From what I understand, if this is limited to 14 days then February 7th is the first day they can resume normal activities. That would mean potentially four days of practice.
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Illinois is a very talented team, but I think we match up fairly well with them. They donāt force a ton of turnovers (we can struggle a bit with teams that can aggressively pressure the ball) and they are also rather small other than Cockburn. Their 2nd tallest player on the court is going to be smaller than either of our forwards in essentially any lineup we play. Itās basically Cockburn or Bezhaslkdfkdkdkdkdkd (or however you spell it) surrounded by 4 guards.
Use Eli and Franz to try to keep Ayo out of the lane and then Dickinson and Davis can bang with their bigs down low.
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I disagree with this. I saw an Iowa team who was down a starter play basically even with them on the road. I also see an Iowa team that is still pretty solidly higher on Kenpom and Torvik. I think in a fully healthy best out of 7 Iowa wins the series. I feel like this is classic UMHoops Iowa disrespect.
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I honestly donāt know who would win a best of 7, but sign me up! Would be highly entertaining.
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I believe that the 2 week pause allowed for practices to resume after 1 week with testing. Iām too lazy to look it up though.
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I will almost certainly have Illinois going further in the tournament than Iowa
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I could see Iowa winning a close seventh game, or Illinois closing it out in five.
Can someone summarize how Lukaās foul trouble impacted the game? Were they cheapies, or did Illinois clearly go after him?
THAT would be huge, if true.
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I really donāt think it had a huge impact. Nunge/Murray played well in combo. It did force Iowa to play some weird combos but Illinois never really ran away from them with Garza out.
I donāt think Illinois went after him. Iāve always felt that Garza got a very favorable whistle for how physical he is, so I feel this was a long time coming. I only recall one of them (his 4th one perhaps) being a bit unfair.
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Iām still not used to Friday games. I was thinking the Illinois-Iowa game was today and not yesterday. Dāoh!
Huge that Illinois won, anyway - although they might become our biggest threat.
I think this is what everyone wanted but not necessarily what is happening. Rivals says our first practice back will be Feb 7.
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So without seeing a bracket and where seeds are you would do that?? What is impressive about the Illinois resume so far??
A last second win against Ohio??
Double digit loss to Baylor??
Home losses to Maryland/Ohio St??
Loss to Missouri??
If youāre saying the best win for Illinois this year is Iowa then you should think quite highly of Iowa because if you donāt that Illinois team doesnāt seem as shiny as people thought.
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Hmm a lot of question marks. Obviously the bracket itself will factor. But Illinois is a team I would consider putting in the F4. Iowa less so.
I donāt pick teams based on their resume mid season. Illinois record is not indicative of their quality imo.
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I go back to what I said above. Illinois has a ton of talent to be successful and go on a run. I like the idea of them putting it together than Iowa scorching the nets for 4 straight games against high level competition. Because we know Iowa isnāt stopping anybody.
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I actually agree that Illinois is a more talented team than Iowa but I do think concluding that Illinois is clearly better after they won a coin flip of a game at home against Iowa without their third best player feels weird.
I will be picking Illinois further in the NCAA tournament than anyone in the Big Ten but Michigan. But I think a better takeaway for now is that Iowa and Illinois are very similar quality teams, and the only true threats to win the conference besides Michigan.
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Garza is very physical on offense. The reason heās rarely ever in foul trouble is because he doesnāt try on defense.
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I get that Iowa was higher ranked but the line was like Illinois -3. That aināt an upset. #petpeeve
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Iām not seeing all the great talent on Illinois when I watch. Other than Dosunmu where is the NBA talent. Cockburn maybe. Heās certainly not a first round pick in my eyes. I think heās good help defender but man to man D heās def beatable. Offensively heās average. The two small lefty guards are good but not great. Curbelo is exciting but error prone and not a very good shooter. Georgi is decent. Thatās about all I can come up with on Illinois.
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Dosunmu is a first round pick in a league with very few of those. Cockburn isnāt an nba guy because heās a huge plodding center but heās good. Curbelo, Frazier, Miller are a good guard trio. Thatās 5 dudes. After that you just hope to have good role players
Theyāre not Gonzaga or Baylor, but talent wise match up well with the rest of CBB
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