altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Seven BT home wknd games. Ridiculous. Sparty & OSU: three.
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except our last three weekend games are on the road at IU, OSU, and Purdue. If we're anywhere close to the top of the standings those will be wild crazy crowds. I almost wonder if in giving us an overall good schedule they screwed us on the dates.I seriously wonder if they don't put some "big matchups" on the week on purpose because they know they'll pull good ratings no matter what. Illinois/Indiana is going to have great ratings any day of the week ... passionate and large fan bases that expect good years. Meanwhile, you might be able to turn Iowa/Wisconsin into a ratings win on a Saturday where it might deliver subpar numbers Thursday night.
As usual, TV ruins everything as far as game days and game times.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Nice to see you posting again , my friend..............
which one is the girl?
not that theres anything wrong with that....What is he going to be doing until January?
sacraig
- The desert
which one is the girl?
Ummmm I’ve never been an international freshman division 1 basketball player before but I’m assuming he will have plenty to do on campus until December
drsmitty74
- Rochester
Can we get back to discussing Taylor Rooks? Wow
Wokker
- "The Good Land", WI
I have the same question. Is this an Official Visit? Unofficial Visit? Is he already an online student? Is he able to still add live classes this late in the semester? Is he able to do anything with the team if he is not yet a student? Can he receive any (including financial) assistance from the university at this point? Enroll at Parkland?
A department heads signature used to be enough to let you enroll a few weeks late. If Perrin is a decent student and has been doing the class work remotely in preparation, it should not be a big deal.
Think he will start classes in January
They gotta guard our nimble bigs with perimeter games too. It will be a battle for us inside and a battle for them outside.
At some points here and there we’ll be able to trade 2s for 3s directly in those matchups. At other points if our guys can penetrate and create, we’ll probably have kick out opportunities when help defense is required, and we can trade some 2s for 3s that way as well.
If help defense doesn’t come when our bigs create vs their slow guys, then we should be trading 2s for 2s and all is even. Then it becomes the guards/wings game like we all know college basketball is, and I love our guards/wings.
The Illini were a team with a Powerful big man for the last three years, and we struggled against teams that look like the 2022-23 Illini.
Being undersized at the 1-3 was more of the cause of the struggle, unfair to put Kofi out as the cause of that.
Having length at all positions, means help can come from anywhere and we will have 3-4 guys effectively crashing the glass. I certainly wasn't saying Kofi was the cause of us struggling against teams that had length and athleticism all over the place, simply that you don't need a dominant big man to beat a team that has one.
Kofi was a 2 time All American. He was arguably the #1 reason we were good.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Dee_4_Three_83
- Mahomet, IL
It seems like the schedule is set up perfectly for a team that will be learning to gel as the season goes along. Considering how many fresh faces we have, I am happy to see the tough road and home games at the end of the schedule instead of the beginning. What a momentum builder into the post season if we can get it done on a majority of those 3 tough road games and a great Senior Night against Michigan.
Can we win at Maryland please? So many close games there in the past few years, I would enjoy a blowout win to start us off strong.
Can we win at Maryland please? So many close games there in the past few years, I would enjoy a blowout win to start us off strong.
sacraig
- The desert
I told a friend here in Tucson the other day that, in a lot of ways, '22-'23 Illinois looks like '21-'22 Arizona: lots of roster turnover, including several mainstays; lots of highly regarded long athletes and tall guards; and no idea how well they will all mesh and play as a team.
Yea I totally agree....I think Brad has assembly the type of team that he's envisioned for the past few years....alot of 6-6 to 6-10 athletic guys that can run the floor, shoot reasonably well from the perimeter and guard multiple positions. A lot of talent and a lot of flexibility....It's been assembled a little differently than in the past with the portal and mid-season transfers as well as recruiting the HS ranks....the only thing that remains to be seen is just how quickly this teams meshes into a bonfide contender for championship(s)
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