January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 08:40 PM) Illinois is horrendous. So much standing around. Luckily Sunday sucked out all hopes I had for this season, so I have the game on in the background but am not really paying serious attention. And how is AJ Hammons only a sophomore?
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 08:38 PM) Nnanna Egwu is horrendous. I don't get it at all. Remember the Miami game? Thought that was the start of a leap.
January 16, 201412 yr I don't get how Egwu has regressed so much. Not that he was great to begin with which makes regression so much worse. And why is the coaching staff still green lighting his 3s?
January 16, 201412 yr Egwu is simply useless, atrocious, pathetic, every negative adjective possible right now. Dude is like 14 of 54 since the Mizzou game. Edited January 16, 201412 yr by WHarris1
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) I don't get how Egwu has regressed so much. Not that he was great to begin with which makes regression so much worse. And why is the coaching staff still green lighting his 3s? I'm guessing he's one of the better three point shooters in practice and the Illini need people to space the floor. That's how devoid of 3 point shooters the Illini are this year. Egwu is used to try to stretch the floor. Terrible.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) I don't get how Egwu has regressed so much. Not that he was great to begin with which makes regression so much worse. And why is the coaching staff still green lighting his 3s? It's not as much regression, more like zero improvement. The end of last season he showed some great flashes of potential, but now he's just trying to be Brian Cook.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:48 PM) I'm guessing he's one of the better three point shooters in practice and the Illini need people to space the floor. That's how devoid of 3 point shooters the Illini are this year. Egwu is used to try to stretch the floor. Terrible. Doesnt work when he's made about one three in the last two months
January 16, 201412 yr A 6'11" center shooting 28% over his last 7 games on 54 shots. What a f***ing joke. Edited January 16, 201412 yr by WHarris1
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 03:51 AM) A 6'11" center shooting 28% over his last 7 games on 54 shots. What a f***ing joke. Lol it's that bad? Good lord.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:53 PM) Lol it's that bad? Good lord. Mizzou: 2-6 UIC: 2-7 Indiana: 3-11 Penn State: 3-8 Wisconsin: 2-9 Northwestern: 3-7 Tonight: 0-6 Also, he had as many or more personal fouls than FGs in every single one of those games.
January 16, 201412 yr How does Ekey not get 7-8 set plays a game? Hes the only good shooter they have.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:51 PM) Doesnt work when he's made about one three in the last two months Oh, I completely agree. I'd rather them just their chances with him staying inside. Not only does he miss a ton of threes, but it seems like he always misses them at the worst time.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:58 PM) Whelp, fun season while it lasted. Haha yup. Losses to Northwestern and Purdue and well probably be underdogs in the next 5.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (farmteam @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 03:59 PM) Eh, it's at home and I don't think Purdue is that good (not that an Indiana fan is biased in that regard or anything...). -6 or -7 sounds about right. And Vegas does always know, it's scary impressive. If you're ever looking at a line and think Vegas knows something you don't, you're right. Vegas must not know who Nnanna Egwu is. Easy money.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 09:58 PM) Whelp, fun season while it lasted. Yup, no tourney this year. At least they beat Missouri!
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 10:01 PM) Haha yup. Losses to Northwestern and Purdue and well probably be underdogs in the next 5. The next 5 games will not be fun, but with an upset it could be a signature win. Silver lining?
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) Groces coaching was a disaster tonight. I really felt like Hill and Nunn should have seen a bit more time in the second half. They didnt look bad early on.
January 16, 201412 yr I posted this earlier this year but it is still remarkable to me just how bad Illinois' 2011 recruiting class turned out. Djimde, Langford and Shaw weren't anywhere close to being high major players (and at a minimum Djimde should never have even been recruited), Henry was completely unproductive for two years and then transferred and Egwu is a terrible offensive player who is also a bad defensive rebounder. Abrams is a solid player but he can't shoot and isn't a good distributor. This class was supposed to be a foundation type class for Illinois and instead it produced one legitimate Big 10 player. Yikes. As to the game tonight, Groce should have definitely played Hill and Nunn more but this team just has so little scoring punch it is ridiculous (especially with Rice banged up). No shooters except for Ekey and no one who can score in the post. Just a really bad roster. I hope Groce starts giving Hill and Nunn a lot more time because they seem to be coming along and both have a lot of potential. I thought we would be bad coming into the season but then they got my hopes up by playing better than expected in the non-conference. Other than the NW game none of this has been shocking to me.
January 16, 201412 yr Eguw: PF > or = to made FG in 8 straight games. Oregon: 2 FGM / 3 PF Mizzou: 2 FGM / 3 PF UIC: 2 FGM / 3 PF IND: 3 FGM / 3 PF PSU: 3 FGM / 4 PF Wisc: 2 FGM / 2 PF NW: 3 FGM / 4 PF Purdue: 0 FGM / 4 PF Stay hot.
January 16, 201412 yr QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 10:01 PM) Vegas must not know who Nnanna Egwu is. Easy money. Apparently. Jeez, what an awful performance.
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