Thursday marks the annual NBA Draft in Madison Square Garden. My prediction for the top three are John Wall, Evan Turner, and DeMarcus Cousins.
It's late but check back tomorrow as I predict the NBA Lottery and where will Sherron Collins & Jerome Randle will end up.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
On to the Sweet 16
With the opening round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament complete what have we learned from Thursday to Sunday:
- To my Chi-Town PGs....thank you Jerome Randle & Sherron Collins for 4 solid years in a major conference. Good luck in the NBA.
- Kansas - Just because you're #1 you have to play like the nation's top team at all time (see UNC 2009)
- Cornell & Northern Iowa head coaches phone are ringing off the hook from high major programs...Seton Hall, Iowa, Oregon, Auburn, St. Johns job all became available last week
- Korie Lucious will become a household name after nailing the game winner 3 to send Maryland home
- The torched was past: while Sherron Collins was walking back to the dressing room, Jacob Pullen reached out to him and showed the senior much love. Nothing but west side Chi-Town love....made me smile
- Kentucky Wildcats are now the front runner to cut down the nets
- A team that knows their roles always dances much longer...Northern Iowa, Cornell, BYU, St. Mary's
- Washington Huskies deserve more credit
- The Big East was overrated
- New Mexico got exposed once they faced some real competition
- Jimmer Fredette & Ali Farokhmanesh have great pro careers ahead of them.......overseas
- Derick Favors & Greg Monroe will not return to school
- I am tall enough to play center for the Marquette Warriors (I'm only 5'8)
- EVERYBODY'S BRACKET IS RUINED
That's it for now..Congrats to Simeon for winning the Class 4A state title over the weekend.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
ILLINI Snubbed - Dance Begins Thursday
Now that the brackets have been revealed topled Kansas is the top overall seed followed by Kentucky, Syracuse, and Duke. West Virginia and Ohio State made strong cases of landing the final number one seed but they gave it to Coach K.
Why is Illinois playing in the NIT rather than the NCAA? Simple they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers (at home) torwards the end of the season followed by losses to Purdue, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. Then defeat the Badgers in the first round of the Big 10 tourney followed by a double overtime loss to the Buckeys. What makes matters worse is that the Gophers reached the finals in Indianapolis doomed Bruce Weber's chances. Good luck against Stony Brook in the Not Invited Tournament
Expect Kansas State, Villanova, Kentucky, and Kansas to reach the final for with Sherron Collins cutting down the nets. He'll finally get a piece of John Wall.
Why is Illinois playing in the NIT rather than the NCAA? Simple they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers (at home) torwards the end of the season followed by losses to Purdue, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. Then defeat the Badgers in the first round of the Big 10 tourney followed by a double overtime loss to the Buckeys. What makes matters worse is that the Gophers reached the finals in Indianapolis doomed Bruce Weber's chances. Good luck against Stony Brook in the Not Invited Tournament
Expect Kansas State, Villanova, Kentucky, and Kansas to reach the final for with Sherron Collins cutting down the nets. He'll finally get a piece of John Wall.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Championship Week
I can't lie...these mid-major conference games are boring. Bring on the big boys ACC, Big 12, SEC, Big 10 tournaments!!!!! What are these mid-major conferences playing for? The rights for a 12 to 16 seed but every year one of these mid-major schools have deep tourney run. Gonzaga lost to St. Marys in the WCC Title game which means nothing because the Gonzaga Bulldogs were already in the dance.
Illinois went from a sure fire NCAA tourney team to a bubble team after losing to Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. This Friday, the ILLINI have a rematch with the Badgers in the first round of the Big 10 tournament. Wisconsin is only playing for a higher NCAA seed but the ILLINI cannot afford to loose or it's hello NIT.
With conference tournament games being played this week, 4 out of 6 POY in BCS conferences hail from Chicago:
Illinois went from a sure fire NCAA tourney team to a bubble team after losing to Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. This Friday, the ILLINI have a rematch with the Badgers in the first round of the Big 10 tournament. Wisconsin is only playing for a higher NCAA seed but the ILLINI cannot afford to loose or it's hello NIT.
With conference tournament games being played this week, 4 out of 6 POY in BCS conferences hail from Chicago:
- Jerome Randle - California - Pac 10
- Evan Turner - Ohio State - Big 10
- Sherron Collins - Kansas - Big 12
- John Schyer - Duke - ACC
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
March Madness - Senior Night
I DON'T CARE IF DELONTE WEST WAS FOULED THE LOB PASS TO LEBRON LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST IN GAME DUNKS IN NBA HISTORY.
Madness is everywhere in the hoops world. Today Missouri Zyar Taylor went Tyus Edney against Iowa State for the game winner to silence the crowd. People in Champaign, IL are growing mad because Illinois dropped another game in the Big 10 against Ohio State hindering their tourney chances. With the loss tonight, Ohio State wrapped up the Big 10 regular season title and Evan Turner played his last game in Columbus. Now it's off to Indianapolis for the Big 10 tourney where I hope ILLINI can win a few games and get into the dance.
Congratulations to UTEP for winning the Conference USA title it's the first time in nine years another team other than Memphis wins the title. Memphis will be back as they have the top recruiting class in the nation coming in next year.
Tomorrow tune into ESPN as two Chicago west side point guard Sherron Collins and Jacob Pullen go head to head as Kansas State plays Kansas. That should be a great game and I know Kansas State will play hard tomorrow night.
Good for LeBron switching his number I agree no ball player should ever wear the #23. LeBron James will wear the #6 next season.
Madness is everywhere in the hoops world. Today Missouri Zyar Taylor went Tyus Edney against Iowa State for the game winner to silence the crowd. People in Champaign, IL are growing mad because Illinois dropped another game in the Big 10 against Ohio State hindering their tourney chances. With the loss tonight, Ohio State wrapped up the Big 10 regular season title and Evan Turner played his last game in Columbus. Now it's off to Indianapolis for the Big 10 tourney where I hope ILLINI can win a few games and get into the dance.
Congratulations to UTEP for winning the Conference USA title it's the first time in nine years another team other than Memphis wins the title. Memphis will be back as they have the top recruiting class in the nation coming in next year.
Tomorrow tune into ESPN as two Chicago west side point guard Sherron Collins and Jacob Pullen go head to head as Kansas State plays Kansas. That should be a great game and I know Kansas State will play hard tomorrow night.
Good for LeBron switching his number I agree no ball player should ever wear the #23. LeBron James will wear the #6 next season.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Weekend Recap
Let me start off by saying I'm not a fan of hockey but I did watch the USA/Canada Gold Medal game and I'm disappointed and proud of the young USA Hockey team. Now back to the show............
I'm know I'm wrong for typing this but I'm rooting against the Nets. I want them to set the all-time record for most losses in a season. The Celtics must have went out the night before and came in a the crack of dawn because they forgot to bring their "C" game against New Jersey. The bench of the Boston Celtics alone can destroy the New Jersey Nets starting five. My Chicago Bulls keep showing mix signals by defeating the Portland Trailblazers on Friday night then last night losing to the Lottery bound Indiana Pacers. Playing to the level of your competition will not work in the L.
Speaking of playing to the level of the competition, Fighting ILLINI pretty much punch it's ticket to the NIT after a bad loss at home to Minnesota 62-60. I've said this before but for the ILLNI this season, it's whatever but next season pencil in Illinois as a top ten team with Lenord Myles, Mike Davis, Jereme Richmond, Brandon Paul, and Demetri McCamey with Crandle Head and DJ Richardson coming off the bench.
The nation's top two teams suffered losses this weekend as well as Kansas fell to Oklahoma State and Kentucky lost to Tennessee. Bottom line, Kentucky and Kansas will still be seeded #1 two weeks from today. Side note: Good for Sherron Collins calling John Wall a little boy. I hope these two teams meet in the finals.
There is plenty of basketball to watch this week (especially college ball) so I will see you guy later.
TOMORROW IS A GOOD DAY TO HOOP!!!!!!
I'm know I'm wrong for typing this but I'm rooting against the Nets. I want them to set the all-time record for most losses in a season. The Celtics must have went out the night before and came in a the crack of dawn because they forgot to bring their "C" game against New Jersey. The bench of the Boston Celtics alone can destroy the New Jersey Nets starting five. My Chicago Bulls keep showing mix signals by defeating the Portland Trailblazers on Friday night then last night losing to the Lottery bound Indiana Pacers. Playing to the level of your competition will not work in the L.
Speaking of playing to the level of the competition, Fighting ILLINI pretty much punch it's ticket to the NIT after a bad loss at home to Minnesota 62-60. I've said this before but for the ILLNI this season, it's whatever but next season pencil in Illinois as a top ten team with Lenord Myles, Mike Davis, Jereme Richmond, Brandon Paul, and Demetri McCamey with Crandle Head and DJ Richardson coming off the bench.
The nation's top two teams suffered losses this weekend as well as Kansas fell to Oklahoma State and Kentucky lost to Tennessee. Bottom line, Kentucky and Kansas will still be seeded #1 two weeks from today. Side note: Good for Sherron Collins calling John Wall a little boy. I hope these two teams meet in the finals.
There is plenty of basketball to watch this week (especially college ball) so I will see you guy later.
TOMORROW IS A GOOD DAY TO HOOP!!!!!!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
5 Straight fo the Bulls
Once again congratulations to the All-Star guard Derrick Rose as the Bulls have won 5 straight road games. The latest victims were Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets. The two all-star guards did not guard each other until the end of the 4th quarter as the better defender Kirk Hindrich guarded Paul. If Derrick Rose wants the crown as best PG in the League, he'll have to improve his jumper and defense. He already has the speed and strength but his defense is suspect. Looking forward to what he does in Dallas all-star weekend.
Big day in college basketball especially in Kansas as two Chicago west side guards will go hard on each other on ESPN tonight. Sherron Collins and Jacob Pullen will do battle as the ranked Kansas vs. Kansas State is the marquee game of the evening.
Right now I'm watching ILLINI loose to Indiana at home and this would be an extremely bad loss for Illinois as the Hoosiers have no chance of making the NCAA Tournament. It appears as if when UCONN lost their coach they also loss their game as they fall to Marquette by 2..70-68.
Well let me get back to watching the ILLINI game and holla at me readers later.
GO DU...BEAT XU
Big day in college basketball especially in Kansas as two Chicago west side guards will go hard on each other on ESPN tonight. Sherron Collins and Jacob Pullen will do battle as the ranked Kansas vs. Kansas State is the marquee game of the evening.
Right now I'm watching ILLINI loose to Indiana at home and this would be an extremely bad loss for Illinois as the Hoosiers have no chance of making the NCAA Tournament. It appears as if when UCONN lost their coach they also loss their game as they fall to Marquette by 2..70-68.
Well let me get back to watching the ILLINI game and holla at me readers later.
GO DU...BEAT XU
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
What 2 Watch........
Tonight on ESPN 8PM (Central Time) tune in to watch Kansas play California as two of the top point guards in the country face off. Both Sherron Collins and Jerome Randle were 2006 all state player from Illinois and I'm looking forward to see south side and west side go toe-2-toe.
Xavier Henry and Cole Aldrich will also contribute as I predict Kansas should win this game without any problem. Check back tonight for my recap.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Best College PGs hail from Da Chi
With College Basketball season getting starting and as a fellow PG with pots-n-pans from Da Chi, the top two PGs in Division 1 Basketball hail from Chicago and they are Sherron Collins & Jerome Randle. Both Kansas & California are favorite to win there respective conference with Kansas predicted to cut down the nets in Indianapolis in 2010.
Don't get me wrong, Kemba Walker, Kalin Lucus, and John Wall all have game and have an NBA future but the best point guards for the 2009-2010 are Randle & Collins.
Sherron Collins possesses a strong handle, long range jumper, leaping ability, ability to take over a game but most importantly heart which is in typical 773 fashion. Expect Collins to shake David Stern's hand during the middle of round one in June 2010.
Why Jerome Randle? Why not he does care that he's only 5'10 just ask the other Pac-10 guards (right Isiah). The senior returns to lead this Cal team which provides excitements which was last scene when Jason Kidd was running point in Berkley. Jerome also posses a sick handle (thanks Laren Foster) court vision, long range jump shot, and quickness which should make it too easy for other Pac-10 guards to guard him. I don't know if Randle has an NBA future but if he cathces on, Randle has a load of talent.
Take my poll and let me know what you think?
Don't get me wrong, Kemba Walker, Kalin Lucus, and John Wall all have game and have an NBA future but the best point guards for the 2009-2010 are Randle & Collins.
Sherron Collins possesses a strong handle, long range jumper, leaping ability, ability to take over a game but most importantly heart which is in typical 773 fashion. Expect Collins to shake David Stern's hand during the middle of round one in June 2010.
Why Jerome Randle? Why not he does care that he's only 5'10 just ask the other Pac-10 guards (right Isiah). The senior returns to lead this Cal team which provides excitements which was last scene when Jason Kidd was running point in Berkley. Jerome also posses a sick handle (thanks Laren Foster) court vision, long range jump shot, and quickness which should make it too easy for other Pac-10 guards to guard him. I don't know if Randle has an NBA future but if he cathces on, Randle has a load of talent.
Take my poll and let me know what you think?
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