MU/UCONN starts at 4:40 EDT.

Pitt/Villanova starts sometime around 7:00 EDT.

Now that Duke has been eliminated, I am officially proclaiming the 2008-2009 season a success. :D

Even if your team sucked ass? :p

Further proof that IU fans are delusional :eek::p

Amen brother.

Amazing words from exactly three years ago..........


Everybody laughed at Mike's last comment when he first said it. Simply unthinkable.

Nobody is laughing now. We may not fulfill it this year, but no one will second guess Mike Anderson's belief that we can win it all at Mizzou and that he could be the one to do it.

Way to be humble.

Seriously come on. Ive stayed out of the shit throwing in this thread, but I wouldnt be chest pumping if I was you. They shouldnt have beat marquette, they let Memphis come back and could have very easily lost that one too and now your talking about a championship at some point............

NC State.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Mizzou is three games away from a NCAA title and just knocked off the 'fifth #1 seed' in this tourney. We'll see.

The line on the MU/UCONN game starts with UCONN as a 6 point favorite. I expect that line to go down.

Did you guys win the Big 12 in football?

I don't see anything in that definition that requires a fan to be humble. That's the coach and player's job.

You guys should leave MBBF alone. He got lots of crap leading into the Memphis game and his team won. Even though I think it is being a poor winner, he's allowed to brag if he wants. Let him be an ass.

BTW, this has nothing to do with Missouri winning the Big 12 in football.

Did you get lost in a basketball thread?

Missouri and Memphis are old news.

Go Syracuse!

Their biggest flaws this year have been inconsistency on defense and occasional selfish play, but it never really cost them a game they should have won. They never lost a game via upset - except via a 75-footer at the buzzer to Cleveland St.

They also never had the elite conference win until the 6-OT game. They largely won when they were supposed to and lost when they were supposed to. And tonight's game is almost a pick-em.

I've always felt a little for Mizzou. Not enough to really want them to win too much, especially not when playing us. But it really does seem that God hates them- Tyus Edney, fifth down, hell, us getting the Orange Bowl instead of their more deserving team 2 years ago. I swear, Mizzou fans must just walk around in this state of shell shock, thinking "what's going to happen next to ruin my big moment".



Then you see posts by MBBF like he does and I wonder if maybe the karma in the universe makes sense. I just feel for the rest of the guys in that same boat ;)

SI

Nope.

Really interested to see how Oklahoma does in that game. It's a great matchup. I do think tempers will flare at times as there are some pretty big attitudes on both sides of that game.

Okay.

I think he does that shit because he likes to make people react. He likes making bold statements and seeing people go apeshit.

Yes, he cares that his team wins, but if they don't, at least he had fun playing with the folks that eat the bait.

Honestly, this season was more satisfying than anything under the Kelvin Sampson regime. I just can't root for a team run by a known cheater. Even though the team was better on the court back then, I had trouble watching them. Now that Crean is here, the program is something I can root for again. I watched more IU games this season than I have in years because they were a team I could root for without reservation. I knew this would be a hard season, but the team was scrappy and enthusiastic about representing Indiana University. The on-court results will start turning around soon with a Top 10 recruiting class coming in next season. I know we are years away from being what we once were, but we are heading in the right direction, and I know we'll get where we need to.


And pretty much any year where Duke doesn't win it all is a success. Just like any season where the Yankees and the Red Sox don't win the world series is a success. Or where the Cowboys don't win a Super Bowl. You get the idea... Sometimes you have to get your joy from the right teams losing.

Not the first nor the last time that a beaker speaks with a smile and a forked tongue when discussing Mizzou. :D

Yet another person that gives me far too much credit. I have to be smart enough to think that up before I could actually do that. I'm a happy Mizzou fan and little more.

I am frustrated by the hate for Duke, yet I understand.

They haven't been a championship caliber team since they lost to Okafur in 2004, but the media likes to pump them up and Vital is always going nuts.

DAMN IT PEOPLE! I'm sad today!

I don't feel like Coach K didn't a good job last night. 0 adjustments were made.

I'm left with rooting against UNC.

About Indiana, they're going to make it back to the top of the Big Ten. Crean will turn them around. IU fans have a lot to root for going forward.

No way, dude. You do the same thing with the PS3.

I'll be surprised if Arizona lands any of those big names, but there definitely seems to be smoke on the Pitino issue:

PITINO CONSIDERED CANDIDATE FOR 'ZONA - New York Post


Now there's a rumor that Pitino's wife is either looking or has already purchased a house in Tucson.

So long as the AD and the boosters are patient enough with him. It takes time to rebuild a program, and you can't run your coach out of town on rails if he doesn't have quick success, no matter how much tradition your name carries with it (see Billy Gillispie at Kentucky, who I fully expect to be canned within the next day or two).

I think a big difference here is Gillespie is a prick and Crean isn't. I think the folks at IU and the fans understand what needs to happen. They know it won't be over night success.

We're a lot smarter here in Indiana than those folks down there in Kentucky. :D

It doesn't really matter if Duke ends up being a 10 win team in basketball, any time they lose will bring a smile to my face. I think it has to do with once a team completely beats up your team enough times for enough seasons, you just start disliking that team.

For me it is Duke in College Basketball, 49ers in football, Dodgers in baseball and my dislike for UGA in college football is mostly just because they are UGA. :)

I'm definitely rooting for Oklahoma tonight, sorry Cuse. But take it as a compliment. I would much rather UNC have to deal with Blake Griffin than with Syracuse's guards and their defense. This of course, assumes UNC wins, which is no safe assumption.

I know what you mean. I am this way with the Yankees. It is a successful MLB season when the Yankees don't win the WS. It has been even better the last few years after they signed Mussina away from my Orioles. They never won a WS with Mussina and it was sweet!

I'm just busting your chops. Yes I like Duke but they ended up being my default team since Penn State sucks at basketball. Now I see (hopefully) that program being somewhat respectful and I root for them more.

It just makes his life look sad and pathetic. That's all.

It's more that Duke has an inordinate amount of players that look like they should be punched in the face. I wish Duke's coach would stop recruiting those guys.

Supposedly, some UK players have vowed not to play next season if Gillespie is retained as HC. True or not, it's still entertaining.

There are several reports that he's already out (and some strong rumors about Travis Ford being his replacement).

You're better than that. Act like it.

:lol:

get a life...

seriously.. he can't be happy about the run this team is on right now?

I am amused by MBBF all the time but this post amuses me even more. So they shouldn't have beaten Marquette? Okay... why is that? They could have easily lost to Memhpis? Okay, why is that? Because they took the game within 6 points for about 10 seconds? We could have easily given up 8 points? Sure. Great post.

lol Thanks for the suggestion, ill keep that one in mind ;)

Happy is one thing, and there is nothing wrong with being happy, but its not exactly like they are beating teams by 40 and are on a freaking steam roll. Just a tad bit early to even begin to bring up talk of a championship, but hey I guess that is just me.

Other thank Laettner and Redick, I don't know of any other players that were really worthy of needing their asses kicked, but I could be wrong.

:D

That's easy...Tyler Hansbrough...he always has that wide eyed..mouth open stupid look on his face.

Guess it's official now. Paper this morning described one of his assistants cleaning out his desk, and most people have said the decision was made last week. Donovan, Ford, and Pelphrey are the names being thrown around right now.

I agree, but he's not a Duke player. We were talking about Duke players. :)

ESPN is reporting it a done deal. Gillespie is buh-bye.

Glad I amused ya today.

They shouldnt have beaten marquette cause they got outplayed, and a kid made a mistake at the end that the cost marquette the game, but hey thats part of basketball and Mizzu won the game. Congrats let me beat my chest some more.

When a team goes up by 20, and then decides to shit that lead twice in two games, I wouldnt be all that confident, but like i said before I guess that is just me.

Paulus, Collins I think would be nearly universal answers. But I'm a UNC fan, my list would be much longer and more biased than your average hater ;)

Here's the local sports guy's take on the UK vacancy:

Wasn't one Gerald Henderson beating enough? ;)

(I really couldn't care less about Hansbrough, on this team alone I feel a stronger affinity for Lawson, Ginyard, Green, Ellington, and now Ed Davis, in that order)

Ah I didn't know Marquette was automatically awarded a three pointer for just inbounding the ball. Cool! :eek: