Quentin Coleman on the USA U18 National Team

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Fly Illini Fly!
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Kernal12
QC was the best player on that USA team throughout the tournament, though had a tough night last night. What’s great about him is that he still hustles and makes plays even when his ball isn’t going in (sound familiar?). Hopefully he’ll have 10-15 pounds more muscle by the time we see him in November.

USA basketball is way down if those are the best U18 guys we have.
 
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From the cheap seats
LvilleILL1 said:
Sky is the limit for Quentin Coleman. They are going to put some muscle on him the next few months.
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This all day long. A "Fletched" Coleman + his motor + his feel for the game + his will to win and obvious hatred for losing + his basketball abilities = a very special weapon for the Illini. You won't be able to bump him off the glass or away from the rim. The physicality of last night's game seemed to knock him a little off kilter. Can't wait to see how he fits with the Illini's talented -- and unselfish -- group of veterans and the Illini's scheme that emphasizes offensive rebounding.
 
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IlliniNash
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Two stats:

Coleman only needs 2pts and 3rebs in the final game to become the second USA player ever to average a double double for the event.

He also only needs 4 rebounds to have the most rebounds per game by a USA player in the history of the event.

He currently leads all players regardless of country/team in rebounds per game.
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Who is the other player?
 
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Calvin
Fly Illini Fly! said:
This however, is a foul:

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The final drive was not a charge either, so they got them with 2 bad calls in the last dozen seconds. The announcers seemed pretty surprised at the call. I didn't watch the tournament except the very end, so I have no idea if they had been calling those consistently that way, but either way, it's a lesson in how bad officiating can be and to do everything you can to take the game out of their hands.
 
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RabidDawgClassic
Calvin said:
The final drive was not a charge either, so they got them with 2 bad calls in the last dozen seconds. The announcers seemed pretty surprised at the call. I didn't watch the tournament except the very end, so I have no idea if they had been calling those consistently that way, but either way, it's a lesson in how bad officiating can be and to do everything you can to take the game out of their hands.
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The non-call and the charge were abysmal. The refs dictated the outcome of the game in the final seconds with actions that seemed intentional. Karmic justice would’ve been for Coleymahnee’s desperation shot at the end to have gone in.
 
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Illinirog1970
sdiver68 said:
Let's hope he Gables it (yes I turned the legendary wrestler into a verb)
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I was there to see Gable lose his only match after 150 straight wins in high school and college, and that was to Larry Owings in the NCAA finals his senior year. It inspired him to go on to be an Olympic championship and to a seemingly endless string of college national championships at Iowa.

Hope the same inspires Q; he's not used to losing either.
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
RabidDawgClassic said:
The non-call and the charge were abysmal. The refs dictated the outcome of the game in the final seconds with actions that seemed intentional. Karmic justice would’ve been for Coleymahnee’s desperation shot at the end to have gone in.
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I mean let's be honest -- they probably wanted to see the upset just like the rest of the world.

The host nation wasn't US either.

Because QC was there, I wished they would've won (USA).
 
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