Recent content by Ken

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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I agree with this but I don't think Belo would buy it. Weve seen nothing to suggest a faster play style and this was coming into a season where we thought it was gonna be Belo's team . It would be one of the greatest sell jobs ever if they could do it but I just think Belo ends up at a school...
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    Illini Basketball

    So what's the excuse for DMW he shot 31 and what about Trent 39% and as they played more than anyone ? Belo played 18 games didn't start in most of them You say you understand concussion stuff but your comments don't match Id like to know when was the decision made that Belo was on the...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    Some would argue that he played seniors that should've been ready but were not . DMW shot 31% Trent shot 39% Belo shot 34% and missed half the season Plummer basically saved the season with his shooting but you are saying that somehow we couldn't have given the freshmen 5-10 minutes per...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    Im saying that if you are in game 33 and hesitating to take those shots then what has the coach been doing for the last 6 months. Kofi just didn't show up Thursday night in a the worlds largest blanket on our door step. After last offseason those shots are DAY ONE practice shots that basically...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    because Kofi while a beast at the rim offensively is still limited defensively and many teams get so caught up in chucking threes they never really choose to exploit the high screen and Kofi's drop coverage . On offense Brad spent the entire season making sure they understood to get the ball...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    LOL he didn't bench Belo because he didn't know how to be a PG . If anything it was because he didn't seem as engaged as he thought he should be especially on that inbounds . The bigger problem is that weve seen those seniors come out and be just as bad and he went right back to them the next...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    The issue is that some of the adjustments you could see needing to be made as far back as 3 months ago . He got far too caught up in senior nostalgia instead of doing things to prepare the team for today . I am in no way shocked with how things ended because the team just didn't seem to be...
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    Houston 68, Illinois 53 Postgame

    yeah but having the screener also not being able to shoot makes the pick and roll useless as well . Kofi pulls every defender into the paint and so you really cant spread the flor with him in the game and its worsened by just how many guys we had that were struggling from the outside. To...
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

    After watching the first rd thats 100% on the coach because EVERY SINGLE team I've watched has shot those shots without hesitation . Bruce has these guys wound tighter than a drum on shots they should be shooting without hesitation .
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

    shoot the ball !!
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

    Damonte has got to take that shot
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

    Barkley and Wally did too o_O
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    Illinois 54, Chattanooga 53 Postgame

    There are two halves what about the first ? We gotta stop making excuses for this stuff as far as I know The coach himself told us everyone would be available . We had 3 starters scoreless in the first half and they combined to make 5 made fgs in the second half but somehow we cant find...
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    Illinois 54, Chattanooga 53 Postgame

    But we have seen what's going on in the games and the freshmen can get back doored ,beat off the dribble ,miss wide open shots ,and not box out too . The difference is that one is 19 and the others are 22-23 years old . Practice only gets you so far because when the ball goes up you gotta be...
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    Illinois 54, Chattanooga 53 Postgame

    No its not not with the absolute lack of ball movement we see from the starters . That balls goes into Kofi and everyone else kind of just stands there . Throw into Kofi or Chuck a three . You see no player movement whatsoever even when Kofi is triple teamed which is amazing...