Except Kofi. Big guy was laboring late in the 2nd half. Understandable considering how many minutes he played.
I wish Payne were a little better.
Illinois 74, Indiana 57 Postgame
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I wish Payne were a little better.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
POTD frontrunner.
He was singing in the tunnel after the game, so I wouldn’t read too much into it. With all that hair, his head just might be itchy.
If this guy was Indiana's coach, maybe the game would have been different.
It is the kneel down of basketball.
Literally last year. Remember Giorgi?
But I will say Payne is changing my opinion on him
And most of those games we had Belo out (and a couple Kofi).
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I mean, in 2004-2005 we started off 15-0.
Lol, jealous much?
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Yeah WTF was I thinking lol. Anyways I’m just too excited to think clearly rn.
Payne has definitely improved. Completely different player than Giorgi. We have good depth at C with Payne and BBV able to contribute.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Yes, by all means. Let's see what happens next year indeed. Bring it on, candypants.
After thinking about it a bit, maybe the most productive and least insulting thing to do is to let the guys at the end of the bench in and challenge them to make plays to sharpen their skills and execution of the offense and defense.
6th yr? Reaching for straws. I thought TJD was the man? Mr. Defense?
Its like he doesn't know we beat MSU without the monster lol.
sacraig
- The desert
You must be pretty young.
2004–05 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team - Wikipedia
There are very few teams in the country that could go to a hostile environment like this, coming off a huge home win like we did against Wisc. and give such a beat down. Indiana is a good team and playing there is no small task.
Phenomenal effort and execution.
Say what you will, but this truly is an ELITE team we are watching, and an ELITE coach leading them.
Phenomenal effort and execution.
Say what you will, but this truly is an ELITE team we are watching, and an ELITE coach leading them.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Actually, it's like he knows nothing
I would’ve loved for Trent to just hand the ball to the IU guy with about 3 seconds left. Guy tries to stop him all day so give him a steal with a few seconds left.
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