You are correct, sir. From the Fighting Illini website: A career night from Kofi Cockburn and red-hot shooting by Alphonso Plummer led the Illini to a gritty 94-85 victory over the University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley Friday evening at the State Farm Center. Cockburn scored a career-high 38 points, the most points by an Illini since Malcolm Hill dropped 40 vs. Northern Kentucky on Nov. 13, 2016. Cockburn also added ten rebounds
Week of 11/18 News & Games Thread
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Yup… he was on our radar. I used this gif once or twice during that time.
Purdue at Marquette...i tuned in a few moments ago and some good defense being played
can someone confirm for me that Bill Raftery did indeed emphatically say "BIG and HARD"? lol
DePaul announced during the 2nd half of tonight's game against EIU that they will retire Dave Corzine's #40 jersey during the Blue Demons' game against Butler on February 22nd. Announcement was a surprise to Corzine, who is doing color commentary on radio for the game.
Marquette ball pressure is killing Purdue. 11 steals by Marquette, 15 total.turnovers for Purdue. Marquette by 14 with 4:00 to go.
Bigtex
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B smith doesn’t look like an all American
Is Marquette playing defense with 6 guys? They disrupt most Purdue passes
Probably stating the obvious, but Purdue without Edey is definitely missing his "easy" buckets against Marquette. There would be times last year where they were struggling and they'd force feed Edey and immediately end a slump and another teams run. They have to work ALOT harder for shots this year and outside of Smith, they don't really have any shot creators. Kaufman-Renn is a fine player, definitely a guy that scraps and can get some post buckets, Loyer is fine, but not very good defensively still, Heide is solid. But outside of Smith, they really aren't that overly talented. I'm a bit surprised they beat Alabama...
Wild kitties tied at under a minute left vs 1-3 Montana State at home
Shaka just exposed Purdue with perimeter pressure. Their guards are overrated and don't handle pressure well.
Absolute blueprint on how to defend the Braden Smith ball screen offense. Make him dump to the short roll and force TKR (or better yet, anyone else) to be a playmaker 15 feet from the basket. Great success.
DICKnaggie
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Marquette defended at a very high level all game and attacked the rim relentlessly. Tremendous energy and effort.
Bam Bam will eat his lunch.
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skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
It's probably just flabber gas.
Do you know who was doing color on the FS2 broadcast of game?
I didn’t watch the Purdue-Marquette game. Was the plan to get the ball out of Smith’s hands? Wondering because people seem to be taking shots at him and he did only have 2 TOs and 9 assists.
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I must have missed the references to Magic Johnson. But plenty on here said he was overrated and his assists would come way down without the benefit of 4 easy assists just throwing ball to Edey. Yet his assists are up by almost 2 per game. Main impact has been on his shooting, where his percentages have crept down some.
I have no great love for Smith, but he’s a pretty damn good PG. Definitely will be a tougher year without Edey, but so far he’s done well.
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