Kalkbrenner 41 pts, 17/19 shooting vs UTRGV 
UTRGV hanging tough though. 6 point game with 5 minutes left.
UTRGV hanging tough though. 6 point game with 5 minutes left.
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Finished with 49 pts and 11 rbs.... But only 2 assists. What a chump. Prob should have red shirtedKalkbrenner 41 pts, 17/19 shooting vs UTRGV
UTRGV hanging tough though. 6 point game with 5 minutes left.
EIU defeated Earlham College (D-III school in Indiana) 97-61 tonight. 6 Panthers finished in double figures in scoring.
Really, heās not going to average 15 assists on year?
WOW, great to watch!! Couldn't be happier for him, or any former Illinois who succeeds elsewhere. Just my way of viewing life and my love of sports!! Please and respect I am in NO way acting like or "insisting" this is THE ONLY WAY to view this or ones life! I respect any and all's PERSONAL opinions !!! LOVE WATCHING !!! IN EVERYTHING, ILLINOIS!!!
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Speaking of former Illini commits, Reggie Bass transferred again, this time from Kent St to Lindenwood, and had 7 pts this game against Oklahomaā¦ 2-6 fg & 1-5 3pt.
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Looks pretty good and he should have a major role which he wouldn't have had here.
Also, looks like he did a good job of adding weight since he committed to Oklahoma.
Columbia upsets Villanova as critical third season for Kyle Neptune begins in embarrassing fashion
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Things have just not worked out here...
Wow, my high school had more people in the stands than the teams at the bottom of this list. OK, slight exaggeration but the Waukegan gym was pretty big, seated about 3,000, if I remember correctly, and it was full almost every game. Standing room only. Although that was many years ago.FWIW, a comparison of opening night home attendance across the Big Ten:
Illinois: 15,246
#14 Purdue: 14,876
Michigan State: 14,797
Nebraska: 14,305
Wisconsin: 13,451
Maryland: 13,152
Michigan: 10,334
Iowa: 7,879
Penn State: 7,687
Northwestern: 5,521
Oregon: 5,494
#22 UCLA: 4,489
USC: 3,294
Man, I know the West Coast schools generally aren't as hoops-crazy as the Midwest, but ... if Penn State is doubling you up, you have some truly pathetic fan support, haha. UCLA in particular is just embarrassing ... don't care how much ~there is to do~ in any location, a ranked team should not be selling under 4,000 tickets.
I looked it up later, 3250
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On one hand, I appreciate the enthusiasm. On the other hand, pumping up the crowd while up 30 against a cupcake is kind of bush league.
Mgbako is going to be a problem this year, but overall I wasnāt blown away with IU last night. Loads of talent but sure how well it fits.
I did think SIUE ran some good stuff offensively and were pretty in sync defensively. We will see if we struggle with them at all tomorrow night.
I did think SIUE ran some good stuff offensively and were pretty in sync defensively. We will see if we struggle with them at all tomorrow night.
Pun intended ?.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Updated to include a few more games from last night:FWIW, a comparison of opening night home attendance across the Big Ten:
Illinois: 15,246
#14 Purdue: 14,876
Michigan State: 14,797
Nebraska: 14,305
Wisconsin: 13,451
Maryland: 13,152
Michigan: 10,334
Iowa: 7,879
Penn State: 7,687
Northwestern: 5,521
Oregon: 5,494
#22 UCLA: 4,489
USC: 3,294
Man, I know the West Coast schools generally aren't as hoops-crazy as the Midwest, but ... if Penn State is doubling you up, you have some truly pathetic fan support, haha. UCLA in particular is just embarrassing ... don't care how much ~there is to do~ in any location, a ranked team should not be selling under 4,000 tickets.
#17 Indiana: 17,222
Illinois: 15,246
#14 Purdue: 14,876
Michigan State: 14,797
Nebraska: 14,305
Wisconsin: 13,451
Maryland: 13,152
Michigan: 10,334
League Average: 10,170
#25 Rutgers: 8,000
Iowa: 7,879
Penn State: 7,687
Minnesota: 6,975
Northwestern: 5,521
Oregon: 5,494
#22 UCLA: 4,489
USC: 3,294
The league average was approximately 127% higher than the attendance for #22 UCLA in its home opener, lol.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
I'm WAY too lazy to do this, but, it would be interesting to see the % of capacity for these games. Example, the RAC only seats 8000 so Rutgers was a sellout. UCLA and Pauley Pavilion has a capacity of 13,800 or 33% of capacity.
Agreed. They have studs inside with him, reneau and ballo but with so many big men they turn the ball over a lot and still don't have 3pt shooting in their starting lineup... Only off the bench.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I'd say this is the more fair way to do it.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Your wish is my command, lol:
Purdue: 100.0%
Michigan State: 100.0%
Rutgers: 100.0%
Indiana: 98.6%
Illinois: 98.1%
Nebraska: 94.4%
Michigan: 81.3%
Northwestern: 78.4%
Wisconsin: 78.0%
Maryland: 73.3%
Iowa: 50.48%
Penn State: 50.4%
Minnesota: 47.7%
Oregon: 44.4%
UCLA: 32.5%
USC: 32.1%
Regarding the other sentiment about this being more "fair," FWIW, I see both statistics as useful in different ways. For example, as you said, Rutgers fans bought all 8,000 available tickets ... they did their jobs as fans and "filled the arena." On the other hand, the fact remains that a sellout at Illinois involves almost twice as many human beings showing up to support the Illini as a sellout at Rutgers. On this same note for football, while it's great when we can sell out Memorial Stadium and meet that mark, it's still worth remembering that tens of thousands of more people are showing up to a Penn State game even if they are at 80% capacity.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
@Fighter of the Nightman
I was suggesting it would be more fair in the sense of you calling out the West coast teams. I wasn't sure how fair that was, since I didn't know the capacity of their arenas. Now that I see their capacity, it's totally fair to criticize them.
I noticed you forgot Washington.
They had reported attendance of 5355. Capacity of 10,000 at their arena.
I was suggesting it would be more fair in the sense of you calling out the West coast teams. I wasn't sure how fair that was, since I didn't know the capacity of their arenas. Now that I see their capacity, it's totally fair to criticize them.
I noticed you forgot Washington.
They had reported attendance of 5355. Capacity of 10,000 at their arena.
The B1G is one of only two leagues in which every team won their first game (ACC). Granted most were buy games, but the same could be said about the other conferences.
This conference should be fascinating this year, because there are effectively no "bad" teams (nobody is 100+ in KP or BT). There are also no "great" teams (nobody currently in top 10 of KP or BT). Everyone is clustered between 15 and 75 on BT and 11 and 76 on KP. Aside from Washington, everybody has a "squint hard enough and you could see it happening" chance at the NCAA tournament, to the point where 10+ teams could feasibly make the tournament without anyone really nailing down a top 2 seed.
Of course, it also means that come conference season, there won't be a single game on the schedule where you could take the night off and still win, which will be grueling. I just hope this Illini team is ready for the gauntlet by then.
This conference should be fascinating this year, because there are effectively no "bad" teams (nobody is 100+ in KP or BT). There are also no "great" teams (nobody currently in top 10 of KP or BT). Everyone is clustered between 15 and 75 on BT and 11 and 76 on KP. Aside from Washington, everybody has a "squint hard enough and you could see it happening" chance at the NCAA tournament, to the point where 10+ teams could feasibly make the tournament without anyone really nailing down a top 2 seed.
Of course, it also means that come conference season, there won't be a single game on the schedule where you could take the night off and still win, which will be grueling. I just hope this Illini team is ready for the gauntlet by then.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Yes!
Had no idea Lindenwood reeled him in.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Thanks for the catch! And yeah, I was not trying to be argumentative so much as trying to point out that those two stats are on one hand entirely separate and on the other both valuable for judging a fan base. I do think there is something to be said at the end of the day for simply looking at the number of people at each game. It's not like fans naturally multiply to become proportional to the new capacity, so it still remains objectively impressive when Syracuse puts 30K+ in the stands for a basketball game ... even if I would HATE if my team played in an "arena" like that, haha.
FWIW, I think SFC is at a near-perfect sweet spot in the 15,500 range. Lower than that, and you realistically could not accommodate the demand for a successful program at a big state school (evidenced by the fact that we drew over 15k for all 9 of our Big Ten home games and 4 more non-conference games last season). However, if you get above 16k or so, you would start to see what looks like an "empty arena" when you fall on hard times (see how pathetic Maryland's crowds often look).