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BTbird wrote:

Championz wrote:Their fanbase is making fun of Nic Moore and the SMU situation which is extremely ironic. SMU and Illinois State belong in the same bed together.

Yeah Right, Didn't WSU commit a violation this summer with a recruit we were after. The WSU baseball team has just been placed on probation but it's our athletics department that belongs in bed with SMU.

http://www.associatesdegree.com/2011/03/08/10-most-corrupt-college-athletic-programs/

This article was posted before your baseball team went on probation by the way.

You get your degree off that site?

I picked UNI here. I'm not really sure why.

Evansville and ISUr give no real historical reason to believe they will finish ahead of them. But I'm thinking UNI drops a ways this year. They are back to year 1 of the 4-year cycle. And their non-con is brutal. Not sure they will be above .500 by the end of it, which could hurt the psyche of some youngsters.

Cdizzle wrote:I picked UNI here. I'm not really sure why.

Evansville and ISUr give no real historical reason to believe they will finish ahead of them. But I'm thinking UNI drops a ways this year. They are back to year 1 of the 4-year cycle. And their non-con is brutal. Not sure they will be above .500 by the end of it, which could hurt the psyche of some youngsters.

I picked UNI here, as well. The reason is that I'll need to be convinced their guards can:

1. Absorb the lost point-production from Tuttle and Co., and . . .
2. Do it without having Tuttle on the floor receiving the focus of the defense.

Opponents' post defenders won't be nearly as concerned about helping off their man. That said, I won't be at all surprised if Jacobsen adapts and they finish 2nd.

Tough choice on this one. I went with ISU. I think we have a legit shot at 2nd but so does UNI and UE.

valleychamp wrote:So, y'all are really going to vote Marty Simmons' team 2nd?

Yikes. Might want to give that one some further thought.

Just because I'm not voting the Aces fourth doesn't mean I am voting them second, and that could well be the thinking of a lot of others. I'm with Wufan in thinking that the Aces could finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th. It all depends on how well Wily Wiley performs, and if Jaylon Brown, and Boo Gibson can continue the play they showed in the CIT last year. A lot will depend on whether Marty gives Blake Simmons, and Adam Wing 30 minutes a game. If he does, then the Aces will be lucky to finish fourth or fifth. The Aces have the talent to finish second, but there are too many questions to be answered for me to predict a second place finish. Maybe it's because I have been so disappointed in the program for the last 15 years, that they are going to have to show me if they are that good this year.