pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
No. 14 Illinois beats Rutgers in Terrence Shannon Jr.'s return
Terrence Shannon Jr. had 16 points in his return after being reinstated from suspension while Justin Harmon had 18 points.
Illinois 86, Rutgers 63 Postgame
Kind of interesting, team's official twitter account made no mention of TSJ from what I saw, although I didn't look super hard. Curious to see how they proceed through the rest of the season.
If Maryland had average offense they’d be tough. But man, the rest of the league outside the top 4 can’t guard anyone.
Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
I like the production that Harmon provides off the bench. Definitely a prime candidate for the 6th man of the year award.
You have to admire Omuyri - the guy is a warrior on a team with no help for him. I like his game, and he comes across to me as a class act.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
I was keeping an eye on that during and after the game as well. No mentions at all, not featured, or even in the background, of any pictures they posted from what I could tell. Probably trying minimize social media hate as much as they can.
Can we ask Dan to trace the IP addresses?
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
That, and from a university standpoint, it wasn't their choice to let him play,
The Rev shot less than one 3 per game and was never a great free throw shooter.
Glad to hear it....but whose way was Brad following before?
Not an insider, but from what…I think @Indy Illini Fan? has said, Brad has taken control of Portal recruiting. Correct me if I’m wrong, Indy.
So maybe he was giving a little decentralized control to his assistants to help him have a team that could “stay old”.
That didn’t work out how we wanted last year so it could be he was saying he’s taking control of who we go after.
When recruiting older players, you MAY only get one year with them, so there can’t be attitude or personality issues. The fit has to be right. So instead of “best players possible” he may want “best fit possible” which is his way as opposed to how he allowed his assistants to recruit the portal (and maybe even high school?).
Play of the game
ILLINI IN NE
- Omaha,Ne.
When I saw that I told my son that Ty should get and offensive rebound and an assist for that.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
I admit I was too lazy to look up the 3pt %. Thank you!
He did, that's how they scored it during the game anyway (so unless corrected later, I always like to have the box score on ESPN pulled up as I'm watching the game).
Isn’t great when the wife buys in? My wife came up with the idea of season football tickets instead of a fall cruise. “Would you like if…?” she said. If we were closer, we’d have season basketball.
Admittedly we are college sweethearts and had season Block I football tickets for our junior and senior year, but it’s being able to do something like to do together…and we’re in as long as health prevails.
Admittedly we are college sweethearts and had season Block I football tickets for our junior and senior year, but it’s being able to do something like to do together…and we’re in as long as health prevails.
Ty reminds me of that line in the movie Pursuit of Happyness - “What would you say if a guy walked in for an interview without a shirt on, and I hired him?”..."He must've had on a really nice pair of pants". Ty is an incredible pair of pants. No jump shot? No problem. He does everything else so dang well and is so valuable. Every Day Guy.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
To be fair, Rev had 3 snipers playing around him all the time. He didn't need to be shooting very often.
I hate that he had to post anything having to tell people to ignore his mom ranting. He doesnt need that kind of distraction coming from inside his own familyI love that he posted that picture because there is 0% chance that ball went in the hoop
They have a great case. That said, I think we are seeing many more high-quality players transferring than ever before. Between the high number of 5th year guys, the lure of big program NIL, and the immediate eligibility rules, transferring is much more attractive than it has ever been.
I was so excited when TSJ had the breakaway dunk that I didn't care that he stood posing afterward, Quincy chest bumped him from behind, and Rutgers inbounding, running down the floor with a 5 on 3 advantage. I think that they got 2 free throws out of the play.
Different circumstances we would have all come unglued. Coach would have at least benched TJ, maybe both. Yesterday it was all good.
Coach cleared the bench at the end, and Rutgers couldn't cut into the lead.
It was a beautiful day.
Different circumstances we would have all come unglued. Coach would have at least benched TJ, maybe both. Yesterday it was all good.
Coach cleared the bench at the end, and Rutgers couldn't cut into the lead.
It was a beautiful day.
the national
- the Front Range
I’m still energized by that game yesterday. Wow. This team is good but you add TSJ, the impact is immediate. He’s so strong and fast. When he slices through the opposing defense, you can see his strength and what we were missing. We are fortunate that we have soo many other weapons on this team and everyone buys into playing team defense (with only a few exceptions). TSJ is special and a difference maker.
To which I would add that Skyy Clark starting from the jump as a freshman under a one-sided ill advised NIL deal never would have occurred if you look at the way Brad has traditionally coached and his refusal to rely upon a freshman guard. When that was followed up with Jayden Epps AAU selfish playing style and his refusal to return to a game when Brad told him to do so, it felt like Brad had completely lost his way. I was shocked that he continued to play him after that. The offense never resembled his traditional concepts of a more team oriented fast paced passing game. Indy Illini Fan and other insiders would obviously know more, but my thought at the time is that Brad had hired some very good recruiting coaches and was trying to accommodate their representations during recruiting as to playing time but it simply didn't work and left the older players like Coleman incredibly frustrated. Chemistry matters and roles need to be defined and that never occurred. This is not a defense of Brad as he was ultimately responsible, but it never felt like he was on the same page as his staff and his players as to how the team played on the floor. In addition, he was clearly not having fun or enjoying what he was doing. My take that night was that Brad was saying to himself, "Enough". I wouldn't put up with this when I was coaching at Daytona Beach Community College and I certainly am not going to put up with it now that I am the head coach at Illinois." Since then, his fingerprints are all over everything having to do with the program and it obviously shows. What a remarkable change! Last year's team never remotely reflected his personality. This year's team absolutely does and his joy in coaching them is apparent every time he speaks. More importantly, the feeling when his players speak about him appears to be mutual. That chemistry can take this team a long way this season. Time will tell.
