If BU isn't on there, then Few and Drew shouldn't be either. I get it, we were preseason top 10 so the product is meeting expectations. I'm ok with that rationale, as long as Baylor and Gonzaga are being graded similarly....which apparently they aren't.
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I agree Brad should be on the list, but what Few and Drew have done so far is go undefeated. Those teams have been roundly praised by the media all season, but continue to show up and win.
We’ve had a couple “easy” games be anything but, and lost a couple of games we had no business losing. I think that is the difference.
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Can y'all imagine what this team would be like with Hutch out there living up to even just half the hype?
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Don't get me wrong, I (somewhat) agree with you that the team may not have played lights out consistently enough to make him a contender (he should still be a candidate though, as you said). That said, those teams have gone undefeated with SOS's that are pitiful compared to ours. Both are sub 3 according to Basketball Reference, whereas we are 11.6 (only Ohio State is higher -- 11.7 -- in the top 5). It's a lot easier to go undefeated when you only have to get up for a big time game every 3-4 weeks (or, in Gonzaga's case, be on point for the first 1.5 months and then put it in cruise control).
It's a massive bummer the Gonzaga-Baylor game was cancelled. That would've been an awesome game and told us a lot about how those two stack up.
I doubt Battle or Anderson led the entire country in dunks.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Based on what?
Based on the fact that dunk leaders have been big men:
| 2017-18 KU's Udoka Azubuike | 117 |
| 2016-17 UCF's Tacko Fall | 105 |
| 2016-17 UK's Bam Adebayo | 101 |
| 2016-17 FGCU's Demetris Morant | 97 |
| 2017-18 Duke's Marvin Bagley | 96 |
| 2011-12 UK's Anthony Davis | 87 |
| 2017-18 Wake Forest's Doral Moore | 87 |
And back in the day, big men dunked more.
Did you mean the next to record the feat, or the next Illini to do it after Ayo does it again?
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Yeah, I thought you may have had data from those years.
Battle shot 60% in 88-89, so I'm guessing he did throw it down quit a bit. Shaq shot only 62% his sophomore year and I'm not sure he did anything but dunk.
I wish I had that Flying Illini season on DVD.
How is Houston top 10 when they are not even leading their conference standings?
Quentin Grimes and the win over Texas Tech mostly.
Houston is basically a poor man's Gonzaga, blowing out almost everyone they play in a better conference, but with more losses. By adjusted efficiency they are a top 10 team, by strength of record they're closer to 25th than 10th. I suspect come tournament time they'll be underseeded to their talent but overseeded to their resume. Like a low-end 3 seed, assuming they win their conference tourney. Another loss or two they're probably looking at a 4/5 seed.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Magic had 8 triple-doubles in 2 seasons? Wow
Illini in Indiana
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wow, just thinking how rare a year like this is. 1989. 2005, & 2021 Illini Basketball - 1985 Bears Football & 2007 Colts - ST Louis Cardinals 1982,2006 & 2011. That is 8 happy years in a 56 year old sports fans life
Tacomallini
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I get that they're NFC and AFC, but did you have to get some kinda waiver to be both a Colts and Bears fan?
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Fair enough, I moved to Indiana in 1980. I liked both Bears and Colts (Manning) since about 2000. But give me some credit, never an IU fan always Illini
sacraig
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Well we have 5 games remaining plus the two tourneys, so...
sacraig
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I don't know how else to say this, but... Magic Johnson was, you know... really good.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
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Selfishly, I'm quite happy to see 3 Illini games on the schedule this week.
sacraig
- The desert
so who did you root for in the Bears v Colts super bowl ?
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