College Basketball 2006-2007

[illiniguy]

Plus we got Warren Carter.

 

This is why I'm down on the entire team.

Ha I know that is why I said it. He can score, but that's about it.

[illiniguy]

Well Rich McBride sure changed how our team looks on paper.

 

How long is he expected to be suspended?

 

The Big Ten is down but it should be exciting at least for the sheer unpredictability of it all. Wisconsin should be the unanimous favorite with OSU second as long as Oden is ready for Big Ten play. I think Illinois is just a step down and then you have have Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue and maybe even Penn State that are tough to call. It really is impossible to sort through those teams right now.

Not long enough. This guy had his chance after a break in with Luther Head. Then he goes out and does this as a senior leader. Pretty unreal. I agree the top two teams are really going to be good. That said we do only play OSU at home. Who knows stranger things have happened. Like them beating our undefeated team. Tyler Smith was a nice pick up for you guys. I wish we had our forwards and your guards.

[badgercub]

I can't wait for the Badgers to hit the court. They should have a very talented and deep team. Bo can legitimately go 12-13 deep on his bench and not have a lot of drop off. They have everyone coming back (minus Ray Nixon, no big loss) including Marcus Landry and Greg Stiemsma with whom the Badgers were 16-4 last year before their departure due to academics. Add Mickey Perry, redshirted last year, and two highly regarded recruits at point guard and shooting guard who will get to be brought in slowly and the Badgers should be tough to beat.

 

On a side note, they began offering courtside seating at the Kohl Center this year $12,500/seat for a season ticket or if you make a 3 year committment the price drops to $10,000. Students are rumored to have been selling their season tix for up to $2500.

[illiniguy]

I can't wait for the Badgers to hit the court. They should have a very talented and deep team. Bo can legitimately go 12-13 deep on his bench and not have a lot of drop off. They have everyone coming back (minus Ray Nixon, no big loss) including Marcus Landry and Greg Stiemsma with whom the Badgers were 16-4 last year before their departure due to academics. Add Mickey Perry, redshirted last year, and two highly regarded recruits at point guard and shooting guard who will get to be brought in slowly and the Badgers should be tough to beat.

 

On a side note, they began offering courtside seating at the Kohl Center this year $12,500/seat for a season ticket or if you make a 3 year committment the price drops to $10,000. Students are rumored to have been selling their season tix for up to $2500.

Hey, what ever happened to DeAron Williams? Just wondering cause I thought he was a pretty good player.

[badgercub]

Hey, what ever happened to DeAron Williams? Just wondering cause I thought he was a pretty good player.

 

DeAron Williams was also ruled academically ineligible the second half of last season and has since left the University. There was some rumor he tried to get into Bradley but was not accepted there either. I would imagine he transferred to some JC or something. Too bad I really liked his athleticism and thought he could have contributed. I think he was also upset with playing time.

[illiniguy]

Hey, what ever happened to DeAron Williams? Just wondering cause I thought he was a pretty good player.

 

DeAron Williams was also ruled academically ineligible the second half of last season and has since left the University. There was some rumor he tried to get into Bradley but was not accepted there either. I would imagine he transferred to some JC or something. Too bad I really liked his athleticism and thought he could have contributed. I think he was also upset with playing time.

Well if memory serves Bradley was a bad choice if he was struggling with his grades. They are a pretty tough school. As for playing time, wasn't he there all of a semester? Some of these kids are amazing thinking they will just go in an be given minutes from the get go.

[badgercub]

Hey, what ever happened to DeAron Williams? Just wondering cause I thought he was a pretty good player.

 

DeAron Williams was also ruled academically ineligible the second half of last season and has since left the University. There was some rumor he tried to get into Bradley but was not accepted there either. I would imagine he transferred to some JC or something. Too bad I really liked his athleticism and thought he could have contributed. I think he was also upset with playing time.

Well if memory serves Bradley was a bad choice if he was struggling with his grades. They are a pretty tough school. As for playing time, wasn't he there all of a semester? Some of these kids are amazing thinking they will just go in an be given minutes from the get go.

 

He had redshirted a year so was at Wisconsin a year and a half, but only played for one semester.

[illiniguy]

Hey, what ever happened to DeAron Williams? Just wondering cause I thought he was a pretty good player.

 

DeAron Williams was also ruled academically ineligible the second half of last season and has since left the University. There was some rumor he tried to get into Bradley but was not accepted there either. I would imagine he transferred to some JC or something. Too bad I really liked his athleticism and thought he could have contributed. I think he was also upset with playing time.

Well if memory serves Bradley was a bad choice if he was struggling with his grades. They are a pretty tough school. As for playing time, wasn't he there all of a semester? Some of these kids are amazing thinking they will just go in an be given minutes from the get go.

 

He had redshirted a year so was at Wisconsin a year and a half, but only played for one semester.

Oh yeah that's right, but the point still remains Wisconsin is a very good program. not very many kids who aren't MCDAA's are going to go in there and start from day one. Hell even some MCDAA's don't, ask Butch.

[Brewhaha]

I would just like to post this picture...

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/867/1141/108446.jpg

[Flames24Rulz]

Bad news for SIU...redshirt freshman Christian Cornelius injured his knee a couple days ago during a workout. He had an MRI and it found that he had a torn ACL. He's probably out for the year. He should get a medical redshirt and be able to keep all four years of eligibility.

 

From a team standpoint this season, I don't think it will hurt us that much. I think he was probably #10 or 11 on the depth chart anyway, so who knows. We still have plenty of depth to overcome his injury. Hopefully he'll be ready to go next season.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

[snoodmonger]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

[burnt out cubbie fan]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

[snoodmonger]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

[illiniguy]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

I don't know you guys are pretty pompous. It could be any Big 12 fan as well. Care to place a wager on you celebrating a KU final four run?

Edited October 13, 2006 by illiniguy

[burnt out cubbie fan]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

Nah, I'm a Bucknell fan.

[snoodmonger]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

I don't know you guys are pretty pompous. It could be any Big 12 fan as well. Care to place a wager on you celebrating a KU final four run?

Wow. Am I really seeing the internet wager challenge? Excellent.

 

Assuming you're being serious, I'll pass anyway. I'd never bet any team vs. the field to get to the FF. I've seen some great teams (96-97 KU: Paul Pierce, LaFrentz, Pollard, Jacque Vaughn, Billy Thomas) not make the final four. But I'm as confident about this team as I have been since our squad that lost to 'Cuse.

[soccer10k]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

I don't know you guys are pretty pompous. It could be any Big 12 fan as well. Care to place a wager on you celebrating a KU final four run?

Wow. Am I really seeing the internet wager challenge? Excellent.

 

Assuming you're being serious, I'll pass anyway. I'd never bet any team vs. the field to get to the FF. I've seen some great teams (96-97 KU: Paul Pierce, LaFrentz, Pollard, Jacque Vaughn, Billy Thomas) not make the final four. But I'm as confident about this team as I have been since our squad that lost to 'Cuse.

 

Predicting in the preseason which schools will make the Final Four has to be one of the hardest things to predict in the preaseason because of all the uncertainty in college basketball.

[illiniguy]

I can't wait for kansas to get knocked out in the first round again by an unknown school!

 

yawn.

You won't be yawning in March.

 

 

I'll be celebrating.

 

I'm going to assume from your extreme level of bitterness you're a UI fan.

I don't know you guys are pretty pompous. It could be any Big 12 fan as well. Care to place a wager on you celebrating a KU final four run?

Wow. Am I really seeing the internet wager challenge? Excellent.

 

Assuming you're being serious, I'll pass anyway. I'd never bet any team vs. the field to get to the FF. I've seen some great teams (96-97 KU: Paul Pierce, LaFrentz, Pollard, Jacque Vaughn, Billy Thomas) not make the final four. But I'm as confident about this team as I have been since our squad that lost to 'Cuse.

Ha, I know it is hard, but that's what internet legends are mad of.

[badgercub]

I know there are some Illini fans that don't care for Bo Ryan too much but he has great respect for the Illinois program and thinks they do not get, along with WI, the national attention that they deserve. Here is a quote from Bo from a local Madison newspaper.

 

"That's all good stuff. Unfortunately, that still isn't enough to get Wisconsin on every basketball map. You could argue that it's still absent from the Big Ten's basketball map.

 

"We don't get the natural publicity that the Michigans and the Indianas get," Ryan said. "Illinois doesn't, either. And over the last five years what two schools have the best records in the Big Ten? It's Illinois and Wisconsin."

 

Ryan isn't pleased that ESPN has not included Wisconsin or Illinois for one of the network's stops for a GameDay basketball show this season. "They're going to Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan State twice," Ryan said. "What does that tell you?"

 

Just thought I would share.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Michigan State twice? Don't they know it's going to be the worst MSU team in a decade?

[badgercub]

In other news, top recruit Eric Gordon has decommitted from the Illini, and plans on signing with the Indiana Hoosiers, announcement to be made during Indiana's Midnight madness this evening.

[SouthSideRyan]

I know there are some Illini fans that don't care for Bo Ryan too much but he has great respect for the Illinois program and thinks they do not get, along with WI, the national attention that they deserve. Here is a quote from Bo from a local Madison newspaper.

 

"That's all good stuff. Unfortunately, that still isn't enough to get Wisconsin on every basketball map. You could argue that it's still absent from the Big Ten's basketball map.

 

"We don't get the natural publicity that the Michigans and the Indianas get," Ryan said. "Illinois doesn't, either. And over the last five years what two schools have the best records in the Big Ten? It's Illinois and Wisconsin."

 

Ryan isn't pleased that ESPN has not included Wisconsin or Illinois for one of the network's stops for a GameDay basketball show this season. "They're going to Indiana, Ohio State, Michigan State twice," Ryan said. "What does that tell you?"

 

Just thought I would share.

 

I don't get U of I fans' hatred for Bo Ryan. I'm a big fan of his and his Wisconsin teams. A fact that kills me nearly every March Madness.

[Chocolate Milk]

Da Badgers are going to be good this year. SI's first Power Rankings have them at #6.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/luke_winn/10/13/power.rankings/index.html

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It would be super awesome if kU was super high ranked for their trip to Columbia. Too bad we go to Lawrence first so there's more games that they could potentially lose before they try to break the streak at Mizzou Arena.