IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Did he reply to the post?I wonder just how angry that made him. I don't remember him ever being the type to directly comment on something disrespecting him, but he let Bilas know what he thought. Own these fools, Kofi.
Did he reply to the post?I wonder just how angry that made him. I don't remember him ever being the type to directly comment on something disrespecting him, but he let Bilas know what he thought. Own these fools, Kofi.
Certain coaches seem to always under perform in the tournament. Bill Self is one of them. If not for Chalmer, he probably already lost that job. Underwood looks like a smart, reasonable person with some flexibility. I hope he learned his lesson from last year and be more prepared. He was not ready for the Loyola defense. I blamed him instead of the players.
If they used instant replay in the KU/Memphis game, that three pointer would have been called a 2 as Chalmers toe was on the line. But you are right, Self under performs as they have lost early to Bradley, Bucknell, Nothern Iowa, Stanford and Wichita State in the first or second round as a high seedCertain coaches seem to always under perform in the tournament. Bill Self is one of them. If not for Chalmer, he probably already lost that job. Underwood looks like a smart, reasonable person with some flexibility. I hope he learned his lesson from last year and be more prepared. He was not ready for the Loyola defense. I blamed him instead of the players.
Not picking on you Dub..... Couple issues.
Great guard play absolutely tends to get you to the FF. That's where our biggest problem lies. Frazier and Plummer (seniors),seem to disappear for parts of games and Belo has been spotty. Agree with you that Belo has a new chance to play like the pre season AA he received votes for.
If we have a rematch with Zona, they will be favored by close to 10 points (as they should be) They bullied us in Champaign and only our lights out 3 point shooting made it close.
We can win it all if we play hard and smart the EVERY game. Hoping BU has a few surprises he's been holding back. ILL!!
Did he reply to the post?
Clearly didn't read close enough
As I finally check-in once again in advance of Friday night, it seems this might be our most disrespected NCAA tourney team ever. I notice that Seth Davis was trashing us again, and talking about Chatanooga's pending upset in tonight's pre-game show.
I've sorta tuned out since the disappointing Indiana loss.
As I finally check-in once again in advance of Friday night, it seems this might be our most disrespected NCAA tourney team ever. I notice that Seth Davis was trashing us again, and talking about Chatanooga's pending upset in tonight's pre-game show.
I'll just assume it's a good omen in that it may change our luck -- given all the bulletin board material Underwood is collecting this week.
I've sorta tuned out since the disappointing Indiana loss.
As I finally check-in once again in advance of Friday night, it seems this might be our most disrespected NCAA tourney team ever. I notice that Seth Davis was trashing us again, and talking about Chatanooga's pending upset in tonight's pre-game show.
I'll just assume it's a good omen in that it may change our luck -- given all the bulletin board material Underwood is collecting this week.
he told Bilas to meet him at the Pizza Hut parking lotDid he reply to the post?
Agree... "Sometimes" is fair. He's better, but still not great. When he's indecisive and the ball sticks...he brings it down and that's where the turnover happens. If he were to ever become decisive with passing out of the post or be decisive and turn and go up strong, with purpose....he'd be literally unstoppable. His misses are so excruciating because they're point blank shots that he tries to finesse instead of dunking it.
If they used instant replay in the KU/Memphis game, that three pointer would have been called a 2 as Chalmers toe was on the line. But you are right, Self under performs as they have lost early to Bradley, Bucknell, Nothern Iowa, Stanford and Wichita State in the first or second round as a high seed
I’m putting Damonte on himI checked out some vids of Malachi Smith when people were being cryptic about a guard transfer. Averaging 20 ppg and from Illinois, he made sense. After watching some videos my thoughts were, it's not him. I just didn't see the footspeed. He's obviously talented. You have to be to score 20 ppg at the Division 1 level. But I just don't see him getting 20 on our All Big Ten defensive team player.
Below is a video of his highest point total of the season against the only team they've played that made the tournament. Talented, but he's not someone that is going to break you down. He does a lot of scoring in the paint. So if Trent keeps him out of the paint and Kofi is down there waiting for him, it will be much harder than he is used to.
You are right. Bill made lots of 1st wk exit. I certainly hope Brad is better than that.If they used instant replay in the KU/Memphis game, that three pointer would have been called a 2 as Chalmers toe was on the line. But you are right, Self under performs as they have lost early to Bradley, Bucknell, Nothern Iowa, Stanford and Wichita State in the first or second round as a high seed
Not shockingly, I agree with everything LaTulip said. I think he is basically saying, these guys should be pretty easy to guard. They've all got pretty glaring limitations that we should be able to exploit.
A zone D might be just what the doctor ordered to get Plummer's shooting stroke back on track for what we need to have a big run in NCAAsI think if we get De Sousa out of the game, they're going to have a ton of trouble stopping us on offense. A zone would make sense for them to try and help him out on Kofi, but the other guys that play are only 6'6" - 6'7". Not sure how much that will help on Kofi. And of course, if Plummer is hot, he can make your zone look really bad.
With who?KOfi also has to stay out of foul trouble. You know the way Chat will go is right after Kofi to get him to foul. We have Omar and BBV. Hawk can play the 5. So we have options. Go ILLINI!