NIT Openthread, Kent State at Illini: The quest to be #35
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 22, 2010 6:30 PM CDT
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PrintKent St. Golden Flashes at Illinois Fighting Illini, Mar 22, 2010 7:00 PM CDT
Well, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement. I'm not sure if the NIT really determines anything other than who still cares and who takes disappointment well. It has no bearing on the national championship, and if Penn State is to be taken as any indication, no real bearing on next season. I like to think with all five starters coming back next year, and very little tournament experience for any of them, this is a great chance for them to become a more seasoned team and hopefully more mentally prepared for a deep tournament run next year. But that is getting waaaaay ahead of myself.
Tonight, lets just enjoy watching at least one more game of Illini basketball.
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Mike Davis said it last week
even the winner of the NIT would rather be the first team to lose in the NCAA tournament.
Another example: Nelly never wrote a song called “what does it take to be #35”
Alright, ESPNU can switch over to the Illinois game any fucking minute now.
Bastages.
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Little bit of a cherry-pick by DJ.
But if you’re gonna finish like that . . . then DO IT, SON!
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again . . .
D-Mac is the new sexy.
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Wouldn't that make walking, jogging and running . . . uhhhh, kinda difficult?
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A couple too many passes there.
On a related point . . . I like the unselfishness.
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Hopefully over the spring and summer, Tyler Griffey works on his defense.
Just sayin’.
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If that had been Cole, we would have been all "EFFORT POSSESSION SAVE!"
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In news about other Griffeys . . .
Ken Griffey, Jr. . . . apparently still marketable despite being an old man now.
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Holy shit. Dickey Simpkins.
Been a while since I’ve thought about that name.
Also, I hear Dan McLaughlan was on the call for last Wednesday’s game. I wish he’d stick to basketball and not torture Cardinals fans with his lack of baseball broadcasting skills. He’s really good at basketball.
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hearing it from the armchair coaches in A section
I’m sure the Illini are happy for the extra advice.
“PLAY GOOD DEFENSE YOU ALL LOOK LAZY!!!”
Ahh, so they're having one of the Women's Tournament regionals in Kansas City?
They need a use for that big, new, empty building that came 25 years too late for the KC Kings. El-Oh-El.
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Wow. Great transition defense by the Flashes.
Joe, you and I could’ve gotten back faster than that . . . heh heh heh
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ive got legs like simpson and heart like bubba
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 22, 2010 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Geez, it's just too easy inside.
At this pace, ’Nique’s gonna have 30.
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Heh. MD is shootin' it from too close.
STRETCH THE BASELINE BIG MAN!
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It's like they've got boom-mics right on the rims.
Yessirree.
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What the bloody hell?
I’ve never seen a “Blarge” call before.
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For your halftime entertainment . . .
The Gus Johnson Soundboard. "MY NAME’S AL HARRINGTON; I GET BUCKETS!
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here is how you know the Illini need to work on perimeter defense
Kent State is not a very good 3 point shooting team, today they are hitting 44%, and it accounts for a third of their offense
i wonder if this is what its like to watch football in philadelphia
crowd is “involved” and i am starting to fear for my well being
My brother wore a Giants hat there.
Probably never heard the end of it.
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My Final Four was . . . Kansas, Wisconsin (WHAT?!), Duke and Pittsburgh.
I R STOOPID.
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LOL
too bad Lucas is injured because Izzo would have had another chance to, well, be Izzo and reach the FF again
Yeah, I bet they CAN get by UNI without him . . .
but like hell if they’re gonna beat either Ohio State or Tennessee without Lucas.
Then again, Ali Farokhmanesh has . . . brass cojones.
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A new record!
Maybe we should all wear green wristbands on Friday. Farokhmanesh is half-Iranian.
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here is a fun fact from Twitter.
up until this year, Meyers leonard played HS baseball. WTF position do you put a 7 footer?
I've heard he's being looked at by scouts to pitch.
I will say that his positioning in the east-central area of the state would probably put him in the “Cardinals-Cubs tweener” fan area.
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OF only when a power hitter is up
set him up at the warning track and just let him rob the guy of a home run. We already know he has hops
"It's deep, and unless that's Shaquille O'Neal over there in left field, that's gone."
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Dominique Keller doing his Mike Davis impression with the one-handed flip shot . . .
and the results are predictable. Never do that again.
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Geez, the PITP stats have to be simply epic in this game.
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So who called for time there, Illinois or Kent State?
Both signaled for one.
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I'd be tired having to work like a man in the pivot, anyway.
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oddly enough the time out call also came from KSU
and it was charged to them as well
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 22, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
So they BOTH got charged for timeouts?
That’s a REF LOL.
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Or the Illinois-UNC game in '05, if we're gonna go that far . . .
“The breeze blows by May, oh, and a foul on Augustine.”
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D-Mac is taking over.
And you are powerless to stop it.
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Well, this isn't quite '04-'05 ball movement . . .
but it’s damn nice, I’ll say that.
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Yes.
Not the banner we want, but a banner nonetheless.
I’ve been to several SLU games back when they played at the Kiel Center, and they have their NIT banners up. Sure, not as high-scale of a program, but still . . .
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Well I am not counting any unhatched chickens yet
but I would, its not like we are chock full of national championships.
I mean it counts for something
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 22, 2010 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Ref #1: "Where you goin' for dinner afterward?"
Ref #2: “DINNER?! Shit, man, I’m gettin’ OUTTA here!”
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If the show were nothing BUT Erin Andrews . . .
I might watch. But the dudes have to dance too.
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But yes, I have never teen an Illini team flop as much as this year's
still only a handful all year, but that’s more than I’ve ever seen, to be honest
Chris Singletary looking like Mike Singletary out there.
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If this were an election . . . I think they'd have to project Victory: Illinois.
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john king and his magic board likes what he is seeing
by Joe Kutsunis on Mar 22, 2010 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Tis can make that bucket in his damn sleep when he's that wide open.
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Bubba Chisholm MUST not leave this game without taking one shot.
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For Ben Wilson.
Illini recruit from Simeon who wore #25 at Simeon. Was murdered before he ever attended the U of I.
Deon Thomas has worn it. It was most recently worn by Calvin Brock. Many other Simeon products have also worn #25 for Illinois.
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No problem.
Here’s the Wikipedia page. Actually Nick Anderson started the tradition.
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