Illini Basketball 2022-2023

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Dan

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Welcome to the Illini Basketball & College Basketball 2022-2023 thread :illinois:

Illini Basketball 2022-2023 (10-5, 1-3)
DateOpponentResult
Mon, Nov 7Eastern IllinoisW 87-57
Fri, Nov 11Kansas CityW 86-48
Mon, Nov 14MonmouthW 103-65
Fri, Nov 18UCLAW 79-70
Sun, Nov 20VirginiaL 70-61
Fri, Nov 25LindenwoodW 92-59
Tue, Nov 29SyracuseW 73-44
Fri, Dec 2at MarylandL 71-66
Tue, Dec 6TexasW 85-78 OT
Sat, Dec 10Penn StateL 74-59
Sat, Dec 17Alabama A&MW 68-47
Thu, Dec 22MissouriL 93-71
Thu, Dec 29Bethune-CookmanW 85-52
Wed, Jan 4at NorthwesternL 73-60
Sat, Jan 7WisconsinW 79-69
Tue, Jan 10at Nebraska8:00pm BTN
Fri, Jan 13Michigan State8:00pm FS1
Mon, Jan 16at Minnesota5:00pm BTN
Thu, Jan 19Indiana7:30pm FS1
Tue, Jan 24Ohio State6:00pm ESPN/2
Sat, Jan 28at Wisconsin2:00pm FOX
Tue, Jan 31Nebraska6:30pm BTN
Sat, Feb 4at Iowa1:30pm FOX
Tue, Feb 7Minnesota7:30pm BTN
Sat, Feb 11Rutgers1:00pm FS1
Tue, Feb 14at Penn State6:00pm ESPN/2/U
Sat, Feb 18at Indiana11:00am ESPN/2
Thu, Feb 23Northwestern8:00pm BTN
Sun, Feb 26at Ohio State11:00am CBS
Thu, Mar 2Michigan6:00pm ESPN
Sun, Mar 5at Purdue11:30am FOX

All times CT
 
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Goillinikobd
3 connected thoughts

Going back to Skyy rumors and BUs comments, if BU really believes that he doesn’t need a PG and that all parts are interchangeable…..

Hard to envision Skyy and CoHawk as interchangeable.

Watching the Flying Illini games, that was as close to a set of interchangeable parts as we have ever had, but this team is no Flying Illini.

Go Illini, kill the Kats
 
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Eternal Optimist
Dan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1609440757974470657
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This is going to make a huge difference for this team imo. Leadership and composure on the court! I’ve said it before but Goode is the closest thing to the culture we are used to from what we had with Frazier. All is well with Illini basketball as this is where we turn the corner…. Right?

Excited Lets Go GIF
 
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Joel Goodson
Eternal Optimist said:
This is going to make a huge difference for this team imo. Leadership and composure on the court! I’ve said it before but Goode is the closest thing to the culture we are used to from what we had with Frazier. All is well with Illini basketball as this is where we turn the corner…. Right?
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Goode's return is going to be a boon, no doubt. But he's coming off a broken foot. No telling how his progression's going to go, especially the amount of time needed to reach 90+% health and game shape and being in sync with the team (Underwood has a lot to do with the latter too).

Goode brings a lot, but he's not a facilitator. Facilitating has been shaky, at best. 'Course, facilitating looks a whole lot better when the shot goes in, lol.
 
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Goillinikobd
Eternal Optimist said:
This is going to make a huge difference for this team imo. Leadership and composure on the court! I’ve said it before but Goode is the closest thing to the culture we are used to from what we had with Frazier. All is well with Illini basketball as this is where we turn the corner…. Right?

Excited Lets Go GIF
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That’s a lot to pile on the shoulders of one player, esp one recovering from an injury and hasn’t played since when. Messiahs are biblical, not basketball.

I would like to see three or four of our other older players show some leadership.
 
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Combo
Goillinikobd said:
3 connected thoughts

Going back to Skyy rumors and BUs comments, if BU really believes that he doesn’t need a PG and that all parts are interchangeable…..

Hard to envision Skyy and CoHawk as interchangeable.

Watching the Flying Illini games, that was as close to a set of interchangeable parts as we have ever had, but this team is no Flying Illini.

Go Illini, kill the Kats
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Offensively they weren’t that interchangeable. Bardo was clearly the PG, Gill the 2, Anderson the 3, Battle 4, and Hamilton the 5.

OTOH defensively they were fairly interchangeable, especially Battle, Bardo, and Gill.

I think since they were all in 6’4-6’7 range, the interchangeable narrative took hold.
 
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WyattEarp
Joel Goodson said:
Goode's return is going to be a boon, no doubt. But he's coming off a broken foot. No telling how his progression's going to go, especially the amount of time needed to reach 90+% health and game shape and being in sync with the team (Underwood has a lot to do with the latter too).

Goode brings a lot, but he's not a facilitator. Facilitating has been shaky, at best. 'Course, facilitating looks a whole lot better when the shot goes in, lol.
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Yep, good call.
I think that’s pretty much right on…

Some really intelligent guy posted this a couple days before Christmas. I attach it here because it’s essentially, my sentiments exactly:
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InDaAZ
john1952 said:
Sly Clark tweeted on "trust Gods timing. He knows best"

What do you think it means? What could it mean? Like sands through the portal, so are the Days of our Lives.' :) ;0
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Is the bolded a coded message?
If it is, I can’t figure out whether that’s good or bad for us…

Here’s hoping there are Orange & Blue Skyys ahead!
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sacraig
Joel Goodson said:
Goode's return is going to be a boon, no doubt. But he's coming off a broken foot. No telling how his progression's going to go, especially the amount of time needed to reach 90+% health and game shape and being in sync with the team (Underwood has a lot to do with the latter too).

Goode brings a lot, but he's not a facilitator. Facilitating has been shaky, at best. 'Course, facilitating looks a whole lot better when the shot goes in, lol.
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I think it's his attitude/intensity we are missing more than his ability (and I say that knowing we also miss his shooting ability).
 
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Eternal Optimist
sacraig said:
I think it's his attitude/intensity we are missing more than his ability (and I say that knowing we also miss his shooting ability).
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All good points from everyone, but this is definitely the biggest missing piece of our season thus far. The rest will hopefully come in due time as Goode works to get healthy.
 
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Mojoman
Goode is not a savior, and the sentiment to not put too many expectations on him is right. But he has the best shooting stroke of anybody on team, and is a very confident shooter. He was 37% from three last year and we could sure use another guy to count on while the others hopefully get back on track. And he is a toughness leader by example and vocal on the court.

We are 36/131 (27%) in our last 5 games from three.

We switched the lineup and roles to more traditional sets and have made a conscious decision last game to go inside more with good success. It was good adjustment by staff. Credit to them and the players making the change to get back on track.

The five out everybody has a green light was not working. Long scoring droughts.
A lot of standing around and lack of ball movement, and too much dribbling east west.
Maybe too much to try with all the new pieces, or we do not have enough penetrators and shooters to make it work.

Need to keep taking threes, but within the flow of offense and off OFF rebounds.
Take more threes from positions where and when we have better chance to make them.
 
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Mojoman
john1952 said:
Sly Clark tweeted on "trust Gods timing. He knows best"

What do you think it means? What could it mean? Like sands through the portal, so are the Days of our Lives.' :) ;0
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Really hard to say what is going on.
 
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2qtslow
john1952 said:
Sly Clark tweeted on "trust Gods timing. He knows best"

What do you think it means? What could it mean? Like sands through the portal, so are the Days of our Lives.' :) ;0
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You may have missed, as I did, that the tweet was dated December 28, 2021 and not 2022. I don't know what the tweet meant, but I am pretty sure it is not connected to the current rumors.
 
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