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Everything posted by bukie
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late round sleeper? He led the AL in OPS last year! Well yeah, but for some reason most major draft sites weren't really high on him, and he wasn't anywhere near the top in CBS projections (neither of which really mean anything). Injury concerns, attitude concerns, blah blah... Of course, he is a Cub now, and I like what he's saying so far. Good pick, imo.
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Damn it, Bradley's gone too? So much for my list of "late round sleepers".
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Well, I mean, he does need a utility player. :)
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Ouch, Butler just took a seeding hit today with a home loss to Loyola.
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Best way to beat Northwestern is to let them have their way offensively for 35 minutes, then do nothing but full court press the last 5. It's a sure thing.
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For any Illinois fan that wanted to catch the exciting part of the game last night:
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You have spoken the name of the beast, and as such shall be shunned from the Illini faithful until you offer atonement for your acts of lunacy.
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They'll drop themselves tomorrow if they're not checked.
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Official 2009 Spring Training Picture Thread! NOW WITH CUBS!
bukie replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Seeing the words "Rich Harden" and "POP" in the same sentence makes me nervous. -
So guys, how's the game going...holy crap!
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I don't know if you're still awake, but it's being aired at midnight tonight out here on ESPN2. Thanks for this, I actually got it recorded this time. I'll have to watch it later today.
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Damn it, my wife turned off the DVR to watch something else. I really hope they show the game again somewhere.
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I'm really concerned the US will lose tonight. I don't know why, just a feeling.
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Heh, I should have just quoted that myself, since I knew you'd do that. :) I still don't think their overall profile is better than last year if they lose to Butler and don't win the conference tournament.
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Just the time of year it happened. The committee has taken recent play into account in seeding, and if Davidson loses the Bracketbuster game and a game in the SoCon tourney, that'll put them at just 7-3 in the last 10 with only one win against a top 100 RPI team. They have a worse computer profile than last year, and it's not as if they were clearly safe last year despite winning their final 24 games. On a similar note, here's an article with some information from the committee chair on thoughts on seeding and selection. I think anyone projecting to the top 4-5 seeds at this point would be hard-pressed to blow it over the last 7-8 games of the year. Except Syracuse, because that's kind of what they do every year. :) If I was looking at it, I'd probably set as locks... ACC: UNC, Duke, Clemson, Wake Forest Big East: UConn, Pitt, Louisville, Villanova, Marquette Big 12: Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri Big Ten: MSU, Illinois, Ohio State, Purdue (if Hummel comes back healthy, the losses without him will be overlooked, I think) Pac-10: UCLA Other: Xavier, Butler, Gonzaga, Memphis That covers 21 teams over 9 conferences, leaving 22 other conference auto bids to total 43 bids taken. That leaves 22 bids up for grabs, IMO.
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Last year, they also went a total of 23-0 against their conference and had the longest winning streak in the country going into the tournament, just to get a 10 seed. Neither of those two will happen this year. It's the equivalent of saying "If Davidson wins out, they're a lock". Well, obviously. Any team fits that criteria. Right now, though, they're not a likely tournament team, let alone a lock. They have an RPI of 50 this year as opposed to 35 last year.
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You still think Davidson is a lock? I don't. They're maybe a 12 seed at best if they don't win their conference tournament or beat Butler at home.
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You mean a game of GEICO.
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and the East Coast is five guys going to Duke, I assume Duke hasn't finalized scholarships for next year's class, which is why the McD's East team hasn't been set yet.
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I'll send you Ryan Theriot for the #1 pick back. :D
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what was the trade? Feeling lazy? It's right there on the site. i see the draft picks that were exchanged and zimmerman, but i don't see the high-end keeper. Jason Bay was the high-end keeper. That happened before the roster wipe, so I'm guessing that part of it got wiped too.
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Meh, we'll see. The #1 pick was really the only leverage I had to improve my keeper team/minors, so I traded down 10 picks to add a high-end keeper, a high-end pitching prospect that could start in the majors this year, and an extra later round pick. Of course, if I had known he's hamstring his roster 3 days later, I may have held out for a better deal. :)
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11 man roster, indeed.
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Little known MWC fact: New Mexico has actually been the best team in the Mountain West this year. By far. Of course, their non-conference was pretty bad.
