foby
- Bonnaroo Land
That's the verbal equivalent of planting your flag on their field.
Illinois 64, Michigan 62 POSTGAME
Has Ayo worked his way to first team all BT yes. He is also looking at player of the year in the BT yep.
just transfer to Mizzou.
Da’Monte is good on defense, in case anyone hasn’t noticed. Dude does his job in the face of difficult assignments. The only question is his offensive confidence - Maybe he needs to talk with dad?
Glad we siezed the opportunity when Michigan didnt. The FTs they missed cost them and I loved it. We are due for more of those wins.
BU gave him major props on radio postgame interview, so he notices
We have 5 road games left and MSU has 7. Gotta love it. We already played MSU, Maryland, , Purdue, Wisky, and Michigan on the road. We are set up pretty well after these 3 road wins
I'm not sure why they still couldn't just run someone there. But I guess that's dangerous too.
I know Simpson is a good defender, but that size difference was all the difference. I guess they didn't have a taller defender they could trust.
I guess they thought Ayo would use his speed to get to the basket rather than go over his defender.
This is one of those Underwood turnarounds we heard about
We do not win today without Ayo, Trent, and Feliz scoring a combined 52 points. Lol... Not since Luther, Deron, and Dee has that been possible.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
AWESOME. I literally LOL'd
Was courtside for this one, and what a treat to see them hang in to the end, before Ayo gets a cold-blooded kill on the road. Didn't look good when he tried to set it up, but man, what a gritty play.
UM did not impress me. They were ok, but nothing like the Jon Beilein teams. They had ZERO assists at halftime, at least the 5 guys on the floor. Both teams had good plays and bad ones, but Illinois fought harder.
Random thoughts:
Very tightly called game. Not impressed with some of the light contact stuff they called.
Da Monte gave us several extra possessions.
Kofi is a good defender. Pretty smart about timing his blocks, and waiting for smaller guys to actually get up in the air.
Trent in foul trouble was tough. He's a guy that steadies the team, and they had to go stretches where he simply wasn't available. Feliz of course, fills in well.
Tevian was not given much of a role, which is what I expected. Hope he wants to be a part of this team, but he has to earn coach's trust.
Ayo, well, everyone seems to have noticed his performance, so no need to comment
Really happy for everyone. Fun to see us in the top-25 scoreboard
UM did not impress me. They were ok, but nothing like the Jon Beilein teams. They had ZERO assists at halftime, at least the 5 guys on the floor. Both teams had good plays and bad ones, but Illinois fought harder.
Random thoughts:
Very tightly called game. Not impressed with some of the light contact stuff they called.
Da Monte gave us several extra possessions.
Kofi is a good defender. Pretty smart about timing his blocks, and waiting for smaller guys to actually get up in the air.
Trent in foul trouble was tough. He's a guy that steadies the team, and they had to go stretches where he simply wasn't available. Feliz of course, fills in well.
Tevian was not given much of a role, which is what I expected. Hope he wants to be a part of this team, but he has to earn coach's trust.
Ayo, well, everyone seems to have noticed his performance, so no need to comment
Really happy for everyone. Fun to see us in the top-25 scoreboard
Punesguy
- Ft. Collins, CO
Time for a gut check! There should be little doubt even by the most "the sky is falling" folks on this forum that we have finally learned how to win! If you were to say that we had to play at U of M, with Livers coming back and that we would be out-rebounded (37 to 34), have more turnovers (8 to 2), DeMonte and Kipper would have to play 31 and 23 minutes respectively, AG would not be able to play and Kofi/Giorgi combine for 4 of 16 from the field, 8 rebounds and 8 fouls, would anyone in their right mind predict that we would've won that game??? It's been mentioned in previous posts how ridiculously strong Ayo has been, how aggressive our D is playing and the impact of Dre but I think the entire team has a completely different mindset that no one can beat them!
And to make today even sweeter, I taped our game to watch West Virginia completely embarrass Mizz by 23 (74 - 51). Tilmon didn't play, M. Smith dominated with 1 of 6 from the field for 2 points and Pickett contributed with another 2 free throws after going 0 for 4 from the field. Mizz now sits at 9 & 10 for the year. While it makes me violently ill to think about that loss, I'm so glad things have worked out the way they have. Great time to be an Illini fan ... Cheers!
And to make today even sweeter, I taped our game to watch West Virginia completely embarrass Mizz by 23 (74 - 51). Tilmon didn't play, M. Smith dominated with 1 of 6 from the field for 2 points and Pickett contributed with another 2 free throws after going 0 for 4 from the field. Mizz now sits at 9 & 10 for the year. While it makes me violently ill to think about that loss, I'm so glad things have worked out the way they have. Great time to be an Illini fan ... Cheers!
Talk about a guy with offensive confidence.
But Da'Monte did make a few huge defense plays down the stretch.
Enjoy now, he gone!
I'm very happy to see Ayo help his draft stock. Let's hope he continues to do so!