BruceDouglas

No, because they beat us repeatedly! Like Brad can't figure it out! 😡 But seriously, I've always hated conference expansion. Maryland belongs in the ACC regardless of their hoops results against us. Their terrible fans should be taunting Jon Scheyer! Rutgers belongs in....dunno, the A10? Patriot League? West coast teams should be playing other west coast teams.

I'll say it again, Maryland and Rutgers should not be in the Big Ten. That was one of the worst efforts I can remember. 🤮

T-Rank has it the same with a much bigger gap https://barttorvik.com/trank.php#

I had heard rumors that he was in trouble academically, so maybe he's got to stay home and work on his grades?

The TRO has nothing really to do with the rape case itself. He's claiming the UI policy does not afford him due process by its lack of transparency or opportunity to present his side. It may indeed be a long shot because he's claiming irreparable harm from the suspension and not sure that claim can be validated as it's more likely the criminal charges themselves are causing the harm, not the suspension.

He thrived at ISU because he was ahead of the curve utilizing transfers. Now this time around everyone is doing that so probably took him some time to adjust.

UNL played some really good, physical D and made a ton of 3s. Seems like a winning formula. 😁 Love watching Tominaga do his thing. And Fred's kid is contributing way more than I ever thought he would. Pretty severe regression to the mean for TKR after he killed the Illini.

Nothing on video, no witnesses. Unless there's additional evidence it's his word against hers it seems.' TRO hearing got bumped to federal court due to Title IX implications and it scheduled for Friday.

For sure. Even if he gets the TRO it's hard to imagine him in the lineup with an outstanding rape charge, even if he's innocent. I've read a bunch more including the accuser's affidavit and all of the TRO filing detail and still have very mixed feelings. There doesn't seem to be much actual evidence in the affidavit but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Getting interesting....

Or a hook and hold on Edey since he used the swim move on Goode's head. On a related note, I've seen a couple hook/hold reviews this year but don't think I've seen any called. And still no flop technicals. Hawklins begging for one was hilarious.

I've seen fouls called in that situation many times, never a flagrant though. Lots of strange things last night, Edey getting 4 called on him, has to be a record? Didn't anticipate getting crushed on the boards like that, Kaufman really had a nice game. Disappointed that Brad didn't have a better answer to Purdue's strategy of not guarding Rodgers. It was discussed a ton ahead of the game by Illini fans, so pretty obvious it was going to happen. And he admitted he knew it but then just "didn't practice it enough"? To come back out in the second half with Rodgers out there again was puzzling. Illini hung tough which is great but that first half was perplexing from this group as well.

Give Howard a lifetime contract!

Sure he has shot a lot of 3s but with Shannon out he's done more mid post stuff. Using him a bit like PSU did with Pickett last year. "That would lead IU" Pretty low bar to clear... 🤣 Well, never feel good about a game in Mackey. And still trying to figure out how good this team is without TSJ. Might be a little bit of a letdown after a big effort Tuesday. Illini are a tough match up because they have so many options. I've seen some suggestions that Purdue will leave Edey in the lane on defense and let Rodgers alone since he's not a perimeter threat. If so then Illini will have to counter that. I'm expecting Hawkins, Dainja and Hansberry to all play and get in foul trouble. And Illinois will try to take advantage of Purdue's tiny guards.

He mostly works out of the mid post so if you sag off you'd be under the basket? Maybe a bigger defender like Mgbako could bother him but then again, he's only a frosh.

Overall Illinois got a pretty good whistle last night, but Boo still manages to get an inordinate amount of gifts from the stripes. One play, he shoved Harmon with both hands (no call), turned and ran directly into Hawkins and fell down. *tweet* Foul on Hawkins. The only match up he exploited was late when DGL got a few minutes.

Underwood was asked about not subbing earlier in his post game presser and if it was impacted by NET's use of efficiency margins. He was pretty direct in acknowledging it's something he's very aware of.

Well? So much of that report makes no sense. Alcohol a factor in one charge, not the other? The incident started and 30 seconds later it's reported? Probably just a botched job when someone filled it out I guess.

Yeah I believe the strength coach is still not back with the team? I hope they keep him around a long time.

Illini don't visit Bloomington this season so you'll have to beat us in Champaign. Bottom line for IU right now is they need to beat some teams that will be in the tournament and it looks like there may only be 5-6 of those in conference this year. Some road wins over the other bubble teams would help, too.

Yeah, Kriisa, Battle, Farrakhan, Akok all missed a bunch of games.

Eh, that's nothing. When Weber was coaching Illinois you'd see him out on the court grabbing guys and moving them where he wanted them to be.

Yeah was covered in detail in his press conference. I can't imagine any new evidence coming to light that would cause the panel to lift the suspension. Way too much risk.