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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: dwc13 on November 25, 2020, 01:15:43 PM
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Very happy the 2020-21 college basketball season is underway for the Illini.
Miller has hit a pair of 3s from the corner. Sweet shooter.
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Hope Miller gets in soon
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sick no look pass by Crueblo
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granderson deep 3
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slick move by Miller ow ow
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Damonte for 3
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Georgi!!
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WE look good
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Illinois doing a great job on the defensive boards....and there are a lot of them.
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Slam igt down Kofi
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AYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Wow, we look good!!
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AYOOOOO AGAINNNNNNNNNNN
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When Michigan State is the Preseason #4 team in the B1G Ten, you know the conference is absolutely loaded.
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bench getting minutes
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bench getting minutes
3 games in 3 days, everyone will get minutes.
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It’s one game but if Damonte is gonna keep draining threes, you know it’s gonna be a helluva year
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Wish ChicagoFan were here to comment on Underachiever's face shield.
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Adam Miller on fiyah
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Adam Miller on fiyah
Yeah it appears he’s the real deal.
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Ah, feels nice to blow the doors off a shit team instead of sweating one out.
I'm not a fan of 4 guard lineups but Miller and Williams both look good today so?
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Miller has body of Mark Smith with an Ayo head.
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Miller has body of Mark Smith with an Ayo head.
Who the fuck is Mark Smith?!😂
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I think Trent Frazier is broken.
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And right when I say that he drains a 3
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this is fun
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Per the announcers, 17 3pt FGs for the Illini, a new school record.
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this is fun
Even more so if we do this to Baylor or Duke (especially Duke)
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LIEB!
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Andre is solid
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LIEB!
Lieb is all you need?
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I guess you could say Connor was out there...Serven it up.
...I’ll see myself out.
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We looked damn good, score was like one of my college hoops 2k8 scores lol... lets keep it rollin
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Well, we might have us some shooting this year. If we can hit even remotely like this against good teams, we can go really far.
The freshmen looked good too. Miller can shoot the lights out, Curbelo is really creative, and Hawkins looked like he can do a lot of things.
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I know NC A&T is a shit opponent, but damn this team looks to be something special. If Miller can be consistent on those 3 threes, and Frazier can find his stroke - no one will be able to defend us. I have not been this excited about Illinois hoops in LONG time.
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Lieb is all you need?
Nick Smith 2.0? :D
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Lieb is all you need?
Leib him alone!
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People keep forgetting DMW hit threes at a really solid clip down the stretch last year. Teams can’t afford to leave him open anymore.
Now with a couple of high level shooters on the wing and Ayo likely to improve, this team is not only really balanced, but very very deep outside of the true 5. And experienced.
The lack of depth at the 5 concerns me. When Kofi has to come out and the other team has a center with offensive post moves, we will body the opposing big man and double immediately with (DMW or Trent) to tie up/take the ball. That will eventually hurt us against teams that shoot the 3 well. And/or teams with great centers with lots of white guys on the perimeter, such as Iowa.
Another Achilles’ Heel I see is our annual nemesis of “Miniature Size Guard Destroys Illini.” We have a lot of length and strength in our front court. That makes our front court a very difficult matchup for most opponents. It also makes us vulnerable to one of those 5’ 7” guys that can slice and dice the defense off the dribble. Trent and Kofi are the keys here. Really gonna miss Feliz at times.
Just hope a reasonable season can play out because I think this team is special.
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I think Trent Frazier is broken.
Trent relinquished his primary scoring role to become a distributor, floor general, lock down defender, and bad motherfucker.
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Trent relinquished his primary scoring role to become a distributor, floor general, lock down defender, and bad motherfucker.
I love that he is a great teammate and has absolutely no ego. Great quality.
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People keep forgetting DMW hit threes at a really solid clip down the stretch last year. Teams can’t afford to leave him open anymore.
Now with a couple of high level shooters on the wing and Ayo likely to improve, this team is not only really balanced, but very very deep outside of the true 5. And experienced.
The lack of depth at the 5 concerns me. When Kofi has to come out and the other team has a center with offensive post moves, we will body the opposing big man and double immediately with (DMW or Trent) to tie up/take the ball. That will eventually hurt us against teams that shoot the 3 well. And/or teams with great centers with lots of white guys on the perimeter, such as Iowa.
Another Achilles’ Heel I see is our annual nemesis of “Miniature Size Guard Destroys Illini.” We have a lot of length and strength in our front court. That makes our front court a very difficult matchup for most opponents. It also makes us vulnerable to one of those 5’ 7” guys that can slice and dice the defense off the dribble. Trent and Kofi are the keys here. Really gonna miss Feliz at times.
Just hope a reasonable season can play out because I think this team is special.
I didn’t. I like DMW a lot better as a 3-D guy than just a D guy.
Depth at the 4 is definitely our biggest concern, but I don’t think it will hurt us against that many teams. And if Hawkins can give us even a few decent minutes there, that would help.