Dain probably has the ability to fast break against a middle of the road team when he is one on one. Last night, he tried to be TSJ against a double by one of the most tenacious defenses in the NCAA.Postionless basketball at its finest.
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I wouldn't agree. They didn't play anybody better than SDSU in the tournament but they beat Marquette three times in large margin in the conference. They also beat UNC, Gonzaga, and Texas in non-conference. Their resume is better than ours. The only team that can slow them down seems to the Creighton (Seton Hall once also.) Need to learn from them.
I doubt we'll be spying on the UCONN practices and know every play they're about to run before it happens.
Davis said they haven't played great competition in the tournament. Obviously they had a few really good teams in the Big East and, generally, still spanked them all.
Yes, last night’s game was Washington 06 and Arizona 01 (foul trouble), Villanova 88 and Virginia Tech 07 (blown leads/free throw woes) and Georgia Tech 85 and Alabama 86 (rock fights) all rolled into one.
It's tricky to put Coleman on Clingan. While Clingan is not Kofi, I can still see him destroying Coleman inside.
We got the thing we didn't have in all those cases: the other team was peeing down their leg too!
It's a good thing you posted this today instead of the same time yesterday.Elite Eight #10 in program history! For reference, here are the other Big Ten programs, with Elite Eights since 2000 in parentheses:
Michigan State: 14 (9)
Ohio State: 14 (3)
Michigan: 13 (4)
Indiana: 11 (1)
ILLINOIS: 10 (3)
Wisconsin: 6 (4)
Purdue: 5 (2)
Maryland: 4 (2)
Iowa: 4 (0)
Penn State: 2 (0)
Minnesota: 1 (0)
Rutgers: 1 (0)
Nebraska: 0 (0)
Northwestern: 0 (0)
And reorganized as simply Elite Eight appearances since 2000, with the most recent one in parentheses:
Michigan State: 9 (2019)
Michigan: 4 (2021)
Wisconsin: 4 (2015)
ILLINOIS: 3 (2024)
Ohio State: 3 (2013)
Purdue: 2 (2019)
Maryland: 2 (2002)
Indiana: 1 (2002)
Iowa: 0
Penn State: 0
Minnesota: 0
Rutgers: 0
Nebraska: 0
Northwestern: 0
So yeah, at least for a few more hours, we have twice as many Elite Eights and over twice as many Final Fours as mighty Purdue.
I understand but the tourney is just three games so far. They did play UNC which qualifies size and quickness but that's early in the season. Hopefully we catch them off guard. I think the most difficult thing about UConn is your defense has to work (rebound, too). It's hard to outgun them unless you rain threes. Good our defense is designed to run people off the 3pt line. We will see if it works tomorrow.
Statisticians don't take the court. Players do, and I will take our guys, our coaches, our culture, all day, everyday, anywhere, against anyone. What number do you assign to heart and being an EDG on this team. Let's roll.
What a difference a year makes for the prevailing attitude among our fans.
I am assuming that's a fair and objective assessment, but Mr. Dauster picked BYU to beat Illinois in R2.
Clingan is not a 30-40 pt guy. They often feed him the ball to post up and then pass out for three when you help. We can try Coleman one on one but need to be careful don't get him into foul trouble. The other option is of course Dain. It has to be a combination and find out which one is more effective.
I don't visit UConn's board but I guess these fans are knowledgeable enough. They would have been ecstatic were they to face Iowa State because ISU basically has no chance. We at least have a chance.
I think their offense system is a lot more elaborate than ours. They seem to run set plays and screens a lot. They also have a couple of other guys with north of 35% 3 pt FGP. But I agree with you. You are dead if you don't contain Spencer.
UCONN are the total package.I can't believe this! We actually have a good chance to get to the final four!!!!!!!!
..but dang, I think we can beat them!! Illinois fan from Evansville Indiana!!
