Week of 12/16 Games & News Thread
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Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Since every team has now played 2 B1G games, here are the first conference efficiency metrics for the teams:
Now with 18 teams!
Some caveats:
- The numbers are REALLY early, so early blowouts will skew the results.
- The teams are disconnected still, as the games were played in groups of 4 pods (USC/UCLA/Wash/Ore, IL/WI/NW/IA/MI, PSU/PU/MD/OSU/RU, MSU/MN/NE/IU).
- The numbers are only from conference games, so nothing else is relevant here.
Some early takeaways:
- Minnesota and Washington are bad and are going to struggle to make the B1G tournament
- Almost everyone other than that were basically even. UCLA got a road win at Oregon, probably the best win of the weekend.
Now with 18 teams!
Some caveats:
- The numbers are REALLY early, so early blowouts will skew the results.
- The teams are disconnected still, as the games were played in groups of 4 pods (USC/UCLA/Wash/Ore, IL/WI/NW/IA/MI, PSU/PU/MD/OSU/RU, MSU/MN/NE/IU).
- The numbers are only from conference games, so nothing else is relevant here.
Some early takeaways:
- Minnesota and Washington are bad and are going to struggle to make the B1G tournament
- Almost everyone other than that were basically even. UCLA got a road win at Oregon, probably the best win of the weekend.
Men vs boys. Mid- major vs power five. Very disappointing. On the other hand; St John's looks scary.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
The infamous meteor game!
Damn Mizzou was strugglin' ...
Was watching SC-Clemson... Stetson-LSU comes up after that one concluded... honestly can't remember the last time seeing a score like this
Stetson winning the 2nd half!
Coleman hits a big 3 but Drake pulls it out. Great ending.
Drake is 10-0. They have a real shot at going undefeated. Not sure who beats them in the Valley tho anyone can have an off night
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
You could put together a pretty interesting ex-Illini basketball team
Skyy UCLA 6 ppg
Goode Indiana 6 ppg
Miller ASU 10 ppg
Cuerbelo SMiss 10 ppg
Harris WV 5 ppg 5 rbg
Dainja Memphis 11 ppg 6 rbg
Hansberry WV 12 ppg 7 rbg
Melendez Miss State 8 ppg 3.5 rpg
Hawkins KSU 9 ppg 7 rbg 4 apg
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JMO
Goode gave same shooting and more rebounding than Humrichous. I am hopeful that Humrichous rebounding will improve.
Dainja or Hansberry would be nice size to bring off the bench. Dainja would give us inside scoring.
Coleman would have been a major upgrade over Humrichous but no way we could afford $2M NIL. Not sure KSU is happy about it. Then again we appear to have dodged a bullet on AJ Storr. He should have stayed at Wisconsin.
I don't think Brad forced any of them to transfer (might be wrong on Andre)
Skyy UCLA 6 ppg
Goode Indiana 6 ppg
Miller ASU 10 ppg
Cuerbelo SMiss 10 ppg
Harris WV 5 ppg 5 rbg
Dainja Memphis 11 ppg 6 rbg
Hansberry WV 12 ppg 7 rbg
Melendez Miss State 8 ppg 3.5 rpg
Hawkins KSU 9 ppg 7 rbg 4 apg
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JMO
Goode gave same shooting and more rebounding than Humrichous. I am hopeful that Humrichous rebounding will improve.
Dainja or Hansberry would be nice size to bring off the bench. Dainja would give us inside scoring.
Coleman would have been a major upgrade over Humrichous but no way we could afford $2M NIL. Not sure KSU is happy about it. Then again we appear to have dodged a bullet on AJ Storr. He should have stayed at Wisconsin.
I don't think Brad forced any of them to transfer (might be wrong on Andre)
Drake is a good story. Rooting for him and their coach McCollum. Dude paid his dues at NW MO St. Made that program into a power. Mizzou was close to hiring him instead of Gates. A number of guys followed him to Drake. Just playing good ball.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Gotta give Gottlieb credit. Things are working out for Green Bay exactly as everyone predicted, as they lost to DII Michigan Tech, 72-70.
www.espn.com
Doug Gottlieb, Green Bay lose to D-II team after 'Nobody U' comment
After Doug Gottlieb referred to weaker potential opponents as "Nobody U," his Green Bay team lost to Division II Michigan Tech.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
It would be real nice to have Coleman at the four right now. Oh well.
Or the worst if you are a Duck.... UCLA banked in a 3 at the buzzer to win by 2. See you guys in a little over a week.
that guy got a head coaching job? He's always been a complete jack@$$. Whoever hired him gets what they deserve.Gotta give Gottlieb credit. Things are working out for Green Bay exactly as everyone predicted, as they lost to DII Michigan Tech, 72-70.
Doug Gottlieb, Green Bay lose to D-II team after 'Nobody U' comment
After Doug Gottlieb referred to weaker potential opponents as "Nobody U," his Green Bay team lost to Division II Michigan Tech.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
For him to be attempting to be a D1 basketball head coach while hosting a DAILY radio show is one of the most absurd things I've ever heard of.
Deion Sanders has really caused a boom in dumb thinking around celebrities and/or talkers of the game being able to be coaches. I admit I have thought Coach Prime would fail every step of the way, I thought he'd be a disaster at Jackson State.
But what has consistently been true of Deion is that he has relentlessly been able to convince high quality people to join him in his vision. Players and boosters, but also critically coaches. All of his staffs have been outstanding and had the credibility and experience that he lacks.
Xavier taking UConn down to the wire. Dante Maddox with a good game. If I recall correctly we were in on him and the bidding got insane. He’s only averaging 5 ppg this year.
Out of time out play call for Xavier leads to a back door layup. That would be a bit nicer than a 20 dribbles and a step back fade away contested 3 from us...
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Dainja with a nice double double for Memphis! 
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