Brian Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana, maybe Michigan. Sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 No home games for Illinois again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Here come the selections! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Illinois versus a school without a coach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 07:35 PM) Illinois versus a school without a coach! Will be a tough game at Alabama. Illini 3 seed not able to play home game sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev211 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 ISU is in a very winnable bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Why doesn't Illinois have a home game? QUOTE (kev211 @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) ISU is in a very winnable bracket. Certainly are. It means much more to a mid-major to win the NIT, too. Edited March 16, 2015 by farmteam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) Why doesn't Illinois have a home game?. This is what the State Farm Center looks like now, major renovation started immediately after the final conference game. http://www.fightingillini.com/statefarmcenter/photos.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 09:32 PM) This is what the State Farm Center looks like now, major renovation started immediately after the final conference game. http://www.fightingillini.com/statefarmcenter/photos.html Gotcha, didn't realize that started so soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 No Michigan. Oh well. Didn't deserve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Kinda surprised TCU isn't in this field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 0 effort from Illinois tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Wow illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Jaylon Tate is a f***ing dreadful basketball player. What a joke that he was offered a scholarship. Almost as bad as Weber offering Djimde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatnom Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I knew this team quit about 4 games ago, but wow lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Well, if this s*** doesn't put Groce on the hot seat, not sure what will. There needs to be a change somewhere. This is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogua Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I'm just happy I never have to see any of these seniors play again. Even Rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 QUOTE (Boogua @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) I'm just happy I never have to see any of these seniors play again. Even Rice. I'm excited that Iowa State gets to be in a tournament with Illinois next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 QUOTE (Boogua @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) I'm just happy I never have to see any of these seniors play again. Even Rice. We've said that about every class after Dee and Augustine graduated. We haven't had good enough players or coaches. Time for the university to either make a concerted effort to make the basketball program relevant again or why even bother. And it's frankly incredible how bad some of the players Weber and Groce offered scholarships to have been. Really isn't hard to find players better than CJ Jackson, Djimde, and Tate (among others). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogua Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 08:54 PM) We've said that about every class after Dee and Augustine graduated. We haven't had good enough players or coaches. Time for the university to either make a concerted effort to make the basketball program relevant again or why even bother. And it's frankly incredible how bad some of the players Weber and Groce offered scholarships to have been. Really isn't hard to find players better than CJ Jackson, Djimde, and Tate (among others). I don't think many were saying that about the Paul and DJ class. I also don't think people will be saying that when Hill and Nunn are seniors, but I know what you mean. This group of seniors just seem dumb. Starks with fadeaway 3s after no passes, Rice trying to go 1 on 5, and Egwu-king of the moving screen. At least Groce is gone if they don't make the tournament next year. I think they make it though (barring injuries). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 QUOTE (Boogua @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 09:06 PM) I don't think many were saying that about the Paul and DJ class. I also don't think people will be saying that when Hill and Nunn are seniors, but I know what you mean. This group of seniors just seem dumb. Starks with fadeaway 3s after no passes, Rice trying to go 1 on 5, and Egwu-king of the moving screen. At least Groce is gone if they don't make the tournament next year. I think they make it though (barring injuries). I don't think simply making the tourney should be enough next year. If they get in as like an 8 seed or lower that just isn't good enough in year 4 at Illinois unless Groce has some fantastic players committed. It really shouldn't be this hard to win at Illinois. I think its hard to be great at Illinois (i.e. Self) but it just isn't hard to win there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogua Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) I don't think simply making the tourney should be enough next year. If they get in as like an 8 seed or lower that just isn't good enough in year 4 at Illinois unless Groce has some fantastic players committed. It really shouldn't be this hard to win at Illinois. I think its hard to be great at Illinois (i.e. Self) but it just isn't hard to win there. I agree. Now I'm curious as to what coaching staff changes are made. Maybe Ford? Isn't he the big man coach? If so, he should probably be gone considering how the big men have developed recently. I have to think a change or two will be made considering how the season ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 And I still can't get over how bad the 2011 class turned out. Ibby Djimde and Mike Shaw are terrible even at mid-majors right now, Devin Langford wasn't close to a high major player, Egwu isn't any good, Abrams is an average Big 10 guard and Myke Henry isn't any good either. Then we offered Michael Orris who is a f***ing joke in the 2012 class and Jaylon Tate in the 2013 class. I mean seriously what the f***, basketball isn't that hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Down 20 in the second half is where I understand that teams come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatnom Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Shoutout to Brian's boy, Jaylon Tate, and his 0 pt, 0 ast, 2 to, 4 foul line right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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