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It is funny though that the ones you said would be "easy" wins were actually really close games and you said Iowa and Wisconsin would be a close one and it was a blowout. Goes to prove that on any given night its anyones game. Good picks overall

Not putting down teams like Vanderbilt and Ole Miss but Kentucky has struggled against these small schools. Kentucky just comes off as a lazy team. They have come out to compete against the big schools they've played against but I don't see them going undefeated. Too many close calls. 

They've had too many close calls against small teams. The will lose at least 3 this year. Wouldn't be surprised if they got knocked out of the tournament early

Come on Bryant visited in October…..

If Kansas is the favorite, Im not impressed. After watching that game last night i think IU can take them. 

Yeah like I said Id be happy with either one. Maker is more of a stretch big while Bryant seems to be a more traditional post up guy. So with Maker we'd have to form an offense around him most likely, but if Sampson could do as well as he did with an offense based on Gordon, we could be pretty lethal with an offense based around Maker. I think with Bryant we could keep our offense scheme and work him into it and we would still be cooking with oil. With either one, we would be a team to be dealt with on a national level! I think we stand a good chance of getting one of them and I hope we do

Well thats not honestly what I meant. Taken out of context yea it looks bad but I meant like out of all the high school guys right now he probably is. The kid can handle the ball like a point and bring the ball up and initiate offense. Definitely not the best ever (didn't mean that), but there haven't really been a lot like him. 

But out of all those teams I think Iowa St is the only contender the rest seem overrated, especially Kansas

I understand wanting him over Thon but a few of things you name Thon Maker definitely does better. Thon is probably one of the best rim running big men to ever play the game honestly. He is basically Kevin Durant with post moves. I would be thrilled with either one but Bryant and Maker are two completely different players. I think either one takes us in the elite again. I just think landing Thon Maker would mark a huge shift in recruiting for us. If can land a top 5 recruit, I think we'll start landing more

Alexander is not that great at all. For some reason he is really high up on the different mock drafts but all the games Ive seen of Kansas' this year, he is not that great honestly. Looks lost a lot of the time

  Never!

It was already gonna be an embarrassment even with Levert, now its going to be even more ugly

As far as the Russell/Trimble/JBJ comparison its funny to compare Trimble and JBJ stat wise. JBJ averages more points, rebounds, and steals. Trimble averages more assists. Interesting to look at

Utah isn't a pretender. They are a good squad! It was one game. There are multiple players Id trade off this squad for Delon Wright and Jake Poetll off Utah

Then again Dan Dakich has been known to trash Gordon as well. There have been multiple times that Dakich has stated that Gordon was overrated at IU

Those weren't my words. Thats to quote some of the analysts on the games Ive seen OSU play this year. 

Trimble is far ahead of Russell too. Russell has disappeared in big games. Against lesser talent he has had great games but falters against big competition

They are going to be in the top 10 pretty soon. They have big men that we can't even touch. Their backcourt is also pretty darn good. With them ranked so high and us not even sniffing the top 25, we still have a LONG way to go. I do think that head to head we can play with them.

Have you seen Notre Dame play this year though? They are a heck of a team. We can play as good as we can this year but Notre Dame is the best team in Indiana this year. They have a complete team.

From the Inside the Hall article about Austin's transfer to Butler: "He received a medical redshirt for the 2012-2013 season after suffering a broken left kneecap, which means he’ll have two years of eligibility remaining. Etherington plans to graduate in May and is expected to be eligible next season."

Louisville is 1-3 against ranked teams this year.

I guess it depends on if kids want to just make money riding pine/being a rotation guy or actually be a great player in NBA

i think all the players on Kentucky say they are fine with it now but watch if they lose a game or two, then the complains will start to ooze out of the sewer that is Lexington

The funny thing is a big majority of the kids that have gone to the NBA through Kentucky are now rotation players and bench warmers in the NBA. Apart from Anthony Davis, Cousins, and Wall. Nerlens Noel starts for the 76s but that isn't much to brag about. Bledsoe could be a superstar but has injury problems. They have gotten a lot of players to the NBA but Calipari doesn't really do anything to prepare them for that. 

And in other news, Tyler Haws from BYU is also a beast