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QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 02:33 PM) basically my thoughts right there. after the dee turnover i was like 'something's up, that never happens.' w/ dee's play though, we got the momentum back we needed to pull it out. Im w/ krush on this one. In conference play, on the road, in a pretty bad enviroment, you have to be nervous. Basketball is a game of momentum, it's easy to lose on the road. Actually, seeing Dee's intensity right after that when he was banging himself in the head is what made me confident we would win the game. Sure enough, he creates a turnover right away and then soon after took over the game.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 9, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) I honestly believe you are identifing symptoms and not the root cause there. WHY did their shooting go cold? They couldn't get into anykind of a rythm on offense because Michigan juiced the shot clock everytime they got the ball. They forced the Illini to play defense for 25-30 seconds everytime, which anyone will tell you is much harder than running offense. After a while it tires you out and takes your legs out from under your jumpshot if you aren't concentrating harder on O. It can also change the pace of the game in your mind and makes you want to run up the floor and rush shots you wouldn't usually take. I think the Illini have been a victim of the first part of that their last two games. I actually agree with this. This team up until the last couple of games has destroyed zone defenses all year. See Gonzaga, Wake, and nearly every other team that tried a zone against Illinois. My only problem with yesterdays effort was the lack of defensive intensity for about the first 30 minutes because when this team turns it up they just lock teams down and it changes the tempo of the game.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 08:02 PM) Champaign breathes its collective exhale. Ugly Win. That's two ugly wins in a row. I'm not liking this current trend; we've set season lows in points, in two consecutive games now. Against Indiana the team was in complete control of the game and won by double digits. The reason we didn't score as much as usual in the last two games is that Indiana and Michigan each held the ball for 25-30 seconds each possession before taking a shot. They've done pretty well so far doing this. Look at who are poorest performances this year were against: Purdue, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. Iowa at that time was a good team but the rest of those are just not good basketball teams. When the team needs to play well they've answered the call every time this year and I see no reason why they won't continue to do so.

Why can't our reporters look like this. I might actually turn on the news once in a while. Her name is Melissa Theuriau and she is a French reporter by the way.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Feb 3, 2005 -> 09:59 PM) that sort of happened with UCONN w/the exception okafor was injured, and they still won games w/his bad back and all, Iowa is still gonna be tough, for all we know they have some secret weapon on their bench. UCONN also had Ben Gordon on their team. Iowa doesn't have anyone near that good.

QUOTE(Pale Hose Jon @ Feb 3, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) Sadly it is old news, But Alford decided to bring his ass back for another turn on the merry go round. I hope Pierre has A LOT of sex in prison I'd wager he doesn't go to jail for this. He'll play in the NBA make a good amount of money and in the process he will probably assault a few more women and maybe then he'll finally see prison time.

QUOTE(The Bones @ Feb 2, 2005 -> 11:25 PM) Does the ACC know what defense is? Everytime I see a score from Carolina or Duke or Wake it's up in the 90s or even 100s. And it's not just against the weaker teams it's against everyone. Illinois hasn't allowed anyone to score 80 on them. It's about pace not just how good a team is defensively. UNC plays soid defense but they as well as the rest of the ACC plays more up tempo resulting in higher scores. Wake doesn't play any D and Duke's D which year in and year out is very good just isn't that good this due to personnel.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Feb 1, 2005 -> 10:28 PM) Has he_gawn admitted it yet? I think this team could go 39-0 win the national title and he would still say they are nothing special and North Carolina is better.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 1, 2005 -> 07:28 PM) This is just sick, Illinois doesn't miss. That's what happens when you get great shots on nearly every possesion and have great shooters on top of that.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Feb 1, 2005 -> 07:11 PM) GOD I hate Vitale. Shut the hell up about UNC you dumbass. Illinois is the clear #1 now and it isn't close. I can even admit this as a UNC fan. Just shut the hell up. I can't believe I'm doing this, but in defense of Vitale he has says that Illinois is #1 in the country right now but he thinks UNC will win the title. I don't have a problem with that, not everyone should pick Illinois to win the whole thing.

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QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Jan 31, 2005 -> 02:30 PM) According to a source at the ICPD, the West Des Moines PD served a search warrant at a current player's apartment regarding sexual assault--the apparent victim was from WDM. *Player is supposedly PP. Also, Boyd was arrested. Good stuff over in Iowa. If there is any truth to this PP is toast. Should have been toast after the first time with what he did. Alford was a joke through that whole thing, can't wait to see what he does now. If this rumor is true I hope Pierce rots in prison and if any NBA team gives him a channce I'll be absolutely sick. And if he is found guilty I hope gets some of this as well as some of his own medicine (don't drop the soap Pierre).

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jan 31, 2005 -> 01:24 AM) You don't pay much attention to recruiting, do you? The class DePaul is bringing in for next year features a top 40 guy and two top 125 guys, one of which is going to win Mr. Basketball in Michigan. Illinois isn't doing s***; Weber is a good coach but a horrible recruiter. Where's Julian Wright going?.. That edge goes to Leitao... DePaul beat Notre Dame and Notre Dame beat UConn...If they play well, DePaul can match up well with any team in the Big East, and it's a bit of a top-heavy conference anyways. I'd have to say it's a bit overrated... Weber and Leitao went head to head for one recruit, Calvin Brock and Weber won that battle. Julian Wright is going to Kansas one of the premier programs in the country, last I checked not DePaul so I don't know why that was brought into the argument. Secondly your top 40 guys (Rashad Woods) list consisted of SMU, Baylor, and DePaul so its not like Leitao beat a bunch of top programs for the guy. And he isn't ranked any where even near the top 100 on scout.com rankings. I'm not going to say Weber has been a huge success recruiting because that would be a lie but people seem to over state his recruiting failures a bit. He lost Livingston to Duke and ultimately the pros no loss there. He lost Rajon Rondo to Kentucky the home state school, after Rondo basically said if Louisville or Kentucky offered he would go to one of those schools. I would love to have him though. Weber beat MSU and Izzo for Shaun Pruitt who was a top 100 recruit and the second best player in Illinois last year behind a NBA lottery pick. Calvin Brock finished third in Illinois Mr. Basketball voting behind Pruitt and Livingston and was the Chicago player of the year per the Sun-Times. He also finished in scout.com top 100 players as well. '05 recruiting was a bit rough. Obviously lost Wright to Kansas, one of the elite programs in the country who also have a great recruiter in Self at the helm. Wright was enamored with Kansas the entire time. He lost Austin Jackson to Georgia Tech, Luke Zeller who comes from a religious family in Indiana to Notre Dame. He got his top SG target Jamar Smith who is currently playing great for Peoria Richwoods and should be 1st team all state now that he has recovered from a broken hand. Charles Jackson the PF/C from Georgia is the guy I think we lucked into. Every time I read something on this guy it is saying how great he is playing and how much potential is there. Bob Gibbons for one absolutely loves Jackson's game. And for those who love recruiting rankings, Jackson recently went up against Korvortney Barber who is considered a top 40 recruit and despite playing only 8 first half minutes due to foul trouble scored 28 pts, had 18 rbs, and 8 block shots to Barber's 15 and 12. Those two will should end up being very good collegiate players. Chester Frazier I don't know as much about but he is having a good year at his prep school right now and was brought in as mostly an insurance policy in the case that both Deron and Dee go pro.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 31, 2005 -> 12:10 AM) Sorry if this has been mentioned before but Alien vsa Predator was AWESOME!!!!!! I just picked up the DVD today and I was rivited. What a kickass movie! That's a joke right.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 03:22 PM) Purdue is also much better than everyone thinks, ala almost beating ILL. :rolly

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) It has a lot to do with the bad teams they play too. That nuetralizes the really good teams. This is the reason I find the way SOS and also the RPI are done to be stupid. You get penalized for playing say the 290th ranked team as opposed to the 175th ranked team when if you are a team like Illinois, Kansas, Wake Forest etc. this year there is no difference at all between playing teams like that, especially at home. The fact that your RPI can get lower when you win a game is ridiculous IMO.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 07:21 PM) One thing I thought would be cool would be for everyone to list their "power 4," in other words, who everyone has as their top 4 teams right now in terms of NCAA seeding. Mine would go. Illinois Duke North Carolina Boston College/Wake Forest I think if Kentucky wins out, which they could in the SEC, they have an excellent shot at joining the frey, as much as I hate them. In terms of seeding I think you have to go Illinois, Duke, BC, and then Wake over NC because they won head to head.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 07:19 PM) I don't think it was ever down really, if everyone got their head out of the ACC's ass, they'd realize that perhaps the best ball in the land is played in the Big 10. Objectively the ACC is still better. Overrated to begin the year yes, but it is still a better conference right now than it comes to basketball than the Big 10. But about 4 years ago during MSU's run the Big 10 was the best conference all around with very good Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana, and Wisconsin teams.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 07:03 PM) 62nd schedule is a fact, not an opinion. http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php Perhaps the Chicago St, Delaware St. Florida A &M and Oakland games have a lot to do with that. I can't wait til Tuesday either, should be a great game. Try not to take things so personally, fellas. SOS= crap. You can play a bunch of mediocre teams at home (ex. Kansas) and be rewarded more for that than playing some very good teams (Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, but having the weakest of the weak cupcakes rather than just cupcakes.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) The hype is that Illinois can not lose. I grew up as an Illini fan, I have spent every year of my life except for 4 in Illinios (while at College). If I sincerely thought Illnios was unbeatable, I would post it, it would be easier to admit that Illinois just flat out played Wisconsin than to say, Wisconsin could have won. You can all think what you want, but there is no way Illinois ends up undefeated. SB Gotcha, I thought you were inferring that Illinois wasn't that great of a basketball team. On your second point, while I don't think Illinois will go undefeated (although I'm in the minority who wants to be undefeated, no such thing as a good loss in my book), it is a distinct possibility. Any Big 10 road game is tough but they are all winnable for this team and despite the Iowa hiccup I just do not see this team losing at home under any circumstances the rest of the year.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 04:24 PM) If Illinois is up 8 at home with 10 minutes left, you would not consider it a game they "should" have won? lol Its amusing to see all of the Illini fans come out of the wood work, but at the same time I hope that all of you do not believe the hype... SB Whatever makes you feel better. Bottom line is you got beat by a better team. And if you don't think this Illinois team is as good as any other in the country then you are delusional. I'm not saying they win the title but they've got as good if not better than anyone else out there.

QUOTE(Spod=Ratings @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 10:50 PM) and also didnt he say on a even territory he likes UNC as the best team...The same UNC that Wake beat .and thats the same Wake that Illini owned UNC is a very good basketball team. He didn't say they were the best team but that is the team he thinks will win the NCAA championship.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 05:50 PM) When was i ever cocky? You're the one calling for the Iowa team to show up again (which remind you resulted in a win nonetheless). Plus, our D is pretty damn good. Your posts are ridiculous. Not to mention it doesn't matter how cocky a fan is. I can be as cocky as I want about the White Sox, the Bull, the Illini, etc. and it has zero impact on the game. It also gives me the freedom to predict undefeated seasons and championships without setting the team up for failure.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 21, 2005 -> 03:47 PM) Holy hell that one play w/ the 1/2> in the corner, with the blob he comes out of is insane. Personally I thought the best two plays were the screen play at about the 1:10 mark and the run directly after that.

He's a sophmore running back from the state of Florida. I'm sure some of you have seen this video because its been on the internet for a while but some of these runs are truly incredible. This is video from when he was a freshman also. http://filebox.vt.edu:8080/c/chgraha1/DevineESPN.wmv