Pregame: Illinois at USC, Wednesday, February 18th, 9:00pm CT, BTN
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PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
Andrej is licking his chops
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
nice to have KB back. let’s keep it rolling and build toward the NCAAT
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I assume we're staying out in LA between these two games?
Yeah the road trip out west is set up so teams stay there.
West Coast Sweep!!!!!
Last year I was at the Michigan game in Ann Arbor. This year I was at Purdue. I'll be making my way to these next two games. Gotta keep the road win streak running...
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Take care of business and get some sun out on the west coast before coming back home for the big one at the end of the month.
Yeah of course. Would be no point in flying back and forth.
I would think so, why add extra travel and fatigue to our team? Stay in LA and get some rest.
As an LA resident, I’ve been waiting for this moment for years. I’ll be at both games.
I hope Andre gets well. Im sure he has several friends out there and is looking forward to playing. Also, we need him to be our best
Keep up the communication, different looks & WANT to guard on defense… Andrej get healthy… and we can win the whole freakin thing.
Once Andrej and Boswell are fully back, I see no reason this team can’t be a top 25 defense. Albeit probably closer to 25 than even 15, we’re pretty much the best offensive team in the country.
Would love for Andrej to be back for the west coast trip, tune up as a full squad before Michigan.
Gonna be a fun ending to this season, really trying to soak in this team. They’re special.
Would love for Andrej to be back for the west coast trip, tune up as a full squad before Michigan.
Gonna be a fun ending to this season, really trying to soak in this team. They’re special.
I think it’s shameful those who chastised him for not playing against Wisconsin.
Hope for the best recovery.
cuillini
- San Bernardino, Ca.
I'll be there as well. Hope to see a lot of orange!
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
Likewise. Four of us both games
Not this trip. Hopefully, we can get him back healthy in March.
Andrej is licking his chops
Agreed. The venom after losses around here is crazy. When we were only running with 6 without thought of him playing....I knew it was bad. When he was ruled out four hours before today's tip, I knew this was a real concern. After Brad's comments, this isn't a good/optimal situation. Much worse than initially stated.
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foby
- Bonnaroo Land
So we're due.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The comments were ridiculous, though this is one of those things where you need to be practical and realistic about it.
The nature of a high ankle sprain like that is that Stojakovic COULD play, he's a tough kid, he could gut it out, and yeah, your Trent Fraziers or DaMonte Williams' probably would have. But if you keep playing on it, it's just not going to get any better (leaving aside the elevated risk of re-injury) and you're condemning yourself to playing at a lower level of explosiveness the whole rest of the year dragging around a gimpy leg.
Playing with 6 guys wasn't an option, I wish we were finding a way to play with more than 7 now, but I think Andrej and Brad are thinking about this in a way that makes sense, a fully healthy Stojakovic for the stretch run is worth a lot more than a gimpy Stojakovic right now.
And with that decision seemingly made, don't even put him on the plane to California. Rehab rehab rehab.
I'll be darned if I can remember us ever playing at USC before, or at UCLA for that matter.
We beat USC in Maui in Groce's first year.
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