Pregame: Illinois vs Oregon, Tuesday, March 3rd, 8:00pm CT, Peacock/YTTV

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BIG_G2332
I saw somewhere that Trilly Donovan said that Andrej is already putting feelers out for where to transfer next, but can't find an actual post from Trilly. I know in today's college basketball era, it is safe to assume that no one is coming back. Wanted to check if anyone else saw this, if there is any validity to it?

I would love to have Dre back, even though he would need to take a drastic leap forward. I am hoping against a former PAC 12 school tonight, he gets some of his juice back. I would love to see most of this team back next year. I think the next two games are extremely crucial in being able to retain guys. If you lose one or both of these, I am afraid you lose a lot of the guys you could bring back. Eerily similar to that Matthew Mayer season collapse that just left a nasty taste in our mouth even making it to the tourney. You win and make it to the second weekend at least, I could see a majority of the team coming back outside of those that literally cannot.

Lastly, I love Keaton Wagler. He has been an absolute joy. However, the stretch since MSU has me thinking he will be in college next year. He needs to get much stronger, and work on his explosiveness. Any information there, or is it too early to think about that?

I know this is not a recruiting thread, but again, in today's college basketball: Always be 'Crootin

Wagler
Davis
Stojaokovic
Mirk
Ivisic 1
Ivisic 2

is a nice little starting place to add some depth and athleticism in the portal... All in all, I guess I am saying, the sky is not falling.
 
#152      
Illini2010-11
Indy Illini Fan said:
I expect to see some serious fire …

Players and staff …
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I will question the toughness of the team (both players and staff) if they don't...coming off of two embarrassing performances, Senior Night, and in contention for a 2-seed in tourney, etc.

No excuses if this team can't put together two dominating performances to close out the regular season.
 
#153      
lstewart53x3
Vinegarben said:
Wondering which team will show up tonight? Jekyll or Hyde? This team will only go as far as their porous defense allow them to. The theory we can outscore them doesn't hold up! I love this team's makeup but it all comes down to put up or shut up. It is show time boys.
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Here’s where Mr Hyde is ranked during it’s worst stretch of basketball all season:

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IlliniCub 16
I rewatched the game at Oregon last year for some positive vibes, here were some fun takeaways that I discovered.

-DGL and Jake Davis were on absolute heaters in the first half, very fun to see, especially in hindsight.
-Despite eventually scoring 109, we were losing 7-2 at the first media timeout.
-It was pretty close at halftime, we won the game by blitzing them in the first four minutes of the second half.
-Ben had probably his best game of last season, at least against a quad 1 type opponent.
-Kylan hit four threes, all of them from well beyond NBA range. It would be nice to get that going again.
-This was clearly before whatever the Tre White incident was, because he played really well and looked like he was in great spirits throughout.
-Not just being a hater, but Morez was pretty bad in the game, especially on defense in the first half. TJ Bamba ate him up.
-Will Riley was invisible. Would not have guessed he would be a top 25 pick less than six months later after watching the game.
-KJ had a monster second half. I would have guessed he would be a top 25 pick less than six months later.
-Oregon's defense was terrible, yes we were ungodly hot, but everything looked so easy and open.
 
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RabidDawgClassic
IlliniCub 16 said:
I rewatched the game at Oregon last year for some positive vibes, here were some fun takeaways that I discovered.

-DGL and Jake Davis were on absolute heaters in the first half, very fun to see, especially in hindsight.
-Despite eventually scoring 109, we were losing 7-2 at the first media timeout.
-It was pretty close at halftime, we won the game by blitzing them in the first four minutes of the second half.
-Ben had probably his best game of last season, at least against a quad 1 type opponent.
-Kylan hit four threes, all of them from well beyond NBA range. It would be nice to get that going again.
-This was clearly before whatever the Tre White incident was, because he played really well and looked like he was in great spirits throughout.
-Not just being a hater, but Morez was pretty bad in the game, especially on defense in the first half. TJ Bamba ate him up.
-Will Riley was invisible. Would not have guessed he would be a top 25 pick less than six months later after watching the game.
-KJ had a monster second half. I would have guessed he would be a top 25 pick less than six months later.
-Oregon's defense was terrible, yes we were ungodly hot, but everything looked so easy and open.
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#158      
thefalcon5
BrownTown said:
Two 1st Team All B1G defensive selections on that Oregon team that got 100 pieced at home. Ridiculous
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The all B1G defensive teams have been a joke for a while. It’s all counting stats based, not enough voters watch games for it to be meaningful.

And I know most all-whatever teams are stats based because duh but defense is harder to measure by steals blocks and rebounds alone compared to offensive stats.
 
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