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The "radio" link Dan posted in the Morehead game thread took me there. Worked great.
Pregame: Illinois vs Duquesne, Saturday, March 23rd, 7:40pm CT, TNT
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Good stuff...I am. As I typed elsewhere my standing birthday present is I can do whatever I want for these 4 days and 48 games. Schedule is always cleared...Are you still married? To her?
This was also repeated 5 times as well by that poster. Because of it, I put money on the Dukes and had them as an upset special. Our fans fear of BYU and that poster is what the college bball Gods feast on.
Duquesne ran two nifty plays at the end of the game to get the ball to Dae Dae Grant in a "must foul" situation. He would in bound the ball and then they'd quickly drop it back to him. This was pivotal as he went 4-4 from the line there to secure the win. They may be the team that wants a particular player holding the ball when the other team must foul more than any team in the country. Grant is a 94.1 % shooter and the rest of the guys that would be out there are pretty lousy free throw shooters. Hopefully the assistants have scouted that little play they are running and have a bigger guy ready for him to pop out quickly like that and deny him.
USAFILLINI
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lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Regarding the Sleepers discussion, there’s a few types of media you can listen to and watch. Pick your jam:
- Fan Homer: Robert (IlliniBoard / We Love No Other Podcast) / The 200 Level
- Professional Homer: IlliniInquirer / IlliniGuys
- National Media: Field Of 68 / Eye On College Basketball / Etc
- Entertainment Media: Sleepers Media
Sleepers isn’t designed to be professional, it’s designed to be entertaining.
Obviously, the guys aren’t “fans” of Illinois basketball, so they might mistake some facts and when we have a bad team or season, they’ll absolutely make us fun for it (the players and the fans).
If you want something that’s buttoned up, facts straight, Illini slant, IlliniInquirer is probably best for you.
If you like listening to frat boys make bets, rag on bad teams, celebrate good teams, have wild takes, eat their crow when wrong, Sleepers Media is great.
Just depends on what you’re into.
- Fan Homer: Robert (IlliniBoard / We Love No Other Podcast) / The 200 Level
- Professional Homer: IlliniInquirer / IlliniGuys
- National Media: Field Of 68 / Eye On College Basketball / Etc
- Entertainment Media: Sleepers Media
Sleepers isn’t designed to be professional, it’s designed to be entertaining.
Obviously, the guys aren’t “fans” of Illinois basketball, so they might mistake some facts and when we have a bad team or season, they’ll absolutely make us fun for it (the players and the fans).
If you want something that’s buttoned up, facts straight, Illini slant, IlliniInquirer is probably best for you.
If you like listening to frat boys make bets, rag on bad teams, celebrate good teams, have wild takes, eat their crow when wrong, Sleepers Media is great.
Just depends on what you’re into.
I always wonder if guys like Avery Johnson panic when tourney time comes around. I realize it requires quite a bit of time and attention to familiarize yourself with all these teams, but it's his job. And it couldn't be more obvious he's fairly clueless. After DGL hit his first three, he said he transferred from EIU last year...what lol
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Does she have a sister, older cousin, single mom?
BTW - just kidding, wife good with me watching all of the games too.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
That's a fair point. I tend to be more nervous of teams that can defend well and slow the pace of a game now. I think that is the type of team that can really disrupt a more talented team. Maybe I think too much of those Princeton teams from the late 80s to mid 90s that always seemed to give highly-seeded teams a fit in every NCAA tournament (or so it seemed).
Point granted that teams can go on a big streak of great shooting. For me, a team that can defend really well and take an up-tempo team out of its rhythm is a lot more nerve-wracking for me, because defense is much more of a constant than crazy-hot shooting is. That's why I just was not worried a lot about BYU - particularly because when Illinois' defense is at its peak, they contest three-point shots really well.
I liked Tis. One of the more underappreciated players who has suited up for us. Can't believe it's been so long since we watched him play.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
I wonder how many calories his diet was? /s
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
It's a long, long way from the days when Illinois was ranked as the easiest Big Ten team to scout in an old News-Gazette poll of Big Ten assistant coaches during the Weber years . . .
I have tried it, but for me the two broadcasts were so far apart that I wasn't sure which one to pause to get them synched, and it wasn't clear to me even how to pause the radio feed (there's no button, "to synch to YouTube TV broadcast, click here"). (Granted, I'm a knucklehead). More importantly, though, my TV feed often freezes once or twice a game, and I would panic trying to fix the synch without missing the action.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
When I do it, I just take turn pausing the two feeds until they line up
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
The trick I did that worked pretty well yesterday was to pause whichever feed had the referee's whistle just before the jump ball and then restart it when the other feed has that same whistle. It worked yesterday because both feeds had the whistle, but I realize that may not happen for every game.
I would listen for horns or whistles to try and sync them up.
I do like how Illinois is potentially playing a couple teams who r all defense. If these teams realize early on that Illinois can do whatever they want on offense, they’ll be demoralized.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's not so much that Duquesne is a bad matchup for us, but that they seem like the kind of team with the potential to make us the bad version of ourselves, if that makes any sense.
Just a grimy, combative, annoying team that will stay between us and the basket and won't quit. They won't win the game but they might fluster us into losing it.
Our ballhandling is going to be a problem in this game with their two pesky little guards.
It'll also be the oldest team we've played all year I'm pretty sure, neutralizing our often huge experience advantage. Their rotation has five super-seniors.
The good news is they're very small and don't shoot it terribly well. Execute well on D and give great effort on the glass and we should amass much higher percentage looks than them over the course of this game. But it's going to be twitchy and ugly, not like yesterday's contrast of two stylish teams in their own way.
Just a grimy, combative, annoying team that will stay between us and the basket and won't quit. They won't win the game but they might fluster us into losing it.
Our ballhandling is going to be a problem in this game with their two pesky little guards.
It'll also be the oldest team we've played all year I'm pretty sure, neutralizing our often huge experience advantage. Their rotation has five super-seniors.
The good news is they're very small and don't shoot it terribly well. Execute well on D and give great effort on the glass and we should amass much higher percentage looks than them over the course of this game. But it's going to be twitchy and ugly, not like yesterday's contrast of two stylish teams in their own way.
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They kept challenging BYU to score inside and ran them off the line. I wish we had an answer for that......
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
usually when I need to sync up , it's the audio ahead of the video......so I open up the radio feed and pause it for 5-6 seconds and then go the video and sync up.....easier that way for me......I have been using the radio feed for Illini games in FB and BB for over 5 years now ........it's an easy sync for me now...........
Here’s the stat…Duquesne is 0-11 this year against teams who shoot >47% from the field.
That is our season average. Bring energy from the tip & we got this.
That is our season average. Bring energy from the tip & we got this.
Totally makes sense, and agree ball handling will be an issue. If I were Brad I would have Nico ready to go and put him in at the first sign that Domask is sped up. Because they are so small I think we can find someone for Nico to guard. Specifically, I am looking at their 5’8 pg who looks like he plays about 20MPG.
We probably don’t win the Iowa game without Nico. We have so many different levers to pull and so many different ways to play. I feel like Brad finally got comfortable pulling them the last 10 or so games of the season. Hopefully he’s comfortable at least giving Nico a shot when it counts.
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