I wasn't able to see the game today and don't have CBS Sports anyway, but does anyone know if BTN will have this game for streaming replay like they do with games that are on ESPN?
Your post made me hopeful, so I went to BTN.com.
The game has a page, but unlike virtually every page on the site, it doesn't have a PLAY arrow. So, I'm guessing they don't have the game rights.
Your post made me hopeful, so I went to BTN.com.
The game has a page, but unlike virtually every page on the site, it doesn't have a PLAY arrow. So, I'm guessing they don't have the game rights.
I don't remember specific ones.... but there were a few questionable fouls called on us, the play were Lewis supposedly ran out of bounds on the base line when it was really tough to tell, but it looked like he stayed in.
I'd have to go back & watch the game... and admittedly there were some calls that we got that we shouldn't have.
As far as the announcers on a national broadcast comment.... Most all commentators (unless it's Tourney time) will always be on the side of the Power conference schools.... we heard it last year when we played Duke, Wisconsin, Ga Tech & Florida State (especially when we had to listen to Dick Vitale). Very rarely in a game of a Power 5 school vs a non power 5 school.... do I hear an announcer be on the side of a non power 5 school when it comes to officiating.
But again... the officiating was not what cost us the game.... though there was bad officiating on both sides
The zone has been a nice weapon this year. Great to see JCL taking the ball to the hole more often. Finish off the non-conference season strong and we're in decent shape.
VCU 2-19 from deep--gotta like our 3 pt defense.
Mav is playing like he's afraid of the ball.... Same as 2 years ago.... I couldn't understand why he didn't just slam it home when he got it inside right under the basket... He is back to being timid...
KENPOM had Illinois at 84 and VCU at 35 before the game. After we beat VCU on a neutral site by 18, it now has VCU at 43 and Illinois at 70. I guess our loss to Winthrop is going to be a ratings killer. Also North Carolina State is ahead of us as well.
It would be nice, though, if someone fed him the ball when he had his guy sealed off 8 feet from the hoop. There were about 4 different instances when he had inside position at the high post, without any other help defenders nearby, and the guards looked, and looked, and passed around the perimeter instead. He can score. Give him the ball when he's got that position.
You are a very good fan of your team. We played well today and are, hopefully, getting better. I do think your team is good. In your opinion, how good do you think your team is? Honestly
Didn't see the game so can't comment on today's performances of Tate and Lucas. But, one thing the Illini have done pretty well the last couple of years is take care of the ball and that is due at least in part to Tate. He had 24 turnovers in 524 minutes of playing time last year. Neither Tate nor the team got off to a good start this year in the turnover department, but he had one today in 17 minutes per espn.
Honestly... I think we have a really good team.... we just haven't played like it. If we play like I know we're capable of... we could very easily be 8-0... and that's saying something considering how good of a team Baylor is.... cause remember we had a lead at Halftime against Baylor, and Baylor didn't get the lead back until there was 8 mins to go in the game. So you can make a case we could've won that game.
And honestly, if we played like we did against Baylor for most of the game.... we could have beaten you guys yesterday.... and we did play well for the first couple mins to start the game when we got up 11-3.... and it seemed like we were clicking on all cylinders & you guys were struggling to find the basket.... but then it just all unraveled.... we couldn't find a basket & you guys couldn't seem to miss.
Who knows how far this team could go.... if we play up to our potential.... we could easily win the A10 title, and make the 2nd weekend of the NCAA Tourney (depending on the matchups). However, if we continue to play like we did last night.... we could be lucky just to make it to the semifinals of our conference tourney.
As I said before the A10 is no slouch of a conference. This ain't the CAA anymore where we could beat most teams even on our worst night. In the A10... we have to bring our A game every night even against the bottom feeders or we could be chalking up an L... just like last night.
- I loved how we handled the press. Other than a travel call on Tracy and Lucas getting a bit nervous taking the ball up the few times he was out there, the team as a whole looked well prepared this time. Not sure why we couldn't have done this against WVU.
Not trying to pick a fight or anything but what if Baylor thought they played their worst game of the year against VCU? We as fans tend to rationalize what we want to see - us included. Teams tend to ebb and flow - sometimes rising to the occasion / sometimes matching up well / sometimes catching a good team on an off night.
As I said before the A10 is no slouch of a conference. This ain't the CAA anymore where we could beat most teams even on our worst night. In the A10... we have to bring our A game every night even against the bottom feeders or we could be chalking up an L... just like last night.
^^ clearly didn't watch the game today lol
The A10 is respectable but with 9 teams outside of the KenPom 100, it's still a midmajor IMO. I sure hope you guys don't have an L against any of those teams. We might need all of the help we can get so this needs to stay as a good win.
Fair enough. It would be the worst high major conference or the best mid major but it probably doesn't make much of a difference in how you label it. They've been respectable for the past few years and VCU has been a big reason why. I'd expect 2-3 A10 teams to make the dance this year, and for our sake, hopefully VCU is one of them.I disagree... a conference that gets 5 bids (2013), 6 bids (2014), 3 Bids (2015), 3 Bids (2016) the last 4 years is hardly a mid major..... A Mid major would be a conference like the CAA where you get 1 bid regularly and are extremely lucky if you get more than 1 bid.
The A10 has been getting as many bids (sometimes more in 2013 & 14) as some of the Power conferences.
We may not be on the level of the Power 5 yet... but we are certainly not a mid major conference.
And I don't believe in all that KenPom / RPI / BPI nonsense.... some teams have their ratings higher... yet they play a bunch of scrubs out of conference.... and then come conference play half the conference is bad..... sounds like Kentucky doesnt it.... plays one or two good teams out of conference and the rest are blowouts