Recent content by 80'sIllini

Agree with this post. I hope the staff is taking into consideration the targeted players personality and ability to fit into a team(EDG) concept as well as their talent level. I think what helped this team come together was the overseas trip which I'm sure was a great bonding experience that...

It was only practice at the final 4, yeah I'm talking about practice man, but Purdue's freshmen 7'2" center looked very skilled and fairly athletic- he's gonna be a problem next year.

What I've been told is that on Day 1 arriving on campus, Podz declared to everyone that he was a one and done and alienated the entire team and staff.

I think what contributed to the excellent team chemistry this year was the overseas trip. Next year's team not gonna have that experience.

Don't forget Domask either. A fine young man and sportsman who played great for us.

I think Purdue has a legit shot to beat them. Klingan not gonna dominate Edey. Purdue not as deep a team but starting 5 just as good as U Conn.

BU's tendency to not call TO's until way too many points have run up against us is not a good coaching strength. QG was liability most of the year- one of our worst defenders, FT shooter and really not much help at all on offense. Ty not prepared to play this game- deer in headlights. He...

Agree with this post. If we had only not given away several games earlier in the season( Penn St, MSU, NW) we would have been seeded higher and at least avoided U Conn until the final 4. A shame to have wasted TSJ's unique talent on this debacle. Not sure why we weren't trying to front Klingan...

A big key to winning the game is not turning the ball over against their traps and not having their defense keep us from getting into our half-court offense until < than 10 seconds to go on the shot clock. I'm not gonna dredge up the whole " we don't have a conventional PG" conversation but we...

Sometimes little things lose games. 3 times we stepped out of bounds receiving a pass- inexcusable. And in this game we had some super bad luck on scramble plays that went right to Purdue- randomly. Credit to them for hitting big shots off those plays. Not sure why BU stuck with AH after maybe 2...

We don't have enough good perimeter defenders to stay in front their point guard, Mitchell and Christie all at once. I do like the halftime adjustment of switching TSJ onto Christie and MD onto their PG. Looks like they are still shooting lights out so far. Those made threes haven't been wide...

Well BU actually made an in-game adjustment and it worked getting PT for Nico and Amani. Gotta wonder why they didn't get more time in the season outside of their injuries. Finally got some production from QG and DD did a few nice things out there but also missed too many bunnies. TSJ's D in the...

We look so average. Can't stop them at all. What a surprise we didn't get off a good shot with the supposed last possession and then to add insult to injury, gave up that basket to end the half.

Take out Goode and put Hansberry in his place

Agree with everything in this post. I'd still give Brad another 2 years after this season; he is recruiting well, but if we still don't get to the second weekend in the NCAA tournament by then and we continue to make the same type of mistakes mentioned above during that time, we should look to...