Illini after winning BTT championship
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Illinois 93, Wisconsin 87 - Big Ten Tournament Champions
Quietly averaged 21-7-8 in the semis and finals. Nothing quiet about that.
If the voting for the awards happened today, does BU win COY? Adding three dramatic come from behind victories to a BTT championship. Thats on top of coaching through the TSJ legal stuff and leading the team to a higher than projected finish. He’s coaching his !!! off
Today was a GOOD day! Cheers to my fellow Illini friends and my Illini Basketball Team!
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CBS's coverage is a joke. How many times do they keep the camara focused on a player or a coach as the ball is in play, finally picking up the game as ball crosses half court.
Nice! I hope that's just frost on those cubes, though. Cloudy cubes won't do. (I do have some nice clean ones in my freezer if you need some help with that bottle.)
Storr is a stud [ don't know why he wouldn't play for Brad] and Wisconsin's offense wasn't very good until he came along so he had to carry most of the load where as Marcus doesn't need to be the stud all the time because we have a guy by the name oh Shannon!
Storr shot 15 for 43 in the semifinal & champ game. That's not even 35% shooting. He had ONE ASSIST THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.
Domask averaged 17 pts 7 assists and over 5 rebs and shot 42% in tournament despite a 3/16 anomaly vs Ohio State.
Edit: Storr also really faded in the 2nd half when the game became important yesterday. Don't get me wrong, love to have him for the right price, but the salivating over his play while ditching on MD is pretty darn silly given their actual play/results.
Domask averaged 17 pts 7 assists and over 5 rebs and shot 42% in tournament despite a 3/16 anomaly vs Ohio State.
Edit: Storr also really faded in the 2nd half when the game became important yesterday. Don't get me wrong, love to have him for the right price, but the salivating over his play while ditching on MD is pretty darn silly given their actual play/results.
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He just needs to get on TJs workout routine and he’ll be tearing up the B10 next year… hopefully wearing orange.
Very accurate post.
He just needs to get on TJs workout routine and he’ll be tearing up the B10 next year… hopefully wearing orange.
100% agreed on that!
If he had team first attitude like Shannon he would be a great addition. I believe he has A J first attitude more like Mayer last year.100% agreed on that!
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
I had the same thought...
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
And all credit to Domask's excellent overall performance yesterday, but leaning on him as a ballhandler remains a problem. Chucky Hepburn was licking his chops.
MD has an elite turnover rate, he's extremely strong with the ball and is very methodical, precise and calculated. He's also becoming much better at distributing as the season has worn on (8 assists in 2 straight games to finish the tourney).
It is absolutely crazy that this ridiculously false narrative continues to be pushed here. You're one of my favorite people here, and you mostly have really good (and fair) takes on things, but this one is absolutely silly.
MD hoisted a B1G trophy yesterday, while Chucky sat with his face in his palms and a scowl on his face while their seed was presented.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
And yet, we persevere. Every team has flaws, especially this year. In the summer, you thought our lack of a point guard could keep us out of the tournament. Instead, we were a top 15 team all year, outright second in the B1G, and now have a nice new banner in the rafters. The point guard situation isn't ideal, there's a reason we tried our darndest to get one, but inarguably Brad was right that we could weather the storm without one.
Hepburn can lick his chops all he wants, but he still can't beat us. And if I had the choice between the two this season, I'd take Marcus over Hepburn and having a real point every single time.
MD might be the most fundamentally sound player in Illini history in terms of body positioning (and booty positioning), spatial awareness, shielding the ball, etc. when it's in his hands. It's remarkable, actually. Really love the way he plays.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
100% true. That ability to fend guys off with his hip and feel his way through a crowd works as well in the backcourt as it does in the paint. And he's a super intelligent passer, thus why we're using him as a PG in the first place, you want the ball in the hands of a guy with his elite game feel as much as possible.
But he nonetheless struggles to bring the ball up against pressure because his handle isn't that good, that's just reality. He got the ball straight swiped from him twice yesterday and had a couple other close calls. 12 TO's in the BTT.
For a Missouri Valley forward, he's basically a miracle as a Big Ten PG. But there are fundamental limitations there, as there are with Rodgers, as there are with Moretti, etc etc.
I don't think anyone would accuse us of being a perfect basketball team. BU has put together the best brew of a bunch of very talented but kinda weird parts. He likes teams like that.
Much more on board with this write-up, although I do think you underestimate his ballhandling ability. Chucky is going to swipe the ball from the best of them, he had 3 steals against Braden Smith & Purdue the game prior as well. Saying Chucky got a couple steals is more like an obvious 'of course he did' and much, much less is it any sort of indictment on MD's overall ability to handle the basketball.
Chucky might've been licking his chops, as you said, but MD busted them.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I'm liking this solely for your new avatar photo.
Chucky Hepburn can be and was a problem at times. Mainly sneaking from behind or on a double stealing or poking the ball away. I felt we actually did ok. He disrupted Purdue's offense and bothered Braden Smith a lot more than he did Domask.