Andy

It seemed more exciting in Turin.

As for my vote, I'm not really Big Ten savvy so I will abstain, though I agree with the consensus that on their face IU seems to bring the least to the league.

Dick Rod is merely 2 years into his plan of turning Michigan into Further West Virginia, only with fewer wins. He's already got a football recruit who robbed 3 houses signed up. I'd say things are going swimmingly. Hey, not one person he's signed on that football team has a felony conviction. :)

Is anybody here talking about Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa? No, because they aren't very good and aren't located in the Chicagoland area. If a cabal of fans means about four then OK. But It's not like we're crawling out of the woodwork here. The Purdue hate from Illini fans, or fans of pretenders like ND or BSU is very similar to White Sox fans hate for the Cubs. Did my team win today? Nope. Oh well, Purdue still sucks. Classy. In all honesty, this season has turned me around on the (we'll call it aggressive) Purdue defense. Sure as hell better than playing absolutely no defense at all like my squad and giving up 50 percent long-range nights to St. John's and Seton Hall every [expletive] game.

At least the Ball State game could be fun. Haha. It better be. Certainly no reason to watch ND/Louisville occurring at the same time.

That has to be murder on your knees. The run by Bilodeau was insane. Glad to see Canada get that gold.

St John's 69 ND 68. Winning margin came on a jacked up contested 3. 10/20 from 3 for St. John's. Horrible last possession for ND. I'm about [expletive] done.

Red Storm now 9/18 from 3. 239th in the country. Probably a little of both horrid defense and, for the 2nd straight game, dumb luck that the other team is so on fire.

Wow, this team is going to [expletive] suck next year without Luke. Embarrassing.

LOL all St. John's does at the end of the half is dribble around for 30 seconds and they get an open jumper. What I wouldn't give for a team that plays Purdue's foul-every-time-and-dare-the-refs-to-whistle-it D once in a while. We're well on our way to losing out.

St. John's ranks 239th in Division I in 3-point percentage, at 31.7 percent. Currently they are 6/8 from long range.

I'm assuming your comment was sarcastic Derwood, but the 04-05 team averaged 39.2% from three as a team. That's almost 5% above the NCAA average for the 04-05 season. That [expletive] only happens to Sulley's teams

Who exactly doesn't 'chuck' according to this definition?

And Billy Taylor will be hired away after this season. This is why my rooting for BSU is half-hearted. The first real successful season we have Taylor is gone. If he stays one more season maybe he will replace Brey if ND falls apart with out Harangody. I doubt Taylor gets hired away after a barely-above-.500 season in year 3. It would take some sustained success including NCAA berths, which we are still a good distance away from if Kent's destruction of us last week is evidence. He won't get a great job but remember how crappy the MAC pays coaches. Going to a struggling big school or a good small conference school will give him a good sized raise. As far as the sustained success I don't think you have to have that great of success to get hired away especially when you consider the very publicized circumstances Taylor took the program over in. If they win the MAC West title this year that will make it 2 in row and this year it will have been in a respectable form. I think that is more than enough (especially considering his success at Lehigh too) to get him a struggling Big East school offer. As far as ND is concerned I think if he stays one more year and again wins the MAC West he could get that job since he is an alum. However, that is a big if as is Brey getting booted. I want Brey booted and Fran McCaffery to replace him, but that's not going to happen. I think if Taylor really puts it together next year and has a great season (possible since I believe only 2 regular players will be out of eligibility after this year) he will get an offer, and if he does I'd be fine with it being from Notre Dame.

I especially liked that the Koreans knocked each other out as opposed to skaters from different countries getting tangled up.For no real reason I always get mildly annoyed when I see the replay of Ohno getting taken out in 02, just because the Korean who fell into him seemed to stick his arm out to knock him down. I'm sure it was unintentional, but the Olympics are all about irrational homerism.

i beg to differ. Yes, I, like about 10 other posters in this thread, are posting updates about a team no one gives a [expletive] about. Get over it. I don't want to read 10 pages of Illinois every time they play and you don't want to read one post per 5 pages about Ball State. We'll call it even. oh, i wasn't complaining, i was just saying that i seriously doubt that it could, in any way, be fun. It certainly won't be pretty. We play ugly basketball even by MAC standards.

And Billy Taylor will be hired away after this season. This is why my rooting for BSU is half-hearted. The first real successful season we have Taylor is gone. If he stays one more season maybe he will replace Brey if ND falls apart with out Harangody. I doubt Taylor gets hired away after a barely-above-.500 season in year 3. It would take some sustained success including NCAA berths, which we are still a good distance away from if Kent's destruction of us last week is evidence.

i beg to differ. Yes, I, like about 10 other posters in this thread, are posting updates about a team no one gives a [expletive] about. Get over it. I don't want to read 10 pages of Illinois every time they play and you don't want to read one post per 5 pages about Ball State. We'll call it even.

BSU back on track after beating NIU 71-66 today. Assuming Central beats Toledo, the worst team in the league, tomorrow, that sets up a potential division title battle at Worthen Arena next Wednesday, with both teams 7-5 in the MAC. Could be fun.

The taunting rule is a [expletive] joke and is selectively enforced like maybe no other rule in sports besides maybe holding.

How did USF sneak in? Aren't they 5-6 in the Big East?

http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/texas-headed-to-the-big-ten-not-likely-230052.html As for the Big 12 protecting KU more than Texas, that doesn't make a lot of sense. The conference alignment is based on geography, not some sneaky attempt to put KU in the softest division possible. And the basketball tournament, which was always in KC, now rotates between three locations. (Which is fair, but it doesn't support KU getting preferential treatment.) There are a bunch of other points to support that the power is in the south (and Texas), not the least of which is the fact the conference office is in freaking Texas. Besides, why would they protect KU hoops over Texas? I'm sure UT makes way more money for the conference. KU hoops is the "franchise" though. The Big 12 oughta just drop the cup cakes and go to a longer schedule like the Big Ten did.I'm a big fan of as many conferences as possible playing 18 league games in basketball.

Seton Hall is now 11/17 from 3-point range. Jeremy Hazell has 30 points on 9 [expletive] shot attempts. If you're not supposed to make the tourney, you're not supposed to make the tourney.

I'm not sure why he gets so many of them, I guess the refs are anticipating a lot. Tim Higgins is reffing this game, so all bets are off.

Jesus, there is no team we can't make look good on offense. I wish ND would play Ball State just to see how bad a team has to be on offense and not score big points on the Irish.