Interested to see this installment of Morrow v Black. The major justification for not recruiting Morrow at the time that I recall was LB was basically the same player, but it seems Morrow has developed a little better.
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Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Sunday, February 26th, 6:30pm CT, BTN
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And Illinois swept Northwestern. Which just goes to show that the transitive property doesn't apply to basketball.
I still believe this team has the talent and upperclassmen to "win out" their last three games and "run the table" in the big ten tournament. Gotta take it one game at a time at this point and bring their best defensive effort in the remainder of their games for Illinois to have a chance.
I can appreciate that.
The Illini also swept the Squawkeyes and they are handing it to Maryland, on the road, right now...
All of these comparisons make my head spin. You know, if we didn't keep getting ourselves into a giant hole every January, we wouldn't need a ladder.
Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
And I was at the Penn State game at Penn State. The Bryce center got very quiet in the second half. If (yeah, I know, if) the Illini had played the entire game like they did the latter half, it would have been a blowout. In our favor.
As it was, PSU barely squeaked out a win, aided by a questionable call. Penn State may have gotten a W out of that one,but it didn't feel all that good to the Penn State fans.
Darned close to being a win for the good guys.
The Illini also swept the Squawkeyes and they are handing it to Maryland, on the road, right now...
Which me make believes Illinois wins this game.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Don't you mean the "ladder half"?
Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
I saw what you did there.
Illini_1979
- Oregon
If not, the ladder is confirmed as available.
With 5 teams in the Big having 6 wins this could be a very big game for the BT Tourney seeds.
And I have you beat by 2 years.
You may be referring to the "Nick Conner game", in the Chicago Stadium I believe, when he pretty much outplayed Alcindor/Jabbar, giving up 7 inches in height. I didn't actually see that game but it was sort of legend around campus for awhile. I think Conner was a soph and Alcindor a senior. I did see Conner playing at IMPE a few times; he was an incredible athlete, strong as an ox and could jump out of the gym. Both Nicks gone way too soon.
How did you account for momentum in your predictive power assessment? Everything else I agree with but I don't think it's a fair statement without taking into account how losing games can impact confidence in key situations, poor shot selection due to prolonged cold shooting, stretches of games playing bad defensive etc. I'd disagree that there is "little" predictive power, I think there's more there than meets the eye. Either way it's not a fail proof thing, I just think it's more of a trend than you do. On the flip side, what's the predictive power of a team that *knowingly* just won two straight conference games in more than a year? Maybe nothing on its face but it's hard to gauge momentum is all that I'm saying. ILL!
Morrow plays a bigger role for his team, but I'm not sure he would be better than Leron if he played here instead. Impossible to say, but I don't think Morrow makes us much better. Morrow is a better jumper, but Leron is a better shooter.
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