Black has an "old man game" and its effective. Plays hard, rebounds and nails mid range jumpers.
Illinois 88, NC State 74 POSTGAME
Better rotation in the second half. More TJL and a lot of black. Those two played pretty well especially Black.
At this point, we should go with TJL and TA for ball handling and I hope DJW will earn Tate's time.
Illini1221
Peru,IL
Black is pretty awkward moving around but he has a mice solide 15-17 footer. I am not sure he is ready to extend to the 3 pt line but mid-range looks good.
illinimike
- Wheaton, IL
That was a fun win. Go Illini!
That's true. Black's hustle is there and I appreciate that. His post moves are suspect at best and his jump shot is even more suspect than that.
He knocked them down tonight though.
He needs to beat out AJ for the Hill backup minutes. That is what is available.
Thank you Tate for all you have given to Illinois. Be a good teammate and push Lucas hard in practice and cheer and coach on the bench! We will need you at times this season, but Lucas has taken your spot. Nothing wrong with that.
He knocked down the jumpers against FSU as well. It might not be pretty but it is consistently going in.
I've been a Tate supporter almost from his first game, but I have to admit the team looked better with him in warmups in the second half.
Right now, it looks like an eight man rotation. From large to small: Thorne, Mav, Finke LB, Hill, JCL, TA & Lucas. Although I guess Hill needs to average 40 minutes per game for this to work.
Right now, it looks like an eight man rotation. From large to small: Thorne, Mav, Finke LB, Hill, JCL, TA & Lucas. Although I guess Hill needs to average 40 minutes per game for this to work.
Abrams really made great efforts to keep us in it when we were starting to lose confidence. He is back as far as I'm concerned, better than what most of us expected. TJL also continues to look good. Really think we have something with a 3 guard line up in the future (Frazier, Damonte).
Great game by Black, need to lay off the 3 pointers especially late in the game. Lets just close these out Leron.
Great game by Black, need to lay off the 3 pointers especially late in the game. Lets just close these out Leron.
Will get even more interesting once KN gets to play next month.
Sure seems like it doesnt it.
peace davids
- Colorado
Abrams, JCL, Hill, Black, Mav
TJL, Thorne, Finke, DJW, AJ off the bench. I'm liking Tracy and Tejon together. I like DJW getting in there when Hill is in as well.
TJL, Thorne, Finke, DJW, AJ off the bench. I'm liking Tracy and Tejon together. I like DJW getting in there when Hill is in as well.
Illinithad
- Northeast Missouri
Where is everybody? LOL...oh yeah, we won.
Was following the first half on ESPN gamecast on my phone while at a high school game. Saw the last 14 minutes of the second half. Hope our defense was better. It needed to be. Glad for the win, let's build on it.
Was following the first half on ESPN gamecast on my phone while at a high school game. Saw the last 14 minutes of the second half. Hope our defense was better. It needed to be. Glad for the win, let's build on it.
AJ & DJW will battle for Hill's backup minutes. Right now it looks like AJ is ahead in the battle.
BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
Black isn't even remotely close to Diaw's passing.Younger version of Boris Diaw??? Who knows?
Leron has always had a good jumper out to 17 foot. That's his game
It might.
If we keep that same lineup and rotation we used in the second half tonight, we might really get some chemistry going and reel off some wins.
I think that this win will rate higher than the loss at home would have rated. Beggars can't be choosers. Wins rate higher than losses...and we need wins from here out.
