drsmitty74
- Rochester
Illinois 74, Indiana 57 Postgame
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Sometimes Kofi and DMW go through spells ... Coleman too. But it's easily correctable. They are too tough minded.
Newmark4thFloor
- Houstown
Trent can easily be Top 5!!
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I went through spells, too, when I was in Champaign.
According to the "expert coaches" posting on Hoosier sites, they say that he has an outside shot in practice but just won't go to it in the game. Hmm
IU plays such a tough D, it has to take a ton of energy. We're just better. It remains to be seen if this IL team can be put in the same conversation with those past two teams. That's a very tall order. But this coach has them believing, and they are coming together.
Because this is the same school Isaiah Thomas went to?
I think hE started making adjustments right after he benched DMW.
Calillini
Now appearing in Tampa
I knows it’s not apples to apples because of this fifth year, but how far up the list can Trent reasonably get. Do BTT and NCAA tournament games count?
Every game counts yes. Trent is averaging 12.8 per game. If he maintains that over the remaining 8 regular season games, that puts him at 1802 going into the BTT. If they win that, then win the NCAA, that would be an additional 9 games, which at career averages would put him at 1917.
So I would say top 5 is definitely feasible, and top 3 is reachable if he maintains production and Illinois goes on a postseason run.
Deon Thomas's record is out of reach, though, barring a 6th year or, like, 3 50 point heater games.
Matt Norlander got to chat with Brad Underwood on the bus today back from IU:
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Illinois' big win at Indiana shows this team can do what last season's could not: make the Final Four
After a disappointing NCAA Tournament upset, things got worse for Illinois, but Brad Underwood has built another Final Four contender
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Better. 12-0 start and better in 2004-2005.
Now that today's 5 game spread is in the books, here are updated EM standings:
Illinois has improved to be the top defensive team in the conference, passing IU. They're within .002 of their final season defensive efficiency of last season (and .005 shy of their offensive efficiency end of last season), so they're effectively playing about as well as they did last season against the conference.
Purdue clears some room between themselves and the rest of the conference, a clear 2nd overall now.
MSU took a nosedive today, but overall body of work has them about even with OSU, IU, and Michigan.
Michigan's results aren't good enough right now to make the tournament, but their efficiency is good enough to be a tournament worthy team right now. Still dangerous, but they need to string some wins together to make their results profile look decent.
Wisconsin continues to overperform their metrics by winning close games and losing blowouts, a recipe for a potentially high seed in March that is vulnerable to a good under-seeded team. If they land a 4-5 seed, look there for a potential upset.
Iowa hasn't played in a week since their game Thursday was snowed out, but they're back in action tomorrow basically treading water in conference, projecting as an 8-9 seed in many brackets right now.
Northwestern made Nebraska looked bad...well, worse than usual. Still nowhere near a bid, but their overall numbers were helped quite a bit with the performance today, and Illinois' road win there looks better as a result.
Maryland and PSU continue to play spoiler, but neither could manage wins this week.
Minnesota is still not good.
Nebraska, what can you say. Just when they start looking competitive, they lose at home to Northwestern by 30. At least they aren't Oregon State.
Illinois has improved to be the top defensive team in the conference, passing IU. They're within .002 of their final season defensive efficiency of last season (and .005 shy of their offensive efficiency end of last season), so they're effectively playing about as well as they did last season against the conference.
Purdue clears some room between themselves and the rest of the conference, a clear 2nd overall now.
MSU took a nosedive today, but overall body of work has them about even with OSU, IU, and Michigan.
Michigan's results aren't good enough right now to make the tournament, but their efficiency is good enough to be a tournament worthy team right now. Still dangerous, but they need to string some wins together to make their results profile look decent.
Wisconsin continues to overperform their metrics by winning close games and losing blowouts, a recipe for a potentially high seed in March that is vulnerable to a good under-seeded team. If they land a 4-5 seed, look there for a potential upset.
Iowa hasn't played in a week since their game Thursday was snowed out, but they're back in action tomorrow basically treading water in conference, projecting as an 8-9 seed in many brackets right now.
Northwestern made Nebraska looked bad...well, worse than usual. Still nowhere near a bid, but their overall numbers were helped quite a bit with the performance today, and Illinois' road win there looks better as a result.
Maryland and PSU continue to play spoiler, but neither could manage wins this week.
Minnesota is still not good.
Nebraska, what can you say. Just when they start looking competitive, they lose at home to Northwestern by 30. At least they aren't Oregon State.
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Yes. The tournaments count. If he keeps his average he should easily get to 3rd. Passing Garris for 2nd would be very hard. Even if we made it to the finals of both the BTT and NCAA and played the maximum number of games, he wouldn't make it with his current average.
Kofi should easily pass Ayo with the most points by any 3 year player, and he will likely end the year in 11th place all time.
...looks like you beat me to it Piotyr!
Oh that forum. Those goons there are nasty and soooooooooo sensitive.I believe this succinctly captures this afternoon in Bloomington. Cover photo on latest Inside the Hall post The Minute After: Illinois
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You’re a little late to the party but thanks.
Another fun stat that only matters to me: with today's win at Indiana, Illinois has 10 conference wins against 10 different conference opponents, and still has a shot to beat every other team in conference this season, which they haven't done since 2005 (last season, they never beat Maryland nor MSU, and didn't beat Rutgers in the regular season).
The 3 teams they have yet to defeat? Purdue, Ohio State and Penn State.
So, they know what they have to do on Tuesday.
The 3 teams they have yet to defeat? Purdue, Ohio State and Penn State.
So, they know what they have to do on Tuesday.
GRANDison
Now, now. It's not a bad question. Coaches emphasize the first and last 5 minutes of each half, and worry about the middle 10 minutes of each half.
Nothing better than Road Kill involving one of our most hated rivals! I also enjoyed reading a few pages of their comments. While the Illini faithful can get a bit contentious with one another, IU's fans are in a tailspin and they are talking about the bubble.
No it’s not. Tons of bitchy Karen’s. Over emotional grown children. Cockburn is just better and so is Illinois. You think you don’t see other players not get called for travel and elbows? I’ll agree with us being spoilers. We are exactly where we were picked pre season. 5-7. We are who we are. Woodson threw everything he could at them. They are just better.
Anyone know why we didn't do the regular handshake line at the end of the game?
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