I thought for a moment Rainn Wilson had joined the Illini bandwagon.
Illinois 98, Florida Atlantic 89 Postgame
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Or the clip where he slaps the floor and says, "C'mon, boy" (or something similar) as the FAU player brings it up the court.
My kinda guy, honestly
Kind of like we are playing now except with Harmon in place of Quincy? Considerable let down in defense with that trade.
sacraig
- The desert
They've all but said that. The "love the Illinois fan base" because the Illinois fan base voraciously consumes anything they put out about our team.
And like clockwork, the first video the YouTube algorithm spits my way this morning is Sleepers preview of Tennessee v Illini. Ah, creepy technology…
He said “that’s a bad boy,” in reference to Domask after one of his makes. Which makes it all the better in my mind.
Yeah, only other time it happened was against Milwaukee in 1990, Deon went off for 46, and Andy Kaufman for 34.
IMO the difference this season seems to be the players are much more focused on the team's success vs. their personal success (i.e. getting their numbers). It's one thing to get older, but this time we have age, experience AND attitude. My guess is that TSJ has elevated into the "keeper of the flame" role, demonstrating the Illini way and expectations via actions and words. Replacing Trent and Damonte. The standard is the standard.
Now if someone still has an open growth plate and can reach 7 foot 4 we might be able to take down Edey....
CBS has footage of Brad driving around a go-kart throwing turtle shells at Steve Pikiell and dropping banana peels infront of Bill Self
Assistant to the regional Illini
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Full disclosure, not a strong mind in any measure, but very generally, you can tell your guys to rebound, or tell them to get back on defense, but they can't be in two places at once, so there's a trade-off of how you want to go about this. The more you emphasize getting back on defense, the less you'll contest rebounds. There's obviously a lot of nuance in how that works, but I think part of our lower rebounding can be explained by how we wanted to prioritize transition defense. It's jaw-dropping how well they cut off easy buckets. But OTOH, we're usually much stronger rebounding. Can't argue with the result --looks like we picked the right poison to find the antidote for.
All that said, I thought FAU did a great job getting to the ball and getting around box outs. They had a lot of long rebounds that gave them a chance to contest rebounds we would normally get, and they fought all the way to the end.
Milwaukee was ranked in 1990? That doesn’t seem right.
I really enjoyed that!
I don't believe they were, was commenting more on that fact we've only ever done it (now) three times. Picked the wrong post to reply to
I believe he said, Assistant Regional Illini.
Given even one player scoring 30+ isn’t an every day occurrence and Illini have only had two do it in one game three times, I wonder when the last time 2 did it in one game for any team against a ranked opponent was. Did ESPN show such a graphic?I don't believe they were, was commenting more on that fact we've only ever done it (now) three times. Picked the wrong post to reply to
Luther Head-like to me
Last edited:
The luck part referred to BU.
Well, if TSJ ends up being a 1st Team AA, that will be BU's 3rd at IL (none of the 3 were 1st tier as recruits). Doesn't seem like luck is having a ton to do with the player development that we've seen.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Is it possible the answer is “never”?