Illini Women's Basketball 2021-2022

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ilphotog

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The camera never lies
Champaign
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I think the A.D. has three women's sports that he has to take a hard look at, if he's sincere about teams needing to have success or appear to be moving in that direction. WBB, Soccer and Swimming/Diving.
 
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gibb52

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Ladies lost again, no surprise there. 6-17 as we speak with just 1 B1G win. No announcement yet as to rescheduling the conference games that were PPD.
 
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ilphotog

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The camera never lies
Champaign
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Lost tonight to a 12-16 Minnesota team..... by 33! They now have lost 10 in a row.
 
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logjam

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WyattEarp said:
OMG.
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aint nobody got time for that GIF
 
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ohioillini77

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ilphotog said:
I think the A.D. has three women's sports that he has to take a hard look at, if he's sincere about teams needing to have success or appear to be moving in that direction. WBB, Soccer and Swimming/Diving.
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My daughter swam at illinois in the early 2000s. They won't have a good program until they get a decent pool (been to many in the Big Ten and ours is a joke). They also need a men's team, successful programs have both. We get no points from diving. They used to have to drive to Purdue to practice platform, they might still have to. The coach is ok and the woman work hard and improve. My daughter and the others would be lifting with Cory Bradford. Lucas Johnson, Damir at 6 am. But you can't recruit to that pool.
 
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GrayGhost77

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Centennial, CO
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ohioillini77 said:
My daughter swam at illinois in the early 2000s. They won't have a good program until they get a decent pool (been to many in the Big Ten and ours is a joke). They also need a men's team, successful programs have both. We get no points from diving. They used to have to drive to Purdue to practice platform, they might still have to. The coach is ok and the woman work hard and improve. My daughter and the others would be lifting with Cory Bradford. Lucas Johnson, Damir at 6 am. But you can't recruit to that pool.
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Agree. The pool is the original IMPE pool from the 70s, shared with Masters club teams and normal lap swimmers. Most if not all top programs have modern, dedicated facilities. We don't. Add in no men's team in decades and there you have it.
 
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BRucks

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ohioillini77 said:
My daughter swam at illinois in the early 2000s. They won't have a good program until they get a decent pool (been to many in the Big Ten and ours is a joke). They also need a men's team, successful programs have both. We get no points from diving. They used to have to drive to Purdue to practice platform, they might still have to. The coach is ok and the woman work hard and improve. My daughter and the others would be lifting with Cory Bradford. Lucas Johnson, Damir at 6 am. But you can't recruit to that pool.
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Be thankful she didn't have to swim in the old 25 yard pool at Huff like the men did until IMPE was built.
 
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ohioillini77

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GrayGhost77 said:
Agree. The pool is the original IMPE pool from the 70s, shared with Masters club teams and normal lap swimmers. Most if not all top programs have modern, dedicated facilities. We don't. Add in no men's team in decades and there you have it.
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I work ar Ohio State and they have a great pool. They used to finish behind illini in big ten until they got the new one. Attracted great coach and now woman have won the Big Ten three years in a row.
 
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GrayGhost77

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Centennial, CO
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ohioillini77 said:
I work ar Ohio State and they have a great pool. They used to finish behind illini in big ten until they got the new one. Attracted great coach and now woman have won the Big Ten three years in a row.
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Yeah. I did grad school at ASU and they have amazing facilities. Not coincidentally they have top notch swimming programs. I mean, Michael Freaking Phelps trained there and coached the men's team.
 
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derrick6

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Illinois women playing Wisconsin. First time seeing our team. Champainful is all I can say.
 
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