Vanilla Ice

Didn't see the game, so I am not positive you are talking about him, but.. I would bet it is Landesberg; he is by far their best player.

You aren't kidding. I don't think Jerime Anderson is a Division 1 point guard. Wish UCLA would have just waited for Larry Drew instead. Or convinced Abdul Gaddy that Jrue Holiday wasn't returning. no you dont.

Nope, it's because they are Duke. You gotta embrace it. Every year they are in the top ten, every year they are out by round two. Yet, Coach K is a master coach who gets the most out of his players. 1) Purdue jumped a bunch of teams after their win, including Duke. Before either win, Duke was ahead of Purdue, so.. 2) Duke dominated UConn much more than Purdue and Tennessee. The game was never really in doubt after the first 15 minutes, maybe. 3) Duke's team is much different this year than in past year. But sure, it is because they are Duke.

Go Nebraska and Appalachian State

UNC still is not good.

A lot of people seem to assume that hes nothing more than a part time player because he hasnt played a full season as a full timer. With the other options being Luis Castillo, Mike Fontenot, and Aarin Miles, I would love to give him that chance, but unfortunately for Jeff, Luis Castillo seems to be in the cards. Also, his .361 BABIP with a 19.4 LD%. His career BABIP is 40 points lower.

Angel Berroa or Omar Infante type career

Dempster probably won't be much better than a 3.65 ERA and 3.87 FIP next year. The bullpen problem is not really Marmol but everybody after the top 2. It is very shaky. Aramis will obviously be the biggest improvement, but that is really the only position that I expect to get much better (C, 2B, and LF might see smaller improvements) but CF, RF, 1B, SS will all be a tad worse IMO and the pitching will be much worse.

I wouldn't. Are the Cubs a Curtis Granderson type player away from being a playoff caliber team? I don't think so. In fact, I'm not sure if replacing Bradley with Granderson is an upgrade at all. If he isn't the type of player that can turn this into a playoff team, I'd much rather save the talent and sign Cameron to a 1 year deal and see who is available next year that can improve the team. All the rumors this offseason dictate that this team is handcuffed on payroll, so shedding the farm system of 3 of its better players for a guy who won't impact the won/loss record enough to make a difference just seems like continuing the viscious circle. And as much as someone can assure me that Granderson's 2 year plummet won't continue in 2010, he's not someone I can truly stand behind as the building block of the Cubs future. The Cubs need to spend money more wisely moving forward. Instead of watching guys like Matt Holliday and Jason Bay find teams that aren't the Cubs and signing Jacque Jones and Jeromy Burnitz' instead, this team will continue to have a tough time being better than Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Houston, which is an absolute embarrassment. In my mind, the deal would not be to get THE building block for the future. I mostly want to sell high on Vitters while we can still get some good value on him. EDIT: I think I have changed my mind. I don't really want to trade any prospects right now. I think in 2010 we will be about .500 and 2011 should be pretty rough so I don't think any moves would vault us back into World Series discussions. I would rather build for 2012 or so. I certainly wouldn't run out and bet the house on the Cubs winning the WS in 2010, but I can't see why you would think they will be about .500. Just about everybody was injured for a significant part of the year and certain players (Soto, Fontenot, Marmol, Harden, etc.) had disappointing seasons and they still finished 5 games over .500. This was in addition to the Cards playing way over their heads and acquiring Holliday and DeRosa to help out Pujols. I would think the Cubs would go into the season as the favorites (or co-favorites) to win the NL Central. Of course, some of that depends on moves made by teams in the next 3 months. I look forward to a healthy rebound by Soriano and Soto with more solid production from 2B (Baker or Baker/Fontenot). Ok, we may be a couple games over .500, but I cannot just see much improvement. Harden will be gone so we can expect a bounceback from him. Wells will not be nearly so good next year which makes our 4-5 very shaky. If there are any injuries to our top 3, our rotation will suck. I would not count on much of a bounceback from Soriano, that is about who he is going to be. Lee will probably regress back to the mean. Counting on solid production from 2B is not a smart idea; Baker hit into tremendous good luck last year. I don't think our bullpen will be any better; Grabow is one of our primary set-up men. Our bench still blows so injuries will still hurt us a lot. It is just a old average team that got a year older.

I wouldn't. Are the Cubs a Curtis Granderson type player away from being a playoff caliber team? I don't think so. In fact, I'm not sure if replacing Bradley with Granderson is an upgrade at all. If he isn't the type of player that can turn this into a playoff team, I'd much rather save the talent and sign Cameron to a 1 year deal and see who is available next year that can improve the team. All the rumors this offseason dictate that this team is handcuffed on payroll, so shedding the farm system of 3 of its better players for a guy who won't impact the won/loss record enough to make a difference just seems like continuing the viscious circle. And as much as someone can assure me that Granderson's 2 year plummet won't continue in 2010, he's not someone I can truly stand behind as the building block of the Cubs future. The Cubs need to spend money more wisely moving forward. Instead of watching guys like Matt Holliday and Jason Bay find teams that aren't the Cubs and signing Jacque Jones and Jeromy Burnitz' instead, this team will continue to have a tough time being better than Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Houston, which is an absolute embarrassment. In my mind, the deal would not be to get THE building block for the future. I mostly want to sell high on Vitters while we can still get some good value on him. EDIT: I think I have changed my mind. I don't really want to trade any prospects right now. I think in 2010 we will be about .500 and 2011 should be pretty rough so I don't think any moves would vault us back into World Series discussions. I would rather build for 2012 or so.

woo duke and their secondary big guys

I'd offer Vitters, Carpenter, and a piece like Antigua.

I thought that we were going to take Tex if we hadn't gotten Prior.

Texas-Pitt is exciting.

I think they should be in the championship game whether Texas loses or not. But, that obviously won't happen. You think we could actually see a team outside the power conferences make the championship game this year?

So, does TCU make the championship game if Texas were to lose this week or in the Big 12 championship?

UNC shouldn't have been so high in the preseason polls. surprise surprise. Duke has been very good so far. Jon Scheyer has 21 assists and 0 turnovers in 131 minutes this season.

There is nothing like WSR's flavor of the week.

My personal list looks a lot more like NSBB than BA.

Norwood is hurt. I wouldn't play either of them if Turner plays. I would recommend Snelling over Norwood, though.

I'll be interested to see what FO has to say about that decision.

Junior Lake

Cautiously optimistic about Barnes..

go duke go duke go duke

go duke go duke go duke EDIT: Duke could be in sole possession of first place in the Coastal after today..