This one is ours. No problem. My forecast is 8-0 over the last 8. We’ve got this.
assuming an NCAA tourney loss is in there, there’s room for one more loss in regular season or conference tourney. That said, I’d be happy not to lose in the NCAA tourney.A while back you predicted 3 losses the rest of the year. Some didn't believe at the time, but you can check my response.....
So, Iowa was #1. Where are #2 & #3? Are you voiding your previous prediction?
How good are we when GB knocks down 3s like vs Purdue. He has it in him.
Oh man. I was so lucky to be at that game. If it starts lightly snowing right before the game (just like that game in December '04) then it might be a sign.This game has the feel of when Wake Forest came to town with Chris Paul. Lets have the same result!!!
assuming an NCAA tourney loss is in there, there’s room for one more loss in regular season or conference tourney. That said, I’d be happy not to lose in the NCAA tourney.
Wow, great environment for her first game! I hope she leaves with some great memoriesWhat time do the doors open tonight? Taking my wife to the State Farm center for her first time. Want her to get the whole experience.
Maryland is a much improved team since last time... especially since Stix is making 3s now- his missing jumpers is how we almost won the first game.
We need to pump the rock inside to get Stix in foul trouble and assert our aggressiveness! Cowan is the only other player who I'm worried about.
I hope the result is more like the Wake Forest game in 2004, but I have a sinking feeling it may be more like the North Carolina Football game a few years ago (sellout, lots of hope, a fanbase in need of something good, etc). If we come out and hit a few 3's I think we'll be ok. If Williams hits one I'll be going crazy!
If Maryland goes small at the 4 which is expected i hope we feed GB early and oftenPersonally, I'm missing his bump and hook shot. That patented shot is what got him to his career high last year. Got a feed him a lot more in the mid to low post...especially when Kofi is on the bench.
I was at all three of those games! Great memories."Every time Illinois needed a steal and a bucket to stop the clock in those final frantic three minutes, Williams, Head and a big kid off the bench named Jack Ingram seemed to come up with one or both. And the partisan crowd, which has been so despondent, began to roar again, that deep desperate guttural sound of a crowd connected to the team and the moment. To the Wildcats' credit, they cut a six-point overtime deficit to one. And they had the final shot, which Adams missed. And in the bedlam, everybody knew they had seen something not just rare, but admirable, the tournament at its best, March at its absolute Maddest. The band played, the tears flowed. Explanations be damned." Washington Post, March, 2005.
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2005 Regional Final - Arizona vs. Illinois 3/26/05 (entire comeback)
#1 Wake Forest @ #3 Illinois 12-4-04 (Full Game)
"Hal to the Orange, Hail to the Blue."
Hey, that might've been an auto-correct issue!Yes, he will be in Champagne!
I think he means the champagne will be flowing after the game!Hey, that might've been an auto-correct issue!
Maryland is a much improved team since last time... especially since Stix is making 3s now- his missing jumpers is how we almost won the first game.
We need to pump the rock inside to get Stix in foul trouble and assert our aggressiveness! Cowan is the only other player who I'm worried about.
I hope the result is more like the Wake Forest game in 2004, but I have a sinking feeling it may be more like the North Carolina Football game a few years ago (sellout, lots of hope, a fanbase in need of something good, etc). If we come out and hit a few 3's I think we'll be ok. If Williams hits one I'll be going crazy!
Smith is playing well. He has, however, problems with physical big men. MD got Garza in foul trouble early, which is why they beat Iowa by 10. Had he played the entire game the outcome might have have been a different story. Smith is a prodigious shot-blocker and has a sweet J. Bang him around, however, and he gets rattled and ineffective. He also failed to add enough muscle in the off-season. Still a gangly guy Kofi and even Giorgi (if he chooses) can push around.I think Jalen Smith is a tough match up for the Illini too. Believe he had a double-double last game with a boat load of offensive rebounds. But like you, Cowan is the one I'm most worried about.
Agreed. MD, as a whole, has been playing better. How do we guard Smith past the 3 line?Smith is playing well. He has, however, problems with physical big men. MD got Garza in foul trouble early, which is why they beat Iowa by 10. Had he played the entire game the outcome might have have been a different story. Smith is a prodigious shot-blocker and has a sweet J. Bang him around, however, and he gets rattled and ineffective. He also failed to add enough muscle in the off-season. Still a gangly guy Kofi and even Giorgi (if he chooses) can push around.
My two cents based on watching him here in DC all season, including in person a couple times (ND & Purdue.) I like our chances of containing him at home given our aggressive D and grit.
I like Ratskin's reply. Denial is the effective option. Once he's out there with the ball he'll get a look. He'll get a few. Hope he's cold and rattled by the atmosphere.Agreed. MD, as a whole, has been playing better. How do we guard Smith past the 3 line?
Kofi and Giorgi tried banging him around in the first game and they each got into foul trouble. Spent big chunks of time on the bench as MD came back in the second half.Smith is playing well. He has, however, problems with physical big men. MD got Garza in foul trouble early, which is why they beat Iowa by 10. Had he played the entire game the outcome might have have been a different story. Smith is a prodigious shot-blocker and has a sweet J. Bang him around, however, and he gets rattled and ineffective. He also failed to add enough muscle in the off-season. Still a gangly guy Kofi and even Giorgi (if he chooses) can push around.
My two cents based on watching him here in DC all season, including in person a couple times (ND & Purdue.) I like our chances of containing him at home given our aggressive D and grit.
True. But there's banging and there's well-positioned banging.Kofi and Giorgi tried banging him around in the first game and they each got into foul trouble. Spent big chunks of time on the bench as MD came back in the second half.