Illini Zip

Where are you watching?

I have seen someone in an arm sling standing behind the time-out huddles.

Indeed. And I will add that most bigs aren’t even physically developed enough to see the court as true freshman. Tavari’s rate of growth has really taken off this year. And his defense is much improved as well. He still needs to learn to count to five when inbounding the ball, but they all have something to work on. As for Young, his ceiling is insanely high in my opinion. The two of them together next season are going to drive the MAC crazy. Not to mention a new point guard apprentice, Tai’Ree Perkins coming in.

I love it!! Ha!!

That’s funny. Please elaborate.

Agree. Or at least limit his and some other guys minutes.

I’m watching the replay now myself. And the play in the second half where James turns into “Jimmy” has me thinking about just how much the Zips locker room is going to miss Wilson next year. After the timeout (11:57) Wilson runs right up to Jimmy and chest bumps him. You would think Wilson was a starter by the way the players respond to him getting right into the mix.

I have been concerned about Young for a while now. I guess it was the South Alabama game that he hurt his knee. He is back to playing extremely hard on defense so I guess he’s good to go. But he’s also a true freshman and his body is adjusting to a much longer and physical season.

No, but close. I believe he has a dunk too.

Has anyone filed a Missing Person Report? Seriously, what do we know?

I am fine with it for the last 2 minutes of a game especially since the rule came into effect due to Illinois getting hosed in Groce’s first year as their coach. (NCAAT, first game against Miami, FL) The whole nation lit up social media, but the officials at that time were not allowed to overturn an egregious call.

2 down, eleven more to go.

Our guys are struggling to run their best offense, but they do have fight.

For those wondering, that ball was off Kent State. The officials went to the monitor and still got it wrong.

Keep screaming Akron fans!! Our team is feeding off your energy.

Last year, I would not have thought Scott would ever have that in him.

Young was fired up with some great defense.

Flopping doesn’t work on the road.

So who were those imposters wearing Akron jerseys in Athens?

Something @Let'sGoZips94 has mentioned is Tavari likes to play iso-ball. He can be very effective with it, but too much of it absolutely kills our offensive rotation.

ROAD KILL!!!

How does Tavari not get a time out there?

All of sudden everyone we play is hot from three, even when contested.

How about this for teams 5-12. To give the 5 & 6 seeds some love and to limit overall travel time and expense they would both play host to 3 other teams and 3 games total over 2 days. (Monday & Tuesday) (5)-12, 8-9, then the winners matchup. Overall winner travels on to Cleveland on Wednesday to either play 3 or 4 Thursday depending on reseeding. (6)-11, 7-10, then the winners matchup. Overall winner travels on to Cleveland on Wednesday to either play 3 or 4 Thursday depending on reseeding.

I agree with your argument and I like your schedule for Cleveland. But I would also be open to the idea that only Seeds 1-4 are guaranteed a trip to Cleveland using your format. Let 5-12 battle it out on campus for a couple of rounds to earn the right to play 3 & 4 on Thursday.