Jake

Keep feeding McLaurin, he's much stronger than Zeller. I actually think this is why Zeller won't do too well at the next level. His game is too predicated on the fast break and not so much in the half-court offense or defense.

Man, it'd be great to get some production from Bertrand today.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) Agree with this. I could maaaaybe even go slightly below that. For example, Matt Lottich supposedly had a 26 on his ACT when he went to Stanford. A 26 isn't going to get you even sniffed at for regular Stanford admissions, but it shows you're fairly intelligent. Yeah, I could go that low provided he displayed a likelihood to succeed at the school. In the end, you have to ask if this person would be able to be a good-as-normal student if he were let in and especially if he left the team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 12:00 PM) I can't see that happening. Me neither. I might be a NU student in a year or so, and I wouldn't want it that way unless it was only a little bit. I was a college athlete so I understand that everyone's grades take some hit from the time commitment, but I wouldn't want guys that would never even think to apply getting into the school. Not fair to everyone else. But if you were marginal, a close miss type applicant I don't mind your special talents getting you in.

Devin Langford sighting

I'm getting pretty f*** sick and tired of Abrams' bulls***. Either finish those drives or pass out of the paint.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:50 AM) Honestly if NW really wants to succeed in basketball, they need to leave the Big 10. I always heard that the Big East is the key to the promised land for Chicago schools

That's a terrible f***ing call on Mike Henry. Boxing a guy out who is trying to jump over you is not a foul.

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:48 AM) Remy Abell makes his first shot since December. Or seems like it anyway.. Edit: There's the Abell we've come to expect since January! From the Ronnie Brewer school of shooting technique

I never thought I'd say this, but Brandon Paul needs more shot attempts

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:45 AM) The problem is how inconsistent the game is being called. 1 possession a slight touch is a foul, another possession it seems nothing will be called. Breaks the flow and just makes for a bad game. Yeah it's tough to figure out what's going on. They'll let some hellacious contact go and then you get called for hand checking.

Looks like it's time for Paul to go off for 40 for the win

Sam McLaurin is easily the worst player I've ever seen at putting back offensive rebounds.

Egwu swatting Zeller is easily my favorite non-game winning moment this year.

I should retract my "Abrams = drunk" comment, that title clearly belongs to Joe Bertrand.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:32 AM) ILL has poor court spacing constantly. Why have a guy run through 3 screens on one side of the court? Because we don't run an offense. My pickup basketball games have an offense that is more schemed than Illinois's.

Way too much offensive talent on Illinois to continue having this much trouble scoring. Coach them!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) lol This game is going to get out of hand if the refs let Indiana bump Illinois down the court Purdue style. Well Illinois should have known they weren't going to call fouls on IU, that's a given in this situation.

Abrams is the only one with enough ballhandling skills to even get a shot. Run a f***ing offense, morons

lol how do you come out of the timeout not knowing how much time is on the shot clock?

Dan Dakich...

Points from Joe Bertrand? Surely you jest!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:20 AM) Their PG play so far has been bad, real bad. I'm pretty sure Tracey Abrams is drunk half of the time that he plays.

Dear Illini, When they jump you out on the wing, you back cut. It's elementary basketball. Don't just stand there/move further away from the basket. Sincerely, Fan who thought this s*** would end when we fired Bruce Weber

Illinois hasn't taken the time to get a quality look on offense yet. I've seen this movie before.