Illini Women's Basketball 2024-2025
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Great win. I wonder if they'll come together better knowing this is their team moving forward.
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
My Favorite!
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
Possibly but they are already an extremely close knit team. Coach Green makes sure of this - an extreme emphasis of hers.
Big three by Gen at the half to take a little momentum into the locker room.
Loved her passion after she dropped that sweet little lefty baby hook off the glass into the net and drew the foul. Warrior!
MustangWally
- Mayfield
it may be the best win in the Shauna Green era. Best player and up and coming scorer declared out for the season and... come back to win against ranked, hated Iowa?
Could hardly be more sweet!
Fatigue will be a big factor but mentally you can fight through it.
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
A lot of the team is used to long minutes esp Kendall & Genesis.
Not buying the “season is over” sentiment. This team is still in solid position to make the tournament, and the win over Iowa will go a long way in that.
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
Neither is the team & Coach Green as well as most fans. Check-out Kendall's postgame presser.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Kendall Bostic is everything that is right about collegiate athletics.
My slogan for majority of squad that contributes is 5-star heart with 3-star talent.
Fatigue will factor in as the season progresses. Good thing there is always 3-4 days between games. Take care of business against the middle of the pack and lower teams and pull off random upset here and there. Enjoy the week off and refresh before the main schedule hits.....
Champaign Toast
Fan since Kiwane Garris
On one hand, this makes sense from a numbers standpoint--our bench is 5 deep right now (Wallace, Allen, Zenere, Catoira, Smith). On the other, we're not even giving many--if any--minutes to the healthy bench players. I suppose if Finney or Parchment wow on the practice court and prove themselves more capable than say Allen or Smith, it's possible they'd burn the redshirt. Otherwise, can just be grateful they will increase numbers at practices while preparing themselves for the future.
I noticed on the broadcast that Finney seems to have already integrated well into the fabric of the team, smiling, cheering, and joking with her teammates. Finney played one game for a semi-pro team in Sydney, Australia. She's gotten a taste of basketball with grown women.
Champaign Toast
Fan since Kiwane Garris
The remainder of our schedule looked at in whole isn't exceedingly difficult. There are a clear bottom four teams in the conference right now in Purdue, Penn State, Rutgers, and Northwestern, and we have 5 upcoming games against them--in a stretch from 1/23 to 2/13. If you could offer me wins in all 5 of those games, plus sprinkle in 2 more wins, perhaps against fellow middle of the pack teams like Wisconsin (on the road 2/9), Michigan State, Nebraska, and Michigan (at home 1/19, 2/16, 3/2), I would take it in a heartbeat to secure a 9-9 conference record and 19-10 overall.
Of course, sports are unpredictable and any conference team can beat us... nothing is going to come easy... but there is a reasonable outlook on achieving a .500 conference record and a tourney berth.
FWIW, Bracketology today gave us a 10 seed.
Of course, sports are unpredictable and any conference team can beat us... nothing is going to come easy... but there is a reasonable outlook on achieving a .500 conference record and a tourney berth.
FWIW, Bracketology today gave us a 10 seed.
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The announcers seemed like they were heading home to Cedar Rapids after the game..lol.For those to be Illini they.took Iowa s loss hard..lol
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