Illini basketball vs.UT Rio Grande Valley Pre-Game and Game Thread:
Posted by JFG
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Blue Flyin Illini throwbacks
Posted by biclops
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I have been dying for this for YEARS
Posted by Blazer
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And just to reiterate how glorious this is, let's revisit the dumpster fire of road blues since '89
Posted by Blazer 2011
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Fantastic post. The black panels in all of their iterations were horrible.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Hear hear. Totally agree; fantastic post.
Posted by osklister
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Oh god, the 2006 shorts--what if tribal tattoo, on waist*
Posted by RVA
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Oh my god this is the best thing I’ve seen since the return of the slant Illinois helmets*
Posted by OB25
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YES.*
Posted by Toonces
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I celebrate the entire catalog
Posted by Ron McDon
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Well the special ones aren't special if they're the only ones
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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Fine. But the orange are better*
Posted by bjl63
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Agreed. But the blue are still fire*
Posted by OWWDig
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NOW WE ARE TALKING.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Who is my other road blues compatriot here? Blazer, maybe?*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Yessir!
Posted by Blazer
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It is a great day, Blazer!*
Posted by voiceofreason
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I like the design of the road blues but we suck in them*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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Imagine thinking the color of your jerseys actually had an effect on the game*
Posted by illini21
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I don't think that, but just pointing the stats*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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The dumbest, most worthless stat*
Posted by illini21
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Ok. You seem to have big feelings about this*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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Stunning and gorgeous. LFG*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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WOW*
Posted by uofi1998
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Oh those are HOT*
Posted by illini21
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Gorgeous.*
Posted by gullit
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New Blue jerseys are fire. And I’m an orange loyalist…but I may buy the blue*
Posted by OWWDig
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Flyin throwbacks
Posted by OWWDig
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We got a 2027 commit. Never heard his name before
Posted by CWR10
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Knight Rider!*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Peoria Pipeline. Nice commitment video*
Posted by OWWDig
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Good start*
Posted by illini222
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Will tomorrow’s game be on any otherr channel once FOX Chicago switches to Bears
Posted by OWWDig
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I doubt it'll be an issue unless our game runs long
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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32 has a 2 hour pregame show starting at noon*
Posted by illini222
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And I'll be surprised if that's not a guide error
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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WPWR 50*
Posted by illini222
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Shannon in his 2nd game back from injury for the T-wolves, 18 points in 17 minutes,
Posted by larue33
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Very annoying that Michigan is looking this dominant.*
Posted by OB25
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we have a new Kenpom #1*
Posted by biclops
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And Purdue at #2 *
Posted by jdl
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I hate them even more now because of Morez. Silver lining: teams that look dominant in November
Posted by voiceofreason
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holy chit on here Adam Miller*
Posted by chorizo
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Another bizarre schedule, we only play them once and not until 2/27 *
Posted by jdl
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Underwood did the orange track suit look
Posted by Carl Spackler
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NM Sax got it*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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even better...
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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He needs an unfiltered cigarette*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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They couldn’t have moved over 1 foot?*
Posted by snipes824
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I don't know, the cord kinda nails the Slavs don't give a fuck aesthetic.*
Posted by ATL
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Ha ha, that’s bugging me too.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Love*
Posted by PapaDels
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Iowa over Ole Miss 7-5 at the under 12 timeout. *
Posted by larue33
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Those are 2 bad teams*
Posted by Mrap24
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I can’t help it I still love Morez*
Posted by illini21
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He’d be perfect on our current team. It’s sucks so bad.*
Posted by Toonces
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Has the athleticism we are lacking*
Posted by Mrap24
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It makes me sick.*
Posted by Toonces
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He's a beast. Game is limited, but so good at what he does well*
Posted by UofIL6
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Thank god we’re not Michigan fans having to listen to Bruce Pearl call his son’s game against us
Posted by OB25
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I think we want TN to beat Houston here.*
Posted by Toonces
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I am ready for our series with Tennessee to be over*
Posted by OB25
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This is a fun game*
Posted by Mrap24
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undy not happy with the scouting?
Posted by Ari Gold
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Come on Ari. Brad talks about "scouting report mistakes" in virtually every single presser
Posted by Blazer
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Is it just a coincidence that Petrovic’s best night came on the same night as
Posted by jjlocke923
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Boswell played off the ball when Petro was in. But we also had Wagler initiating the offense
Posted by Blazer
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is it that bad when both are in the game?
Posted by Poldark "But Jesus Christ guys, not every loss is referendum on Brad Underwood"
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I watched Tennessee yesterday. They’ve got one kid, Ament, who’s a matchup nightmare.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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About to tip off against Houston
Posted by jdl
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Even if we lose we'll still be Alive*
Posted by AintHatin
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But we're clearly Vedder than TN.
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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I disagree. It would be a Black night*
Posted by ATL
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Yeah but our ranking may drop like a Stone.*
Posted by Tortillini
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Yep, we'd have to put Top 10 in the rearviewmirror*
Posted by ATL
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Early season rankings are a real crown of thorns anyway. *
Posted by uofi1998
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Let’s see how we do in the Garden first *
Posted by uofi1998
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Don’t know how realistic it is but would love Ty to come back and give 15 mpg of
Posted by Toonces
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I think it's realistic at this moment, much more so than it was last summer.
Posted by illinilosch
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Gonzaga looks great but watching Bama again, I feel the same way I did last week.
Posted by OB25
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Heh, instant 10-0 run after I posted this*
Posted by OB25
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Concerning trend after how last season went…
Posted by OB25
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So many hitting front iron *
Posted by BradUnderwoodforprez
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Wagler and Boswell both had bad games*
Posted by biclops
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Did he just say we were doodoo?*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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Deedee MegaDooDoo*
Posted by VIV
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That he did.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Oh indeed*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Poop?*
Posted by OWWDig
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Watching Bruce interview Undy is kind of comical*
Posted by illini21
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Said the same thing to MrsHarb. *
Posted by harb
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Dropped from #8 to #13 on KenPom*
Posted by OB25
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Is KP always this volatile in the early season? Seems way too attuned to individual games
Posted by John Coctostan
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I think it probably is especially in these buy games against 200+ opponents
Posted by OB25
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Blurgh. Can’t let that happen in these buy games*
Posted by Blazer
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lol*
Posted by biclops
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Seeing the spitting image of Lon Krueger in the handshake line makes me double take every time*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Same. It’s uncanny*
Posted by illini21
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We won the second half by 3*
Posted by biclops
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The likelihood of that last 3 going in for UTRGV was 99.999999999 percent*
Posted by GMAW
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8/30 from 3. Goodness*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Same team that made 17 3s in a game earlier. Reality is likely somewhere in between*
Posted by DocWalk20
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It has to be deflating to continuously brick the open ones. For the whole team
Posted by John Coctostan
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I still maintain there is a drastic difference between being “open” off the bounce
Posted by Blazer
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I agree with you. Almost every, but not all, shooters would prefer the inside out or swing pass
Posted by John Coctostan
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I’d have to go back and look, but Kylan was 0/4 and I think all of his were off the bounce
Posted by Blazer
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Another brutal 6 pt swing to prevent the 20 pt margin
Posted by Blazer
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Well that was a snoozefest*
Posted by illini21
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Ben with a couple of Mano e Mano shot blocks down the stretch.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I don’t want 8x-7x*
Posted by VIV
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not gonna be good for the pom*
Posted by snipes824
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How about a Hummer 3 for 9x-7x?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Or how about we let them make another 3 instead. *facepalm**
Posted by DocWalk20
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refs really letting UTRGV play *
Posted by biclops
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All game*
Posted by Ron McDon
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They have gotten away with a ton. Truly a they can’t call em all mentality. Hacks all over*
Posted by John Coctostan
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omg guys *
Posted by biclops
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Dammit, Petro. Ruined the perfect 2pt FG% run in the second half.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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He can’t guard in space at all, but Z sure can impact a lot of shots at the rim*
Posted by OB25
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And he could be much more effective by keeping his arms up and not going for every pump fake*
Posted by DocWalk20
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looking so much better with Z out there*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Z +23, T -6
Posted by Blazer
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It is very frustrating that our bigs refuse to post smalls on switches.
Posted by Carl Spackler
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46% vs 27% from 3*
Posted by biclops
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On the flip side we are 90% on FTs and they are 50%*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Defense is brutal. Offering zero resistance*
Posted by CWR10
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That Davis/Mirk/Tomi lineup had no chance against the small ball quickness they had out there
Posted by OB25
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These Sonny Vaqueros won’t die. *
Posted by VIV
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We just can’t quite blow this one wide open *
Posted by biclops
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Being bad shooters doesn’t help*
Posted by Mrap24
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Most teams can drill wide open threes. Not us of course. But most can*
Posted by John Coctostan
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These guys will not go away*
Posted by Blazer
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Don’t let Brad get any ideas watching this hybrid bootyball/stretch 5 Serbian*
Posted by OB25
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Ben w the classic 6 pt swing*
Posted by Ron McDon
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can never meet the moment *
Posted by biclops
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Petrovic looks like he’s gonna smoke half a pack of Marlboro reds after the game *
Posted by biclops
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A 22y/o that looks like he’s been pouring concrete for 30 years. *
Posted by VIV
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That’s because he smoked the first half of the pack at halftime.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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been a while since we had a pure PG. I like it.*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Maybe Kedric was right.*
Posted by Toonces
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Petro is Money*
Posted by VIV
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That was 23 year old man strength by Petro*
Posted by Ron McDon
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#KedricWasRight*
Posted by OB25
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I’ll take rarely used hashtags for $2000, Alex.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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lmao*
Posted by Ron McDon
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A triple team can’t even stop Petro.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Petro seeing the matrix*
Posted by Blazer
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Our interior defense is special *
Posted by biclops
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What in the world is Z doing leaving his feet there *
Posted by assassin
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I can’t believe what a rainbow big Z shoots. It looks short every time. *
Posted by assassin
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It’s like if Rich Keene was 7’2*
Posted by Blazer
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LOL. If Z also elevated on his shot like Keene did, his release point would be like 11 feet high*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Amazing*
Posted by Blazer
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Saw his son on Boise St earlier today. He’s just a guy. *
Posted by assassin
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petrovic is in total control tonight
Posted by snipes824
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Wonder if we’ll ever try a Petro/Boswell/Wagler/Andrej/Mirk small-ball lineup*
Posted by OB25
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Nuggets and a 3. Nice.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Petro taking over*
Posted by Blazer
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Braden Smith could never*
Posted by OB25
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Doughboyivic for utrg hasnt set his feet once on those screens*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Pretty good midmajor team, they are tough*
Posted by OB25
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...that's 2-3 so far on the season
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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and kenpom #202...agree with your assessment*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Petro looks good tonight*
Posted by Blazer
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he really needed more time against teams like this
Posted by OrangeSox
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Andrej better just take over*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Or the Mirk*
Posted by assassin
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Wake up*
Posted by Ron McDon
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This*
Posted by OWWDig
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Clunk*
Posted by assassin
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Telling stat: Tomi and Z split 10 mins each at the 5
Posted by Blazer
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and Tomi is minus to start the second half*
Posted by Orangeillini
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He looks awful. He just can’t move*
Posted by assassin
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it's like he's in slow motion*
Posted by snipes824
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not a lot of good there
Posted by snipes824
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As always, feels like a shot quality issue
Posted by Blazer
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couple bad ones, but a lot of bricks (to me)*
Posted by snipes824
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Lots of wide open bricks tonight (glad we get to have this discussion again this year!!!)*
Posted by John Coctostan
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lol*
Posted by Blazer
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Pretty gross half*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Certainly seems the book on mirk is get up on him. Make him uncomfortable and he gets
Posted by John Coctostan
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Feels like we’ve had a turnover every time we’ve tried to go into a backdown *
Posted by biclops
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Haven’t played super great, quietly up 12*
Posted by Blazer
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Petrovic showing some flashes*
Posted by OB25
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I had no idea Stojacovic was so good*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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He looks like an NBA wing *
Posted by larue33
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I’m good with transition 3’s like 80% of the time. That was one of the 20*
Posted by snipes824
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Energy better on defense now*
Posted by Blazer
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Yeah intensity across the floor is much better. Tomi being the worst guy on the floor for
Posted by John Coctostan
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Really hoping it’s just rust. Because right now it’s a noticeable drop off*
Posted by Blazer
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I have to assume he’s nowhere close to 100%. He isn’t moving well at all*
Posted by OB25
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Good call extending the on ball defense *
Posted by biclops
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Stojakovic’s ability to get buckets in the half court is by far my favorite early season surprise
Posted by John Coctostan
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Andrej is incredible. If this version of him is what we get all year, well that raises the ceiling*
Posted by OB25
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We don't run any semblance of a half court offense*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Silly*
Posted by Blazer
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They are kind of punking us so far. Steals, winning all the rebound battles, etc.*
Posted by OB25
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5 offensive rebounds for them is inexcusable*
Posted by Blazer
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Legit lack of any give a shit out there*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Yikes *
Posted by biclops
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#21 Auburn down to Oregon
Posted by bbonb
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Another lackluster start on defense*
Posted by Blazer
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Getting lost on switches. Not communicating*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Tomi is straight up bad in drop*
Posted by Blazer
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That’s offensive to the world lakcluster*
Posted by John Coctostan
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nm*
Posted by Blazer
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Tomi in ball screens is a real problem*
Posted by Blazer
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The proportions for #33 are all off *
Posted by biclops
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First team all name Always Wright in the gym*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Thanks, BTN, for putting a replay of the WI football game on right before our basketball game*
Posted by biclops
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No kidding *
Posted by Ron McDon
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Can anyone use my seats tonight? Trad club, center ct. SE parking. FREE. DM me*
Posted by Phytynlini
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I’ll bring my Trad wife l!*
Posted by biclops
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Tickets gone. Parking available*
Posted by Phytynlini
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7 in Kenpom, 3 in Torvik, 13 in EvanMiya*
Posted by biclops
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Down to 13 in AP poll. *
Posted by illini
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seems fair*
Posted by biclops
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Seems low when you only consider the Alabama close loss.
Posted by JFG
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13 is fine... let's earn it...*
Posted by uofi1998
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Oh absolutely. Frankly, we haven't done that recently.
Posted by JFG
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was hoping for 2-2 across TT, Bama, UConn and Tenn... still on the table.
Posted by uofi1998
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So what's the tie-breaker for our in-season tournament with Missouri State
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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psst...I've heard were going to the Bahamas next year*
Posted by Phytynlini
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I hate that Brad (and most coaches now, apparently) hates Maui*
Posted by bjl63
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Does Brad actually dislike Maui?*
Posted by Blazer
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IIRC he has said he does not care for that tournament bc of the travel and they don’t get enough out
Posted by Ron McDon
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Huh. Well boo*
Posted by Blazer
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Agree. It’s a great event.*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Its fun for fans but a logistical and financial nightmare for the teams.*
Posted by OB25
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It's also fun for the players, or should be*
Posted by bjl63
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But now they can go to Vegas instead and get a big payday for it*
Posted by OB25
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And on that note, Players Era expanding to be a 32 team, 3 week event next year. Yikes*
Posted by OB25
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True but Maui is way better than Vegas
Posted by bjl63
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Maui is one trip my solo traveler routine doesn’t seem a good fit for*
Posted by JeffFrank
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Why not?
Posted by JFG
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And plenty of socks and sandals*
Posted by Phytynlini
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JMHO: at one time it was a reward. In today's NIL world... not so much.
Posted by osklister
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Was just looking at that. Worst field ever this year?*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Lol...didn't even know these games were part of a tournament.
Posted by JFG
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nobody does, or should... it's a clerical exercise to unlock a 31 game schedule.
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Oh nice I wasn’t even aware we have a game tonight haha.*
Posted by illini21
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If we lose, I will blame you for not being locked in.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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To make things worse, I'm a season ticket holder
Posted by illini21
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After Saturday's football defeat, I am in full Basketball mode*
Posted by jjlocke923
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I hear you. For me it's more than just Illinois
Posted by illini21
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LOL, no doubt. I have to check the schedules basically daily.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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you can start the adjustment, it’s basketball season*
Posted by Mrap24
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Is this a BTN or BTN+ game? I feel like I’ve seen both listed*
Posted by shua
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BTN*
Posted by jjlocke923
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