Pregame: Illinois vs Kansas City, Friday, November 11th, 8:00pm CT, BTN
- Status
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Friday...
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
Tough loss in the opener for KC, leading Lincoln (MO) pretty much the whole game until the last couple of minutes.
KC vs. Lincoln box score
The Roos play at LSU on Wednesday before hopping up to C-U....
KC vs. Lincoln box score
The Roos play at LSU on Wednesday before hopping up to C-U....
Lincoln is a D-II school in Jefferson City.
That LSU game will be at 7:00 PM and will air on ESPN+.
Will they unveil the banner before the game or at half time?
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Before the game. They announced it as we left SFC last night. People should be in their seats by 7:15 if they want to see the banner raising
Shannon is quicker which helps him
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
But you always take the open shot, and RJ's threes were very wide open.
So was the lane to throw down a monster dunk. Your
? He's athletic, can jump out of the gym. Your shot isn't falling drive to the rim. Heck get fouled 0-5 from the field all 3's. 1 pt.. in 20 minutes. He's to good for that Stat line, agreed.
Right…that’s how it’s supposed to work.
RJ might be not be “Liquid Drain-O” Plummer at the present time(few are)…but then again he aint Brick Ferguson/Airball Jones either.
It’s basic hoops…you keep ‘em honest and take what the defense gives you. *That is, IF it’s a flow of the game-type, good open look tray, …you shoot that shot everyday and twice on Sunday.
That isn’t the same as settling for
midrange two after midrange two.
If you start passing up a lot of good open looks, then you’re allowing the defense to do exactly what they want/imposing their will on the whole team. Not to mention it is an insult. Lol. They’re slagging you man. They’re saying I don’t think you can hit that shot Melendez! You gotta make ‘em pay.
Then the next 2-3 times down when they’re overplaying you out there on the perimeter you can easily blow by ‘em and drive it right down their throat.
Bruce Weber will be one of the B10 network announcers calling the UKMC game Friday. I know there are some strong feelings about him, but I always liked Bruce, and admired his coaching as he brought us to the national championship game. His recruiting skills were not optimal though, and played a big part in his downfall here.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I had absolutely no problem with Bruce until the very end. And, after all this time and our newfound success, I definitely would not say I still have a problem with him. I think the stress of this job - WAY more "high profile" than many of our fans even admit, especially with the aspect of dealing with Chicago - got to him, and some of his understandable frustration came across as whiney and self righteous at times.
With that said, I will be curious to see what his style is like as a color announcer!
I wonder if most people, Iike myself, are more dismayed about having to listen to his gravelly voice for extended periods than anything. Honestly, I think I'd rather listen to Crispin go on and on about Boeheim than listen to Bruce talk about anything. Dude's got just about the raspiest voice I've ever heard.
It was whiney and self righteous.
Bigtex
- DFW
Part of my issue was sticking with assistants. Go down with the ship….
Before the ship goes down, replace some assistants: Change things up. Each assistant should aspire for a head coach job and if not now then in the future. Sometimes the coach needs to part ways if your assistants aren’t moving on/up.
I agree
. Coach Weber did have some great recruiting. His biggest mistake, quality assistants and letting them do their job. At Kansas St. His deep run in tournament and 3 years of success was when Coach Chester Frazier was his man! Running his practices and hybrid offense, and recruiting like the best recruiter in the country. I wish Coach Weber much success. He is a class act and accomplished some great things at Illinois.
Not related to Weber at all, and a random anecdote to boot, but I remind myself sometimes that once upon a time, not long ago, our big man coach and recruiter we leaned heavily on was *checks notes* …Dustin Ford. Oh, how far we have come.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
They’re gonna be tired with one day and travel. We were gonna win regardless but now I think I would pick us to cover
I don’t fault him for taking those shots (now missing them is another story
), but that it was all we saw from him offensively is a bit troubling. First game and all and maybe that is gonna be his role this year or at least was for this game. Not panicking in the least. Just like CoHawk won’t shoot that well from 3 every night, RJ won’t always shoot that bad. But as I said in another thread, for RJ to take the next step he has to be more aggressive on offense. Didn’t show that in first game that’s all. Did think he showed some good aggressive play on D though.Do you expect anything different? I think it will be pretty much the same game as EIU.
I was a bit early as a detractor, maybe 3 years out, but whole-heartedly agree with the sentiment that I have no problem with him. We all know his strengths (many) and weaknesses (also many). He recruited a lot of good players, has a fantastic understanding of the game, squeaky clean --even to the program's detriment I think, incredibly hard worker, represented the program with class, etc.. My main issue was how he seemed to lose his later teams in multiple seasons --just didn't see inspired play IMHO. Will always appreciate how he coached the roster he inherited --magical season when Deron stayed!
Wish him well in his new gig. That said, I often turn off the tv guys and listen to the radio --they seem to do a better job.
My main curiosity is Mayer. Agree that it will likely be the same though. Let them play and adapt as patterns solidify.
- Status