Pregame: Illinois at Wisconsin, Saturday, March 2nd, 12:00pm CT, BTN
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Zorak
- Naperville
Let's get two of them in the next week
For those of you that complained about Bardo...this one's for you.
OnlyOrange
- Belleville, IL
Fair, but this tells me that their only real impressive win at home is MSU - and that was eons ago when Wisconsin was a seemingly different team. None of those other wins are terribly intimidating.
Trying to find a silver lining here, let me be
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
They are both terrible. Id rather break it up and not have to listen to Bardo every game. Just because Ellis is terrible doesnt make Bardo more tolerable. Announcers are really bad for the most part these days.
uofi7477
- Silver & Gold Vandals
Been an Illini fan since early 70's and for what Pearl/Iowa did to Gentleman Lou Henson and a young Deon, colours my outlook till this day. (However I am a huge Caitlin Clark follower so I guess time has eroded some of my intense dislike, which I now save for Miznoz and NW.)
To bad BU can’t spell ZONE….. At least for a change of pace. This staff prefers to get embarrassed by multiple backdoor cuts to switching it up
Ughhh. How do I do the radio sync? Isn't there an app I need? Might be worth the trouble for this one!
I think you are right, and also that the poster you were replying to makes a good point too: our bigger guards use their length well, but at times, the sheer speed of some of the smaller and really good guards in the B1G is a problem for our guys on defense. So I certainly agree that running good shooters off the 3 point line does make it look at times like our perimeter defenders (e.g., Rogers, Domask) can't keep up with the Buie's of the league, it does also look very much like our big guards have trouble changing directions as fast as the waterbug guards do.
Deon and Ellis will be how close to each other?
Such an informative article with a lot of inside information !
I'm surprised that they didn't refer to specific players as "Player A", "Player B", etc.
Illinois does not any impressive home wins either - NW, MSU, Nebraska are our best home wins. Sure wish the Kansas scrimmage counted as a quad 1 win.
We lost at home to Marquette. Our neutral wins FAU, Missouri have not aged well. I put us into the good to very good team category with excellent upside.
B10 being down this year other than Purdue makes it hard to get impressive wins.
We lost at home to Marquette. Our neutral wins FAU, Missouri have not aged well. I put us into the good to very good team category with excellent upside.
B10 being down this year other than Purdue makes it hard to get impressive wins.
Fwiw, last game I tried the Varsity app and couldn't figure out how to make it work. The initial radio broadcast it gave me was so far off from my YouTube TV broadcast that I wasn't even sure which way to go to get the two synched. (I think my video was about ten seconds ahead of what they were giving as the radio, but I just gave up rather than miss any more of the game futzing with it.)
Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
Going into the season, I didn't think Illinois was going to be an offensive power juggernaut. Boy, was I wrong. The offensive efficiency numbers they have put up this season are eye-opening.
I am concerned about Illinois' defense. Need to increase the pressure, make those Badgers from Wisconsin uncomfortable. I wanna see that "flies on garbage" defense.
I am concerned about Illinois' defense. Need to increase the pressure, make those Badgers from Wisconsin uncomfortable. I wanna see that "flies on garbage" defense.
I re-watched last year's 61-51 win at Wisconsin to see how each team looked and if there was anything worth making note of based on who was playing for each team.
Things that could be relevant:
-Dain kept us in the game in the first half and they did not have anyone who could defend him one on one. We also didn't have to worry much about his defense because Crowl did not exhibit a strong post up game.
-Wahl and Crowl were able to booty ball Coleman down low, but neither finished well around the rim so they never really took full advantage.
-TSJ and Coleman were scoreless in the first half and combined to make only three baskets the whole game. They didn't shoot much at all either, only took nine shots combined.
-Wisconsin looked lost on offense, the presence of Storr is very helpful for them in terms of having someone who can create his own shot. Their best offense in the game last year was Chucky Hepburn jacking up threes and getting hot for a couple minutes.
Interesting things that probably won't mean much for tomorrow:
-Matthew Mayer was the best player on the court.
-We didn't reach double digit points until under 7 minutes to go in the first half...and we still never trailed by more than three.
-A 20-16 halftime score seems insane now after watching the Illini over the past month.
-Jayden Epps played pretty well, made some big buckets in the second half to extend the lead.
-The monster dunk between two Badgers from RJ was just as awesome as I remembered.
-Jordan Davis played more minutes for Wisconsin than he does for Illinois State now.
Things that could be relevant:
-Dain kept us in the game in the first half and they did not have anyone who could defend him one on one. We also didn't have to worry much about his defense because Crowl did not exhibit a strong post up game.
-Wahl and Crowl were able to booty ball Coleman down low, but neither finished well around the rim so they never really took full advantage.
-TSJ and Coleman were scoreless in the first half and combined to make only three baskets the whole game. They didn't shoot much at all either, only took nine shots combined.
-Wisconsin looked lost on offense, the presence of Storr is very helpful for them in terms of having someone who can create his own shot. Their best offense in the game last year was Chucky Hepburn jacking up threes and getting hot for a couple minutes.
Interesting things that probably won't mean much for tomorrow:
-Matthew Mayer was the best player on the court.
-We didn't reach double digit points until under 7 minutes to go in the first half...and we still never trailed by more than three.
-A 20-16 halftime score seems insane now after watching the Illini over the past month.
-Jayden Epps played pretty well, made some big buckets in the second half to extend the lead.
-The monster dunk between two Badgers from RJ was just as awesome as I remembered.
-Jordan Davis played more minutes for Wisconsin than he does for Illinois State now.
JMO - Hawkins had 9 rebounds. Mayer did go crazy going 5-11 from 3.
We held them to 33% shooting. Hard to believe we were so much better at defense last year playing Mayer and Epps. I believe story line that we suck on defense is an aberration and that we will regress to the mean (an average defensive team) over time.
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Wisconsin -2.5
O/U 155.5
O/U 155.5
Good points. And yes we probably get blown out in that game if not for Mayer. TJ is much more of an alpha this year vs last. Coleman is a Mayer replacement to some degree. And then of course we have Domask.
To me biggest key will be limiting their 3 pt looks. They started out the year hot but have cooled off, and unsurprisingly have taken many more losses. But they are due for a Minny like heater at some point. Hopefully it’s not against us. Think you sell out on 3’s and if they drive it or throw it into Crowl/Wahl I’m not sure they can score enough to beat us.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
DWS just needs their own app. These 3rd party things are cumbersome and unreliable
Ok I’m out of the loop here, why do we hate LaPhonso Ellis?
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
When I want the radio call live with TV, I simply pull up the website from the game thread link on my phone and listen with headphones. Then I manipulate YouTube TV to the radio call by pausing YT until I can hear the radio call catch up to something distinct.
That works fine for me.
More recently, I like to save the radio call and listen to it the next day. It's kind of fun to hear the game called after knowing what happened.
That works fine for me.
More recently, I like to save the radio call and listen to it the next day. It's kind of fun to hear the game called after knowing what happened.
No hate - I don't like his voice, kinda like a nails on chalk board situation.
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