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Mizzou vs. U of I will be quite the game, as it used to be (and was last year, great game).

 

I think mizzou will get crushed. Our team I thought would get better at guarding the perimeter on 3s this year, but our rotations are just horrid.

 

I'm anxious to see Jabari Brown's addition to the team, a lot landed on his shoulders with Mike Dixon's departure. We need a second ball-handler, a dynamic one. Keion Bell and Webster-Chan are just at best capable. Our turnovers are extreme and our 3 point shooting is gone. But there's so much there, it just needs to come together.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 04:21 PM)
Mizzou vs. U of I will be quite the game, as it used to be (and was last year, great game).

 

I think mizzou will get crushed. Our team I thought would get better at guarding the perimeter on 3s this year, but our rotations are just horrid.

 

I'm anxious to see Jabari Brown's addition to the team, a lot landed on his shoulders with Mike Dixon's departure. We need a second ball-handler, a dynamic one. Keion Bell and Webster-Chan are just at best capable. Our turnovers are extreme and our 3 point shooting is gone. But there's so much there, it just needs to come together.

There's a 0% we crush you.

 

Honestly if I had to put money down today, I'd pick Mizzou to win by a few.

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QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 11:55 PM)
There's a 0% we crush you.

 

Honestly if I had to put money down today, I'd pick Mizzou to win by a few.

 

Well, crushed is subjective. Games have been tight against Stanford and VCU, and we just have not dealt well with pressure at all. BUt also it's a perspective shift, because this time last year, we were beating teams by like 40-50 points.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 04:21 PM)
Mizzou vs. U of I will be quite the game, as it used to be (and was last year, great game).

 

I think mizzou will get crushed. Our team I thought would get better at guarding the perimeter on 3s this year, but our rotations are just horrid.

 

I'm anxious to see Jabari Brown's addition to the team, a lot landed on his shoulders with Mike Dixon's departure. We need a second ball-handler, a dynamic one. Keion Bell and Webster-Chan are just at best capable. Our turnovers are extreme and our 3 point shooting is gone. But there's so much there, it just needs to come together.

Other things will come with time given the turnover from last year's team. They just need 3-point shooting. Dixon was the team's best shooter. Hopefully Brown will be.

 

I actually had a nightmare where Illinois beat Missouri and it actually woke me up. Talk about being a hardcore fan, ha.

 

Also, in case anyone didn't know or forgot last year's Mizzou team was playing without its best player, Laurence Bowers. If he was on that team, man, the possibilities. It's fun to see him back, but it just makes me that much more sad that he was out last year.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 05:08 PM)
Well, crushed is subjective. Games have been tight against Stanford and VCU, and we just have not dealt well with pressure at all. BUt also it's a perspective shift, because this time last year, we were beating teams by like 40-50 points.

Well, what's your opinion of crushed then?

 

And we've eeked out wins at home against Gardner-Webb and Western Carolina.

 

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 08:34 PM)
Other things will come with time given the turnover from last year's team. They just need 3-point shooting. Dixon was the team's best shooter. Hopefully Brown will be.

 

I actually had a nightmare where Illinois beat Missouri and it actually woke me up. Talk about being a hardcore fan, ha.

 

Also, in case anyone didn't know or forgot last year's Mizzou team was playing without its best player, Laurence Bowers. If he was on that team, man, the possibilities. It's fun to see him back, but it just makes me that much more sad that he was out last year.

Hopefully you don't sleep much after the 22nd.

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QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 9, 2012 -> 05:57 AM)
Bardo doing a pretty good job of veiling his excitement at how well the Illini are playing.

At the bar so I can't hear. But in the past he's been the anti Bill Walton. Trying to veil Illini fandom to the point where it sounds like he roots against them.

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