2007-2008 Fighting Illini Basketball Thread

[illini43]

I think we will be OK this year, but I don't know about the NCAA tourney. Rodney Alexander has impressed me in the first two games, and Randle is actually showing up to play this year as long as he stays out of his chronic foul trouble.

Holdren can't pass and is struggling to make his own shot. Meachum can't do anything but occasionally shoot the 3. I think McCarney will develop nicely, but he is still a little inexperienced. Pruitt/Frazier/Brock will be solid.

IMO this team can do a little damage in the Big Ten simply because of their defense, but I can't see them winning any barn-burners.

[ClarkNasty]

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but I don't know about the NCAA tourney

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Assuming you mean "I don't know if we'll make the tourney", I agree.

[gobbomom]

my boy Trent is hot tonight.

[Troll_Inc]

"Randle, a 6-foot-8 senior who averaged 14.8 points over the first three games of the season, was injured seven minutes into the game when he was defending Oklahoma State's Marcus Dove on a drive to the basket. An Illinois spokesman said he suffered a left leg contusion and he never returned to the game, finishing without a point."

So much for Randle being injury free this season.

[ClarkNasty]

My fears were correct, we suck.

Hoping for a tourney bid.

Stat of the night: 9/29 from 3pt land. WTF IS THIS BROKE ASS SHOOTING TEAM WITH NOT ONE GOOD SHOOTER ATTEMPTING TWENTY NINE THREE POINTERS FOR?????????????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Aces McGee]

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WTF IS THIS BROKE ASS SHOOTING TEAM WITH NOT ONE GOOD SHOOTER ATTEMPTING TWENTY NINE THREE POINTERS FOR?????????????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


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It's not like Pruitt made a compelling case tonight that he should be getting the ball more inside. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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My fears were correct, we suck.

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Yeah, it appears that the performance against Arizona St. in Maui was a little bit of fool's gold, with me (and Jay Bilas, who said in the studio tonight that Illinois "wasn't as good as I thought") playing the role of fool.

-McGee

[MuresanForMVP]

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My fears were correct, we suck.

Hoping for a tourney bid.

Stat of the night: 9/29 from 3pt land. WTF IS THIS BROKE ASS SHOOTING TEAM WITH NOT ONE GOOD SHOOTER ATTEMPTING TWENTY NINE THREE POINTERS FOR?????????????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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yea you guys were sure huckin' em up there man. Randle knocked a few down and was your most consistent threat it seemed when I was watching at Comcast

[ClarkNasty]

We have not a single player capable of shooting 3's consistently. Randle least of all.

[Aces McGee]

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Randle knocked a few down and was your most consistent threat it seemed when I was watching at Comcast



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[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Randle was 1-for-2 from deep, 2-for-8 from the field overall, and had seven points. You've gotta be thinking of someone else if you're talking about tonight's game.

-McGee