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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.

lol @ Chase Budinger

haha. Oh, Z. He must really not want Kosuke to get a hit, then.

Kiper and McShay both have the Bears taking Heyward-Bey in their latest mock.

Tyrus is pretty worthless again.

Has there been any indication from the preseason that Kosuke will no longer be dominated by completely drivable fastballs?

Haha, classic UMF. It's not even the middle of March and you're panicking. I think it's a fair point. If he DOES struggle people will naturally conflate what happened in the WBC to his on field performance. Even if they're unrelated he'll be bombarded by the media asking if he has a hangover from what happened in the WBC and maybe then it gets in his head. There's no reason to panic but it sure doesn't help.

He and Sarkisian learned from the master. http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h37/trojantsax/uclaad0825-1.jpg

Miller is OK. He's way too slow on the pick and pop on offense and way too sow to defend it on defense. I thought he'd be more of an effective jump shooter off of pick and rolls but he takes forever to wind up his shot because he's usually ball faking towards the hoop first. That part of his game is gone now and he just needs to take that jumper immediately.

It wasn't a three. He picked Salmons' pocket and hit a running/leaning 19 footer from near the top of the key as time expired. He's just way too good. I knew he was going to win it as soon as he stole the ball from Salmons.

Can we sign Wade? What a shitty finish. That has to be the best game of the regular season so far.