Tomorrow night is the game of the season for the Illini, with Kelvin Sampson and Eric Gordon coming into the Assembly Hall to visit Illinois and its basketball fans. The reception should be worth watching on ESPN's national coverage, even though Illini basketball has been tough to watch this year. Hopefully, this game will be different for the Illini.
The Hoosier Report seems to think the Illini will be ready to take on the Hoosiers tomorrow night, and notes that Illinois' defense is usually tough on IU.
And Kelvin Sampson is apparently looking forward to being in Champaign, saying on his radio show (per Hoosier Scoop), "it might be a little bit of a hostile environment."
In evaluating the Big Ten teams this year, Devin at College Basketball Chronotope has the Illini classified as a lower level working class team, equivalent to someone working at Walmart, and calls this season "looking less like a rebuilding year and more like a waste." Devin, I have to agree with you there. But we hope the game tomorrow makes this painful season somehow worthwhile. And there's always the Big 10 Tourney.
Eric Gordon has his left wrist wrapped due to a sprained wrist, but was able to score 29 points against Northwestern the other night. He should be ready to go against Weber's Illini. Look for Calvin Brock and Brian Randle to take turns guarding Gordon tomorrow, since it worked well in Bloomington.
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Hey,Thanks for the mention.
I'll add you to my Big Ten blog roll and look for more from you.
I had been rooting for the Illini all year, because I used to like Bruce Weber, but I think that may be a thing of the past now. Where did that run-and-gun and good shooting go to? Now watching an Illini game is like watching the NBA in the mid-'90s.
Thats why they are called FREE throws. You can't hit one free throw with the game on the line? You guys suck bad. You suck real bad. I hate all of you for trying to rattle EJ and Sampson. "Shut up Sampson" was the best, thats when we really fell apart.
I stopped by to tell you that your whole program, school and fans and especially your coach are a joke and the laughingstock of the midwest. Your student section does the worst dances, who still does the hookie pookie.
Indiana Fan, sorry you don't like the Illini slow break and ugly brand of basketball this year. Most Illini fans don't like it either. I think the plan is to go back to running in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, with some new recruits joining that should be able to run.
Anonymous IU fans 1 and 2, I hope you did not study English at IU, since I needed to edit your posts for you to remove the inappropriate language. I wonder what you guys say when you lose a game....because believe it or not, your team won the game!
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