Clearing up a few loose ends....

---Be sure to vote for the Bradley players, and keep voting every day!!

http://www.archmadness20.com/moments.asp?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400

http://www.archmadness20.com/team.asp



---Taylor Brown....
here is the fact....that Taylor Brown was NOT disciplined for what he said on twitter, nor was he disciplined by anyone other than the head coach. He was given a simple instruction and thus it becomes a rule, and he disobeyed the rule...so he was penalized accordingly. He is a great kid, a huge part of this team and this team's future, and is well liked within the program


---Now if you want to see who else tweets from class, then the thing you'll note is that at BU it gets taken care of and properly disciplined, but not elsewhere...so go elsewhere if you want to rant about it being allowed and tolerated....
....ONLY at BU is it getting penalized!!

In fact, one potential NBA draft pick currently playing in the Valley not only tweets from class, but he also posts VIDEO from class showing the female classmates!!!
"Class is boring http://twitvid.com/37972"
http://twitter.com/Osiris_Eldridge/status/3892272671

http://www.twitvid.com/37972

and how about Kellen Thornton, who posted this tweet from class with a picture...
"I thought only ****** (racial epithet) fell asleep in class an he snorin loud... This class boring as that thang.. "
http://twitter.com/kelzboog21/status/5834998520
http://img70.yfrog.com/i/m05.jpg/

Thornton also posts tons of terribly offensove tweets with racial slurs and obscenities, then this...
"Bored as hell def shouldn't have went to class.. Smh"
http://twitter.com/kelzboog21/status/8910715283

and...from just late Saturday night...
"Now drunk as f**k-- yea me too lol
about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific"
http://twitter.com/kelzboog21/status/9416592235

and if you search, you'll find that players on every other team in the valley do the exact same thing...so where's the outrage???
Just more evidence that the haters love to go off on anything.......


---Matt Roth....
lots of rumors swirling about Matt Roth, but he is AT Indiana, he enjoys it there, he has said he enjoys it there, he is getting a great education and also has a girlfriend there, so Matt Roth is NOT likely to leave Indiana as long as there is a place for him on the team.
BTW- it has already been decided that Matt will NOT play this year and will pursue a medical redshirt. Maybe that seemed obvious to some, but he was progressing pretty well and beginning to practice and if he even appeared in one game he would have been ineligible for a medical redshirt.
There are numerous discussions on the Indiana boards about Matt transferring and a lot of Hooiser fans actually want him to transfer...

Here are a couple examples...
"I hope Matt transfers. I think it will be beneficial to both parties. Of course, I don't know if HE looks at it that way and if he stays, good for him. I just think he doesn't fit the system and could excel at a Bradley, Butler, SIU or somewhere like that.
We would be better off by having freed up a schollie for use in '11 or '12."

"I wouldnt be a bit surprised to see MR head to Bradley and TP to Dayton.
In MR's case, I expect it."

"If Im him, do I want to play 3 years at a place where Im going to get, it appears, minimal playing time. ...playing days are precious. ... I just feel, when he really thinks whats best for him for the next few years (he'll transfer)"
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=170&f=2347&t=5618136

That being said, in his post game press conference Saturday, after Indiana got blown out by Minnesota scoring in the 80's...Tom Crean said...guys who won't or can't play defense won't be at IU next year, so clearly there's concern that some scholarships are going to get Janked....
"Coach Crean stated on his post game, that he told the guys who don't want to guard to find some where else to play because it won't be here. This is the 3rd or 4th time i've heard him say something like this....
...Roth, Rivers, Pritchard, Muniru, Moore, Dumes, & Jobe ..... They are not going to be a part of the next great IU team and frankly I'm not sure how any of them are building up a foundation...."
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=170&f=2353&t=5639478
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&tid=140256895&mid=140256895&sid=942&style=2
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&tid=140246532&mid=140246532&sid=942&style=2
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&tid=140246532&mid=140246532&sid=942&style=2

But then note this commentary...
"Speculation is growing about how much longer Tom Crean will last at Indiana. Saturday’s 81-58 loss to Minnesota — the Hoosiers’ eighth straight defeat — left the once-proud program 9-17 overall and 3-11 in the Big Ten. Crean, brought in from Marquette to clean up the scandal-ridden mess left by Kelvin Sampson, is now just 15-41 overall and 4-28 in the Big Ten since taking over in 2008. ... Maybe Crean’s hiring should be a lesson for the Big Ten: Avoid the Big East at all costs during a coaching search."
http://www.nj.com/college-basketball/index.ssf/2010/02/college_basketball_plus_did_we_learn_anything_from_this_years_bracket-buster_games.html

Plus, a lot of the Indiana fans on message boards are getting ticked they haven't landed quality players, and seem to be battling for mid-major caliber players (even Justin Gant's and Matt Roth's names come up on this topic...)
http://hoosierhoopla.blogspot.com/2010/02/watching-iu-is-getting-painful.html

"Roth????? Wil never undertand why he is given so may props as being a huge part of this team and making them sooo much better. Last year he made some shots but was horrible on defense and that was it. Other then threes he had nothing to offer so why are we better with him now?"
http://indiana.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=731&mid=140226050&sid=942&tid=140224770&style=1

[btw--Justin Gant scored a game-high 24 in Terre Haute North’s 61-60 overtime win over Cathedral, lifting his team to 15-5 on the season]


---rumors on the Saluki board that Anthony Booker and other players are leaving....following Nick Evans and all going to USI to play for ex-assistant Rodney Watkins...
Booker even posted something on his Facebook that says...
"sometimes we hold on tight to the things that god himself is trying to take from us... with that being said im ready to get outta here!!!!!!"
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?t=31937
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?t=31937&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120


---FWIW article on cracking the code of the RPI...
http://thehoopsreport.com/article.aspx?id=446


---Reggie Theus has reportedly expressed interest in the DePaul head coaching job...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-0222-around-town--20100221,0,1446291.story


---P'Allen followup....P'Allen probably holds a record...kicked out of a high school, kicked out of a prep school (Brewster), and now to be kicked out of a college (Creighton).


---Bob Huggins wants to to a BCS-type split for basketball....
he calls it 1-A and 1-AA and wants to drop the lesser schools ( midmajors) to a lower division so he won't ever have to face one in the post-season!!
Bradley and the MVC ought to fit inside the Top 110 teams but still, I don't like it...
http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/02/bob-huggins-has-idea-for-college.html
http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_051025944.html

---video of basketball brawl -- not great quality...
http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/02/footage-of-berea-college-basketball.html
http://www.allkyhoops.com/2010/02/suspensions-galore-after-fight-at-berea.html

---check out this twitter...
http://twitter.com/xb7