Illini Basketball 2023-2024
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How the heck did I miss that?!
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
There's no hyperbole quite like Loyalty hyperbole.
There we go DGL.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
What a season so far.
Beat Rutgers by 18 @Rutgers.
Beat #17 FAU by 9 in the Garden.
Beat Missouri by 24 in STL.
Beat Northwestern by 30 w/o TJ.
Last year, even in our wins, I never felt like we played well. This year’s a different story.
Beat Rutgers by 18 @Rutgers.
Beat #17 FAU by 9 in the Garden.
Beat Missouri by 24 in STL.
Beat Northwestern by 30 w/o TJ.
Last year, even in our wins, I never felt like we played well. This year’s a different story.
I'm no doctor but he should try playing on 2 legs.
You may not be a doctor, but you sound like a coach..
If I have to scream jump stop one more time this year I might lose it
Joel Goodson
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imagine if Brad actually knew what he was doing
Sometimes this is literally like watching 1980s/1990s nba basketball when defensive rules were different and we just clear out one side for the mismatch lol. We did that for Domask yesterday and I was like wow.
Bulls for Jordan. Pistons for Isaiah. You saw that quite a bit.
Coleman was impressive on defense yesterday... As we were hunting for mismatches on offense, Coleman was hunting for defensive opportunities in a very controlled rage mode which was a delight to see. He was like a cobra that just slid and slid then would strike!Coleman Hawkins as a defender using both legs would be an unfair advantage.
He's always been a huge supporter of ours. Honestly, I just assumed that his take would be popular amongst most of the voters. It's not an unreasonable thought process that when a team loses a first team AA....there's going to be a drop off. Our own fans assumed it with many saying that the season was over. There's still a lot TBD without TSJ. There are really good coaches in the conference and they will adjust. We'll see how it all evolves. At very least, nobody will think that we're behind NW anymore.
Joel Goodson
- ties will be resolved
imagine thinking that Guerrier was going to be a ~16 mpg guy and not much more than a bit player
This aged well.
Domask is shooting 64.4% from mid range this year.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Am or wrong, or does that sound ELITE?
Honestly surprised it’s not higher with the absolute clinics he has put on
What’s the scoop with Moretti? How much longer is he out? And no I don’t expect him to see any real time, just curious.
What the Illini seem to have this season is something that every coach talks alot about and longs for... but often without finding. That is, a group of guys that really play well together in a special way and honestly care about and like each other.
You can’t force this. You can’t really teach this. This is just magic when it happens. Some kind of secret sauce that everyone wants and few ever find. And there may never be a recipe found for it because you can’t find the ingredients to Magic in any cookbook anywhere.
And with this season’s crop of Our Beloveds... not only have they seemed to forge this brotherhood both on the court and off – but they have done so as a bunch of separate pieces that just got assembled for this season. And only this one season.
Some of these valuable human pieces were already here. But several were not and came from diverse parts of the country and different programs. And there were some pieces that are not here any more (outside of Shannon). And that opened up spots for the great symphony of guys who have come together this season that are making sweet roundball music.
The one thing you CAN control is what the Illini brain trust has done. Seek out guys that you think can come together like this. That is something you do with effort and insight and good recruiting. And then, coaching.
This is such a beautiful game when it is played with great skill at a high level. And no team can function this way every single game during the course of a season. But you hope for – and work for – being able to function this way most of the time. And best of all, when Dance Season comes around and you have to be at your best if you are going anywhere pleasant.
So beyond all the countless individual times up and down the floor... and the individual game results as they are tallied one by one... take some time to just sit back and feel the magic of how a group of guys can play like a finely tuned machine when they are at their best. But better than a machine because machines don’t care about each other. (Sorry, A.I.). But these guys do.
It’s times like these and guys like this that make one extra proud to be an Illini fan.
A big thank you to them... the coaches... and to the Realm of Magic for giving us what we hope will be an epic season.
You can’t force this. You can’t really teach this. This is just magic when it happens. Some kind of secret sauce that everyone wants and few ever find. And there may never be a recipe found for it because you can’t find the ingredients to Magic in any cookbook anywhere.
And with this season’s crop of Our Beloveds... not only have they seemed to forge this brotherhood both on the court and off – but they have done so as a bunch of separate pieces that just got assembled for this season. And only this one season.
Some of these valuable human pieces were already here. But several were not and came from diverse parts of the country and different programs. And there were some pieces that are not here any more (outside of Shannon). And that opened up spots for the great symphony of guys who have come together this season that are making sweet roundball music.
The one thing you CAN control is what the Illini brain trust has done. Seek out guys that you think can come together like this. That is something you do with effort and insight and good recruiting. And then, coaching.
This is such a beautiful game when it is played with great skill at a high level. And no team can function this way every single game during the course of a season. But you hope for – and work for – being able to function this way most of the time. And best of all, when Dance Season comes around and you have to be at your best if you are going anywhere pleasant.
So beyond all the countless individual times up and down the floor... and the individual game results as they are tallied one by one... take some time to just sit back and feel the magic of how a group of guys can play like a finely tuned machine when they are at their best. But better than a machine because machines don’t care about each other. (Sorry, A.I.). But these guys do.
It’s times like these and guys like this that make one extra proud to be an Illini fan.
A big thank you to them... the coaches... and to the Realm of Magic for giving us what we hope will be an epic season.
I hope everyone got Illinois at +3000 to win the B1G a few days ago…..
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