Memorial Coliseum, home of the Chinese Samurai bun.
Aside from those two gaffes, I thought it was a pretty insightful article.
Pregame: Illinois vs Michigan State, Wednesday, March 1st, 8:00pm CT, BTN
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Memorial Coliseum, home of the Chinese Samurai bun.
Aside from those two gaffes, I thought it was a pretty insightful article.
The Chinese Samurai writer says Bridges often plays poorly on the road.
My version of the offensive funk nightmare has the game opening 10-0 or 15-2 in favor of the Spartans. We've not done that for a while now. Please do not let it happen in Memorial Colisuem.
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I liked the article, too.
Author seemed pretty concerned about foul trouble for Ward. Hope we find a way to make that a reality.
I liked the article, too.
Author seemed pretty concerned about foul trouble for Ward. Hope we find a way to make that a reality.
Yeah, he said Ward outplayed Happ, except for all the time spent on the bench with foul trouble.
I would not be surprised to see both teams feeding the post early and often with the goal of getting the other team's center in foul trouble.
There is one prediction that I can make with 100% confidence. Win or lose everyone will still be speculating on the chances of making the tournament
I liked the article, too.
Author seemed pretty concerned about foul trouble for Ward. Hope we find a way to make that a reality.
I wish we could, too. One of the things that has hampered our offense in conference play is the inability to get to the FT line. In non conference play we were fairly competent, but in Big Ten play we are next to last in FTA/FGA. And we're not shooting them as well when we do get there. The other thing that's hurt is 3PT%, though that has come around in recent games.
I agree with you.
Really interesting article from the other side's POV. An Izzo team is always a force to be reckoned with especially in March. Would be a sweet win if we can pull it off. Avoid the first 5 minute disaster that has killed us so many times this year and we've got a shot.
Malcolm needs 13 points in this one to pass Brian Cook for 4th all time in points scored. Malcolm is currently at 1,736. Cook scored 1,748; Dee is #3 with 1,812. If Malcolm averages 17 ppg, he'll pass Dee in five games (MSU, Rutgers, two games in the BTT, then one in either the NCAA or NIT).
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I don't understand this notion that MSU is a really good team coming into CU. They are not.
MSU is a completely different team on the road (poor). This isn't a typical Izzo SR led Valentine/Trice/Dawson or Appling/Payne or Green/Thornton/Wood etc. team rolling into the SFC. This is a injury depleted MSU team that must have all four freshmen play well on the road in Champaign to win. Unlikely.
I understand that Illinois is inconsistent and overall has not been very good this season, but neither has MSU and they are a terrible road team.
Illinois should be a 5-6 pt favorite.
Over our last 5 home outings, we are 2-3 with as many 10+ pt losses as 10+ pt wins (2 each, with one 9 point loss) and a negative margin (-8). 4-4 in conference home games on the season with a +7 margin at home over those 8 games. We should not act like we are world beaters at home right now.
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Oh, how our view of the world has changed regarding this program. I too am happy that this game means something, but wow....What we consider a "big game" now vs what they were, it's staggering.
A home game against an average to slightly above average Michigan State team, while we're in 9th place, attempting to stay on the bubble to make the NCAA's...This is now a "big" or "huge" game?
This game, when it was "big" or huge", involved two teams ranked in the top 15, there were conference championship ramifications and high tournament seed ramifications involved, in a game nationally televised by ESPN in their primetime slot.
So, while I love the fact that our season isn't dead, I hate the fact that our fan base has defaulted to considering this a big event. For Northwestern, this is a big event. We should win this game at home....We should win the Rutgers game, we should win the 1st game of the BTT....Anything less should be considered disappointing on a team with this many seniors.
That's just my take.
A home game against an average to slightly above average Michigan State team, while we're in 9th place, attempting to stay on the bubble to make the NCAA's...This is now a "big" or "huge" game?
This game, when it was "big" or huge", involved two teams ranked in the top 15, there were conference championship ramifications and high tournament seed ramifications involved, in a game nationally televised by ESPN in their primetime slot.
So, while I love the fact that our season isn't dead, I hate the fact that our fan base has defaulted to considering this a big event. For Northwestern, this is a big event. We should win this game at home....We should win the Rutgers game, we should win the 1st game of the BTT....Anything less should be considered disappointing on a team with this many seniors.
That's just my take.
I don't think it's inaccurate, though. Mav is effective, efficient, and a potent offensive threat, but smooth is not a word you'd use to describe his game. I say this with nothing but love for the guy, and a heartfelt appreciation of how much he has developed the past two years.
His postup game is fairly smooth, but that's about it
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