Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Lol, touché … bring on the zone!!‘Cuse did…..
Pregame: Illinois vs Penn State, Thursday, March 9th, 5:30pm CT, BTN
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Great points. Thank you
I think we put TJ in Pickett and lock down on everybody else. He’ll get his points but TJ will make him earn it
We really just need to execute offense - we were terrible in the first two which led to easier offense for PSU.
The only good news is we didn’t show them anything to prepare for in the first two games!
We really just need to execute offense - we were terrible in the first two which led to easier offense for PSU.
The only good news is we didn’t show them anything to prepare for in the first two games!
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
The actual number of differing opinions on what we need to do , what we should do and why we aren't doing what the posters opinion is that will cure the ills of the beloved.........
I love how the bandwagon will latch onto an opinion such as playing zone and then micromanage that opinion where it seems like a more in depth opinion of the basic principle of just "" we need to play zone "".................
BU passed more knowledge of what we need to do down the crapper this morning than the accumulated knowledge of all that post here.........
BU is...............................
1.......Our coach and has brought respectability back to the O & B men's BB program....
2.......Won more games over the last 4-5 years than any other B$G coach by a wide margin,,,,
3.......Accumulated more road wins , by far , than any other program in the same time frame....
4.......Carries himself well in the media circles and gives honest pressers , taking blame on himself for not doing more to help the lads win.......furthermore , he tells it like it is such as " we had no effort or not enough effort "" holding the players responsible for their role in less than noteworthy game play..........
I remember the Weberball days post 2005..................I remember the Groceball days .......I don't want to have those performance days to ever return to the Fighting Illini program..........
I am a believer in what BU and staff are doing for the Illini Nation and I hope he retires here with a couple Natty's in his back pocket..........That would be grand...............it really really really really would.........
The wall of O & B believers ........
anyone see the insta post about the script unis? possible tease for blue or orange version?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Illinois' Jayden Epps makes return to working out after concussion
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball guard Jayden Epps made his return to working out following a concussion, according to Brad Underwood.
Erik Hall
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball guard Jayden Epps returned to working out on Monday, according to Illinois head coach Brad Underwood.
"Jayden went into (concussion) protocol today, which is a good thing — into concussion protocol," Underwood said Monday on "The Bradwood Underwood Show" radio broadcast. "So he had to get back to kind of his base. So he's progressing, and everything with protocol is day by day and how you react to what you do the day before, so we'll see. He worked out today, and so we'll see how he progresses."
Assembly Hall rims have never been the same after 4 years of Big George's free throws. Loved those teams during my years in Champaign (1982-1985).
I dunno, I think it’s pretty basic. The Illini are a poor 3-point shooting team. A team can’t consistently win in the current era of college basketball without quality 3-point shooting. Maybe a team can get hot for a game or two, but that’s it. The Illini are not suddenly going to become a consistently decent 3-point shooting team. Sadly, my expectation for the Illini’s win ceiling in the BTT and NCAAT is two games at best. We need better shooters next year.
Wait, shouldn't this read "Out-Of-Control Layups and Contested 3s", "Terrance Shannon Jr & Mathew Mayer", and "Illini Fans"?
Me to random Illini fan in ATL Airport: “ILL!
Random Illini fan” There you go.”
What's interesting is that I remember the first Penn State game being one of the few Big Ten games where we actually started off strong offensively. Unfortunately the defense was so bad that PSU matched us shot for shot and then pulled away when we cooled off.
Here's hoping they can finally put all together for a full 40 minutes.
Made 10/37 threes against Maryland, almost half their total points, and it seemed they were not shooting particularly well, a lot of near misses.
So we should do the same as the last two games and expect a different result?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Simple but yet hard for this team to grasp despite a ‘strong’ coaching style and a Sincere Harris on the ready. smh
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Jailin’ Pickett?
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Can Coach just go into his pregame speech as if we are down 20+ and let the boys have it? Then maybe we come out like we usually do in the second half?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
We better know the flavor of Pickett’s and Funk’s chewing gum 5 minutes into the game!! Wouldn’t hurt to know the same for Lundy.
see first game 3 point shooting stats
see first game 3 point shooting stats
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