Illinois 92, Illinois State 65 (Exhibition) Postgame

CoalCity said:

How is that different from any other game?

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Rebounding Dog said:

RE: Fouls
Was it just me or were there a bunch of ticky tack stuff called? There seemed to be a lot of calls on both teams where on replay I was scratching my head and wondering what the officials were seeing.

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RabidDawgClassic said:

I’m guessing the coaches urged the refs to call more fouls given there were no foul outs. Great way to prepare the guys for life in the B1G.

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LouHenson said:

Excuse my not being informed, but have we gotten some kind of word that Ty will actually play this year? If so, when is it hoped he could return? Thanks I just not seen more than “maybe” by BIG season?

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NarrowJ said:

“hey can you guys call this game like completely blind special ed folks with the collective IQ of a stalk of celery so as to simulate B1G play?”

- Brad, probably

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OB positive said:

I see a starting lineup of Petrovic, Boswell, Stojakovic, Mirk and Tomi as our best five.

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Guest said:

I keep a friend updated via email about what is happening with the Illinois basketball team, and a lot of the information I send comes from here, IL. I sent the following around the first week of October. I don’t think much or anything has been posted about Ty since then. I am just going to copy and paste. I think people can figure it out. I don’t use any of the insiders' IL aliases; I just refer to them as “insider”.

insider 1: There's growing confidence that Ty will play the majority of Big Ten play this season.
Insider 2 responding to Insider 1: Have heard the same … Have seen the same with him shooting and doing light work … He’s been attacking rehab like a man on a mission.

non-insider, posted this around the first week of October, "Rodgers has a torn patellar tendon.". I don't know how this person knows this, considering how secretive everyone with the Illinois program has been about the exact nature of the injury (also, I wonder if the poster is violating HIPAA law), but an insider did not dispute it and actually added this, "Partially torn … And it happened in June … Timeline he got was 6-12 months … He’s on track for an early recovery as of now …

Someone made a comment about "if Ty comes back," and the insider replied with, "Word I continue to hear is when … Not if …"

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InDaAZ said:

MLT’s biggest takeaways from the exhibition game:
The team’s unselfishness & I.Q. (“The ball popped.”)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980688563219099878

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mysterio2525 said:

I agree I think this likely the best starting group... with wagler 6th man. mirk should start from what I saw yesterday. Please don't start Ben again ahead of people clearly much more talented than him. Ben looked like a better version of himself which is good... but still a bench player who prob shouldn't play more than 15 minutes a game. mirk and big z clearly better options. even Andre at the 4 if we want to go small

wagler may have had a great summer and he played fine in the exhibition but it didn't exactly match the hype we been hearing. it's only one game and he played fine, I'm excited to see where he will be.

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RollChief said:

That feeling when you've got another 2.5 hours of work for the day but Illini Inquirer drops a mid-day MLT pre-season basketball podcast...

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pruman91 said:

the quality of the pressers is at an alltime low for MBB , WBB , FB and is getting worse........the mic the coaches are using goes in and out based on the coaches position to the mics.......
not mic'ing up the reporters is very frustrating to us fans.......why waste time listening to a presser if you are only hearing the answer's with no idea what the answer pertains to......

I have listened to other school's pressers and almost all of time have a moderator controlling the Q & A session and it is kind of embarrassing what we have to deal with.......not a good look and listen IMHO..............

I am going to try and alert JW to this problem through a direct email......if anyone has JW's email I sure would like to know what it is and hope he can help alleviate this annoying pattern......................

the more you know.........................

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Derrick Burson Associate AD, Communication | Men’s Basketball Contact University of Illinois Athletics 1700 South Fourth Street | Champaign, IL 61820 Cell: 217-766-7315 Email: burson@illinois.edu UNIFY. DEVELOP. INSPIRE. ACHIEVE.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. I am so glad I sent my email as the response explained the best way to watch any Illini pressers from now on by me........ it was awesome to listen to the post game exhibition presser and I encourage all of Illini Nation to use the link in the reply from Derrick for future listening enjoyment.....crisp and clean audio from BU , the players and the media made me feel like I was in the room with them...... hope this helps any and every one get a better view of the quality of pressers the Illini pro9vide for us........ GOOD LISTENING AND WATCHING ILLINI SPORTS....GO ILLINI.............

pruman91 said:

I sent an email to Josh and received a prompt response back from Derrick Burson regarding my question about the audio of the Illini pressers.....here is his reply.......


Burson, Derrick C<burson@illinois.edu>







You
Illini AD Josh Whitman
pruman91,

For our produced press conferences, we provide broadcast quality video and audio, which is tested and approved by the TV and radio outlets that are present each time before we begin. We also have a shotgun mic that we use to capture the reporters’ questions at football, and we pass mics to the reporters at basketball.

However, there are also several media outlets in attendance who record the pressers on their phone, thus not taking the audio feed from the mult box. If you are watching one of their videos, the audio quality will not be as good as what we provide. I encourage you to watch the pressers on our YouTube channel to get the best audio experience: https://www.youtube.com/@IlliniAthletics

And note that what I said above is for our produced press conferences, which make up most of our media opportunities with football and men’s basketball. However, there are times, based on time and/or location limitations where we pivot to a group media availability and not a formal press conference. When we do those, yes, the reporters’ questions can be hard to hear, but the purpose is to provide the reporters with information and broadcast quality sound bites of the coach, not the reporter.

I am comfortable with how we run our pressers. You may prefer rigid moderation – and that has its time and place – but as a matter of general practice, everyone in attendance knows the flow and routine and works well together. Our coaches have a good rapport with our media, and I believe that shines through with our format and the way they interact with the media in attendance.

The access fans have now to hear directly from the coaches has grown by leaps and bounds during your time following our programs. I’m sure you’re enjoying the ability to listen to our outstanding coaches nearly every day of the week throughout the season.

Thanks for being a loyal Illini fan,
-DB

Derrick Burson Associate AD, Communication | Men’s Basketball Contact University of Illinois Athletics 1700 South Fourth Street | Champaign, IL 61820 Cell: 217-766-7315 Email: burson@illinois.edu UNIFY. DEVELOP. INSPIRE. ACHIEVE.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. I am so glad I sent my email as the response explained the best way to watch any Illini pressers from now on by me........ it was awesome to listen to the post game exhibition presser and I encourage all of Illini Nation to use the link in the reply from Derrick for future listening enjoyment.....crisp and clean audio from BU , the players and the media made me feel like I was in the room with them...... hope this helps any and every one get a better view of the quality of pressers the Illini pro9vide for us........ GOOD LISTENING AND WATCHING ILLINI SPORTS....GO ILLINI.............

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Orangetool said:

I am of the opinion that we are way underestimating the expected contribution of Ben Humrichous this campaign.
Nicely Fletched, newly engaged, fills a position of need, comfortable in the system...the stars have aligned.

Big year.
Big Ben.

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pruman91 said:

I sent an email to Josh and received a prompt response back from Derrick Burson regarding my question about the audio of the Illini pressers.....here is his reply.......


Burson, Derrick C<burson@illinois.edu>







You
Illini AD Josh Whitman
pruman91,

For our produced press conferences, we provide broadcast quality video and audio, which is tested and approved by the TV and radio outlets that are present each time before we begin. We also have a shotgun mic that we use to capture the reporters’ questions at football, and we pass mics to the reporters at basketball.

However, there are also several media outlets in attendance who record the pressers on their phone, thus not taking the audio feed from the mult box. If you are watching one of their videos, the audio quality will not be as good as what we provide. I encourage you to watch the pressers on our YouTube channel to get the best audio experience: https://www.youtube.com/@IlliniAthletics

And note that what I said above is for our produced press conferences, which make up most of our media opportunities with football and men’s basketball. However, there are times, based on time and/or location limitations where we pivot to a group media availability and not a formal press conference. When we do those, yes, the reporters’ questions can be hard to hear, but the purpose is to provide the reporters with information and broadcast quality sound bites of the coach, not the reporter.

I am comfortable with how we run our pressers. You may prefer rigid moderation – and that has its time and place – but as a matter of general practice, everyone in attendance knows the flow and routine and works well together. Our coaches have a good rapport with our media, and I believe that shines through with our format and the way they interact with the media in attendance.

The access fans have now to hear directly from the coaches has grown by leaps and bounds during your time following our programs. I’m sure you’re enjoying the ability to listen to our outstanding coaches nearly every day of the week throughout the season.

Thanks for being a loyal Illini fan,
-DB

Derrick Burson Associate AD, Communication | Men’s Basketball Contact University of Illinois Athletics 1700 South Fourth Street | Champaign, IL 61820 Cell: 217-766-7315 Email: burson@illinois.edu UNIFY. DEVELOP. INSPIRE. ACHIEVE.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. I am so glad I sent my email as the response explained the best way to watch any Illini pressers from now on by me........ it was awesome to listen to the post game exhibition presser and I encourage all of Illini Nation to use the link in the reply from Derrick for future listening enjoyment.....crisp and clean audio from BU , the players and the media made me feel like I was in the room with them...... hope this helps any and every one get a better view of the quality of pressers the Illini pro9vide for us........ GOOD LISTENING AND WATCHING ILLINI SPORTS....GO ILLINI.............

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pruman91 said:

I sent an email to Josh and received a prompt response back from Derrick Burson regarding my question about the audio of the Illini pressers.....here is his reply.......


Burson, Derrick C<burson@illinois.edu>







You
Illini AD Josh Whitman
pruman91,

For our produced press conferences, we provide broadcast quality video and audio, which is tested and approved by the TV and radio outlets that are present each time before we begin. We also have a shotgun mic that we use to capture the reporters’ questions at football, and we pass mics to the reporters at basketball.

However, there are also several media outlets in attendance who record the pressers on their phone, thus not taking the audio feed from the mult box. If you are watching one of their videos, the audio quality will not be as good as what we provide. I encourage you to watch the pressers on our YouTube channel to get the best audio experience: https://www.youtube.com/@IlliniAthletics

And note that what I said above is for our produced press conferences, which make up most of our media opportunities with football and men’s basketball. However, there are times, based on time and/or location limitations where we pivot to a group media availability and not a formal press conference. When we do those, yes, the reporters’ questions can be hard to hear, but the purpose is to provide the reporters with information and broadcast quality sound bites of the coach, not the reporter.

I am comfortable with how we run our pressers. You may prefer rigid moderation – and that has its time and place – but as a matter of general practice, everyone in attendance knows the flow and routine and works well together. Our coaches have a good rapport with our media, and I believe that shines through with our format and the way they interact with the media in attendance.

The access fans have now to hear directly from the coaches has grown by leaps and bounds during your time following our programs. I’m sure you’re enjoying the ability to listen to our outstanding coaches nearly every day of the week throughout the season.

Thanks for being a loyal Illini fan,
-DB

Derrick Burson Associate AD, Communication | Men’s Basketball Contact University of Illinois Athletics 1700 South Fourth Street | Champaign, IL 61820 Cell: 217-766-7315 Email: burson@illinois.edu UNIFY. DEVELOP. INSPIRE. ACHIEVE.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. I am so glad I sent my email as the response explained the best way to watch any Illini pressers from now on by me........ it was awesome to listen to the post game exhibition presser and I encourage all of Illini Nation to use the link in the reply from Derrick for future listening enjoyment.....crisp and clean audio from BU , the players and the media made me feel like I was in the room with them...... hope this helps any and every one get a better view of the quality of pressers the Illini pro9vide for us........ GOOD LISTENING AND WATCHING ILLINI SPORTS....GO ILLINI.............

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Orangetool said:

Wagler looks to have a natural talent beyond his years.
But that baby face and high school build makes me wince when I think of the grown a** men he will face with this year's schedule.

We will see what he is made of.
I'm betting on him.

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pruman91 said:

I sent an email to Josh and received a prompt response back from Derrick Burson regarding my question about the audio of the Illini pressers.....here is his reply.......


Burson, Derrick C<burson@illinois.edu>







You
Illini AD Josh Whitman
pruman91,

For our produced press conferences, we provide broadcast quality video and audio, which is tested and approved by the TV and radio outlets that are present each time before we begin. We also have a shotgun mic that we use to capture the reporters’ questions at football, and we pass mics to the reporters at basketball.

However, there are also several media outlets in attendance who record the pressers on their phone, thus not taking the audio feed from the mult box. If you are watching one of their videos, the audio quality will not be as good as what we provide. I encourage you to watch the pressers on our YouTube channel to get the best audio experience: https://www.youtube.com/@IlliniAthletics

And note that what I said above is for our produced press conferences, which make up most of our media opportunities with football and men’s basketball. However, there are times, based on time and/or location limitations where we pivot to a group media availability and not a formal press conference. When we do those, yes, the reporters’ questions can be hard to hear, but the purpose is to provide the reporters with information and broadcast quality sound bites of the coach, not the reporter.

I am comfortable with how we run our pressers. You may prefer rigid moderation – and that has its time and place – but as a matter of general practice, everyone in attendance knows the flow and routine and works well together. Our coaches have a good rapport with our media, and I believe that shines through with our format and the way they interact with the media in attendance.

The access fans have now to hear directly from the coaches has grown by leaps and bounds during your time following our programs. I’m sure you’re enjoying the ability to listen to our outstanding coaches nearly every day of the week throughout the season.

Thanks for being a loyal Illini fan,
-DB

Derrick Burson Associate AD, Communication | Men’s Basketball Contact University of Illinois Athletics 1700 South Fourth Street | Champaign, IL 61820 Cell: 217-766-7315 Email: burson@illinois.edu UNIFY. DEVELOP. INSPIRE. ACHIEVE.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. I am so glad I sent my email as the response explained the best way to watch any Illini pressers from now on by me........ it was awesome to listen to the post game exhibition presser and I encourage all of Illini Nation to use the link in the reply from Derrick for future listening enjoyment.....crisp and clean audio from BU , the players and the media made me feel like I was in the room with them...... hope this helps any and every one get a better view of the quality of pressers the Illini pro9vide for us........ GOOD LISTENING AND WATCHING ILLINI SPORTS....GO ILLINI.............

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Todd99 said:

Great job!

Now, can you see what can be done about the basketball uniforms?

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pruman91 said:

I sent an email to Josh and received a prompt response back from Derrick Burson regarding my question about the audio of the Illini pressers.....here is his reply.......

Burson, Derrick C<burson@illinois.edu>

Thanks for being a loyal Illini fan,
-DB

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