Illini Basketball 2022-2023
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PU has the been good for the last few years. They have shown they have not regressed losing Ivey Williams and Sasha.
We only play them once on the road they play Wisky once (both games end of the season) and they don’t play at the RAC this year. They should be heavy favorites to win the Big Ten. They have a 2 game lead on us
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
natives are restless in uk country.............................
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“I'm disappointed that we lost but I'm also disappointed in plays that I thought we could make and some of the turnovers that I just thought were not necessary,” coach John Calipari said postgame.
Tipsheet: Kentucky sputters, boosters begin turning on Calipari
Kentucky has fallen back into the SEC pack during the past few seasons, which is not the result that Big Blue Nation expects from coach John Calipari.
“I'm disappointed that we lost but I'm also disappointed in plays that I thought we could make and some of the turnovers that I just thought were not necessary,” coach John Calipari said postgame.
Ummmm the importance of stating 0-2?
Wait! He’s a lefty? Maybe the Cardinals should sign him. Line up is too right-handed. Maybe I’m in the wrong thread. Damn bourbon!
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
natives are restless in uk country.............................
Tipsheet: Kentucky sputters, boosters begin turning on Calipari
Kentucky has fallen back into the SEC pack during the past few seasons, which is not the result that Big Blue Nation expects from coach John Calipari.
“I'm disappointed that we lost but I'm also disappointed in plays that I thought we could make and some of the turnovers that I just thought were not necessary,” coach John Calipari said postgame.
Just tears me up.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I have zero expectations for Perrin this season, but I love having another big body on the bench and in practice. Who knows, maybe he has a BBV moment and gives us a few crucial minutes somewhere down the line. And if not, he at least gets a half year in the system and with Fletch and will be ready for next season.
Better than Lieb?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
hell, yes
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Or let's worry about the next game, so there will be a March.
Seems like all the insiders say that Lieb has no chance of becoming a meaningful rotation guy. Don’t mean to be a jerk, but why is he still on scholarship?
While theyve earned that ranking......life on the road in the b10 is tough and in the only road game theyve played in conference thus far they needed OT to beat a team expected to finsihed what? 13th at best? And while up 1 late, they were the recipient of a phanton call (that was called out by the commentators and on twitter as atrocious) on a purdue turnover that wouldve given nebraska a chance to win down 1.....instead they got unwarranted FTs to virtually ice the game
Their only other road game was against 3-10 FSU who played them even for about 35 mins if i recall
Maybe theyl wake up and dog walk every other b10 team on the road but id bet theyl drop enough that gets us a fighting chance. We'l have to go on a heck of a run obviously thouugh
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Not sure how much, but he will definitely play this year.
He is 12th man and they haven’t needed his scholarship yet. He a decent practice player, a good student and a good teammate.
Yeah, no one has started 0-2 and won, but there have only been 4 previous seasons where there were 20 conference games. It is easier to catch up with 18 games to play rather than just 16. Winning the B1G may be a long shot but top 4 isn't that far-fetched, especially this year. Frankly about everyone but Minnesota has demonstrated that they are capable of winning any B1G game. I think we will need to get to 2-2 and to be honest I am pretty concerned about playing Northwestern on the road and Wisky at home. I think everyone but Minnesota has proven they are more than capable of winning on any given night. There is going to be a lot of handwringing in the B1G this year. Hopefully, we have had ours.
BTW three teams ahead of us in the AP lost today. Miami beat Virginia (ouch). Drake beat Miss St (previously unbeaten) and Wake beat Duke. There seems to be a lot of parity this year. Two losses is not a good start but not insurmountable.
Everybody looks beatable when you're missing shots like PU did that night but they still won and Edey is a ton. They definitely looked beatable against Nebraska too but still won. They are well coached and will be in the mix for a BIG championship but it is far from a given. We should be there too but time will tell as we are still in the which team will show up on a given night mode.
This. What is with people constantly going after Lieb? It’s getting a little tiresome.
You need guys at the end of the bench on scholarship that will be a reliable practice body, take care of things off the court and not be a distraction
Agree. May not see much of him in December and early-to-mid January, but I think he’ll get some tick at some point. If he can pick up the defense and allow them to use the “switch everything” approach that they abandon when Dainja is in, I could see him stealing some minutes from Dain in certain situations.
Yep, it seems like it’s always open-season on Lieb not deserving a scholarship and
Bielema needing to lose weight.
I’m tired of hearing both.
We only have 11 guys on scholarship (12 w Perrin). Why would you want to run off a kid , especially a kid that is a good student and teammate?
sacraig
- The desert
Team chemistry? Versatility in practice? Lack of need to reclaim the scholarship?
I don't think he's much worse than most team's 12th man. Especially with the ease of transferring I don't think it will be practical to fill a team with more than 10 quality guys. Ideally you have guys down in the depth chart who can develop and then play into a role but show me how many talented and happy guys who stick around a program and not play? We could do way worse.
He was offered a scholarship for four years. He accepted that offer. The offer did not include, and indeed could not legally include, a requirement that he become a meaningful rotation guy in order to keep the scholarship. Both sides are simply upholding their ends of the bargain as they were made.
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