The Deuce: Torn ACL for JT Toppin. Brutal*

Week of 2/16 Hoops news and Games thread - assassin February 16, 2026, 19:29:36

Anybody know why there aren’t any major conference games today? * - meanjeans Yesterday, 17:17:22
- Watching g High Point - UNC Asheville - bjl63 Yesterday, 19:06:43
- Thursday is ladies night * - jdl Yesterday, 18:53:27
  - And the feelin's right - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 18:59:26
- Purdue Indiana is tonight* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:22:35
  - Only if you’re currently in Sydney boarding a flight to the US* - GMAW Yesterday, 17:42:57
  - negative, ghost rider* - assassin Yesterday, 17:25:30
    - derp* - Blazer Yesterday, 18:53:09
I feel so bad for Washington State and Oregon State fans - OB25 February 18, 2026, 23:01:31
- What are you talking about they can sit anywhere they want* - Herman Blume February 18, 2026, 23:14:28
  - No wait at concessions/restrooms... - osklister Yesterday, 8:41:40
Mizzery up 16 on Vanderbilt good for Illinois * - Poldark February 18, 2026, 21:47:00
- Trying to hang on, up 2 with 6.9 sec left * - jdl February 18, 2026, 22:24:55
  - Wow, up 4 with 6 sec left and almost lost - jdl February 18, 2026, 22:28:31
Depaul winner!* - Mrap24 February 18, 2026, 21:04:51
- And on the road! - bjl63 February 18, 2026, 21:22:42
  - Fucking awful. 75% of the BE is absolutely terrible* - Mrap24 February 18, 2026, 23:09:57
UCONN and Creighton tied at half in CT* - assassin February 18, 2026, 18:58:47
- is freeman hurt again or just a dnp?* - Ari Gold February 18, 2026, 20:10:46
- Wtf uconn* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 18, 2026, 19:56:25
  - Dix going off * - jdl February 18, 2026, 20:02:52
    - That’s gotta hurt* - Herman Blume February 18, 2026, 20:41:37
      - That’s a bad loss, Q3. That’s gotta bump UConn off the 1 line - Blazer February 18, 2026, 21:07:41
20 Arkansas at 25 Alabama? Nah. In this house we watch Rutgers at Penn State* - biclops February 18, 2026, 18:13:03
- Oof, missed the dunk to tie it again * - assassin February 18, 2026, 20:48:28
- Nate Oats needs glasses, pretty clearly hit him on the arm* - illini222 February 18, 2026, 20:41:51
- My god, the 2nd OT is one replay after another * - bjl63 February 18, 2026, 20:39:31
- tie game, Bama ball and shot clock running out - jdl February 18, 2026, 20:25:10
- Holy shit this game is still on * - biclops February 18, 2026, 20:17:03
- Just an appetizer for Northwestern/Maryland * - jdl February 18, 2026, 19:11:31
  - Welsh Ryan is a lot emptier when they’re not playing us* - biclops February 18, 2026, 19:17:15
- Arkansas currently on a 24-5 run* - assassin February 18, 2026, 18:26:47
  - I wouldn’t know. * - biclops February 18, 2026, 18:34:43
Didn’t realize Steve Lavin was at U San Diego - assassin February 18, 2026, 15:30:05
JT Toppin out for the year with a torn ACL* - UIHuskie February 18, 2026, 15:01:44
Torn ACL for JT Toppin. Brutal* - OB25 February 18, 2026, 15:01:21

I was perusing future 247 recruit rankings, some notable “Jr’s” that I saw on the lists. - OB25 February 18, 2026, 14:45:43
Apparently Hoiberg took a "swing" at a fan and ended up accidentally hitting an Iowa Asst. - tvillini February 18, 2026, 12:24:30
- 100% ok with this... if you want to taunt someone you might catch a slap - ijustkrushalot February 18, 2026, 12:59:06
  - That's the way to go, FIne and punish anyone that causes issues during a court storm - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 18, 2026, 13:17:50
  - I think JFG is right. After the Duke/UNC thing... we're moving towards HEAVY fines. - tvillini February 18, 2026, 13:13:54
    - The local DA basically called Scheyer a liar haha* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 13:19:34
- Looks like he was apologizing not yelling. He points at the fan - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 12:26:44
  - I'd tend to agree, but there's a bit of a quick grab of the guy's arm that looks sus. - tvillini February 18, 2026, 12:56:49
    - The initial grab is def a bit forced - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 12:58:56
  - Honestly can't blame the guy. That's a stupid student to put a phone in a coach's face.* - JFG February 18, 2026, 12:51:48
    - Kid posted it too - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 12:52:38
      - So dumb. Each year I feel it's getting closer to freaking plexiglass and no court storming.* - JFG February 18, 2026, 12:55:14
Altman has to be done after this season, right?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 18, 2026, 7:51:42
- i'll always think "was almost our coach" whenever i see him. * - VIV February 18, 2026, 9:09:06
- Unless he does the "can't go out like this" thing * - jdl February 18, 2026, 9:00:00
- B1G jobs that could open - Poldark February 18, 2026, 8:29:01
- i was just thinking the same thing - deadpoolOG10 February 18, 2026, 7:57:44
Bad looking knee injury for JT Toppin* - OB25 February 18, 2026, 0:04:12
More of Mick Cronin being a douchebag. - OB25 February 17, 2026, 23:57:25
- Greggggggg with a new hit piece on him - assassin February 18, 2026, 13:28:08
- Worst part of his tough guy act is that he’s instilled a soft culture in other ways. - OB25 February 18, 2026, 12:45:30
- I just don't understand trying to be Bob Knight without being able to back it up. - tvillini February 18, 2026, 10:00:51
- more like Dick Groanin'* - VIV February 18, 2026, 9:42:29
- Ejecting his own player was also pretty bad - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 18, 2026, 9:42:24
  - It was an out of control foul, but at least the kid hustled and gave effort down the court. - JFG February 18, 2026, 12:54:15
- Man, just so unlikeable - snipes824 February 18, 2026, 9:38:52
  - hopefully his team is quitting on him* - John Coctostan February 18, 2026, 9:55:26
    - he must be massively different behind closed doors, right? - Sammich February 18, 2026, 11:29:06
      - maybe? but even if so, and the line to the team is 'i'll take the bullets out there for you" - John Coctostan February 18, 2026, 11:41:17
- I cannot imagine sending my kid to play for him. Doesn't this schtick hurt recruiting?* - LovetheChief February 18, 2026, 9:10:23
- Would do well on most sports message boards - jdl February 18, 2026, 9:00:55
  - are you using all-caps at me?* - Sammich February 18, 2026, 11:29:30
- "Why do I have to put up with the non-Los Angeles press people at all?" - osklister February 18, 2026, 8:56:11
- Lol. What a giant cunt. * - Tuscy February 18, 2026, 8:48:37
  - I mean, be a dick. But then to be like "are you raising your voice at me?"...Precious.* - JFG February 18, 2026, 8:56:38
    - Yeah, most of it is his default “my players suck ass and it’s not my fault” schtick. - illini February 18, 2026, 9:35:45
    - Trying to humiliate a guy who's trying to do his job making $50k a year. - Tuscy February 18, 2026, 9:01:00
- Been on the downslide since he caught lighting in a bottle in the 2023 tourney. - JFG February 18, 2026, 8:39:14
- Good lord he is such a penis* - illini21 February 18, 2026, 7:05:21
- He’s lost his mind this season. Saying the most terrible shit possible every week. * - illini February 18, 2026, 7:00:37
  - He has been the most miserable human for years now. No one saw it at Cincy because there - voiceofreason February 18, 2026, 7:06:34
This Gopher / Duck game is electric - BradUnderwoodforprez February 17, 2026, 22:42:29
UGa about to beat Kentucky at Rupp* - bjl63 February 17, 2026, 22:26:08
Iowa has an alarming lack of offensive talent outside of Stirtz* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 21:50:51
- Speaking of “lack of offense”, I just flipped over to Oregon vs Minny* - Philo February 17, 2026, 22:20:13
  - Come on. If Oregon hadn’t blown a layup they would have scored 19 instead of 17 in the first half. - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 22:30:10
- That is the saddest court storm I’ve seen in awhile* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 22:14:38
- Couple of ridiculous calls against Nebraska down the stretch - Blazer February 17, 2026, 22:10:27
  - Yeah if that was us I would have been really insufferable * - meanjeans February 17, 2026, 22:12:41
    - lol* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 22:14:12
- Their late game offense has been Weberian* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 22:05:47
  - Not just late game, been like that for most of the game.* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 22:07:09
- And Stirtz gets the Keaton Wagler whistle too.* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 21:51:49
Bucky stay in the top 25 may be brief * - jdl February 17, 2026, 20:23:07
- Badgers are mid. Hate that we lost that game.* - nash February 17, 2026, 21:48:40
- How the hell does that happen?* - voiceofreason February 17, 2026, 21:39:43
  - 7/26 from 3 * - meanjeans February 17, 2026, 22:13:51
- Jake Diebler has plenty of time to screw this up* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 20:27:44
  - They did it Tess! They did it! Lifetime extension for Jake!* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 21:48:12
Wisconsin 1/7 from three at tOSU, because of course * - meanjeans February 17, 2026, 20:22:35
UCLA fixing’ to get blown out in both legs of their Michigan trip. - OB25 February 17, 2026, 20:08:18
- Mick closes things out by ejecting his own player - OB25 February 17, 2026, 21:39:13
- Who could quit on this guy? - jdl February 17, 2026, 20:11:51
Smith smacks Johnson in the face with the ball. Foul on Johnson. LOL.* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 19:43:23
Saint Louis down 11 at Rhode Island * - Poldark February 17, 2026, 19:43:14
This game may never end despite never once being in doubt.* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 19:39:49
C’mon, keep the double digit margin here.* - voiceofreason February 17, 2026, 19:36:38
Michigan’s is like, really good * - MC February 17, 2026, 19:30:30
- Hard to do much better than #4 offense & #1 defense* - Orangeillini February 17, 2026, 19:38:12
Good fake rally * - jdl February 17, 2026, 19:30:01
Now that’s the Elliot Cadeau we know and love, airmailing a pass 10 feet over Yaxel’s head* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 19:25:12
Some brutal 5 and 6 point swings down the stretch here, but Michigan is just heads and shoulders - Blazer February 17, 2026, 19:21:29
- Yeah. Probably gonna need a good home whistle too. So.* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 19:24:10
- We match up a lot better - jdl February 17, 2026, 19:23:45
Morez apparently allowed to play on skates tonight* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 19:17:38
- That was ridiculous* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 19:22:22
  - So many traveling calls get made because they look like someone traveled but didn’t. But that - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 19:24:23
It is enjoyable to see Fletcher Loyer implode NGL* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 19:15:29
Only watched 6 minutes - ab75 February 17, 2026, 19:15:20
I know I’m dating myself here but Cluff reminds me of the goons from Popeye* - biclops February 17, 2026, 19:15:10
That's twice Loyer has fired an airball with a chance to get Purdue back in the game* - UIHuskie February 17, 2026, 19:14:55
Fletcher LOLyer* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 19:14:44
Loyer doing his Ben impersonation tonight * - jdl February 17, 2026, 19:14:39
North Carolina State up 16 on North Carolina * - Poldark February 17, 2026, 19:14:39
Loyer has had some timely airball threes tonight. LOL.* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 19:14:31
You don’t realize how 2 person team Purdue is until you watch a Braden off night - snipes824 February 17, 2026, 19:09:41
McKinney and Cason are what can make Michigan a juggernaut. - OB25 February 17, 2026, 19:05:47
- Cadeau being a 40% 3 point shooter helps too * - jdl February 17, 2026, 19:08:55
Somehow Elliot Cadeau is badly outplaying Braden Smith. Not exactly a recipe for success, Purdue* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 18:56:25
Been grading...checked ESPN...Dammit Boilers, you had 1 job. G-d I hate scUM* - OWWDig February 17, 2026, 18:27:38
Mad props to Mackey for being so engaged still. SFC would be a crypt if went down like this early* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 18:21:31
LOL TKR * - jdl February 17, 2026, 18:18:35
Purdue can’t even begin to compete of Braden Smith is invisible * - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 18:17:48
- Painter seemed to decide that Mayer was the better option in this game* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 18:19:24
  - And went away from Loyer some reason even though he’s hitting his shots tonight* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 18:24:29
Mara is a shithead isn’t he?* - ilinni11 February 17, 2026, 18:16:35
Lol tkr* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 17, 2026, 18:15:52
Purdue is wack.* - Toonces February 17, 2026, 18:13:41
- Wiggity wiggity wack* - DocWalk20 February 17, 2026, 18:15:37
Yikes * - biclops February 17, 2026, 18:11:40
Cluff is awful* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 17, 2026, 18:11:07
Purdue getting absolutely emasculated. This version of Michigan is unbeatable.* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 18:10:15
- I’ll restate my belief that this Purdue roster is terrible - Blazer February 17, 2026, 18:23:08
  - Yeah the whole "we got Cluff so TKR can play the 4"... - jdl February 17, 2026, 18:40:07
  - Agreed. 5 seed masquerading as a 2, only because Painter is a really good coach.* - voiceofreason February 17, 2026, 18:28:40
bloodbath* - assassin February 17, 2026, 18:09:39
Wut?-* - ilinni11 February 17, 2026, 18:00:20
lmao* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 18:00:09
Wtf* - John Coctostan February 17, 2026, 17:59:44
- My god. Fears does worse than that every single game* - John Coctostan February 17, 2026, 18:06:35
  - From what I've seen Cluff is second in the B1G only to Fears in dirty plays. * - larue33 February 17, 2026, 18:11:37
I know you all hate UM and rightfully so, but you really should hate Purdue fans more as well. - OB25 February 17, 2026, 17:59:33
- There’s plenty of hate for both* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 18:00:46
Michigan bigs way more athletic. already 5 offensive rebounds * - Poldark February 17, 2026, 17:55:20
- CLuff and TKR are so limited * - jdl February 17, 2026, 17:57:06
Must really grind Painter’s gears to see a good 7’4” guy playing for the other team.* - OB25 February 17, 2026, 17:51:06
- But also, one that doesn't move like an arthritic robot. * - osklister February 17, 2026, 17:55:22
- nm. * - osklister February 17, 2026, 17:55:21
doesn't seem like Purdue can guard UM for 40 minutes* - assassin February 17, 2026, 17:50:40
Purdue is gonna need Cluff to start squeezing some of these boards he’s missing* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 17:42:17
Morez and TKR have already launched 3s - jdl February 17, 2026, 17:37:48
Tomorrow is a true test of what means more to you as an Illini fan. - OB25 February 16, 2026, 22:34:34
- One of the biggest games of the year and a weird 5:30 start on The Cock. - JFG February 17, 2026, 14:55:16
- Ann Arbor is a whore. F*ck scUM every second of every damn day* - OWWDig February 17, 2026, 14:30:49
  - ^^^this is how I feel, excet OWWDig was nicer about it than I would have been...^^^* - Illiniphil February 17, 2026, 15:49:08
  - ^^this^^ * - osklister February 17, 2026, 15:10:28
- Rooting for Purdue is the only correct answer* - Quiz February 17, 2026, 11:24:06
- Im rooting for Purdue. Plus I still think pie in the sky best case scenario is Purdue win* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 17, 2026, 10:46:25
- Ordinarily my hate for Purdue would trump all but I have specific hate reserved for Michigan on the - meanjeans February 17, 2026, 10:43:41
- 90/100 years, care more about b1g. this year, whatever it takes to have a better path to a FF* - John Coctostan February 17, 2026, 8:33:19
  - This* - Blazer February 17, 2026, 11:42:30
- People still care about conference titles in bball?* - gullit February 17, 2026, 7:15:06
  - As a measure of program success, I care way more about the regular season than March. But… - OB25 February 17, 2026, 12:21:18
  - I still care about conf titles. It's the B1G Tourney I don't care about much anymore. - illinilosch February 17, 2026, 11:26:18
  - They've been diminished via conference expansion but haven't completely disappeared * - jdl February 17, 2026, 11:21:42
    - I don't care a ton about 2-4, I want the triple bye mainly because - ijustkrushalot February 17, 2026, 11:43:14
  - it's the first thing we can win. If we win the conference the seed will follow * - ijustkrushalot February 17, 2026, 10:48:28
  - Yes?* - GMAW February 17, 2026, 8:31:55
  - It makes more sense than over-valuing the NCAA tournament.* - JFG February 17, 2026, 8:09:19
  - I do not but fuck Michigan* - bjl63 February 17, 2026, 7:32:46
    - I do AND fuck Michigan.* - Illiniphil February 17, 2026, 7:45:46
      - Hear hear. I can't want a scum win. Purdue is kinda close but... eff scum forever. - osklister February 17, 2026, 8:28:03
  - Yes* - illini21 February 17, 2026, 7:16:17
- nm* - illini21 February 17, 2026, 7:12:20
- Go Purdue. B1G titles still mean a lot to me* - illini21 February 17, 2026, 7:12:15
- Fuck Michigan. Always and forever. * - uofi1998 February 17, 2026, 7:07:11
- Not sure I really care either way. - illinilosch February 17, 2026, 6:57:07
- Go Purdue* - Ron McDon February 17, 2026, 6:47:32
- I disagree with your premise. We win out and win the B1G, we're the top 2 and possibly a 1. - Illiniphil February 17, 2026, 6:28:56
  - I don't care if Purdue is a 2, but I do care about St. Louis - Blazer February 17, 2026, 12:00:27
- Fuck Michigan tonight, tomorrow and forever. I want them to go 0-2 this week - JacobRDaugherty February 17, 2026, 6:19:59
  - Carpet bomb Ann Arbor * - uofi1998 February 17, 2026, 7:07:42
- To the surprise of no one, Go Purdue. Winning the B1G > Playing in StL* - GMAW February 17, 2026, 6:15:22
- Purdue for me* - snipes824 February 16, 2026, 23:16:52
- Yeah, I don’t care about an unbalanced league title. Rooting for Michigan here is easy.* - voiceofreason February 16, 2026, 23:06:12
  - This* - UofIL6 February 16, 2026, 23:35:25
- Neither scenario is petty enough* - RVA February 16, 2026, 22:46:43
- If we win out, we’ll be a 2 seed regardless - Blazer February 16, 2026, 22:45:45
4 pts for Houston in the last 7 mins. Yikes. Weber esque* - Blazer February 16, 2026, 22:25:53
I would have no problem with Houston or Iowa State as our 1 - meanjeans February 16, 2026, 22:21:06
- I'd like another shot at UConn * - jdl February 16, 2026, 22:32:29
- Same thought watching tonight.* - voiceofreason February 16, 2026, 22:22:01
Houston’s offense down the stretch was brutal. So much dribbling* - Mrap24 February 16, 2026, 22:17:51
Damn. KU over Zona last Monday and ISU over HOU today. Not what we wanted.* - OB25 February 16, 2026, 22:14:59
- Nope* - Blazer February 16, 2026, 22:16:20
We’re better than both of these teams by a substantial margin btw * - meanjeans February 16, 2026, 21:45:08
I’m pretty sure Tomi would absolutely devour Blake Buchanan * - meanjeans February 16, 2026, 21:42:42
They’re all short * - meanjeans February 16, 2026, 20:59:21
Crazy shot making from Houston* - OB25 February 16, 2026, 20:32:22
IA St crowd is lit* - biclops February 16, 2026, 20:15:31
Good start.* - DiamondDazzle February 16, 2026, 20:14:41

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