| Fairleigh Dickinson @ Illinois (-37.5) Mon 11/2 7pm BTN*
Posted by biclops
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on November 2, 2026, 06:59:56| Q sixth on the ESPN big board
Posted by assassin
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Previous Message| Some fun tidbits in this Kenpom Substack post, including…
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Was curious about the Western game (as an alum) - it 's apparently due to a scheduling conflict
Posted by Jersey
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| Woof indeed*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| *prays for good news on Jake's shoulder*
Posted by Blazer
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| surgery this morning for a separated shoulder and is out indefinitely*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| google search pulls up a lot of things that say 4-6 months at least and maybe more*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| update
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| I was coming to post that i just heard from a pretty good source that he's out for the season*
Posted by illini21
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| Ugh. Worst case scenario that everyone feared. Sucks so much for Jake
Posted by Blazer
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| I truly hope for his sake that he is able to make it back this season at some point.
Posted by illinilosch
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| barf*
Posted by biclops
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| That would suck a lot. He is important.
Posted by JFG
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| Assumptions based on nothing. Collar bone*
Posted by BradUnderwoodforprez
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| I was also thinking a broken collar bone.
Posted by illinilosch
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| It’s gotta be really bad with no update of any kind yet. Guessing he might be done for the year*
Posted by OB25
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| It was his left shoulder and not his right. Does that count?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Hang the banner
Posted by jdl
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| Also those freshman guards....
Posted by jdl
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| Happy 95th birthday, Loren Tate!*
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Shot chart
Posted by jdl
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| we were 19-51 from 3 but that chart shows 16-41 from 3*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Well here you go
Posted by jdl
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| wow it didn't dawn on me until seeing this that we were 27-32 on 2-pointers as well*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Z missed at least one maybe two bunnies at the rim. (nm)
Posted by Waka
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| Hot damn*
Posted by Blazer
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| ooo
Posted by Sammich
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| NBA offense. *
Posted by MC
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| The guy who missed the 6 footer from the left side gonna run his ass off in practice today*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Too many misses.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Absurd*
Posted by CWR10
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| Sets timer for 4 hours. *
Posted by Tuscy
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| Ha ha, first thing that came to mind when I saw the chart.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| i'm gonna need a minute*
Posted by opey8
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| Gorgeous*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Remember when detlef and Ari were utterly obsessed with NEPOTISM!?!?!?
Posted by GMAW
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| My general reaction to coaches hiring their kids
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Was talking about this last night. I fully expect him to succeed Brad.
Posted by JFG
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| How much longer do we think Brad sticks with it? He's 62 now, 10-12 years?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I like Tyler and I don't have a problem with his ascension but not unless he gets experience outside
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Well Duke did that with Scheyer*
Posted by bucktownillini
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| I tend to doubt Josh would even allow that
Posted by jdl
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| I’m pretty sure this is Tyler’s last year at Illinois*
Posted by GMAW
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| That national title bump he’s going to get will be something*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Considering his youth, forward thinking and connections, I’d be shocked if he doesn’t end up with an
Posted by John Coctostan
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| When Tyler was still playing, Brad projected the NBA as his first stop after school*
Posted by LWillhite
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| Ideally, yes. I do think Brad increasingly relies on him, though.
Posted by JFG
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| There's not really a long track record of long time assistants taking over and succeeding
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| And if it doesn't work he isn't really a dreaded "Program Guy" so moving on will be easier
Posted by opey8
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| Did I miss your mea culpa on the birthright citizenship ruling*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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| I'll admit I was wrong
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| I don’t even remember what position I took on the Freddie Gray case. lol*
Posted by GMAW
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| couldn't find any highlights online anywhere.*
Posted by rozoben
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| nvm***
Posted by rozoben
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| Heh, Mirkovic is sick now too*
Posted by OB25
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| The ER is a great place to catch something*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Get it all done at once *
Posted by biclops
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| Vaaks’ jump shot is beautiful*
Posted by CWR10
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| Cbb scorigami
Posted by John Coctostan
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| “Pretty good shoulder injury” for Jake, per Brad.*
Posted by OB25
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| He seemed a little shaken up talking about it, if I can irresponsibly speculate*
Posted by Blazer
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| Just need to be healthy for January I guess*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| And Purdue lost. Heh. *
Posted by illini
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| 75 point win is just insane lol*
Posted by illini21
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| So is 50 three pt shots. *
Posted by harb
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| I stopped watching at halftime. Please tell me no one else got hurt.*
Posted by Nobster
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| OK, I won't tell you *
Posted by jdl
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| The worst*
Posted by Nobster
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| All good I think*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| *lubes up for the Kenpom circle jerk* *
Posted by biclops
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| Not sure it will change much *
Posted by jdl
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| Yeah it didn’t. Changed our Ortg by 0.1*
Posted by OB25
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| So dumb that a margin like this is actually legit meaningful. But I’ll enjoy it while it helps us*
Posted by OB25
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| turgid*
Posted by Blazer
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| ayyy, there's the 3 point record*
Posted by assassin
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| The game was not as close as the score indicates *
Posted by biclops
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| 50 three point attempts is awesome*
Posted by Mrap24
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| Did Davis come back to the bench?*
Posted by Mrap24
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| nope*
Posted by biclops
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| No*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Damn*
Posted by Mrap24
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| I think Morillo might give us something*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| 9 points and 8 boards in 18 minutes. *
Posted by assassin
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| Did you guys hear Bruce Weber was at our practice?*
Posted by Philo
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| "there's no doubt" *
Posted by jdl
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| anything less than a 70 point victory will be disappointing *
Posted by biclops
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| 12x - 4x*
Posted by UofIL6
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| trading baskets now. ridiculous*
Posted by assassin
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| LSU game “which damned one is dunking on us now!” record in sight…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Only 12 pts between TV timeouts. Unacceptable*
Posted by Blazer
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| Shooting under 70% on FTs. Unacceptable. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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| finished 9-16 (56%) on FTs*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Okay who is Zavier Zens? Didn’t know we had one of those on the roster *
Posted by MC
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| Right now Zavier Zens, Ethan Brown and Landon Davis are the same guy to me
Posted by illini21
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| Davis is the worst of them and also the lankiest I think
Posted by assassin
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| Zens may get a lot of Davis mins for a few weeks…*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Exciting Whites*
Posted by UofIL6
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| Not a single a mention of his family tree. We used to be a good message board *
Posted by MC
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| Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, related to Kon Knueppel*
Posted by Blazer
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| Mr BBall from Wisconsin
Posted by jdl
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| Cousin of Kon Kneupel*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| Podz 2. *
Posted by assassin
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| Magic Jakstys*
Posted by assassin
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| Coleman has 10 defensive rebounds*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| One-legged Mirkovic on his scooter would have a double double *
Posted by biclops
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| There’s no rule that says dogs can’t play basketball and that you can’t play on a scooter *
Posted by MC
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| So when do you clear the bench? 10 min mark?*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| Who else is left? We already played Fagbemi
Posted by Blazer
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| take Coleman out once he has the 3D. Then Brown.
Posted by assassin
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| lol nevermind, there's Dre and Tomi again*
Posted by assassin
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| 84 points at the first TV timeout of the second half*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| 100 with 10 to go possible*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| this is the biggest ass kicking i've ever seen*
Posted by assassin
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| What does the FDU coach even say to his team after this*
Posted by biclops
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| That’s the best team you’ll ever play against *
Posted by MC
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| 'Ain't no Illinois in the NEC, fellas. tomorrow's another day' *
Posted by assassin
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| 10x-2x in play (for a while at least)*
Posted by OB25
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| they are playing a scholarship team. right?*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| This is insane*
Posted by Blazer
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| I like Coleman game*
Posted by Blazer
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| he’s a dawg*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| The number one IL player was just 3 stars? That’s shocking to me *
Posted by MC
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| I don’t like that Jake’s not on the bench*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| No Jake out*
Posted by OWWDig
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| Brown and Coleman both on triple double watch. Their rebounding is impressive. (nm)
Posted by Waka
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| We took 46 shots (31 threes) in a 20-minute half*
Posted by UIHuskie
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| on pace to shoot 62 threes*
Posted by assassin
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| 1.387 ppp
Posted by Blazer
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| Werner tweeted it was 1.763*
Posted by UIHuskie
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| live stats (from the link on FI com) say 1.763 (67 points in 38 possessions)*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| That seems more like it. The internet failed me*
Posted by Blazer
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| AI tells me that 65 points in a half was our previous high*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| or maybe that's in the tournament*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| also scored 67 points in a half against Ball State in 1981*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| 67 at half, 12 players used lol *
Posted by MC
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| Brad is rusty. Wanted the TO after Z’s layup and was slow to get it. Earlier…
Posted by OWWDig
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| Announcer was expecting Zvonimir to throw one down there *
Posted by biclops
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| Thought we were going back to the Balkans for a second.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Fagbemi first half minutes *
Posted by jdl
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| and hits a 3!*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| First game I’ve been able to watch. The style change is unbelievable.
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Same. There will also be multiple times this year when everyone freaks out about being too fast
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Brad did say they can only do it if they can play a ton of guys.
Posted by OB25
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| Yep. If we’re really at 2 of our top 7 out for the next month, no clue how you can keep this up
Posted by John Coctostan
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| It will look like shit when the 3s aren’t falling, but SO many more possessions this year.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| I’m really curious to see how this plays against Duke, UConn, etc*
Posted by Blazer
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| Same.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| it’s glorious*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| I know the opponent isn’t great…but this freshman class even beyond Coleman might add quite a bit*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| The shooting strokes look so good*
Posted by OWWDig
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| rebounds are 34-9 so far*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| 15:1 assist to turnover ratio*
Posted by illini222
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| Is that good?*
Posted by OWWDig
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| Hope Coleman likes playing 39 minutes a night *
Posted by biclops
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| oh no *
Posted by jdl
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| Is a 45 point lead in the first half good?*
Posted by Blazer
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| I’m half watching. Did they just use all 4 TOs in 18 mins of game time?*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Yep*
Posted by Blazer
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| Sure did*
Posted by illini222
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| The freshman guards like to rebound*
Posted by shua
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| Unbelievable ball movement*
Posted by Blazer
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| Once again, we are going to be kings of the bum slayers. Goodness*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Really want to see a three drop for Q*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| dad/son nerf ball action at the moment*
Posted by assassin
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| So how long is a separated shoulder likely to keep him out? Multiple months?*
Posted by OB25
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| Google says 1 week to 6 months *
Posted by biclops
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| It also says it’s probably cancer*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| Unreal injury bug so far*
Posted by Blazer
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| So annoying because this otherwise should be so much fun. This team can be incredible*
Posted by OB25
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| I didn’t even recognize Z from afar. He looks like a beanpole freshman or something *
Posted by Illini Guy
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| That was not a happy look on Underwood’s face*
Posted by OB25
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| Jake did something to his shoulder
Posted by Blazer
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| Twitterz seems to think it's a separated shoulder *
Posted by jdl
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| That or a dislocation. Both hurt like hell. *
Posted by harb
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| roughy and Scott Richey both tweeted he said “it’s out” when the trainer came over
Posted by Blazer
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| Davis drilled by uncalled moving screen. To locker room, not moving left arm*
Posted by illini222
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| It was immediate too*
Posted by Blazer
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| Hope Jake is okay*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Did Davis just get hurt?*
Posted by OB25
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| Yep, left shoulder on the screen.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| What a pass by Vaaks. *
Posted by harb
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| #excitingwhites*
Posted by assassin
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| Hey Spackler! I stand corrected on the Vaaks stuff
Posted by Blazer
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| 19 points at the first TV timeout*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Could tomi be the tomi that everyone thought he’d be last year*
Posted by Nobster
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| just texted buddies how well he was moving. on pace for like 160-8 right now lol*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Wouldn’t that be 160-16 pace?*
Posted by harb
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| he sure looks good*
Posted by assassin
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| I love Coleman. He’s also gonna get like 10 Ts this year*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| I’m here for it*
Posted by Nobster
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| VAAKS POPULI!!!*
Posted by VIV
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| Ugh, Weber*
Posted by HeatMizer
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| Who started?*
Posted by biclops
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| Coleman, Brown, Andre, Jake, Tomi*
Posted by Blazer
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| This is a real game, yeah?*
Posted by Nobster
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| yes*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Michigan game not gonna end on time.*
Posted by OB25
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| Michigan shooting instead of dribbling out.ffs*
Posted by Nobster
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| SIFUABS*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| So.Many.Fouls*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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| Fargin Weasels! *
Posted by illinijohn
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| Lincoln Williams is out tonight per the WCIA sports guy*
Posted by illini21
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| Crap just realized this conflicts with the Bears. Have to figure out a 2 TV solution.*
Posted by Orangeillini
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| YTTV split screen, baby!*
Posted by Illiniphil
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| what's the injury situation? I know a few guys were dinged up*
Posted by shua
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| Mirk out, Williams questionable. Others are supposed to be all good*
Posted by OB25
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| What was the spread in 2005? We only led them by 1 at half*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| -26 and only beat them by 12*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Brad says FDU is good. Everybody else says they are very bad. Z and Dre expected to play.*
Posted by JFG
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| Kenpom 339. Torvik 348. Evan Miya 336.*
Posted by biclops
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| So they are elite. Got it.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Is it a form of reverse hyperbole by Brad?
Posted by illinilosch
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| He's always going to focus on the positive and hype an opponent.
Posted by JFG
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| It would be funny though. “Listen, these guys are dogshit. We should beat them
Posted by voiceofreason
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