GGajewski18 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Illinois might lose by 30 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 04:26 PM) I am guessing it was a long drive home. The snow has already mostly passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Hill and Nunn have been incredible today and this is the best we have looked on offense against a good defensive team since Groce's first year. Good defensive gameplan too (overmatched inside so Purdue has scored a bit but the rare game this year where I like the plan and we have executed on D). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatnom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 06:42 PM) Hill and Nunn have been incredible today and this is the best we have looked on offense against a good defensive team since Groce's first year. Good defensive gameplan too (overmatched inside so Purdue has scored a bit but the rare game this year where I like the plan and we have executed on D). This is the best a Groce team has looked in his time here, IMO. The '13 team won against better teams, but there was actually movement and passing on offense tonight, which is refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 So much talent for a team with this record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 07:07 PM) So much talent for a team with this record. I agree. Played extremely well tonight. DJW played some pretty good defense considering he hasn't gotten big minutes all year. Having a PG who can actually shoot next year in Abrams and Lucas will help quite a bit as well. I think Black should just RS this year. Any chance we can get Thorne to come back next season as well? Medical RS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatnom Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 07:20 PM) I agree. Played extremely well tonight. DJW played some pretty good defense considering he hasn't gotten big minutes all year. Having a PG who can actually shoot next year in Abrams and Lucas will help quite a bit as well. I think Black should just RS this year. Any chance we can get Thorne to come back next season as well? Medical RS? Abrams is really more of a stopgap than a PG who can shoot. His main virtue is really just that he's going to keep Tate off the floor. Thorne would most likely get a medical RS if he were to stay out the rest of the season. But, I think the staff knows it needs to put up something of a competitive season if they want to stick around, and getting Thorne back is the best hope they have of doing that. So as soon as he's able to go, he'll be on the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Purdue definitely has its weakness with guard play and perimeter shooting. Illinois beating Purdue at home handily today, Iowa State slipping back a bit now (compared to a month ago)...and then Iowa beating MSU at home without Valentine, it's really hard to know exactly what's going on from the Hawkeye perspective. How good are Indiana, Michigan and OSU actually? How bad is Wisconsin? How good is Purdue, for that matter? Iowa should lose at MSU Thursday, then MICH at home, at Rutgers, Purdue at home, at Maryland (seemingly a sure loss although they beat MD last year) and NW and PSU at home. Optimistically, 8-2 Big 10 mark but writing 7-3/6-4 in pencil just to be conservative/cautious. At this point, just happy they look to be a pretty sure NCAA pick after losing to a Division II team in preseason/exhibition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) I am guessing it was a long drive home. Hangover was bad. Expected a loss so it wasn't bad on that front. Great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 11, 2016 -> 07:21 AM) Hangover was bad. Expected a loss so it wasn't bad on that front. Great time. Front half of our conference schedule is the easy part, so we have to pick up as many wins as possible now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Andrew Smith, former Butler C of 4-5 years ago, passed away today of cancer at age 25. Sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 09:03 PM) Andrew Smith, former Butler C of 4-5 years ago, passed away today of cancer at age 25. Sad Absolutely devastating news. Props to Brad Stevens for being there for Smith's family and props to the Boston Celtics for letting Stevens miss the game he was scheduled to coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Back to Abnormal, Deadbirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Not sure I have ever seen a worse coach than Pitino Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) Not sure I have ever seen a worse coach than Pitino Jr Watch more DePaul ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 04:42 AM) Watch more DePaul ;-) Pretty sure DePaul wouldn't be trailing 80-42 to Nebraska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 09:12 PM) Absolutely devastating news. Props to Brad Stevens for being there for Smith's family and props to the Boston Celtics for letting Stevens miss the game he was scheduled to coach. His wife was a good (or bad) follow on twitter throughout. About a week ago she said to keep praying and that's when it hit me. Today she tweeted that he passed away in her arms this morning. Poor guy. Poor her. Ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Absolutely devastating news. Props to Brad Stevens for being there for Smith's family and props to the Boston Celtics for letting Stevens miss the game he was scheduled to coach. Very class move by the C's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Mizzou is vacating their 2013-2014 season and not playing in the SEC tournament this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Sweet mercy I don't have to watch 1 more garbage game from that team. I wonder if Gant will even win 23 games in his career at Mizzou that he just cost them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) Sweet mercy I don't have to watch 1 more garbage game from that team. I wonder if Gant will even win 23 games in his career at Mizzou that he just cost them. As if vacating wins means anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 09:37 PM) As if vacating wins means anything at all. My two favorite violations: "One assistant coach even had the audacity to help a player find some rental housing: A former associate head men’s basketball coach assisted in the relocation of a prospective student-athlete by providing the phone number of the prospect’s mother to a donor (Representative #2) to arrange for rental housing. The family paid a market rate for the rental. However, the actions of the former associate head coach are in violation of NCAA bylaws." And the absolute best: "A Missouri men’s basketball student-manager also provided transportation for multiple student-athletes to the hotel from the Missouri campus, all in violation of NCAA bylaws." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 06:52 AM) My two favorite violations: "One assistant coach even had the audacity to help a player find some rental housing: A former associate head men’s basketball coach assisted in the relocation of a prospective student-athlete by providing the phone number of the prospect’s mother to a donor (Representative #2) to arrange for rental housing. The family paid a market rate for the rental. However, the actions of the former associate head coach are in violation of NCAA bylaws." And the absolute best: "A Missouri men’s basketball student-manager also provided transportation for multiple student-athletes to the hotel from the Missouri campus, all in violation of NCAA bylaws." Further proof that the NCAA is a complete joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 07:45 AM) Further proof that the NCAA is a complete joke. The problem with the NCAA is that sitting around a board room table coming up with rules in a vacuum, they make sense. You don't want coaches directing athletes to random donors for housing. That just invites problems. However, in reality, when you can prove that it was literally "hey go talk to this guy" and there's proof they paid the same rate as everyone else, there should be an exception in the rule to be excused. I don't understand why the NCAA can't look at a situation and evaluate on a case by case basis whether a benefit was provided. I guess the fear is that they can then be bought or swayed and won't apply the rules consistently. OH WAIT. Edited January 14, 2016 by Jenksismybitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 That student manager thing is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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