Let's go continue a beautiful tradition of making Missouri look pathetic in their own state. :thumb:
To be honest they already look pathetic because Missouri is their own state.
Let's go continue a beautiful tradition of making Missouri look pathetic in their own state. :thumb:
To be honest they already look pathetic because Missouri is their own state.
Agreed, but unfortunately the TO goes to the passer, however, in Finke's case he didn't come to meet the ball either time. Something that is very coachable. OTOH, our guards do some lazy and telegraphed passing.
It'll be interesting. First time Underwood has really had time between opponents to plan and practice with the team. Will this lead to intensity or a flat team again
It'll be interesting. First time Underwood has really had time between opponents to plan and practice with the team. Will this lead to intensity or a flat team again
My two favorite Braggin Rights memories (I've been watching since 2001):
2005: Never had more fun watching a beatdown in my life. They showed it at the Virginia Theatre and my dad took me. At the end of the first half we were up big but on the way to the locker room Dee was giving the young guys on the team an ANGRY sermon about not letting up.
2007: Ugly game and we were trash that year but when it became clear we were going to pull it out, the Illini contingent starting chanting "BCS! BCS! BCS!" (we backed into the Rose Bowl at 9-3 while Miznoz got shipped off to the Cotton Bowl at 11-2).
Underwood first needs to figure out how to inbound the basketball
Underwood's kid played? I must've missed that.
It's the coach's responsibility.
Some fans had me believing Illinois had hired the next coach K.
Not directly related to this game, but I came to a conclusion this morning. My Iowa buddy was asking my plans this weekend, and I said that I had my Illini ugly sweater ready to go for a party/bar crawl we're having Saturday night, because I wanted to make sure to catch Illinois' rivalry game with Mizzou. He had never heard of Braggin' Rights and was asking about it, and he was actually kind of blown away after I explained the idea, the Christmas-like theme, showed a highlight or two and capped it off with this picture:
I came to the conclusion that this might be the most underrated atmosphere in all of sports ... at LEAST in college basketball.
Not directly related to this game, but I came to a conclusion this morning. My Iowa buddy was asking my plans this weekend, and I said that I had my Illini ugly sweater ready to go for a party/bar crawl we're having Saturday night, because I wanted to make sure to catch Illinois' rivalry game with Mizzou. He had never heard of Braggin' Rights and was asking about it, and he was actually kind of blown away after I explained the idea, the Christmas-like theme, showed a highlight or two and capped it off with this picture:
I came to the conclusion that this might be the most underrated atmosphere in all of sports ... at LEAST in college basketball.
This isn't really related to this game but Finke finally cut his hair and got rid of the manbun lol
https://twitter.com/craigwchoate/status/942830324379201538
Backed into the Rose Bowl? Not sure how you get there since our last game during the regular season was a win at Columbus.
Underwood: Time of year where it gets to be very challenging for our student-athletes with finals. Spent just as much time with academic support last few days.
Underwood: Tried to show our guys a lot of film. Felt that the 1st half on Saturday was the worst half we've played all our. 4 pages full of defensive notes.
Underwood: I coach basketball for games like this (Braggin' Rights). Want to recruit players that want to be in games like this. I love rivalries. This is a great one.
Underwood: We get a very good Mizzou team. Cuonzo has done a great job. Getting Jontay Porter to come out of HS early.. He's a pro. Tilmon is a pro.
Underwood: Watched them at length against my former team the other night. Shoot nearly half their shots from three. Really good on the glass.
Underwood: I don't think Illinois fans have a real love affair for Missouri fans.
Underwood: I've always watched that game. Grown to have an unbelievable appreciation for the games and players over the years.
Underwood: Really nice to focus on ourselves this week. We've cleaned a lot of things up.
Underwood: We haven't added anything. Just working on the little things. We had bigs wide open under the basket. We missed 11 layups on Saturday.
Underwood: Leading is hard.. It's gotta be about nothing other than winning. Te'Jon is trying like crazy. Can't be selective.
Underwood: Talk more about late-game scenarios now. Focus on it every day and every pregame. But more now. Can't have fear.
Underwood: There was one guy I was going to have take the shot to tie the game on Saturday... And that was Trent. He has that swagger to hit that shot.
Underwood: Freshmen aren't freshmen anymore. It's time to grow up.
Underwood: Tilmon is an elite runner, hands, catches everything.. You have to do stuff that's elite to make the NBA level. He does that.
Underwood on Tilmon: We were obviously excited about his possibilities. If he wasn't both feet in on helping Illinois win, he should go somewhere else. I haven't lost sleep on it.
Underwood: Look forward to talking Jeremiah before the game. Was a nice young man. Not going to be at Mizzou very long.. Will have some decisions to make in the spring.
Underwood: I don't put a whole lot of stock into the recruiting rivalry. Recruiting is about want and need. They'll probably host a bunch of guys that we're recruiting. Would be the same the other way around. But I'm focused on the guys wearing our jersey that night.
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Speaking of sellout, Tilmon will be there.
Smith is very underutilized in the offense and sometimes the offense struggles due to the ball being primarily in TJLs hands
I don't know that I've ever seen either team come out flat in this game. Sloppy? Sure, but not flat. It's just very difficult to not get caught up in that environment.