A few Valley notes - and more

Northern Iowa will have senior night vs. ISU on Feb. 27, and given the 3 game suspension for Eglseder encompasses the games vs. Creighton, Old Dominion, and Evansville, then Jordan Eglseder will be back and eligible for the game in Cedar Falls on Senior night.
UNI handled the Redbirds easily in Normal back in January, so this'll be an interesting game that might just be somewhat less meaningful as both teams might, by then, have already locked up their positions in the league.
Eglseder went for 15/8 in the first meeting and Dinma went for 10/14.

Here's a funny error in a west coast newspaper, where the writer thinks that Northern Iowa are the Hawkeyes!!!
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bkc-t25-n-iowa-orear,0,278609.story

Speaking of Dinma, here's a thread about the upcoming BracketBuster opponent he's going to face on Saturday...
Nightmare vs. Monster

Osiris Eldridge's scoring has slowed way down, and now it is virtually impossible for him to become their all time leading scorer, or even approaching 2nd place.
Eldridge currently sits in 6th place and needs to score 52 more points just to get to 5th place.
And ISU is likely to get an NIT bid, so reasonably the Redbirds might still play 8-9 more games, giving Osiris the possibility of still scoring 150-200 more points, so the best he might be able to get to in career points would be about 1900 career points, or good enough for the 3rd place spot all time at ISU.
Their #2 all time acorer is Billy Lewis at 1,962, and their all time leader is Doug Collins at 2,240...which is almost certainly out of reach (OE would need to play at least a dozen more games and average 41 points per game.)

Also, news from ISU - Jeremy Robinson who was little used by Coach Jank, and who left a few weeks ago...still wants to play D-I ball...
He is now at Iowa Western juco, optimistic that he will get some attention for the Big Ten. Seriously, is anyone puzzled by that?? He couldn't find a lick of playing time at ISU but thinks he's going to go Big Ten??
He also thinks that even at the Big Ten level he can still play the "4" position even thought he's only 6-7.
Jeremy Robinson Interview


There's a rumor at Creighton that one other possible destination for P'Allen Stinnett might be St. Mary's in California where Stinnett would be a teammate again with his ex-Creighton roster-mate Kenton Walker, who is now at St. Mary's. The other rumor heard was P'Allen going to UNLV.


There's a rumor about Indiana's Matt Roth transferring back to Bradley...but I kinda doubt this will happen...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14822

But speaking of Indiana, the fans there are actually worried that their team has hit the wall, and won't win another game this season...
And fans are not happy, with Tom Crean already taking a little heat...and fans wanting Mike Davis, and even (gasp) Bobby Knight back as head coach!!!
Indiana basketball fans are not happy


The Bryant Bulldogs finally won a game and are now 1-26...
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201002180627


Mick Yelovich, 6-6 sophomore that BU looked at a little, scored 34 last night in SIUE's 91-76 win over North Dakota. Yelovich has his average up to 16.2 ppg, and has averaged 25 ppg over the past 3 games.


Pac-10 1st place team, Cal, lost last night to bottom dweller, Oregon State...tightening the league up.
Cal still holds on to 1st place at 9-5, but just two games separates 1st from 7th, and four games is all the difference from 1st place to 10th (last) place.


Here's a college basketball guy, and since he's in the gambling and handicapping business I'd say his opinion on the subject is likely to be solid...and he agrees with me. He thinks the mid-majors get a raw deal from the NCAA come tourney time.
http://www.eog.com/news/industry.aspx?id=47878


NCAA acts interested in the USC-Reggie Bush scandal, but why did it take them FIVE YEARS to ask these guys questions?? FIVE YEARS!!!! This in itself is a huge joke...
Like they are going to give any incriminating answers when they've already finished their college careers and have had five years to plan up their responses!
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-usc-ncaa19-2010feb19,0,6132816.story
http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-sports/2010/02/report_pete_carroll_rb_coach_g.html


And, as always, this will remain a Tiger-Woods-Free zone....

But here's the part of the blog that I know everyone came for....the news you will only find reported here!!!

--The Duke rape accuser - calls 911 after a boyfriend spat, but when police arrive, she is setting fire to the place and threatening to kill her boyfriend....not exactly smart things to do and say when the cops are at your house...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/crystal-mangum-duke-lacro_n_467134.html

--yet another Iowa football player gets drunk and punches someone, this time a cabbie.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/18/sports/AP-FBC-Hawkeye-Arrested-Plea.html

--Here's one gal you don't want to have a run in with...it's Al Sharpton's daughter!
I sure wouldn't want Rev. Sharpton on all the talk shows going after me!!
(btw - the assaulter is an ex-basketball player!)
http://www.dnainfo.com/20100218/manhattan/da-al-sharptons-daughter-assaulted-by-boyfriend-harlem

--The National Enquirer getting a Pulitzer Prize?? Could happen, as their coverage of the John Edwards scandal that everyone else buried and denied to help Edwards stay afloat, has been mentioned for the prize.
http://trueslant.com/caitlinkelly/2010/02/19/three-headed-baby-wins-pulitzer-national-enquirer-now-in-the-running-for-journalisms-most-coveted-prize/

-- then lastly - the globe's top global warming scientist basically recants everything he's ever said about global warming!
So now I guess it's confirmed and unanimous - the science is NOT settled!
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3880427

Even the most ardent global warming supporter has disappeared and staying silent these days! I haven't even heard a peep from Al Gore!!
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2010/20100219103457.aspx