And this World of Warcraft addict/mass shooter in waiting.
Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Thursday, January 11th, 7:00pm CT, FS1
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Best case scenario...Illinois plays really well, pressure D with a lot of TO's....we shoot the ball well....Tejon, MS, DW, CF as well as our bigs and AJ have really good games both offensively and defensively...ill wins by 20
Worst case scenario....Illinois struggles shooting the ball gets into foul trouble and loses by 5 late in the game
Most likely scenario....Illinois plays inconsistently on offense, but defense is good enough to win by 7-8
Anyone know if these FS1 games can be replayed on any streaming apps? I work overnight and no ability to record, so rely on replays from ESPN and BTN2Go.
Oh, and this dude right here with the ill disproportion in his forehead dimensions.
Scouting report says he’s a very cerebral player
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
I went to the Iowa men's basketball page in search of goofy genetic-modification-gone-wrong lookin dudes to laugh at. You know, the type of Shrek of the Midwest type of players that always fill their roster. And you know what, I'm disappointed to say that I did not find any.
The only thing I found was this assistant coach who look like the turtle from Disney's Robin Hood.
Sherman Dillard! The turtle pic is spot on. I've actually had some interaction with Dillard with some work stuff. Really cool dude actually. But he helps the black and gold so he can't be trusted.
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
I think our guards can pressure the ball and give Bohannon a lot of problems. If they let Iowa get the ball inside to Cook, Garza or Pemsl (I'm pretty sure Garza is Lurch from the Addams Family) we could be in some trouble.
But Iowa goes long stretches of showing zero interest in playing D. Get a good lead early, and we will be able to hold them off.
But Iowa goes long stretches of showing zero interest in playing D. Get a good lead early, and we will be able to hold them off.
I went to the Iowa men's basketball page in search of goofy genetic-modification-gone-wrong lookin dudes to laugh at. You know, the type of Shrek of the Midwest type of players that always fill their roster. And you know what, I'm disappointed to say that I did not find any.
The only thing I found was this assistant coach who look like the turtle from Disney's Robin Hood.
Fran McCaffery looks like the church lady from SNL.
So you only play Finke if he comes out and hits one of his first three plays? You just go with Spicy G or go small? Gotta play the hand your dealt. Finke could be really valuable if we had a true center.
There isn't much point in looking at field goal percentage when you can look at Kenpom and see that we are ranked 47th in defense. That's really good considering everyone is learning a new system, we have 4 freshmen, and Black/Finke are slow footed and can't protect the rim. Let's see where we are ranked at the end of the season, though.
I understand your point. But BU plays this defense because it helps out his offense even more. BU trusts his offense and believes the more possessions we have, the better chance we have of winning. Yes, we will always give up some easy buckets in this system even if we started all 5-star guys. That will take some getting used to. But the system will also force turnovers leading to easy buckets, speed up the other team leading to out of rhythm shots, and create more possessions for this offensive system that BU believes can be unstoppable.
Long story, short: We don't play this defense to give up as little points as possible. We play it to outscore teams. Our defense is part of our offense.
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
That lead to a good belly laugh!!! LOL
Rather than respond to your points just go and look at John Belien's comments.....
Defense wins championships. It is a cliche for a reason. In the first half against michigan, it was the defense that won the half. Defense wasn't on the same level in the 2nd half.
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OH SNAP.
That's a great call.
Isn't that special
Oldtoysrock
- Sarasota, Florida
Or any other Coach’s post-game comments that have played us.
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although it was the offensive side of the ball where I think the team lost it's mojo in the second half with two turnovers within 40 seconds
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Flu bug on Ilini squad will hurt them come Thursday night.
I am as happy as anyone that Greg Ebo is getting more playing time as the season moves forward. But I am going to posit that the reason why is not because of how Finke and Black are playing, or not playing. I am going to give the coaching staff some props that they recognized the lack of depth at the forward/center position and realized they needed to do something about it, and NOW. So just wondering if OA has been giving Ebo some extra special individual practice time to get him coached up to play more rather than let him go until next season. And as we can see, Ebo is responding nicely. Looking forward to seeing him on the floor more and more, which means more rest for Finke and Black.
Yeah, this figures. Typical Illinois sports consequences that has nothing to do with us.
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