Recent content by liquidwisdom

Frankie was infuriating. Disappear for a half, then own the second half, walking the ball up the court in a close deficit score. Still, he was the All-American closer the way Ayo is...just ask Minnesota.

And that’s why we dropped one spot.

Proof of concept! Well said! Underwood gave Curbelo a longer leash, and he responded around the imperfect. To me, his layup sealed the deal. Neither Curbelo nor Hawkins hurt the team effort. Miller’s early effort on offense, and tough ‘D’ keep him a cut above the Freshman cohort critique...

Yep! Got the ball with 17 seconds, needing 1 to tie and 2 for the win, a full compliment of timeouts, and left our leading scorer and team’s best rebounder on the bench!

How in the world is Ayo a 2-and-done? I’ve watched 2/3. The eye test and the stats aren’t great. I’d love him to be great, but he’s ‘average’ after 3.

Tevian needs to take ownership of this! This should have been his game and road trip, yet he tanked the start to the season. I want him to be the next Luther Head or Leron Black, team rules offender that validates a second or third chance.

"Thank you!" to all the 'second stringers' that made today happen. That's why you work everyday. 'Next man up' matters! You're Dawson DeGroot, a starter gets ejected, and you get to add to your (1) tackle season total and become part of Illini history.

Bump! Makin' lemonade from lemons...

ESPN showing the Illini with 37 points on 36 rushing yards. Crazy game, crazy season!!!

There are some things you can control, an off shooting night you can’t. However, hustle and effort, you can. With multiple defensive charges drawn, and the big defensive turnover forced at the end of regulation, I think Trent Frazier gets better than ‘terrible’ grade.

Curious how the game trended after the coach put his son in early in the 2nd half. If you want a killer instinct, what was the message there?

Tate? The dude he was guarding scored @ 38 points! The (2) best defensive plays on him were by JCL. I hope you were joking.