Recent content by Amelot

Having just returned from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro, I have two responses. 1. We need to have a recruiter posted permanently in the region. At 6', I was frequently towered over. 2. All of those regions are gorgeous. Central Illinois, not so much.

For the past 3+ months, we have been the lowest ranked defense among the top 15 or so teams. That's not a stat that gets you to a Final Four and is a state that makes you upset prone.

There was a time in the late 60s when UCLA players were never losing games and were being paid $10 per rebound.

LOL....might be the worst mid-game interview ever,

Let's face it. We are not a basketball school. We are not (yet) a football school. We are a golf school. https://fightingillini.com/documents/2023/12/12/23-24_M_GOLF_RECORD_BOOK_v3.pdf

Anyone know how the Oregon boards are describing this game (or the Washington boards)?

Yeah, but the spread might be 25 pts now.

Joe Lunardi Today: When the Big Ten expanded its footprint to the West Coast for L.A. staples UCLA and USC, who could have predicted that its most impactful addition would come a year later with an invitation to ... Oregon? All the Ducks have managed in their first year of Big Ten competition...

I believe that the correct novel comparison for the portal era is Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. Thompson. Or maybe A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

We've been "due" to shoot better from the 3 and the line for quite a long time.

So the current landscape seems to be that we should think of every player as on a 1-year contact which they might have an option to renew based on eligibility. Something tells me somebody -- unis, NCAA, NIL sponsors -- will eventually re-assert at least some institutional control.

Decomposed

I'll take any distraction I can get at this point.

So....how many guys from the 2022-23 team will be on the 2023-24 team?

So....how many guys from the 2022-23 team will be on the 2023-24 team?