You're giving me the excitations
Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Tuesday, January 10th, 8:00pm CT, BTN
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Oh my my, what elations....
sacraig
- The desert
SH and I agree that some of the press have mush mouths that are hard to understand. My ears are damaged by rhe military and heavy metal concerts. SH has young ears and makes me feel better 'bout myself. Still, the press should speak up and speak clearly.
I agree with a previous poster. The mental lapses are what are killing the team. I hope the Wisconsin win helps.
Big Jack
- Decatur
sacraig
- The desert
To be fair, EIU also beat Iowa.
The last half of our B1G schedule is a b*tch, so we better stack some wins at this point or we will be up against it come February.
Illinois 77-69.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Exactly ... not only is it just simply more probably that we will have a higher number of losses in February, we also need to gain back the confidence necessary to actually win some of those games, too! The talent is there, we just need to find a groove. I am hoping that Wisconsin was the start of something, but without being too melodramatic ... we will actually find that out tonight.
on this. Plus, we do not have a go2guy on this team. Shannon was a role player at TexasTech, Mayer at Baylor. Hawkins shoots 25% career from 3pt. Line and under 60% from 2 and he's 6.10ft.. Role player first 2 season as an Illini. I am still Confused why a huge portion of this forum thought Rj Melendez was Jaden Ivey. He showed potential in 3 games total last year. Luke Goode is no Savior, he barely played last year.: Not 1 Go2guy Ayo, Kofi, Trent, Plummer, etc.
Shannon wasn’t a role player at TTU
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
He wasn't, and neither was Mayer at Baylor last year. But all of Shannon, Mayer and Hawkins are being asked for more as scorers than has been previously the case in their careers.
That's college basketball, your role evolves. They all have it within their skill set, it's just a question of doing it in harmony.
We are in the NIL era. Just that we have not figured out how to tie performance to monthly payments.
This is an inconspicuously important game.
Would be our first back to back wins against p5 opponents this year and a chance to create some positive momentum.
It's also a chance for our first true road win of the year - which is always a big monkey to get off the backs of a young team.
Ball movement will be key. I think we hit some big threes late in the game and come away with an ugly 8 point win, setting us up to get back to .500 in conference against Sparty on Friday.
Would be our first back to back wins against p5 opponents this year and a chance to create some positive momentum.
It's also a chance for our first true road win of the year - which is always a big monkey to get off the backs of a young team.
Ball movement will be key. I think we hit some big threes late in the game and come away with an ugly 8 point win, setting us up to get back to .500 in conference against Sparty on Friday.
This is not the Nebraska of the last couple years. They are streaky but have several players that might give us trouble. Walker is the obvious one but I'm concerned about Greisel and Gary. Both guys are very physical and can score in the paint.
Nebraska as a whole is not a good shooting team from 3 so goal should be to get them to jack up threes.
Nebraska as a whole is not a good shooting team from 3 so goal should be to get them to jack up threes.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
That’s a can of worms there. You think players want floor time now? Incent players with money to do more they need floor time to do that. How would you incent players to be team players?
Bigtex
- DFW
as others have said, players role change. Look at former Illinois player Warren Carter after his junior year, your comments apply not being a go2guy. It feels like you are saying players don't develop/change year over year.
viking6888
Greeley, Colorado
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Even the Nebraska of "the last couple of years" seemed to have always given very good Illini teams trouble, so I hope we are pumped up and ready to go!
Dee_4_Three_83
- Mahomet, IL
We certainly can't expect 66% 3pt shooting from CH every night. But, if our offense flows like it did against Wisc. and we play solid D without fouling, I think we will get a W. Don't forget we had a few bunnies that we missed in that game that would have made the game even more lopsided. The quality of shots we got will fall at a higher rate. Come on Illini! Let's make a nice run boys!
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