Illinois 87, Iowa 83 Postgame
Yesterday's win is the first time Illinois has started 2-0 in B1G since the 2013-14 season.
Not to look too far ahead, but Illinois has the potential to start 5-0 in the B1G before the 2nd weekend in January when they host Michigan and Purdue. Their next 3 B1G games before that weekend they play at Minnesota, host Maryland, and are at Nebraska.
Not to look too far ahead, but Illinois has the potential to start 5-0 in the B1G before the 2nd weekend in January when they host Michigan and Purdue. Their next 3 B1G games before that weekend they play at Minnesota, host Maryland, and are at Nebraska.
Better not assume anything. Every game is a battle.
Yep, even Minny is 7-0 at this point, record could change quickly, though, with games against MI St on Wed and MI on Sat.
Courtesy of the Sun-Times:
"The 7-0, 285-pound junior center grabbed 18 boards — the most by an Illini player in a non-overtime game in 25 seasons"
Another Kofi record. Special special dude.
"The 7-0, 285-pound junior center grabbed 18 boards — the most by an Illini player in a non-overtime game in 25 seasons"
Another Kofi record. Special special dude.
Bigtex
- DFW
Hutcherson is probably #10 in rotation and coach shortened the rotation last night. No Melendez. Goode, Payne, bbv all just a tick, Basically a 6 man rotation.
The kid wasn't the only one.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cockburn's second-half mojo helps Illini win at Iowa
Illinois moves to 2-0 in Big Ten behind Kofi's 17 points and 18 rebounds.
By Randy Reinhardt Bloomington Pantagraph
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa’s methods for keeping the basketball out of Kofi Cockburn’s hands worked splendidly the first half at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday.
When Illinois solved that conundrum, other creases in the Hawkeyes’ defense became easier to exploit.
After being limited to one first-half shot, Cockburn scored 10 points in the opening seven minutes after halftime. The Illinois guards soon joined the party to capture an 87-83 Big Ten Conference victory before a crowd of 12,072.
According to Underwood, Cockburn’s halftime demeanor spoke volumes.
“Kofi’s grown in a lot of ways, most of them mental,” Underwood said. “Halftime as a freshman he would have been frustrated, upset, ticked off. It would have affected other parts of his game. Now he’s saying ‘I’m open. Get me the ball, but don’t force it.’ There is a tremendous maturity with that.”
“I’m pretty ecstatic. It was not pretty, but we got a road win coming to their building,” Underwood said. “A couple things you have to do to win on the road is rebound and execute late. That includes free throwing shooting.”
The Illini recovered from the Hawkeyes’ 21-2 surge as Grandison tossed in back-to-back 3-pointers that brought Illinois within 33-32.
“We didn’t have an answer for those runs early (in the season),” Underwood said. “Now we do.”
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The last statement by BU says a lot to me .....the Illini have progressed and I look forward to Saturday's game with a lot more optimism than I had a week ago......
Go Illini ......................
The Department of Redundancy Department is strong here on Loyalty.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Ha ha! Ok, to help fund the department with more material, here's what I would tell Curbelo if I were talking to him:
The act of a great magician is only about 3% wow. The rest of the show he looks like a normal guy, while he is setting the audience up. You might think about doing the same with your game. Spend most of the game acting like a normal point guard, setting them up for just a couple "wow" moments per game.
I thought he threw his arm out to catch Kofi going by.
Total flop
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Robert from IlliniBoard did a full write up and interview with him:
Flagrant
There are so many different ways to attend a road game as an Illini fan. Some go full-on orange shirt so that they'll stick out in a crowd. Some (like me) feel more comfortable with the blue Illinois shirt because it's less in-your-face and more, I don't know, respectful. Some go as far as an...
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
Thanks for sharing, lstewart! This kid is absolutely awesome. So glad that Robert recognized him and now Coach Frazier is going to reward his determination, guts, and ILLINOIS LOYALTY with some new Illini gear. He deserves it. Way to represent, Matthew! I-L-LRobert from IlliniBoard did a full write up and interview with him:
Flagrant
There are so many different ways to attend a road game as an Illini fan. Some go full-on orange shirt so that they'll stick out in a crowd. Some (like me) feel more comfortable with the blue Illinois shirt because it's less in-your-face and more, I don't know, respectful. Some go as far as an...illiniboard.com
We need to paste him in photos. Ala Bernie Sanders!
I did my part.
Amen