Illinois 77, UNLV 74 POSTGAME
sacraig
- The desert
I've seen a team that is young and flawed but generally plays hard and shows flashes. A team that has played a tough schedule and nearly won a few they shouldn't have and definitely lost a few they shouldn't have. It's all a matter of if and when we "figure it out" in more than just flashes.
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This. A home win vs an awful team is good for the mind, but it doesn't change the reality. The Big 10 is loaded. 3-17 or 4-16 in conference is very possible.
blackdog
- Champaign
I did notice what I hope was a learning moment for Georgi when he tried to jump a player at half court and got called for an obvious dumb foul. He tried to argue with the ref as he was going to the bench and BU looked at him and told him it was foul. It was weird after but the ref talked to Georgi while the next play was going and explained the call to him and BU had a huge smile on his face the whole time. Really looked like Georgi listened and took the message to heart.
I am not impressed with the overall team, but am impressed with small improvements that could be building blocks. Seems to me that the kids are starting to understand BU's O and D. BUT, the clock is slowly running out. The kids can no longer use games to improve.
Concur, a strong core that wins will help recruiting. Need Kofi and all contributors back next season. Play Tevian.
Some very encouraging signs today. I thought both Feliz and Kane were pleasant surprises. Feliz made a bad play at the end and BU almost lost it, but when Illinois needed a basket the rest of the game, he was the one who had multiple key baskets at very critical times. I think making any kind of tournament would be very tough based on where we stand right now, but as I have said many times, I'd be surprised if this team does not improve. Despite UNLV giving us a thriller at the end, I thought we made strides forward today.
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So you want a championship caliber team. Got it. Why hasn't anyone else thought of this?
The thing that's remarkable to me is when people simply assert, at this early stage of the season, that "that's an awful team" etc. as has been done to G'town, Notre Dame, UNLV... three serious Bball schools with serious histories, nine months after a 16 beat a 1.
last year we weren’t challenged by a team anywhere close to UNLV at this point. Tough schedule is paying off, that was a bordline top 125 team we played. Not world beaters, but for 30-35 minutes in that game we were by far the better team.
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Oof. You know times are lean when we're hyping a win over a "borderline top-125 team".
Really dislike underwood dressing down Feliz like that toward the end of the game. It’s a bad look, especially after the performance Feliz had today.
I immediately thought the same thing. You could read his lips "What the F@@k you doing out here". Terrible look! I don't see other coaches berate their players like he does all came long. I think it would be very hard to play for him. Recruiting will suffer with his style.
By the way Kane showed today in glimpses how much better we could be if we had a legitimate big man.
I immediately thought the same thing. You could read his lips "What the F@@k you doing out here". Terrible look! I don't see other coaches berate their players like he does all came long. I think it would be very hard to play for him. Recruiting will suffer with his style.
By the way Kane showed today in glimpses how much better we could be if we had a legitimate big man.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
And Loyola made the FF.
I personally like Samba in some respects better than Giorgi. I think he moves better without the ball and even takes better defensive angles as well. If he had at least had 60% of Giorgi's skillset let alone hands, he might get the nod to start.
yep. but posters on here seem to act like we are one of the worst teams in the country. I think we win out the non-conference and go 7-13 in conference. Not good, nothing to hype about, but improvement.
Playing a defense where your foul prone freshman big is trying to trap someone 40 feet from the basket is not on Giorgi.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
From what I've seen, he has very good hands and I'm pretty sure DT pointed that out during the broadcast.
How can they improve without playing games?
Interesting.
You say the top ten in the conference will destroy us. Then you say we need a center and list 4 examples. NONE of your examples were in the conference.