another week off shows up again, sloppy passing, ball handling. I love Mirk but he cannot handle the ball. Petrovic will see a lot of bench from now on. It just appeared to me the Illini went through the motions against an inferior team. Time to wakeup and bring intensity EVERY NIGHT FROM HERE ON OUT!
Illinois 90, Southern 55 Postgame
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Alternate to #3: Gonna have a Top 15 pick... we should never have recruited Petrovic.
It's an embarrassment of kvetches here.
18 year old Wagler is so composed
Barring injuries and substantial backcourt injuries/blowouts, probably last time seeing Petro for awhile. Hope he is able to stay ready
Barring injuries and substantial backcourt injuries/blowouts, probably last time seeing Petro for awhile. Hope he is able to stay ready
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They won by 35 and covered in buy game on a Monday afternoon. I think that was a good outing all things considered.
Hey, at least almost everyone is off the complaints about FTs now.
100 percent
If we want to nitpick things, that’s cool, it’s what the forum is here for, but the ALL CAPS!!! stuff shouldn’t really be needed today
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Wait, what?
Even if we call this game a little sloppy, after our last week off, we beat a high major team by 43 in what was arguably our most efficient game of the season.
Gotta consider the source of the message. True to form
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
If we can stop talking about The PG We Don't Really Need To See for a minute and focus.....
We just held their leading scorer and potential SWAC scoring champ to his lowest point total of the year.
You know...The Guy That Has A Career Game Versus Illinois.
That's the takeaway from this game. That's it.
We just held their leading scorer and potential SWAC scoring champ to his lowest point total of the year.
You know...The Guy That Has A Career Game Versus Illinois.
That's the takeaway from this game. That's it.
I've been calling for it because if he isn't good enough they need to show it in the games that don't count or every slovinian/serbian in the pipeline is gonna think he got benched for personality differences.
He turns the ball over too much, he is shorter than advertised, and his defense isn't good enough. He does show flashes of greatness. He is the quickest player on the team by a lot. He reminds me of Curbelo, which didn't end well. I think this game was likely enough evidence that he isn't quite good enough to get extended minutes aside from filling in when there is an injury.
I’d say that’s an accurate takeaway. I don’t get the Monday afternoon stuff. That should be of little consequence to a locked in team.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
9pm prime time Serbia/Croatia tip off.
Mostly true. I will say though that I wanted to see more of Petrovic today, not because I think he is better than Wagler, but because I wanted to see a glimmer of hope for future contribution. Alas, that glimmer has faded.
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At least I got the 35 point margin right
. I believe that also answers any questions about *UW*
Somebody should copy/paste this into the Miznoz forum
I totally agree with your point about a Monday afternoon game.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
@illini0440 Regarding NIL for someone like Wagler…do coaches (football/basketball) adjust NIL if a player breaks out like this? Like, I kind of assume he wasn’t getting a ton just based on recruiting rankings…but based on where he is now do they find ways to increase the NIL he’s getting? What’s the standard for something like this?
Nov 28, 2025:
"Tennessee will run us out of the gym. Vols 104 Illini 69"
The way certain people act generally makes me question whether they're truly fans of our team... or fans of rival schools that create an account just to throw blasphemy on the board.
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