Pregame: Illinois at Indiana, Saturday, February 18th 11:00am CT, ESPN
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
BTW, I saw Ted Kitchell as a 14-year old, but he didn't hang 40. Ohio State beat IU by a point in Columbus in 1980. OSU had an outstanding team that season. Herb Williams, Clark Kellogg, Kelvin Ransey, Carter Scott, Jim Smith, Granville Waiters. Five players on that team ended up in the NBA. They played IU in Bloomington on the final day of the regular season for the BT title, and lost by 3 in OT. Made it to the Sweet 16 that year, as did IU.
IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
Remember them well , pretty sure Granville still has a year plus Covid year left - I swear he played 15 years there …. And Clark could still lace up for them today
Shannon out tmr?
Oof that that’s not good. But hopefully they surprise like when they didn’t have Kofi last year or Ayo the year before.
IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
Then I’ll have what you’re drinking ….
USAFILLINI
- Florida
USAFILLINI
- Florida
Bold but I like it.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
I will be there with my son. D section, row 42.
Wearing Orange and Blue, Baby!!!
Wearing Orange and Blue, Baby!!!
It's certainly still possible, but obviously this closes off one potential avenue towards victory because it leaves even less room for error.
We need a combination of the Hawkins from the Maryland game, Epps from the Iowa game, Mayer from Wisconsin and Rodgers from Penn State. And Goode and Melendez from last season lol.
I think the biggest loss from not having Shannon is that takes out your best weapon for getting to the rim/getting points from the free throw line. A big reason Northwestern won was going 14-14 from the line. Now a strong free throw shooter is out of the lineup for a team that has struggled from the stripe.
Well that sucks but it will give Goode an opportunity to play more in hopefully go off in his home state. I would like to see Goode and Mayer on the floor more together but I do wish we had Shannon.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
Well we better:
1. Double TJD
2. 15+ from Coleman and Mayer.
But yikes. Not looking good. However it probably does give me a reason to not be pissed if we lose, we were down one of our best players.
1. Double TJD
2. 15+ from Coleman and Mayer.
But yikes. Not looking good. However it probably does give me a reason to not be pissed if we lose, we were down one of our best players.
Love TSJ and everything he brings to the table and we are down a dog. give those minutes to Ty, Luke and maybe RJ. Nothing to lose tomorrow, and if we win awesome! The committee will be aware we are without our leading scorer so this turned into a free game with absolutely no downside, even if it’s a blowout. Let’s go!
And for the record, we aren’t going to win the BT regular season title and anyone from 1-8 could very well win the BTT, who cares! It’s all about March 16-19th. That’s it. Let’s just improve until then.
And for the record, we aren’t going to win the BT regular season title and anyone from 1-8 could very well win the BTT, who cares! It’s all about March 16-19th. That’s it. Let’s just improve until then.
I wonder if RJ will break out.
I feel like he had the “I’m gonna be the guy mentality” as a slasher and shooter and when TSJ came in and played so well, it created a mental block.
It’d be cool if he found himself in Shannon’s absence and filled the void.
I feel like he had the “I’m gonna be the guy mentality” as a slasher and shooter and when TSJ came in and played so well, it created a mental block.
It’d be cool if he found himself in Shannon’s absence and filled the void.
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
RJ Melendez your table is ready.....
Then I will have what your smoking.
the national
- the Front Range
Gotta follow the Chris Collins plan to stop TJD.TJD about to go for 40.
the national
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the national
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Lol, I did see this today (they are saying there’s a chance). We’ll see. One game at a time.
I think we’re more likely to finish 6-0 than Purdue is to finish 1-3, crazier things have happened! I definitely could see a path, maybe Wisconsin finally comes back to life and beats the Boilers, imagine if Wisconsin could turn back into a quad 1 & 2 win, our resume would be great. If that were to happen and we finish 6-0 we’re back in the 3 or 4 seed discussion. Lots of hoop to be played! Can’t wait..
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