That's the brave new world we live in across college basketball's landscape. To an old fart like me, it just seems so sad.
Pregame: Illinois vs Michigan State, Saturday, February 15th, 7:00pm CT, FOX
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Loyalty has talked about our defensive problems so much in this thread, that means its a guarantee we will play our best defensive game of the year (without any zone).
Illinois 79
MSU 63
We jump on them early and go into the half up 16, behind the most energetic home crowd of the year. They make a fake comeback and cut it to 6 with about 8 min left, before we close the door on them.
Illinois 79
MSU 63
We jump on them early and go into the half up 16, behind the most energetic home crowd of the year. They make a fake comeback and cut it to 6 with about 8 min left, before we close the door on them.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Very interesting 75% roster turnover every year. Could be the new norm. Starting QB at my sons HS just transferred to league rival Mater Dei (#1 HS school football in country). Hard to blame him- I am sure he wants a scholly to USC / Bama / Oregon next year. Good thing the JV/Backup who we thought would transfer is very good. Next man up. You have to be able to develop players in football. Not sure what the NCAA basketball model will be in future.
It seems to me that changing programs EVERY year would, at some point, become detrimental to a player's long term development. If Tre transfers again, by my count it would be to his ninth school in eight years(?!). Little Elm (TX) --> Washington (WI) --> Cornerstone Christian (TX)-->Ribet Acad (CA) --> Prolific Prep (CA) --> USC --> Louisville --> Illinois --> ??? (I may be wrong about this; tough to track all the movement)
Gotta get Morez back.
Will's decision will be heavily informed by the NBA Undergraduate Advisory pre-draft evaluation process.
If Brad can get 5 of the 9 rotation guys back, we should be in good shape. Fingers crossed.
Gotta get Morez back.
Will's decision will be heavily informed by the NBA Undergraduate Advisory pre-draft evaluation process.
If Brad can get 5 of the 9 rotation guys back, we should be in good shape. Fingers crossed.
Even if this is true, coaches don’t just say that to the media. It’s always “we’re gonna need Tre at some point, he does a lot of great things out there for us, yada yada yada”
Something odd going on for sure…
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
Send TJ an invite if you ever renew your vows
Yeah, it is called the Great Alaskan Bush Company, but I am not sure they have a TV.
sacraig
- The desert
You're still an appreciated insider!
Seriously, I'm 66, have a wife and three kids still in school and living at home, love to fish and hunt, and have several mining claims to keep me busy. And considering most weekend games happen in the morning my time (I know that's not much of an excuse), and weekday games start while I am still at work (probably not much of an excuse either), I really don't ever watch a game at a drinking establishment. The Peanut Farm and maybe the Matanuska Brewing Company near corner of Northern Lights Boulevard and C Street are probably two of the major sports bars in town.
I understand why you'd say that. I wouldn't want to be Tyler Underwood right now either...
Totally agree ... As of today ...
Bingo ... Rest of the season I expect to see a 6 man rotation with DGL and Davis fighting for 10-15 minutes a game combined ...
I’ll get out ahead of this before people get confused lol. 7 man rotation with Jake and Dra being them 7th
purcy51
- Louisville, KY
Another place he might check out....Midnight Sun Brewery. GREAT beer! Not sure how many screens they have, but when I lived in Anchorage, I used to hang out there periodically. They've expanded since I left so I imagine they have more screens now. If your son is into IPAs, tell him to try the XXX Black Double IPA, if they have it on tap.
I said it once and I’ll say it again. This year’s team needs Tre to be able to contribute for us to make a deep run. We aren’t a final four team with Jake Davis as our 6th/7th man. No disrespect
And I agree with the “worry about next year after April”….but I don’t think returning 1-2 players again will work out. You have to give players a chance.
Idk what Tre did to burn his bridge, maybe he deserves it, but worry about here and now first
And I agree with the “worry about next year after April”….but I don’t think returning 1-2 players again will work out. You have to give players a chance.
Idk what Tre did to burn his bridge, maybe he deserves it, but worry about here and now first
Shortening at this time of year makes sense. I think the sub patterns could be tweaked for rest purposes but i'm not convinced that fatigue played a huge part in the UCLA three point shooting heroics
Wow don't love that Morez is not on the back list. Do we have a percentage of where he is leaning right now?
Put Morez in the back portion and Ben/Will in we shall see and I agree. The odds of Will staying have for sure decreased but it isn't a done deal yet, they are still very open to coming back if there's not a top 20-25ish guarantee
I understand that but I'm trying to gage if Tre is going to be a contributor down the stretch this year.
I have said this before but for us to make a run we can use an engaged Tre White.
Anyway, respect the opinion and what you share.
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
This was the post I needed to see!
Morez had to be slightly humbled when Tomi was out. WRT fouls and guarding some true 5 men.
He looks really comfortable with a great passing, stretch 5 like Tomi in the lineup. Really opens the paint and let's him dominate the opposing 4.
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Follow up: I am floored by what Jake has been this year and that he’s seen as a “key” piece moving forward. Brad LOVES him. Crazy he’s as much of a guarantee to be back next year, which I wouldn’t have said before this season.
Why is this his attitude towards Davis when it’s seems like he does everything possible to play DGL and Morez as little as possible? Not meant as disrespect to Davis just curious.
And this is actually a situation where I agree with Underwood. Jake is the epitome of a glue guy. He reminds me of one of those guys for MSU where you're like "who is this random dude starting for MSU"-see Fidler this year. But they just do all the right things, hustle, keep the ball moving, play hard, rebounds, can shoot it... I'm possibly in the club of seeing Davis as a key part of our team next year.
Also, what the heck is up with White? When he finally seemed to get off of his "get mine" early in the season, it felt like he finally bought into playing hard, rebounding, getting out the fastbreak, was aggressive attacking the hoop, played solid d. What changed?
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