Illinois 95, Iowa 85 Postgame
There was some serious talk nationally that offseason that if Andre took a step up his sophomore season with regards to being more in control of his plays and limiting the bad turnovers that he was going to be a lottery pick. He was viewed as one of the top college point guards that preseason and was on the Wooden, Naismith, and Cousy preseason watch lists. I think people forget how electric freshman year Curbelo truly was based on everything that happened with him after it. He was viewed as a possible generational PG at the time and in the alternate universe where Curbelo returned focused on improving his mental game and never got concussed multiple times in a 2 week period, at least one NBA team with a top 15 pick that year wouldn't have passed on the potential to be drafting a kid with the floor of Jason Williams. That talk all died out rather quickly, obviously, but yeah, Curbelo was in a pretty elite position going into sophomore year.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
I would be if it were my daughter.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
RichardKeenesCousin
Richard Keene's Cousin
I watched the whole game with my eyes closed. Seems like it worked.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
me too.................
That's awesome because I am proud of her too! We could use about 2000 more of her, as she is bringing exactly what we need to Assembly Hall. She also made the official illini video "Stayed ready. Turned it up." on our IL front page, jumping around going nuts, at 25 seconds.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Illinois Loyalty:
Win a game -- get into discussion on name spelling and if we would be proud to have our daughter cuss on national tv
Lose a game -- the end of the world is coming and the team has no chance in March
Don't ever change.
Win a game -- get into discussion on name spelling and if we would be proud to have our daughter cuss on national tv
Lose a game -- the end of the world is coming and the team has no chance in March
Don't ever change.
If only there was some alternate defensive scheme that could prevent this problem... There must not be though, since we haven't done it.
Remember when you were in your college years and would wonder why crotchet-y old timers seemed like they were against harmless fun for no reason other than just being old and bitter all the time?
Funny how things change huh?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
F@#k yeah !!!!
Win a game – We’re great! Top 4 Seed! We can beat anybody! This is Our year!
Lose a game – We suck. Everyone sucks. Life sucks. Everyone’s got to go. Full rebuild again. I’m going to quit this team forever.
This is the mark of a true roundball fanatic that knows how to take this game way too seriously... and love that you do. Losing all sense of balance and judgment and not caring that you lost all that. And never planning to ever get that stuff back.
Speaking of which, can someone reach out to the throng of “fans” that wouldn’t watch the Iowa game and give them the news about the big win.
Going back and rewatching the Latulip video is something I would recommend for a lot of you guys. The defense overall was actually pretty good. Some of the shots Iowa were hitting in the first half were absolutely absurd, and I think it evened out towards the end of the game. The energy was way better, hope to see them continue to make strides defensively
IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
Can we just use jersey numbers , surely we can’t mess that up …
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Yes, and we did make defensive adjustments in this game.
From Walkon at IlliniBoard:
Flipping the Script
On the day after Thanksgiving, Illinois beat Western Illinois 84-52. Noted college basketball expert Tyler Cottingham - known also to IlliniBoard.com subscribers as “Walkon” - was covering the game and published a post-game article titled “Lockdown Squad”. That article included several extremely...
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Yes, and we did make defensive adjustments in this game.
From Walkon at IlliniBoard:
Flipping the Script
On the day after Thanksgiving, Illinois beat Western Illinois 84-52. Noted college basketball expert Tyler Cottingham - known also to IlliniBoard.com subscribers as “Walkon” - was covering the game and published a post-game article titled “Lockdown Squad”. That article included several extremely...
Nice, did not know the FG percentage was that low for Iowa in the 2nd half. That's a very good offense to hold to 35% shooting and forcing 17 mid range shots in a single half.
Always ready morretti!
Ummm.... A healthy, mentally stable Curbelo is / would be light-years ahead of Nico, as of right now. Not only not in the same ballpark, they aren't in the same galaxy. Belo could get anywhere on the court that he wanted with his handles, and he threw some passes that were just filthy. IMO, had he not self-destructed, he would already be in the league! Also, Belo never went 2/2 from 3 point range. They are completely different players. Further, while Nico played an admirable game, and I am hopeful for his continued development, he is not yet at the level of a seasoned, portal transfer PG. He definitely added more of a "true point guard" feel to the team, but he is not YET the answer at point guard. Seriously hoping that he becomes as good as some people are already ascribing him to be.