https://www.thechampaignroom.com/20...-lead-illini-fighting-illini-ncaa-trent-aaron
“Last year, we had a couple situations where guys didn’t want to be here,” said sophomore guard Trent Frazier on Thursday at Big Ten Media Day. “Some guys just went out there each night, just to play. They didn’t really want to help this team win.”
“This is the best locker room I’ve been in,” said senior Aaron Jordan. “Guys love to be around each other, love to hang out with each other, love to be on the court with each other. Coming into practice, you get to compete against your best friend, I get to compete against my brother, I get to compete against the guy I’m about to go to war with. Just buying into that and having that feeling, it’s amazing. I felt it. It was new for me, only because I haven’t been around that.”
This had me feeling extremely optimistic today. Call me crazy but I truly believe these mental things can be the difference between a win and a loss in some of the toss up games that we were in last year and will likely face again this year.
I heard from BU that last season he had to coach effort. Think about that...in the B1G, frickin' effort. No wonder we had the season we did. Glad that those guys are gone, whoever they were. Sounds like this team will lay it all on the line for each other. I'm not calling you crazy, just the opposite, I'm saying you are spot on. If your head isn't in the game, forget it, you lose.