Week of 12/18 Games Thread

[Boomauer]

Harding with 10 points, 12 assists and 1 turnover tonight. He's gonna be a handful.

 

[mysterio2525]

We’re gonna jump Baylor after their loss today +1

Still have to beat Missouri. I never take that game for granted

 

[Miles Leonard]

Someone break up Chicago St. They've won 4 straight!

 

[Illini IndyCar Fan]

Someone break up Chicago St. They've won 4 straight!

If they beat #24 Wisconsin on Friday, should Chicago St be ranked?

 

[Miles Leonard]

Nova knocks off Creighton in OT

 

[Illinifrank67]

Creighton just blew a 14 point lead to nova. We handle business this weekend we crack the top 10?

 

[jacekpardol]

Creighton just blew a 14 point lead to nova. We handle business this weekend we crack the top 10?

I think so…

 

[hoopsfan47]

Wow...Alabama has their own Mike Mayer. Nelson shooting 5 for 19 (3 of 15 from the arc)...and Bama had a 7 pt. second half lead turn into a 12 pt. deficit.

 

[IllinoisFan733]

I think so…

I don’t know… that one guy keeps us out of the top 25 every week.

It seems like we should, except Duke will probably jump ahead of us now.

 

[splitter]

Not Arizona, ASU. Huge difference.

that's what he said zona st

 

[Retro62]

Brock Harding, Iowa point guard, is pretty good...freshman from Moline.

I'm from Moline...we need a "dislike" button.

 

[Bigtex]

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NCAA leaders in TOV/G. Couple familiar names there. With RayJ's 6 turnovers tonight, brings him to an average of 4.0 on the season, moving him ahead of (or behind, I guess) Jayden Epps for spot number 3,297 out of 3,301 eligible college players.

found it funny (LOL) that the leader in turnovers a game M.LEE (most is his school name)

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

We might be top 10 in a few weeks without him.

Let's be top 10 at end of the year!

 

[ChiTown]

Harding with 10 points, 12 assists and 1 turnover tonight. He's gonna be a handful.

That’s insane for a freshman…or anyone.

 

[ChiTown]

Someone break up Chicago St. They've won 4 straight!

Thank the Mildcats for giving them confidence to start streaking.

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

Yup. I think there are several keys in determining the success this year.
1. Make CH effective - have him cut/roll more then pop/shoot.
2. Make Dormask aggressive - he needs to score enough to mask his defense deficiency. We will see how he performs against high level opponents.
3. Make Quincy efficient - he has been doing that so far and hope that trend continues.
4. Ty distributes well - hope he keeps his learning curve on that.

Deficiency?

 

[NarrowJ]

Deficiency?

I was also going to point out as with regard to "we will see how he performs against high level opponents":

18 pts 6 reb vs #4 Marquette
15 pts 7 reb vs Rutgers
33 pts 6 reb vs #11 FAU
6 pts 2 reb vs #17 Tennessee

So really he's been pretty darn solid against high major / ranked teams thus far.

 

[Mobi]

I was also going to point out as with regard to "we will see how he performs against high level opponents":

18 pts 6 reb vs #4 Marquette
15 pts 7 reb vs Rutgers
33 pts 6 reb vs #11 FAU
6 pts 2 reb vs #17 Tennessee

So really he's been pretty darn solid against high major / ranked teams thus far.

I do have some doubts towards FAU and Marquette but I think at least one of them will be a TOP 25 team at the end of the season. To be more specific, I want to see him perform well against long and athletic defenders. Tennessee is in that category but it could have been just fatigue hampering his performance.

 

[NarrowJ]

I do have some doubts towards FAU and Marquette but I think at least one of them will be a TOP 25 team at the end of the season. To be more specific, I want to see him perform well against long and athletic defenders. Tennessee is in that category but it could have been just fatigue hampering his performance.

He only shot 2-11 in that game. I think FAU and Marquette certainly qualify as high level opponents. If we get really specific, as in "long and athletic defenders", then yeah that's probably a much deeper discussion. The original "high level opponents" thing has been adequately solved though, as he's averaging 18 pts 5 reb against them.

EDIT: If I remember correctly, Marcus was primarily checked by the 5'9 kid and Vescovi (6'3") in that Tennessee game. And now, going back and watching the condensed version of that game, looks like he just missed a ton of shots. He had a lot of trouble handling the ball against them, seems to jive with my memory that he has been more bothered by smaller/quicker defenders that get in his dribbling pocket more than anything.

 

[Icy veins]

that's what he said zona st

To be fair to Mr. Roberts, I’ve never seen Zona used as shorthand for any other school than Arizona. I almost did a spit take when I saw that Northwestern was whooping Zona before realizing it was ASU

 

[GrayGhost77]

To be fair to Mr. Roberts, I’ve never seen Zona used as shorthand for any other school than Arizona. I almost did a spit take when I saw that Northwestern was whooping Zona before realizing it was ASU

Yeah. I went to ASU for grad school and lived in Tempe/Phoenix for 9 years and never once heard or saw it referred to as "Zona St".

 

[Chillinini]

Not sure if Kenny Payne will last the new year. That Louisville team looks disinterested, discombobulated and not even playing for the coach. None of those players are listening to Payne.

 

[foby]

Yeah. I went to ASU for grad school and lived in Tempe/Phoenix for 9 years and never once heard or saw it referred to as "Zona St".

I like to trail blaze.

 

[drsmitty74]

Not sure if Kenny Payne will last the new year. That Louisville team looks disinterested, discombobulated and not even playing for the coach. None of those players are listening to Payne.

They are not a good team.

 

[DICKnaggie]

What is happening with Arkansas? 7-4 and barely ahead of Abilene Christian at home.