Recent content by ChuckM

I don't think Missouri has any interest in Gordon. Last year he took a blindsided cheap shot after a play on 2019 Missouri recruit Mario McKinney while Martin was in attendance.

The last line was just a statement in general and not really meant towards you. And part of the problem with this years strength of schedule is the Big Ten wanting more money for the extra 2 conference games.

So 0 and 3 against teams ranked 18 - 36, ok. 0 and 4 against teams ranked 51 and 124 on neutral or away games? Not so good. 1 and 1 against teams ranked 105 and 116 at home? Yikes And then 3 and 1 against teams ranked 173 to 330 at home? And UNLV by 3? So if you think the strength of...

Maybe, but why bring him there at this time then? Underwood and his staff knew this was during break right? Where was the team at and his buddy Griffin? Where were his posts before this one where he was saying what a great visit he was having?

Took 26:30 for the bench to score.

Yes there is room for disagreement, I agree. But like I said earlier, when a guy picks up 2 fouls in the first 2:30 he's going to be sitting for a while. If not he can't keep playing at the same intensity as he normally does and has to back off. And like I said if the guy stayed out there then...

Yes sometimes they are playing towards the end of the first half with 2 fouls if the team is needs a boost from them. But when you get 2 fouls in the first 2: 28 seconds you have to sit for awhile. Which he did. He did come back in towards the end of the first half. I know he was in there with...

I already told you, you can't play as aggressive. You have to back off. The other team also knows you are in foul trouble so the smart thing for them to do is to drive on that guy and watch him back off and let you score easy buckets. This isn't unique to Underwood. It's what every coach does...

That's fair and you are probably right about the stat I used but we are also both kind of saying the same thing. Maybe it is personnel or maybe it's defensive scheme or a combination of both but I don't think Smith was/is as bad a defender as many believe he is/was. Regardless which it is the...

It's not all about fouling out. If he would have stayed in after picking up 2 fouls in less than 5 minutes he would have had to back off the rest of the half and not played aggressively. If he picked up his 3rd foul in the first half then ithe same would be said for how he played in the second...

I'm not sure M. Smith was as bad a defender as many think he was. I'm thinking it had a lot to do with Underwood's defense instead. According to defensive ratings when you compare his rating to last year they are worlds apart. (108.8 to 96.1) Frazier's is 104.6, Ayo - 102.4, Kipper - 105.5...

Right or wrong the thinking was Underwood was a winner and winning games right off the bat would make him a good recruiter for a team like Illinois. I live in the St. Louis area and very seldom is the Illini coaching staff around here. You're not going to recruit the area well like that. C...

Paul Finebaum (ESPN) was the first to report it.

I hear this a lot but can you explain what this actually means? Does every game pretty much come down to this or just some of them? Did the Illini only "want it more" for 4 games so far this year? If they happen to lose do you question the leadership and actually all players on the team for not...

????? lmao