Maybe true, but his past actions stick in my mind and if he was living up to his potential a top 35 player wouldn't be playing at Chattanooga. I believe Kofi will have his way in this contest, but I have been wrong many times (so far today that is) so who knows. We will find out Friday.
Pregame: Illinois vs Chattanooga, Friday, March 18th, 5:50pm CT, TNT
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LOL, he keeps saying nine teams and not talking about matchups. Third grade argument.
And last year has no bearing on this year, as anyone with any sense should know.
Just thought of this. Maybe Seth is now anti Illini bc Steve Bardo criticized him on twitter for being too negative about Michigan’s coach schmacking someone. (I’m kidding)
They beat us the past two times we played them… this team is different #getbackgang
I blame my phone autocorrect. It's fixed now?
And, these two players have NEVER been guarded by Trent and Da’monte
I hope it is good Belo.
sacraig
- The desert
In fairness, Loyola was terrible at 2 pt D and Kofi was expected to feast then, too. But hopefully we've learned our lesson.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
If you said the Horned Frogs, I’d have agreed with you
Looks like UT-C is a pretty good 3-point shooting team. Not gonna be an easy game — at least on paper — but then none of them are at this point. I’m guessing there were several teams salivating last year in tourney when they saw they’d be playing Oregon St.
sacraig
- The desert
Just win, baby!
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
All business. EveryDayGuys.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Is Pat Knight a consultant at KU these days?
I don't think Wisconsin has anything easy with they way they've played.
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Out of the 13 seeds I don’t think Chattanooga is a bad draw. Vermont and South Dakota St are going to be hand fulls.
As for 5 seeds Houston is beloved by metrics but they don’t really have a tough schedule so the jury is still out on them. Would rather see them than UConn or Iowa for a 3rd time.
Difference between a 3 and 4 seed. We had our shot and didn’t capitalize. We come out and play hard we’re seeing Arizona in the second weekend. We come out like we did against Rutgers and tOSU it’s a whole different story.
As for 5 seeds Houston is beloved by metrics but they don’t really have a tough schedule so the jury is still out on them. Would rather see them than UConn or Iowa for a 3rd time.
Difference between a 3 and 4 seed. We had our shot and didn’t capitalize. We come out and play hard we’re seeing Arizona in the second weekend. We come out like we did against Rutgers and tOSU it’s a whole different story.
So, Chattanooga has "the build of a power five team" with "size at every position".
They go 6 deep.
6'9" (DeSousa)
6'7" (Hankton)
6'6" (Banks)
6'1" (Jean-Baptiste)
6'4" (Smith)
..
6'5" (Caldwell)
..
6'5" (Ledford)
So, their big man was out for six games and back for the last five. His tick since then:
30 [OT] (4th)
21 (T-5th)
13 (7th, foul trouble)
18 (6th, foul trouble)
14 (7th)
They've played and beaten Furman (conference runner-up) three times. Aside from VCU in November, these have been their best wins and arguably their best performances.
71-69 at home prior to injury
64-58 on the road in the 4th game of the injury
64-63 (OT) neutral site champsionship game
Illinois looks bad when shooting poorly, but our real weakness is long, well-conditioned teams. There is a conclusion waiting to be drawn here.
They go 6 deep.
6'9" (DeSousa)
6'7" (Hankton)
6'6" (Banks)
6'1" (Jean-Baptiste)
6'4" (Smith)
..
6'5" (Caldwell)
..
6'5" (Ledford)
So, their big man was out for six games and back for the last five. His tick since then:
30 [OT] (4th)
21 (T-5th)
13 (7th, foul trouble)
18 (6th, foul trouble)
14 (7th)
They've played and beaten Furman (conference runner-up) three times. Aside from VCU in November, these have been their best wins and arguably their best performances.
71-69 at home prior to injury
64-58 on the road in the 4th game of the injury
64-63 (OT) neutral site champsionship game
Illinois looks bad when shooting poorly, but our real weakness is long, well-conditioned teams. There is a conclusion waiting to be drawn here.
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I refuse to get stressed about the Mocs. They're not the easiest matchup we could have had, but they're nowhere near as good as numerous teams we've beaten this season. After seeing the video of our guys hearing the seed, they seemed every bit as annoyed with it as we are (even if I'd argue it was justified, we have the 14th best resume). They'll be locked in and play with a chip on their shoulder.
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