SnB Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Illini vs. Georgetown tonight at the hall. Without a doubt our biggest game of the year. Gtowns leading scorer is their big man, which plays to our defensive weakness. Augustine needs to come up with huge game defensively (for once) for us to win this. It's about time i'm excited to go to a home game this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 We're -7 right now. Need to win this game at home as there's a good chance we drop the game saturday at oregon. Although who knows...gtown beat them by 14 in oregon last week. Going to be a tough game, especially with their strength being inside, as steve said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Illinois coach Bruce Weber received some bad news Wednesday when doctors said backup point guard Chester Frazier would be out four to eight weeks because of a slight tear in a left thigh muscle and a strained quadriceps. The loss of the freshman playmaker means Weber doesn't have a true point guard to back up Dee Brown. Plans call for Rich McBride to move from off guard to the point when Brown is rested during Thursday night's home game with Georgetown and in Saturday's game against Oregon in Portland. Weber plans to try Calvin Brock at the point. The 6-foot-5-inch redshirt freshman toured Spain last summer with a Big Ten team Weber coached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 Kentucky's Morris ruled ineligible for entire season http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2252746 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:10 PM) Kentucky's Morris ruled ineligible for entire season http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2252746 Shame on the NCAA. They all but ask kids to test the waters. Then they turn around and declare those same kids ineligible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palehosefan Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I agree, its absurd. They should atleast allow him to repay whatever SFX paid for him and allow him to play. NCAA really cares about the athletes :headshake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 The Illini are pissin down the throats of G-town. Augustine looks like a much different player this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) The Illini are pissin down the throats of G-town. Augustine looks like a much different player this game. Most of the year he has looked he has been playing like a b****. He is getting thrown around and really takes anything up hard. His defense has seemed to be non existent for the most part. But this game he looks extremely good... liking the hustle. Hibbert already has like twelve blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(qwerty @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 08:45 PM) Most of the year he has looked he has been playing like a b****. He is getting thrown around and really takes anything up hard. His defense has seemed to be non existent for the most part. But this game he looks extremely good... liking the hustle. Hibbert already has like twelve blocks. Well, I haven't seen every game. From what i've seen, he looks improved. Now that my work schedule has changed, i'll be able to watch just about every game. So i'll see if what you're saying is true. Edited December 9, 2005 by Jordan4life_2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Illini win 58-48 in what was unquestionably one of the ugliest games in the history of organized basketball. However, 9-0 is pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) what a good, solid, impressive win for us. augustine/pruitt really contained their big men and we were very patient on offense. I was outside in a blizzard for 2 hours to get floor seats, i'm cold. Edited December 9, 2005 by SnB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 10:13 PM) what a good, solid impressive win for us. augustine/pruitt really contained their big man and we were very pacient on offense. I was outside in a blizzard for 2 hours to get floor seats, i'm cold. Defense did a flat out incredible job. This team will be scary if they can consistently figure out a way to just get to 70 points every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 10:13 PM) what a good, solid impressive win for us. augustine/pruitt really contained their big man and we were very pacient on offense. I was outside in a blizzard for 2 hours to get floor seats, i'm cold. The defense was very good. The offense, however, sucked. Dee has got to start shooting better. He's gotta be shooting like 35% so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Anybody else check out Oden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palehosefan Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I did. He was very impressive defensively, and is very athletic. But he has a long ways to go with posting up and his passing is flat out horrendous right now. But he's played well against two good big men when he's been on ESPN the past few years. Last year against Tyler Hansbrough, and this year against a very good 2007 big man Aaron Pogue, almost a Sean May clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I was actually impressed that he was hitting his free throws too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palehosefan Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 lol, yeah that was a very nice stroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinilaw08 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 10:21 PM) The defense was very good. The offense, however, sucked. Dee has got to start shooting better. He's gotta be shooting like 35% so far. Dee did not shoot the ball all that well tonight it's true, but he is forcing fewer shots early in the possession. I dont know how many of Dee's shots tonight came with the shot clock running out and the rest of the team standing around, but I know it was a rather high number. Dee played well on both ends of the floor low shooting percentage notwithstanding. The other point to make on Dee's shooting is that he has always been a streaky shooter. He will still come around. Also, I have to tip my hat to Rich McBride tonight. The two 3s early in the game were huge and he played absolutely great defense almost all game (only 1 real breakdown that I saw when he got beat on a backdoor). The last point I have to make is that Bruce is always coaching as the game goes on. Especially with Jamar on defense making sure he is in the right position. Jamar's defense will get exponentially better this season with Bruce's coaching. (One of the perks to being in your 5th year at Illinois is that the tickets get way better and I can hear much of what Bruce says). That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 10:13 PM) what a good, solid impressive win for us. augustine/pruitt really contained their big man and we were very pacient on offense. I was outside in a blizzard for 2 hours to get floor seats, i'm cold. Those are some well-constructed sentences. What school do you go to again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 offensively, illinois is challenged right now, but as long as they continue to play the defense they've been playing, they are going to be in every game. as illinilaw said above, i have to give props to rich mcbride. his defense was outstanding and his two early threes really gave illinois a cushion they never relinquished. i will take 9-0. i never thought they'd be 9-0 at this point so it's a pleasant surprise. at this point, i think a 14-0 or 13-1 non-conference record is likely. wins at this time of the year are money in the bank. also, to address some of the discussion of the unc win above, that is a huge win regardless of the current status of carolina. that is a team that is only going to get better as the season and you can bet they will rack up some quality wins. that game could provide a nice boost to illinois's rpi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) I'd give Illinois a B or B+ for the effort last night. Their defense was very good. Georgetown was missing some open shots, but they didn't have a whole lot of those. Illinois was much better defensively in the first half than the second. I didn't see most of the second half (damn snow) but it appears that Green went off. Their offense is still off however. Their shooting percentage was very low, even for Augustine. They were not getting open shots, although Hibbert affected a few of them. They hit their outside shots early and they never really lost the lead. They need to tell Randle that he can't shoot, I don't even watch all the games and I've seen him airball 2 or 3 open 3's. If they want to kick-start their offense they need to start Smith over Randle. With Smith and McBride out on the perimeter, they can make it difficult for teams to concentrate on Augustine and Brown. Their defense might suffer a bit though. As for Georgetown, I kind of wonder what their coach is thinking. Bowman is their second best player, maybe their best, and he only took 6 shots, most of those from outside. That's pretty poor planning, because he isn't the greatest shooter. He averaged over 15 PPG the last two year and this year he's down around 9. I can understand having him float outside a bit if Hibbert is doing some damage, but he didn't do much last night. It's pretty interesting, in their two losses, Hibbert had 6 and 4 points, in their 3 wins he had 20, 23, and 16. That should tell you something. They need to figure out a way to maximize the effectiveness of their guys, because they should not have two losses already with Hibbert, Bowman, Green, and Cook. Those are all solid players that can do some damage, but it seems when one prospers the others don't. Edited December 9, 2005 by ZoomSlowik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Iowa @ Iowa State tonite. Should be worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 12:50 PM) Iowa @ Iowa State tonite. Should be worth a watch. Am i even able to watch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 It's an ESPN-Plus game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 01:39 PM) Am i even able to watch it? If you have full court. So probably not. Anyone in Iowa, though. The crowd is expected to be one of the loudest in the history of Hilton Coliseum, which is saying a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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