IUFLA Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 (edited) When: Saturday, January 27th 3 PM EST Where: State Farm Arena, Champaign Illinois TV: Fox Our Hoosiers invade State Farm Arena in Champaign. Brad Underwood in his 7th year at Illinois (127-83) has his Fighting Illini at 13-4 (4-2 in Big 10 play with a game today at home versus Rutgers, and a Wednesday meeting in Evanston the face the Wildcats) The Illini are led by 6'6 senior transfer (Texas Tech) Terrance Shannon Junior, who hasn't played since 12/22 due to legal issues over a pending felony rape charge. Shannon was granted a temporary restraining order to rejoin the team last week. Shannon is a 3 level scorer who has improved hos 3 point game this year. 6'10 senior Coleman Hawkins mans the 5 spot at 11 ppg and 37% from 3. 6'6 senior transfer (Southern Illinois) checks in at 15 ppg and has been Illinois go to in Shannon's absence lifting his average to 21 ppg during that time though still in the 29% range from 3. 6'7 senior transfer (Oregon) Quincy Guerrier averages 11 ppg and leads the team in rebounding at 6 per game. 6'6 sophomore Ty Rodgers rounds out the starting 5 at the point, averaging 7 ppg and has not taken a 3 pointer all year. Hoosier native 6'7 junior Luke Goode had been starting in Shannon's stead and averaged 8 ppg and 41% from 3. 6'4 senior transfer (Utah Valley) Justin Harmon (7 ppg 41% from 3) provides depth at guard as does 6'1 freshman Nico Moretti after coming off an injury. 6'9 junior transfer (Baylor) Dain Dainja provides frontcourt depth but is only seeing spot minutes this year. Another tough road game. A shorthanded Hoosier squad embarrassed the Illini in their home arena last year, so I would imagine the team and their fans will be charged up for this "rivalry" game. Maryland beat them by going inside to Julian Reese often and by Jahmir Young penetrating and scoring off the dribble. If we have both of our bigs, and we force the issue in the paint, I think we can win this one. If Kel'el is still out, I think it'll be very tough. Rebound, don't turn it over, and play tough...those are the keys to any Big 10 road game...Our senior leaders have to come out ready to play... GO HOOSIERS! Edited January 21 by IUFLA 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 A lot of time to prepare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 Hopefully Ware is back... And it'll be interesting to see how the student section at Northwestern treats Shannon on Wednesday...They were pretty vulgar in their treatment of Miller Kopp, and all he did was transfer schools... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 It's good for IU that Illinois plays today and Wednesday. IU will have plenty of rest comparatively. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 35 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Hopefully Ware is back... And it'll be interesting to see how the student section at Northwestern treats Shannon on Wednesday...They were pretty vulgar in their treatment of Miller Kopp, and all he did was transfer schools... I thought I read Ware might be a longer term thing, I hope that is wrong. We need him. Shannon deserves whatever he gets. I’m glad we don’t have to face him his first game back. Sometimes guys in a game like that feel like they have something to prove the first time out. Saturday is as good a time as any to start turning this season back in a better direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Why do I think either Coleman Hawkins or Terrence Shannon will go off on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 I feel another beat down coming. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Coach1K said: Why do I think either Coleman Hawkins or Terrence Shannon will go off on us. I think if it's not Shannon, it'll be Domask...He's legit...Not the best 3 point shooter, but he'll back you down and he has a great fadeaway once he gets you down there...Good dribble drive game as well... Coleman I've always described as a billion dollar airport with a $5 control tower And maddingly inconsistent... Edited January 21 by IUFLA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 9 minutes ago, rico said: I feel another beat down coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 11 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Churchill had the United States enter the war effort. Who we got swooping in and saving our season? I wanna believe that "light switch" is gonna be turned on but my head says it ain't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Difficult to envision a victory in this one. Wish it was on BTN instead of Fox with the way we are playing. The less national exposure our struggles get, the better. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 6 minutes ago, rico said: Churchill had the United States enter the war effort. Who we got swooping in and saving our season? I wanna believe that "light switch" is gonna be turned on but my head says it ain't. The only people who can at this point are the players... And I don't think they, or their coach, have given up yet... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 hard to imagine not losing this one by 15 +. the question becomes will this derail us to the point where we have issues and don't right the ship for the home game vs Iowa? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 (edited) I like Domask a lot. Not sure how Wisconsin ever let him out of the state to So Illinois out of high school. He’s out of central casting for a Wisconsin player. Tyson Walker. Domask. Lance Jones. Mast and Williams at Neb. Lot of mid major guys stepping up to the B1G and really thriving. I don’t recall us being involved with any of these guys. It’s easy to spot Ware. Knecht. Those are easy. We need to do a much better job of scouting. We’ve got like 17 young guys in suits sitting behind the bench. Get scouting. Inexcusable to get out worked with that many bodies back there. Fight complacency. Let’s be real. The bottom 10-15% of major school players are probably mid-major talents and the top 10-15% of the mid majors can do well at big schools. Get scouting and don’t let the competition run circles around you. Aside from the mid major follies, we have not scouted the state well for years. It’s like we wait for the Indy Star to declare who the best players are. Get out there and scout. Indiana State is far better than IU. If IU had ISU’s guards, who are in-state guys, we’d be much more formidable. That’s not where we are supposed to be. Scott needs to assert himself. He’s the boss and make it clear. Get involved in the minutia of what will improve. What are each of the countless staff guys doing? Not just the assistants. Edited January 21 by BobSaccamanno 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 7 minutes ago, NCHoosier32 said: hard to imagine not losing this one by 15 +. the question becomes will this derail us to the point where we have issues and don't right the ship for the home game vs Iowa? Iowa is a 50/50 game at this point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Just now, 5fouls said: Iowa is a 50/50 game at this point. man, i don't necessarily disagree, but i think if we lose 3 straight games by 12 or more then lose a 4th at home vs Iowa the scoreboard needs to fall or we need to cancel the rest of the season or fire Woodson before he even gets to the locker room? all joking aside i think that would constitute a complete meltdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 20 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Iowa is a 50/50 game at this point. I admit I haven’t got to watch as much college basketball outside of IU this season due to my son’s basketball season, so I’m not as knowledgeable about Iowa as I would normally be. My question is, do they still shoot the volume of threes they have in recent years? If the answer is yes, that would worry me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 21 Author Report Share Posted January 21 3 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: I admit I haven’t got to watch as much college basketball outside of IU this season due to my son’s basketball season, so I’m not as knowledgeable about Iowa as I would normally be. My question is, do they still shoot the volume of threes they have in recent years? If the answer is yes, that would worry me. Not really. They're in the mid 200s as far as attempts go while they were 90th last year...11th in conference play this year as opposed to 2nd last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euroclydon Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Feels the same as the last two. Nothing we've seen so far suggests this will be close. KW not playing? No Ware, no way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Haven't watched much of Illinois this year. Did I hear they are playing Hawkins as their big and not playing Dainja much? Hawkins plays so much harder than Malik, it's not even close. Oh, they're 5th in the cou try in trb. This one is over before it started. Forget the refs, the fouls, the substitutions. We get outrebounded by 10+ and turn the ball over 12+ times, hard to feel good about this one on the road. Will the wheels come off is the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) 2 hours ago, NotIThatLives said: Forget the refs, the fouls, the substitutions. We get outrebounded by 10+ and turn the ball over 12+ times, hard to feel good about this one on the road. Will the wheels come off is the question? The only way we out rebound them is if they don't send anybody at all to the offensive glass. I haven't seen anybody but Sparks block out consistently. (credit Michael Lewis for that) Edited January 22 by DWB 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Bawls Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Over/ under on techs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Must win. Would like to see everyone in the program locked in like their job is on the line, because they all should be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, KoB2011 said: Must win. Would like to see everyone in the program locked in like their job is on the line, because they all should be. Does that include the fans? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 21 minutes ago, Dawg Bawls said: Over/ under on techs? Nut shot - Check Elbow to head - Check Stomp on opponent's chest/stomach - TBD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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