2/12 Games

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

Rocky said:
Who was the guy that promised the headstand at half-court of Austin Peay ?

Ok, I'll call, and raise him. If Rutgers wins this game.
I'll listen to a whole evening of Night Ranger totally sober.

You didn't specify in which year you'd subject yourself to that. Wise move.

pruman91 · Feb 12, 2022

Whitmans Sampler said:
Johnny Davis is a pouter.

And not a B1G POTY

GrayGhost77 · Feb 12, 2022

FlotownIllini said:
The pack is helping to set the table nicely for the Illini. Just gotta put the Purdue game squarely behind them, starting tomorrow, and don't look back.

What a season turnaround we're witnessing by Rutgers. I find it easy to root for them when they're not playing us.

Pickiell is a really good coach. Hopefully Rutgers fans don't take him for granted and fire him after a down year or two with too high expectations, much like MD did with Turgeon or Nebby did with Miles. As long as he's around they'll at least be relevant

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

GrayGhost77 said:
Pickiell is a really good coach. Hopefully Rutgers fans don't take him for granted and fire him after a down year or two with too high expectations, much like MD did with Turgeon or Nebby did with Miles. As long as he's around they'll at least be relevant

Rutgers is so hungry for revenue-sports success that he probably seems like Bob Knight to them at this point. Whereas Maryland fans are mysteriously entitled and wholly deluded.

SuperintendentChalmers · Feb 12, 2022

GrayGhost77 said:
Pickiell is a really good coach. Hopefully Rutgers fans don't take him for granted and fire him after a down year or two with too high expectations, much like MD did with Turgeon or Nebby did with Miles. As long as he's around they'll at least be relevant

Pikiell was the coach of Stony Brook when we played at their gym in a first-round NIT game under Weber.

FlotownIllini · Feb 12, 2022

GrayGhost77 said:
Pickiell is a really good coach. Hopefully Rutgers fans don't take him for granted and fire him after a down year or two with too high expectations, much like MD did with Turgeon or Nebby did with Miles. As long as he's around they'll at least be relevant

If they have any brains at all, that won't happen. I mean, he led them to their first NCAA in 30 years last year.

PassingBy · Feb 12, 2022

I would be looking for a second seat belt.

These 7 games will be very difficult.

Warren Carter Fanclub · Feb 12, 2022

pruman91 said:
And not a B1G POTY

Depends what the P stands for.

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

SuperintendentChalmers said:
Pikiell was the coach of Stony Brook when we played at their gym in a first-round NIT game under Weber.

I didn't realize that. And I can't recall why we played there instead of AH. Was the circus in town? (And I don't mean that in a sarcastic, metaphorical sense.)

FlotownIllini · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
I didn't realize that. And I can't recall why we played there instead of AH. Was the circus in town? (And I don't mean that in a sarcastic, metaphorical sense.)

Renovations, IIRC

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

FlotownIllini said:
Renovations, IIRC

Nah; those didn't begin until 2014. When we played at Stony Brook IIRC there was a scheduling conflict at AH. It was ~ 2010. We played a couple subsequent NIT games there in March, and lost to Dayton.

Bigtex · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
I didn't realize that. And I can't recall why we played there instead of AH. Was the circus in town? (And I don't mean that in a sarcastic, metaphorical sense.)

Wasn’t assembly have renovation. Not sure it was SFC yet

pruman91 · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
I didn't realize that. And I can't recall why we played there instead of AH. Was the circus in town? (And I don't mean that in a sarcastic, metaphorical sense.)

Circus
That famous one or acrobats

pruman91 · Feb 12, 2022

Chippy game loosiers-msu
Typical Lil Bopeepee game

SuperintendentChalmers · Feb 12, 2022

FlotownIllini said:
Renovations, IIRC

I believe it was that Cirque du Soleil had been booked into the then-Assembly Hall.

Why Stony Brook got the home game is another story. They had been building a new, bigger gym in the same building as their old one. When the 2008 recession hit, the state stopped construction. Stony Brook is in the conference where the tournament final is at the higher-seed's home gym. They won the regular season title, but the conference said their old gym was too small to host the tournament. So they scared up the money they needed and worked like crazy to get the new gym ready. Then, they lost early in the conference tourney, so all that effort seemed wasted, but they pleaded with the NIT to give them a home game if it were at all possible.

Rocky · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
You didn't specify in which year you'd subject yourself to that. Wise move.

I'm truly not that smart, but Y for that.

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

SuperintendentChalmers said:
I believe it was that Cirque du Soleil had been booked into the then-Assembly Hall.

Why Stony Brook got the home game is another story. They had been building a new, bigger gym in the same building as their old one. When the 2008 recession hit, the state stopped construction. Stony Brook is in the conference where the tournament final is at the higher-seed's home gym. They won the regular season title, but the conference said their old gym was too small to host the tournament. So they scared up the money they needed and worked like crazy to get the new gym ready. Then, they lost early in the conference tourney, so all that effort seemed wasted, but they pleaded with the NIT to give them a home game if it were at all possible.

OK... that Rube Goldberg-machine bit of history made me laugh out loud. Well done for conjuring it.

The Galloping Ghost · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
I didn't realize that. And I can't recall why we played there instead of AH. Was the circus in town? (And I don't mean that in a sarcastic, metaphorical sense.)

That year the actual circus forced us to play an away NIT game was just such perfect encapsulation of that period of Illinois basketball. I had flushed it out of my memory hole till this moment. Jeez, we have been through a lot and deserve this current success.

Rocky · Feb 12, 2022

SuperintendentChalmers said:
I believe it was that Cirque du Soleil had been booked into the then-Assembly Hall.

Why Stony Brook got the home game is another story. They had been building a new, bigger gym in the same building as their old one. When the 2008 recession hit, the state stopped construction. Stony Brook is in the conference where the tournament final is at the higher-seed's home gym. They won the regular season title, but the conference said their old gym was too small to host the tournament. So they scared up the money they needed and worked like crazy to get the new gym ready. Then, they lost early in the conference tourney, so all that effort seemed wasted, but they pleaded with the NIT to give them a home game if it were at all possible.

Circus da Soley ? ... I made the mistake of seeing them in Vegas

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

The Galloping Ghost said:
That year the actual circus forced us to play an away NIT game was just such perfect encapsulation of that period of Illinois basketball. I had flushed it out of my memory hole till this moment. Jeez, we have been through a lot and deserve this current success.

lol. Ain't that the truth! I recall at the time getting bumped for the circus at home seemed ridiculous, a bad omen. And it presaged the final descent of Weber. I've tried to wipe out certain things from that period, esp. the following two seasons. Unsuccessfully. McCamey getting so demoralized late in the following season that he asked Bruce not to start him at OSU in late February, and the first-round loss to Michigan in the BTT. And then that hideous final season when we lost every game but one in Feb and got knocked out in the first round of the BTT. 10-12 yrs ago but, thank goodness, might as well be a lifetime away at this point.

Fighter of the Nightman · Feb 12, 2022

jrichisamazing said:
Should be a great environment.

*Calling all NYC Area alumni and fans*

altgeld88 · Feb 12, 2022

Fighter of the Nightman said:
*Calling all NYC Area alumni and fans*

If it weren't a weeknight I'd be up there from DC.

The Galloping Ghost · Feb 12, 2022

altgeld88 said:
lol. Ain't that the truth! I recall at the time getting bumped for the circus at home seemed ridiculous, a bad omen. And it presaged the final descent of Weber. I've tried to wipe out certain things from that period, esp. the following two seasons. Unsuccessfully. McCamey getting so demoralized late in the following season that he asked Bruce not to start him at OSU in late February, and the first-round loss to Michigan in the BTT. And then that hideous final season when we lost every game but one in Feb and got knocked out in the first round of the BTT. 10-12 yrs ago but, thank goodness, might as well be a lifetime away at this point.

SuperintendentChalmers · Feb 12, 2022

Fighter of the Nightman said:
*Calling all NYC Area alumni and fans*

I'll be there and wearing orange so we'll definitely stick out on their "Blackout" night!

FlotownIllini · Feb 12, 2022

SuperintendentChalmers said:
I believe it was that Cirque du Soleil had been booked into the then-Assembly Hall.

Ah, yes. I was remembering the 2015 appearance (if you can call it that) and the abysmal game at Alabama, where they hosted despite being the lower seed.