Well, ummmm, no one made the tourney in 2020----though IU was certainly in...And well, IU was in the tourney in 2022.
Lol in what category? Seriously? In what category has Illinois been better than Indiana since 2010? Your hopes and dreams?
Iowa has Murray/Perkins combo, Rutgers has Omoruyi/McConnell duo,Michigan St has No stars but they have a solid core in Hall/Hauser/Hoggard/Walker.
Put down the pipe, weirdo. YOU guys are the ones coming into a thread for all Big Ten fans claiming only Indiana can reach these unreachable heights and practically insinuating we should all be thankful you’re “good” again - even before you are.
The 2020-2021 season there was a tourney.
To be fair, are you counting the 2020 season? If so, MD is only 1 behind Illinois, and that with Turge!!
So if you randomly go back 22 years Illinois has been better. Going back 10 or even 20 years and IU has been better.
Didnt' Dainja only average 2 PPG at Baylor? Going to be interested in how he does, and if Clark comes out the gate as a freshman for Illinois. I' m going to be really interested in seeing who their alpha offensive scorer is this season.
Sheesh.....
You have a great program that hasn’t made it out of the first round of the tourney in how long?
Who? Outside of Skyy Clark (who I'm pretty sure is a true freshman) I don't know any of Illinois starting 5.
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If you don't know who Mayer or Shannon, Jr is, then my friend you need to watch more basketball.
Things have been so bad for Illinois that they have to brag about round of 32 appearances instead of sweet 16s.
2016----When IU went to the SW 16....You do remember what that is---The SW 16....Right? You see thats the second weekend of the tourney----yes, there is a second weekend.
We are really not bragging so much as responding to your fans’ initial, completely unfounded arrogance.
2010-2020 is the lowest amount of wins and lowest win percentage for Illinois for a decade.
I just looked them up. One averaged 10 ppg and the other averaged 9 ppg. They're both nice players but they aren't all Americans.
How would you know? You haven’t made it out of the first round in 6 going on 7 years.
I can’t hear you from down there.
Which fans? Pretty much all my comments have been in response to dumb unwarranted comments from Illinois fans.
Yes, only played in 3 games... HAd a foot injury. Kid is gonna surprise people. Look for Mayer to be their alpha scorer, IMO...
Sad is talking about tournament results when you haven’t made it out of the first round in 6 years.
Could happen, I’ll believe it when I see it. Although Reese should do better vs him than Kofi from last season.
Mayer averaged 9 ppg at Baylor shooting 40% from the floor . If he's their "alpha" scorer I'm not sure that's a good thing for Illinois.
Because in the 17 years since Illinois has been to a SW 16, IU has been there three times: 2012, 2013 and 2016...
Yet we still have the same amount as Indiana since 2000. And have more tourney wins in total.
Why? They've let me down zero times.
Boz scores are misleading.....Look who these guys played around. They weren't options 1 and 2, or even three.
That’s what interests me the most about Mayer - last two seasons opponents were key on some of his other teammates defensively - now Mayer may be Illinois’s number 1 scoring threat , so teams will scheme to stop him - how will he handle that ?
I'm not just talking about his ppg. Even with him not being a major focal point for the defense he only shot 40% from the field and 32% from three.
We won’t need anyone to be a true 1 scoring threat.
Ahhh, so we move the parameters again?
Thats a fair point, but the kid can play. Can he handle being the focal point? I dunno. ANd its not like he'll be Illinois only option----Shannon, Jr can play----Clark is the real deal...Look for Melendez to improve....Dainja IMO is a sleeper.
