I love this approach. It is the only way I keep my sanity when dealing with my wife's family and supporters of a particular politcal party
Illini Basketball 2022-2023
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Im guessing Shannon. If we get Nance, him too. And Skyy from his videos looks like he could be.
You GO! Root for both teams. He's your best friend. Iowa is a brother member of the greatest conference that ever existed. Offer encouragement to each other. Watch great BB. Have a blast together. I promise you, as an older man, regardless of the outcomes, you will be glad you did it!
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Half of our damn team are alphas now. Are you jokin me? Hell, our biggest worry with at least a couple new players is if we can keep the technical fouls and ejections to a minimum. They won't back down. At least one of them is a serious instigator. I like them. I like them a lot.
What Pearl did was unethical yet Iowa didn't punish him. They deserve as much and perhaps more criticism.Most replies seem to be leaning the other way, but this here for me. Actually seems a bit easy, given the friendship and the blue blood opponent - might be different if Iowa were playing a 'neutral' opponent. Then again I compartmentalized my hate for Pearl specifically, more so than for Iowa.
And to the original poster, as one of those Illini on the other side of 50, thanks for making me feel extra old today!View attachment 18437
Looking back in hindsight after the Mich/Wisconsin handshake line…fran walking away from the handshake line and taking the team off the floor was the probably right move. Didn’t seem like it at the time…but was probably correct
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
And 50 is old? I was in Champaign during the '67 slush fund scandal... THAT'S old! Root for the big Ten... then wash your mouth out.
And I LOVE this iteration of the Illini.
Why all the negative feeling about Nance? Was something announced?
I think Northwestern hates us as much as we hate Iowa (though my brother is an Iowa grad.) It would be hard to play four years at NW and then transfer to a hated rival. Kind of a betrayal...like Grandy going to Michigan would be...
The Illini Inquirer Podcast is my go to for anything Illinois sports
Bad losses are a right of passage. Just a reminder that the biggest upset of sports (of all time, really) came when pre-season #1 Virginia lost to a team that wasn't even in the NCAA:
Chaminade shocks No. 1 Virginia in one of greatest upsets in sports history
On December 23, 1982, Chaminade, an NAIA school with only 900 students, beats top-ranked Virginia and 7-foot-4 center Ralph Sampson, 77-72, in Honolulu in one of the greatest upsets in sports history. “Not too many people get to beat the No. 1 team in the nation,” Chaminade coach Merv Lopes...
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Virginia bounced back and ended up one basket away from making the Final Four that year. If we land Nance and lose to Northwestern, or even if we don't land him and get the same outcome...I will neither be surprised, nor worried.
That might not even the greatest bounce back in Virginia history. They were also the first #1 seed to lose to a 16. The next year they were National champions.Bad losses are a right of passage. Just a reminder that the biggest upset of sports (of all time, really) came when pre-season #1 Virginia lost to a team that wasn't even in the NCAA:
Chaminade shocks No. 1 Virginia in one of greatest upsets in sports history
On December 23, 1982, Chaminade, an NAIA school with only 900 students, beats top-ranked Virginia and 7-foot-4 center Ralph Sampson, 77-72, in Honolulu in one of the greatest upsets in sports history. “Not too many people get to beat the No. 1 team in the nation,” Chaminade coach Merv Lopes...
Virginia bounced back and ended up one basket away from making the Final Four that year. If we land Nance and lose to Northwestern, or even if we don't land him and get the same outcome...I will neither be surprised, nor worried.
that may be the strangest celebration I have ever seen between TA and Belo at the end of that clip
IlliniRon
Illini Basketball Fan Forever
- Ft Worth, Texas
I recommend going, but fly there and back to avoid the 12 hour drive back, just in case.
Bigtex
- DFW
Maybe it was the prelude to the half time vs Houston
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Lots of schools formerly known as "University of X - Y" now refer to themselves as "Y".
UNCC is now Charlotte, UWGB = Green Bay, UW-M = Milwaukee, etc. Memphis St is now Memphis.
UMKC may now be "Kansas City".
God help us if UIUC is ever called Urbana-Champaign
Let's just hope the NCAA Chief gets it right when we get our Natty.
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Scrolling through the page and seeing this has made me pause and giggle every time.
Thank you BWBW
Shane Walsh
aka "Captain Oblivious"
- Cynthiana, Kentucky
If RJ takes a leap this year, does he go pro?And I’m not even talking about a Johnny Davis/Keegan Murray BTPOY/AA type leap.
I think his biggest issue is he just needs to add strength. So if he comes back in the fall with about 15 pounds more muscle, and then puts up, say, 12/5/2 with around 40% from 3, I think that’s enough to get him drafted in the first round. I think he has all the measurables of a modern NBA wing. Excited to see what he does next year.
Last year’s Hutch and Belo will show him the way
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
That's a nice jump, but not nearly enough to cement himself as a first rounder, IMO.
sacraig
- The desert
So you're predicting RJ will be injured?
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
RJ could definitely have the talent of JD or KM but the fact is no matter how good RJ is, he is on way too talented of a team to command 15+ shots per game and a 30%+ usage rate.
I could see him averaging 15ppg and leading the team in scoring, but I think that is his ceiling on this team with Mayer and TSJ.
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