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Not sure I understand your question Dave? I think all parties were at fault in different ways... ...lowest scum of the earth of anyone ever met....etc...to me I guess is a bit too strong. My comment was meant to mean...there are a lot Worse people out there. My thoughts...well...I understand all sides.... I think Pearl made a mistake in his late 20's....I think he has paid his dues and debt after all of this time. I think it is time to move on. I feel strongly also about the Don Denkinger umpire saga. What did Pearl actually do...well, he set up a kid, recruit and got him to say U of I gave him improper stuff...he broke a fraternity code in the business...and I am not defending him for it...I have also done my homework on Pearl a little bit...and he really answers the test in a lot of other aspects in life that are tough to ignore...sure I think he is in the slick salesman category of hoops coaches....but big deal... He gets introduced, U of I fans boo...and it should be over....anything more than that, I guess I just don't understand. Getting another chance is the lesson here. Pearl depending on who you are and what you think...made a mistake, perhaps big, intentionally, and was punished for it(9 long years in D II ball) just to get a UWM job...which is a DI version of UMSL for more years... I think what hurst Pearl is the chip on his shoulder which he readily admits...kind of like TLR. He could serve himself better by saying a few things different and it could go away more easily for him. But he doesn't. To me, that is just ego, stubborn....etc... Murderers, rapists, etc....don't get nor deserve second chances in life...by all acconts he has been squeaky clean and well liked on and off the floor for a long time.... time to just talk about the 1-2-1-1 and Ed McCants and Joah Tucker....and the team ball UWM plays, etc.... time to turn the page.

We will agree to disagree....respectfully... Funny because....I much prefer the 3-2, 4-3 baseball game as opposed to 10-9. I am in favor of moving back the fences more...and first raising the pitcher's mound back to where it was.... I think the NJ Devil trap was very very bad for hockey...though very successful. Fundamentals and discipline are fine and wanted...but intentionally holding the ball to keep the score low to better compete...bothers me. In fact I am in favor of 10 minute quarters in high school hoops.

Obviously it is a very very tough ticket...I am looking for a couple of extra(4 more) for Saturday(preferrably) and/or Monday...if anybody knows of anyone reputable selling...serious replies only thanks...but I'd buy up to four more for some relatives I would like to treat. If you know anyone or think of anyone, much appreciated...thanks...

....I understand what you are saying...but on the other hand...if Pearl is the "lowest piece of ###### you have ever had the displeasure of meeting...then you indeed have been fortunate in life.

Just because I posted under you doesn't mean my post was entirely in reference to you. Why so defensive? Pearl's East Coast connections were referenced above. The Deon Thomas incident could take up its own thread here. Middle aged and up U of I fans are the ones who can't let it go on the Pearl thing. A non-story for me. Hopefully he will get his boos and people move on, end of story. If the U of I is as defensive as you, I like their chacnes Thurs night.

I understand what you are saying...I think we can all agree that the fluid play on offense, and point totals needs to improve. Obviously, having players to do so is required. But those coaches have to go get those players too.....

1) People in Chicago and U of I faithful haven't gotten over this as much of Cardinal nation hasn't gotten over 1985. 2) Pearl did go to BC....the UMASS discussion 3) James Augustine's uncle is the baseball coach at UWM...and he speaking for the players said they could give two bleeps about it. 4) When I looked up credibility in the dictionary I didn't see Deon Thomas' picture, nor his mom's. ...nor Jimmy Collins. Though, Collins has seemed to have had UWM's number over the years at UIC and not the other way around as somebody pointed out... 5) Who's car was nicer...Deon's or the one Pat Kennedy got for Quentin Richardson? Pearl is what he is...self-admitted chip on his shoulder...a talker....great for tv, radio shows, or hocking cars(Spoon anyone), etc...a bull shitter....a salesman, the guy who would greet you at the gym as you entered and he'd say thanks for coming...and you'd be like geez was that the coach...he's one of us....but the same guy who parks in the illegal zone out front of a building...comes racing out when he gets a ticket and says to the cop...don't you know who I am? and drops some f bombs....(anybody else see the video of UWM who was apparently locked out of the Cleveland St gym for practice because they didn't bring picture id...more f bombs than Robert Montgomery Knight.) He is a winner when it comes to coaching...winning everywhere he has been, somehow some way....the guy is great theater, never boring....and wins...and has the whispers and 16 year old baggage.....if you are a school with a chip on your shoulder, he's perfect. He can coach, no doubts there, and recruit....

I agree wtih Nashville....Schasz...I didn't say it couldn't be done...I believe it can be done....but it would take a special coach for it to happen. ....a lot stacked against someone in the job.

Friday is the ONLY "open" practice days for free for public....doors open 10:30am I believe...12-4 sounds about right...at the dome.

...Schasz I believe "gets" what I am saying. I like teams who can win in the 50's....if they have to, or if the game dictates it....or can also win in the 90's....or anywhere in between. That game was hideous. If only it were the beauty of Mike Kelly's D on Cleaves. It was poorly played game too if you remember correctly. There is a MINIMUM standard of offensive(fluidity and pts) imo for hoops. It doesn't need to be an up and down foot race, no defense, high turnovers...etc...plenty of uptempo games don't involve 20 turnovers Roy. Some motion offense, solid ball....I'd take that. There is a big difference....not wanting the Dick Bennett style doesn't mean the opposite...there is a lot of room in between. It's just an opinion. It is FACT that the average Joe will NOT turn out even if the team is winning playing that opposed style mentioned. The team would have to win almost every time out to draw large quantities of fans. I do agree that if you win people come....but in hoops, people will come more if it is decently attractive to watch.

Zags didn't have their usual guard play this year. I am not that high on Raivio for example. Guard play wins in NCAA's. If McCants or Tucker both do not have strong games, no chance for Panthers. I like Kentucky's chances to get to final four. I think they are improving...though I'd like to keep seeing more offense. I got busted up with the Bucknell deal and a few other areas...but getting UAB over LSU and some others right has kept me alive....in the pools. I actually had UWM too. Syracuse is always tough to figure out each year it seems. NC State...typical NC State, very unpredictable...but talented. Tough to root for the 7-9 conference teams. Hodge has really been carrying them. If AZ can get team ball out of Stoudamire, and some defense, I think they can beat anybody. I like Michigan St to beat Duke. AZ, UW, KY and UNC....anybody will have a tough time with UNC.

I think State has a very good, slightly better than average chance vs Wisconsin. I think if they get by that 50-50 game...they will lose. I think Arizona/Ok St winner has EXCELLENT chance vs U of I... U of L toss up vs UW. and I'd like to see UK for the sole purpose of possibly sitting near Ashley Judd like a few years ago.... right now...it has the feel to me like....AZ, UW, UNC and KY....but that is why it will probably go another way....

Tough place to coach...Football is king...then womens hoops....they play in a HUGE arena and can't fill it. Didn't work for a lot of coaches....

Tough place to play and a terrific place to see a game...definitely near the top of my prettiest campus list Bob...no doubt about it. ....shades of Memorial Gym Magic...and Barry Goheen tonight... Mark Turgeon on a different note...is a very good coach...and a nice guy. fierce competitor.

I realize wins are wins...but WI/Michigan state semifinal game that year one of the worst basketball games I have ever seen. You can take that style of play and stuff it as far as I am concerned. I respect the quaility of team and staff...but it is one thing for UWGB to pull off some upset magic with undermanned teams in that style under Bennett...but not at Madison and Washington St....its tiresome on a higher level. Here's hoping SLU starts scoring some serious points...or Joe average fan off the street isn't coming....unless the record is OUTSTANDING.

Feel free to ignore a post. You are an idiot. If he wants to post something he'll do it. You are such a big bad man....ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Only third time in D III history...Soderberg's alma mater...possibly Jack Bennett's final season as coach...brother of Dick....with rout of Rochester.

I was impressed with WV's half time adjustments. Wake dared them to score in any way but three, so WV finally went to the back door cuts...moving Erik Williams out of position. A lot of games where a team runs out to a big league only to get trounced in second half after adjustments made... Balance obviously wins games and gets you far...but you better have good guard play...small teams like Texas Tech, UWM, UW, .....all having success.

It was a great game...I actually more so thought Milwaukee got some pretty one sided calls in their game with BC...that was an even better game....folks in Cleveland got their money's worth today. Some great ball.

63-51 The game was never close. Probable future Dukie Jon Scheyer with 27...after having 35 and 48 previous two games.

When the St. Louis Sports Commission applied for the 2004 Final Four, the received the 2005 event. The hope was to get in the regular rotation every 5 years or so...

Yes...and so do some other states....they have 8 teams "go to state" and quarters are Fri, semis and finals same day on Sat.

PEORIA -- Junior all-stater Jon Scheyer fired in 35 points Friday as Glenbrook North cruised to a 68-47 win over Brother Rice in the Class AA quarterfinals in Peoria. Scheyer, who scored 48 points in Tuesday's supersectional win over Waukegan, hit two 3-pointers in the last minute of the second quarter as No. 7 Glenbrook North stretched a one-point lead to seven at halftime. Scheyer, a 6-6 guard and first-team all-state choice, also had 12 rebounds and five assists, outdueling another first-team all-stater, 6-3 senior Bobby Frasor. Frasor, a North Carolina recruit, finished with 16 points and five assists. Glenbrook North (30-2) wore black patches on their jerseys for the second straight game as a tribute to Dawn Weber, the mother of Glenbrook North coach Dave Weber and Illinois coach Bruce Weber, who died last week. Brother Rice, making its first ever quarterfinal appearance, finished the season at 26-5. Glenbrook North will play either Rockford Jefferson or Lincoln in Saturday's semifinals at Peoria's Carver Arena.

ahhh....the innocence of high school sports..... PEORIA, Ill. -- Brawls at supersectional games in Chicago and Edwardsville earlier this week prompted tighter security Friday at Illinois' Class AA basketball finals in Peoria. Extra police officers patrolled Carver Arena, and metal detectors screened people entering the March Madness Experience, an event with sports-related games that draws thousands to an exhibition hall adjacent to the arena in Peoria's Civic Center. Kirk Gibson, assistant director of the Illinois High School Association said he did not know how many additional police officers were on hand. He said the organization, which stages the annual two-day finals, beefed up security to make sure fans felt "this was going to be a safe tournament this weekend." "It's really something we probably should have been doing other years," Gibson said. Police said rival gangs apparently were to blame for a large brawl that broke out during a boys high school state tournament basketball game at Chicago's United Center. Two people were sent to hospitals after Monday night's fight. The fight involved dozens of people, and security teams at the United Center called in Chicago police for help. In Edwardsville on Tuesday, an Alton High School student was stabbed after the supersectional game against Carbondale Community High School. Police investigating the incident said about half a dozen fights broke out in the parking lot after the game. Police are looking for two suspects, possibly former CCHS students, officials said.

March 18, 2005, 2:18 PM CST Carbondale had four players in double figures and led all the way in a 78-55 victory over an undermanned Crane team in the state Class AA boys basketball quarterfinals Friday in Peoria. Manual Cass, a 6-foot-6-inch junior center, had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the winners, who took a 10-2 lead at the start of the game and were never headed. Ray Nelson (19 points), Josh Tabb (16 points) and Michael DeWalt (12 points) also were in double figures for the Terriers (30-2). Crane (23-7) was led by 24 points from guard Sherron Collins, but the Cougars' next highest scorer was Ray Brown with nine. Crane was playing without one of its top scorers, 6-5 Tyrone Kent, who had surgery for appendicitis Tuesday. Carbondale out-rebounded Crane 44-23 and hit 52.8 percent of its shots, including 5-of-8 from three-point range. Carbondale plays the winner of the Thornton-Downers Grove South quarterfinals game in Saturday's 11 a.m. semifinal game.