SpongeWorthy

The upcoming loss @OKC is a foregone conclusion.

We but the Celtics sans KG? I'll take it. This team is so shizophrenic. Salmons is nice though. TAKE OVER THE PAINT EARLIER DERRICK!!!

Well it's probably a fairer treatment of mid majors but I think it would lead to an inferior field.

When your last franchise QB is Sid Luckman you'd think a different tack might be in order.

It would be so Arizona-ish for them to be hyped up as the likely 12 seed upsetting the 5 seed and then just get blown out of the arena.

Sanchez could last to the Broncos 12th pick.

This is one of those situations where you give up the house if necessary and figure everything else out later. Kind of like the Kobe trade (not that Cutler is the equivalent of Kobe in the NFL).

Me too.

Initial thoughts: Midwest looks like the strongest region. I don't see much stopping UConn/Memphis in the West regional final. Pitt will blow through the East. I like OU or Syracuse to come out of the South. I'll take Louisville, Memphis, Pitt, and Syracuse as my seat of the pants Final 4 prediction.

If they even get by Utah State. They really aren't very good without James.

That was a brutal fall. Ouch.

Wah.

YES!!!! SC's going dancing :D

I guess USC used up all of its defensive karma against UCLA last night. ASU is burying them right now :[

He's gone. He's got a chance to sneak into the top 5 if he keeps this up. I wouldn't take him in the top 5. He literally has no handle and his jumper is a mess (although the mechanics seem good). He's a glorified energy player who thrives in transition and hustle plays. I think if he goes this year he's a bottom of the lottery or mid first round guy. He could be top 5 with another year. I selfishly want him to stay but objectively speaking...he needs a ton of work still. Just takes a couple of work outs, especially in such a weak draft. I'd definitely take him top 10 (especially over guys like Mullens or Budinger). They're all projects this year outside of Griffin and Harden. I'm starting to come around on Henderson as being the best big guard in the draft after Harden. I like Teague too.

He's gone. He's got a chance to sneak into the top 5 if he keeps this up. I wouldn't take him in the top 5. He literally has no handle and his jumper is a mess (although the mechanics seem good). He's a glorified energy player who thrives in transition and hustle plays. I think if he goes this year he's a bottom of the lottery or mid first round guy. He could be top 5 with another year. I selfishly want him to stay but objectively speaking...he needs a ton of work still.

Nice win. Last two minutes were agony when USC couldn't inbound the damn ball. I kept track and they didn't actually dribble the ball past half court in the last 2:04 of the game. Derozan's starting to get it figured out. Hopefully he'll come back for one more year and find a jumper and a handle.

BC really butchered those last 20 seconds with god awful out of bounds plays and clock management.

Hey Raisin, is UCLA going to lie down and do its part in getting a 5th Pac 10 team into the dance?

I think the rationale that the players aren't very good is pretty reasonable. Tell that to Louisville, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, Missouri, Florida State, Texas, Butler, Oklahoma State, Boston College, et al. Manny Harris is as good as anyone in America. When the highest rated pro prospect in the league is BJ Mullens it doesn't speak well about the depth of talent in the conference. Obviously NBA projectability and how good the teams are on the college level are two different things but if you compare the talent level of the Big 10 now to what it was just a couple years ago I think it's fair to say the overall talent level is pretty down. The best talents in the conference are fringe lottery guys at best (Mullens and Turner). The Big 10 won't be drafting many players into the NBA over the couple years. you really have no idea what you are talking about. You can't tell me that there are more than 2 surefire first round picks in the Big 10 in the next two drafts. Manny Harris, DeSean Sims, BJ Mullins, Evan Turner, JaJuan Johnson. A few years ago everyone said there was only Bracey Wright in the conference. Two years later Devin Harris and Deron Williams are stars. Harris, Sims, and Johnson are in no way "surefire" first round picks. Harris and Sims are pretty low ceiling guys on the next level. Johnson has the most potential but there are probably half a dozen power forward prospects out of the sophomores alone that rate higher than him.

I think the rationale that the players aren't very good is pretty reasonable. Tell that to Louisville, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, Missouri, Florida State, Texas, Butler, Oklahoma State, Boston College, et al. Manny Harris is as good as anyone in America. When the highest rated pro prospect in the league is BJ Mullens it doesn't speak well about the depth of talent in the conference. Obviously NBA projectability and how good the teams are on the college level are two different things but if you compare the talent level of the Big 10 now to what it was just a couple years ago I think it's fair to say the overall talent level is pretty down. The best talents in the conference are fringe lottery guys at best (Mullens and Turner). The Big 10 won't be drafting many players into the NBA over the couple years. you really have no idea what you are talking about. You can't tell me that there are more than 2 surefire first round picks in the Big 10 in the next two drafts.

I think the rationale that the players aren't very good is pretty reasonable. Tell that to Louisville, Duke, Kansas, UCLA, Missouri, Florida State, Texas, Butler, Oklahoma State, Boston College, et al. Manny Harris is as good as anyone in America. When the highest rated pro prospect in the league is BJ Mullens it doesn't speak well about the depth of talent in the conference. Obviously NBA projectability and how good the teams are on the college level are two different things but if you compare the talent level of the Big 10 now to what it was just a couple years ago I think it's fair to say the overall talent level is pretty down. The best talents in the conference are fringe lottery guys at best (Mullens and Turner). The Big 10 won't be drafting many players into the NBA over the couple years.

I think the rationale that the players aren't very good is pretty reasonable.

Thank you Jerome Randle! Nice work from Taj, Derozan, and Hackett...that game was way too close for comfort given the huge rebounding edge SC had. Cal makes sickening long distance shots though.

How nice of SC to wait until it has to run the table in the conference tournament to play its best half of the season.