172), South Florida(224) and Houston(157). So they have 1 more quality win than they do a bad loss. If SMU makes it by playing a fluff schedule I'll be quite mad. Seriously, look at this shit.

SMU has 4 wins over the RPI top 30, and only 2 losses of teams outside the top 100
Arkansas has 2 wins over the RPI top 30, and only 2 losses of teams outside the top 100

So when you spin it this way, SMU is the better team. It's not as cut and dry as you're trying to make it seem.

 

[ErasureAcer]

SMU has 4 wins over the RPI top 30, and only 2 losses of teams outside the top 100
Arkansas has 2 wins over the RPI top 30, and only 2 losses of teams outside the top 100

So when you spin it this way, SMU is the better team. It's not as cut and dry as you're trying to make it seem.

But Arkansas also beat SMU head to head. Why I even brought Arkansas into the equation of talking about why SMU's resume is horrible. Wouldn't you say Arkansas deserves to be in more than SMU? Take away 5 of those 200+ rpi games and substitute some 50-100 competition and let's see how SMU does.

 

[Silkworm]

Man this Texas A&M vs Missouri game is entertaining! On to 2nd OT Hope the winner of this game enjoys playing a rested UF tomorrow ;-)

 

[CrazyDogg77]

Man Wiggins came to play today

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Man Wiggins came to play today

March is Showtime for the stars.

I think Wiggins will play himself back into the No.1 pick this month.

 

[thefro]

I believe this was a Crean interview after the game today

 

[Silkworm]

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I believe this was a Crean interview after the game today[/QUOTE]

Hoosiers losing to Illinois... ugh :-( Oh well, wasn't like they were going to the NCAA tournament with a win.

Purdue giving OSU a close game so far.

 

[Elfforkusu]

I believe this was a Crean interview after the game today

Pregame or halftime, I think. in any case I saw it during an illini game thread.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Purdue up on OSU with 8 minutes to go. Don't punch your dancing card yet Nebraska.

 

[bucknuticus]

That game was gross

 

[Silkworm]

Purdue up on OSU with 8 minutes to go. Don't punch your dancing card yet Nebraska.

Purdue being Purdue at the end costs them the game (despite OSU leaving the door open).

Edit: Purdue almost got that 3 pt shot to fall... oh well. Let's go Cornhuskers! ;-)

 

[KingGondo]

What a run by the Pokes. Down by 1 to Kansas.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Yeah Purdue almost had em a couple of times in the stretch there. Nebraska is in for sure now. OSU isn't winning a game in the NCAA's. I know they have some streak of making it to the sweet 16 but it ain't going to happen this year.

 

[Silkworm]

So uhm, does Ok St not see they alley-oop plays Kansas is setting up?

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Wiggins' bunnies>>>

It looks so effortless when he jumps

 

[perfectchaos007]

If OKST pulls off this win, they are a lock for the NCAA's