Illini Women's Basketball 2022
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Can't wait till one our 6'6" posts can body up other posts
Good quad 2 win.. but wow
I’m so happy we are able to talk about ugly wins, just wins, on this page! 
Absolutely crazy the turnaround in the program thus far. Amazing what a good coach and staff can mean.
Even for Illini fans, to go from "I expect nothing from this program at all" to "I'm happy about the road win against a P6 opponent, but we really need to clean up what happened at the end" in 10 games is an amazing turnaround.
illini80
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Agreed. I believe if they could get a little air time on BTN instead of BTN+ people would see what they are missing and show up. It’s a shame. I think the first game they are on is vs Iowa and they are the reason. Would be awesome to knock off the Hawkeyes, but they are really good so it’s not likely. We will see.
The at Missouri game on Sunday is on the SEC Network. I don’t know much about them, but they are getting a few votes in the Top 25. We should have a chance and I’m looking forward to watching!
Having a competitive team is great! I was checking out the schedule and SOS has been cupcake city so far.
Wins
Long Island University 2-9
Alcorn State 4-4 (2 wins against non-Division 1 teams)
McNeese 2-6 (2 wins against non-Division 1 teams)
Evansville 4-3
Oakland 4-4
Charlotte 4-4
Pittsburgh 6-4
Rutgers 5-7
Butler 5-5
Losses
Delaware 5-4
Indiana 10-0 (heck of a game)
They have two non-conference games left in Missouri 11-1 and Florida Atlantic 7-1 (2 of those non-Division 1 wins). Missouri is around the top 40 range currently and interested to see how this Rivalry game plays out.
Rankings change but the Big Ten has 5 teams in the top 25 in OSU, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland and Michigan. Bad news is we play Indiana twice, good news is we play all of these other ranked teams just once.
Rebuild is on and definitely a great year to have a softer schedule. It will be great to see them play against Mizzou and hopefully can see more games as the season progresses.
Wins
Long Island University 2-9
Alcorn State 4-4 (2 wins against non-Division 1 teams)
McNeese 2-6 (2 wins against non-Division 1 teams)
Evansville 4-3
Oakland 4-4
Charlotte 4-4
Pittsburgh 6-4
Rutgers 5-7
Butler 5-5
Losses
Delaware 5-4
Indiana 10-0 (heck of a game)
They have two non-conference games left in Missouri 11-1 and Florida Atlantic 7-1 (2 of those non-Division 1 wins). Missouri is around the top 40 range currently and interested to see how this Rivalry game plays out.
Rankings change but the Big Ten has 5 teams in the top 25 in OSU, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland and Michigan. Bad news is we play Indiana twice, good news is we play all of these other ranked teams just once.
Rebuild is on and definitely a great year to have a softer schedule. It will be great to see them play against Mizzou and hopefully can see more games as the season progresses.
Found this blurb on her:
Hayven Smith, 6’5” Forward, Lincoln-Way East Smith is a strong and lengthy Center who has a very high ceiling, but already shows a lot of talent in the lane. She knows how to use her physicality to her advantage so her teammates can get her the ball, and shows nice touch around the basket.
Is there a good site for women's college basketball transfer portal that updates regularly? I know men's football and basketball portal is insane. Women's portal have a ton of names as well or small portion?
illini80
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‘24 recruit. I found where she was ranked 196 last summer. Holds a decent number of D1 offers.
Fun Fact: She’s been getting coaching from Will Purdue who is friends with her dad.
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IlliniSaluki
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Not really
illini80
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DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Watching my first Women's BB game in years and years. We actually look very good and extremely well-coached today vs. #36 Mizzou (11-1). Presently up 8 pts midway thru the 3rd quarter. Oh, and leading scorer Cook is back in Champaign today -- SICK.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Make that a 13 pt lead with just 2 min left in 3Q. Very impressive. And the Dayton transfers are really helping.
Same here. Wife’s even watching it with me. This is so exciting! Hopefully others have tuned in. Keep this up, and the lady illini are gonna start getting a lot of support. Which they wii have earned and deserve.
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