Recent content by TRidge72

He is in Heaven already. November 2 was All Souls Day, and doubtlessly, over a million Hoosiers prayed for him. Those under 50 do not appreciate what an achievement it was for the Wooden / Kareem / UCLA dynasty to be stopped, with the in season defeat of the UCLA 75 team, and the NCAA Indiana...

Few people in the Big Ten can be happier about this move than Coach Collins at Northwestern, given that AG shot the lights out against them. An additional grounds for disappointment!

4.5 rebounds per his playing time translates to almost 10 rebounds over a full 40 minutes. That’s an impressive stat to accompany the improved shooting. Thanks for posting.

This means that the coach of the highest ranked team this year, Maryland, who played us twice, voted for Ayo. I also respect that the Indiana coach, who experienced Ayo’s ability to finish a week ago Sunday, in a one point loss, voted for Ayo despite the bitterness of our rivalry. (Which...

It strikes me that the Badgers have been on the uptick since his departure.

Thank you for the reassurance!

Is it just my aging eyes and aging television, ordid anyone else have concerns that Trent’s shot with 29.5 left actually missed the rim at that odd angle, and that we should have had a shot clock violation as opposed to the tie-up/ possession arrow result?

Perhaps because it was too unsettling to watch Coach Weber’s near the Big Ten top Illini repeatedly fail to finish at Coach Painter’s home court, and witnessing the mid-pack Boilermakers pass us up, I could not bring myself to even record tonight’s game after I got home from work, let alone turn...

Which is completely coincidental to the fact that Walton played for UCLA in that same conference.

Welcome Mr. Hawkins “Body And Soul” in the words and music of your namesake who attended Illinois high schools exactly 100 years ago and recorded his tenor sax classic exactly 80 years ago, in 1939.

I share the frustration of my fellow Illini grads and fans. In hindsight, we wonder whether more floor time for TJ and AG wouldn’t have helped their development. At the same time, I recall Weber’s sparing use of a freshman Meyers Leonard and Groce’s sparing use of some of his younger...

Over the years, I have rarely seen us do well in games with early start times against those Eastern Time Zone teams who wake up an hour earlier. Sluggishness seems common, regardless of the coach or the year. I never like this situation.

Just to be clear, I never have hated Coach Weber. He ran a clean program, would have gotten us to the mountaintop in 2005 but for those eastern-accented officials who made dubious foul calls against Augustine and Ingram, and is clearly a good man who is better at X's and O's than at schmoozing...

Also plagued by dubious clock management skills: "...near the end and just ain't got the time."

Completely Agree. Winwood admits himself that he "Can't Find My Way Home".