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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: Miles Leonard on November 10, 2023, 02:57:18 PM
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These guys played OSU and led for 31 minutes in that one. They like to jack up a shit ton of threes like us. Former Sparty Rocket Watts found his way there.
Hope we come out with more energy than we did against EIU.
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These guys played OSU and led for 31 minutes in that one. They like to jack up a shit ton of threes like us. Former Sparty Rocket Watts found his way there.
Hope we come out with more energy than we did against EIU.
Line was Illini 24.5 when I saw it earlier....not sure I would bet that. Wonder how Hawkins brain is today?
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When is our first game on actual TV?
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When is our first game on actual TV?
Tuesday when Shaka finally comes to Champaign
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Tuesday when Shaka finally comes to Champaign
Oh great. Way to go. Tempo's wood is startin' to rise.
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Tempo may have to come down for that one. Maybe he could pick up PAMan on the way.
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Tempo may have to come down for that one. Maybe he could pick up PAMan on the way.
Pick him up with my woodie?
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If PAMan has the Uber app, you could charge him for the trip.
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Well this isn’t an ideal start…
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Hope we come out with more energy than we did against EIU.
So much for that. Already down 8-2 more than two minutes in.
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JFC I'm at the Illini Inn and this fucking game isn't on BTN? $4 Fireballs. $2.50 drafts with card.
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Free shots. Sigh.
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Free shots. Sigh.
It's not January 6th. Don't worry
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Custard, if you are here get over to the Illini Inn
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Two consecutive FTs made!
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This is some truly ugly ass basketball. Oakland loves to foul and we love to brick free throws. Oh and we haven't made a three.
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I hear we have to take advantage of our big's, I mean I hear we have too, I mean we have too, we aren't but we have too....my gosh...give a break man.
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Hawkins has officially worked himself out of the draft entirely. I would not be surprised to see him go undrafted with his play/attitude so far.
He was even waving his arms at the end of the half, man grow up. BTW out of all the "old" guys with experience on this team, the one with the most ILLINI experience that we should depend on is the youngest in Hawkins. Kid needs a shrink I think.
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Happy I'm not paying for B1G+ to watch this shit.
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So far this and against EIU the first halves have been garbage. For a ranked team #25, this repetitive nature (yes it's early) doesn't bode well for us staying ranked for any lengthy time.
It seems we have no identity once again, Hawkins sulks all the time, Harmon is not very talented, TSJ is like a semi needing a truck ramp at all times, Dainja needs to muscle everyone, his delicate game needs to go, Goode is minutes, Domask does a little of everything, but not alot of anything it seems, man BU better get this s*it Show going.
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Guerrier for 3!
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Guerrier rattles home a 3.
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Conway is abusing Hawkins
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However they said this guy's name. Lol
NAIVALURUA
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TSJ locking up Gohlke
EDIT: And hits the dagger!
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Idk turned the game on with like 4 mins to go, looked good to me 🤷♂️
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Our defense was elite in the last 7 minutes. We found some offense just in the nick of time.
Quincy Guerrier. I like him.
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Our defense was elite in the last 7 minutes. We found some offense just in the nick of time.
Quincy Guerrier. I like him.
Nobody could get a clean shot off but a couple of long 3s were nothing but net with somebody draped all over the shooter.
Yep. He had 13 pts and 9 boards vs KU.
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I have been fairly harsh on Hawkins, but man it is so disappointing to see him at his best, not often, and then see him at his worst.
The kid is only 21 yrs old, has the most ILLINI experience and yet is the most fragile of ego's of them all it seems.
Hawkins "could" be a 1st round player, he has the skill set, he just doesn't turn the switch often enough, can't turn it?
As early as this season is, he has worked himself effectively out of the NBA draft, and off and on our of the ILLINI regular solid minutes due to his play but mostly his attitude towards the team/refs/coaches?
In just the 3 games I have watched, hand waving, shrugging, arguing calls, emphatic gestures, shaking the head at a ref at EVERY call, debating/arguing with coaches, mostly what I saw against Oakland was EVERY other player at different times looked as if they were consoling him over the plays. It was if, the entire team knew he could explode at any given moment.
The most telling thing though was that I witnessed the Alpha himself TSJ try to talk to him in the handshake line, and it seemed as if TSJ was getting shrugged off, as if Hawkins was almost saying I don't want to hear it???
Reading to much into Hawkins play/actions this early? I don't think so, I really think this kid either is going to a psychiatrist or needs to start. If this continues, I could actually see Hawkins leaving the team. He doesn't seem to have any fun, he seems to think the world is against him when he is playing, he doesn't seem to want to listen to teammates and most importantly coaches.
Hawkins is giving off some serious warning signs as a player, none are good, I have followed college hoops/high school hoops for nearly 50 years and I cannot remember ever seeing another player EVER act in the way that he does for the amount of time that he does ALL the Time....I hope the kid can figure things out on the court, but if not, at least off of it?
Maybe he just doesn't like playing basketball anymore?
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Our defense was elite in the last 7 minutes. We found some offense just in the nick of time.
Quincy Guerrier. I like him.
Guerrier is a warrior.
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Guerrier and TSJ on ball D was impressive at end of game.
Some of best we have seen here in awhile.
Our offense vs a zone all night was not.
We are now 14-48 from three after two games. 29%.
We were 31% last year.
And this is vs weak lower D1 teams where we should be getting more decent open looks, transition threes, and step in threes.
Add in the Kansas game where we were pretty hot with 11-27 and that is then 25-75 or 33%.
My hunch is that is going to be be about our mean.
The book on us once again might be to stop transition and stop TSJ from getting in lane.
And the Free throws are just abysmal. You can't have Dainja or Rodgers on the court in close games in second half.
That said, it is early. The talent is there for a decent team.
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