At least two of those were on his own misses. But, still… Love the energy!CoHawk 8 rebounds in 12 minutes. Don't win without them.
Rightfully so. 8 points, 5 boards and 5 blocks in ten minutes. His late block followed by the alley oop dunk was tremendous for momentum. Then he made two late free throws that were huge. Just a tremendous effort by him.Brad. Giving props to Omar
IDK. Trent kinda looks like PG to me. Drive to the hoop. Make FTs. Pull up for a 3. Shut down the D. Fearless!We are 3-0 on the road in the conference with no true point guard.
He has improved a lot in regards to that position since Belo went down. I believe he was our point guard when he was a freshman.IDK. Trent kinda looks like PG to me. Drive to the hoop. Make FTs. Pull up for a 3. Shut down the D. Fearless!
Grandy and DFW are not jump shooters and therefore do not depend on their legs to elevate when shooting beyond the arc. Trent, however, is a jump shooter and should get a tip of the hat for his effort in crunch time. His motor does not turn off. Plummer is also a jump shooter...and needs to be at his height, but was off tonight. This team has 4 strong and confident shooters from the arc and can buy anyone if they ever get them all hot at once. Not enough basketballs though.I have no idea where that came from. Holy crap. Nebby was still driving and answering on many possessions, and yet the EFFORT by the Illini on both ends of the floor just overwhelmed them. The deep makes were kind of a shock - where does a team that tired find that energy? The finish was impossible without most of those makes. Game was only 10% superb, yet a win. Well done.
A loss would have been much, much worse.With that win, we moved DOWN from 12 to 13 in KenPom.
That’s how I remember it but seems so long ago.He has improved a lot in regards to that position since Belo went down. I believe he was our point guard when he was a freshman.
LOL...I have said it several times over the years....on a cold night in Lincoln, the cold air freezes a lid over the basket.As I said in the pregame thread at 12:15 today, I do not care if it is an “ugly, unfun, dark and dreary road game.” Just win, baby…
An off night? Is my sarcasm meter broken? He had 29 points, 5 assists and 4 steals. That may be the single greatest off night since the first Peach Basket Game.The crazy part is Trent still had an off night. Omar Payne did everything we weren't doing when we needed it most. Free throws, rebounding and rim protection.
*shudder*A loss would have been much, much worse.
I was going to say, there were some really good individual efforts on offense. The defense just wasn't as good as it has been.Watching the game I felt like it was off night from 3 but they still finished 7-19 for 36.8%.
Also Grandison just a quiet 12 point 4 assist game and again thought he shot poorly but he was still 5-9 overall 2-6 from 3. He is so good at feeding Kofi too.
Gotta remember...when Belo returns, a shooter sits. Belo has got to be a plus...and that won't be as a shooter.That’s how I remember it but seems so long ago.
A loss would have been much, much worse.
I think 7 of them were on that one possessionCoHawk 8 rebounds in 12 minutes. Don't win without them.
for the last 3-4 games, Payne has not hurt us when he was on the floor and some times was a positive force. Players get better with this staff.I know it's only 1 game but I'm so happy for Payne.