| Final - 3.12.2010 | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Illinois Fighting Illini
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29 | 29 | 58 |
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Wisconsin Badgers
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20 | 34 | 54 |
You already know that this is. Illini and Wisconsin openthread. Lets go dancin'
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 12, 2010 1:00 PM CST
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It very literally all comes down to this. Win and we are more than likely in the tournament. Lose and we are in the other tournament.
We know the team. We can beat them, they can beat us. Win and salvage a season that has been filled with plenty of ups and too many downs. Lose and have to sit through another year of anger and embitterment. Win and you will be able to watch the Illini play again tomorrow.
Lose and make the rest of my weekend in Indianapolis not as fun.
Is this motivating you enough yet? No? Would David Bowie help?
THIS IS YOUR OPENTHREAD NOW GO AND PUNCH YOUR TICKETS.
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Openthreadmageddon #1 of the day Michigan and Ohio State.
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 12, 2010 11:31 AM CST
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Whats happening? its game one of Friday's quarterfinal action thats what. Also I need to look busy.
Comment and mock as you will.
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"It’s painful to watch sometimes," he added. "The ability’s there, the talent is there and the leadership is there, but they just can’t get it all consistently. You see them win three straight games, and then the next three games you’re like, ‘What the hell just happened?’"
Bradford, who played at guard for the Illini from 1998-2002 and ranks fifth in the all-time record books in scoring, blames the inconsistency of this year’s team on the fact that Illinois doesn’t have enough vocal leadership.
"I think (Demetri) McCamey has to be that leader," Bradford asserted. "I think that he’s the guy that everyone trusts and the guy that’s been proven that can make plays whether for himself or for a teammate on the offensive or defensive end."
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Podcast #12: Electronic communications from beyond time and space
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 10, 2010 11:12 PM CST
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Sick dunk by incoming Illini Meyers Leonard. 7 footers should not be able to do that.
Hat Tip: Jeremy Werner The News Gazette
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Illini Recruit Playing for the 2A State Title
Click on the link and check out the sweet image of Robinson's Meyers Leonard posterizing some fool from St. Theresa Catholic of Decatur. Ouch, son!
Anyway, the 6'11" Leonard, a 4-star recruit who is coming to Illinois next season, and his Maroons teammates will be invading Carver Arena in Peoria this weekend to play for the 2A title. They face Hales Franciscan of Chicago on Friday. The winner likely will get Peoria Manual in Saturday's title game (unless Breese Central plays massively out of their minds).
Source: The Herald Review, Decatur
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It's Big Ten Tournament Week, and SBN has got this locked down.
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 9, 2010 4:51 PM CST
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It has been a busy week for me, but not so busy that I have forgotten the good people of the blogosphere. You know we wouldn't leave you hanging for the culmination of the Big Ten conference season right?
Anyway here is a bit of a preview of what you can expect from Hail to the Orange and the SB Nation mothership once this whole thing gets underway.
- Travis Miller, friend of the blog and fellow SB Nationalist at the Purdue devoted Hammer and Rails has the duties of head honcho for all of our coverage. In fact he already has a preview and stream up at the mothership which will be constantly updated all weekend.
- Starting Friday, I will be covering all of the games along with Travis, getting post game quotes and audio and generally trying to impress any prospective employers with my professionalism. Please pay me.
- I will of course be running the openthread and doing pre and post game posts for the Illini games (possibly plural, keep hope alive America!) and will do my best to get you the most complete Illini coverage for tournament overall. Did Mike Davis have too much soda at lunch? Will this have an effect on his play? I want you to know!
- Tomorrow night we will still be doing the podcast, although this time I will be by remote, so expect it to be just as unfocused as always. Hopefully if it goes well I will be able to check in at night on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to give day by day recaps.
- And of course I will be there on the twitters, with the twitpics and the facebooks and morsecodes, trying to get as much coverage to you as humanly possible, because who knows how much more basketball we even have to look forward to?
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Demetri McCamey first team All Big Ten D.J. Richardson Freshman of the Year
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 8, 2010 11:59 PM CST
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The season awards were released tonight, and there is finally some legit Illini love going around.
Demetri McCamey was named to the first team All Big Ten for the first time in his career No doubt propelled there by his team leading 15 points per game average, along with nearly 7 assists per game. For the vast majority of the season, Demetri was the team.
The next best award for All conference the Illini earned were honorable mentions for Mike Davis and Mike Tisdale. Talk about an indictment of team depth.
There is hope for the future in D.J. Richardson being named the freshman of the year. Despite hitting a freshman wall of late, Deej still averaged 10 points a game and took on the role of premier defender for the Illini, pretty impressive for a first year player.
In other news, Painter and Matta split coach of the year honors. Full All Conference teams after the jump.
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Big Ten Conference Standings
(updated 3.12.2010 at 2:40 AM CST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
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Purdue Boilermakers
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14 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
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Ohio St. Buckeyes
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14 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
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Michigan St. Spartans
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14 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
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Wisconsin Badgers
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13 | 5 | 23 | 7 |
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Illinois Fighting Illini
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10 | 8 | 18 | 13 |
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Minnesota Golden Gophers
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9 | 9 | 19 | 12 |
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Northwestern Wildcats
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7 | 11 | 20 | 12 |
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Michigan Wolverines
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7 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
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Indiana Hoosiers
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4 | 14 | 10 | 21 |
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Iowa Hawkeyes
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4 | 14 | 10 | 22 |
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Penn St. Nittany Lions
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3 | 15 | 11 | 20 |
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