Illini Women's Basketball 2022

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oldman
Improving the talent level is obviously critical. Just as critical will be establishing an effective offensive and defensive scheme coupled with a level of team discipline and hard work which was lacking in the games I watched.
 
#177      
oldman
Pasquale said:
She would be a nice addition and would give us a fourth top 100 player on the roster. That's a significant upgrade. We've moving in the right direction.
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Actually I think we currently have 5. Bostic, Jackson,Cook, Bryant and McKenzie. Peebles was 104. The talent should be there.
 
#178      
Pasquale
You're correct - my bad. Walker would give us six players ranked in the top 100.
 
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Pasquale
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#183      
Tacomallini
Not sure if this was reported here in any way. (I'm a Loyalty regular, but just in the Men's basketball forums). Here's a link from a few days ago about the passing of retired UIUC Professor Steve Douglas. He was a college player at KSU and the first Illinois Women's coach. I had a couple classes with him at UIUC. A very good person, imho. Apologies for any duplication of posts.
illinireport.info

A Final Act of Trailblazing - Illini Report

Steve Douglas died Tuesday, with assistance from his family, a doctor, and strong medicine.
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#185      
oldman
12 down, 3 to go. What happened to the possible Rutgers transfer?
 
#188      
oldman
Welcome, but not the Rutgers transfer I was expecting.
 
#190      
oldman
I haven’t seen any film but she only averaged 4 minutes a game last year for her JC. There may be a reason to look beyond the limited playing time, but it does not inspire confidence.
 
#191      
Dandy1
True, but rebuilding the program and you can't teach height
 
#193      
oldman
Things have been quiet for a while. Any rumors about summer practices? Are we making progress?
 
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pruman91
www.stltoday.com

Initial bad fortune sent Shauna Green down path to become Illinois' coach

Shauna Green was set for a pro career in Europe before injury struck. Then she got into coaching and rose to become the next women's basketball coach at Illinois.
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PEORIA, Illinois — A professional contract had been signed, and it looked like Shauna Green was set for a pro career in Europe.
She had graduated from Canisius as the program’s all-time leading scorer and was getting ready to play in Luxembourg, until a foot injury threw a wrench in those plans for a professional career.
“I couldn’t run,” Green said at an Illini Tailgate event in Peoria. “I just couldn’t. I had to get my agent to get me out of the contract.”
That sent her down a coaching path, starting as an assistant at Division III Loras College that July. Since then she’s had a rise through the coaching ranks over 20 years to become the woman tasked with turning around a struggling Illinois women’s basketball program.

That coaching career that came out of bad luck has turned into her becoming one of the up-and-coming coaches in the country.
 
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