*** Official #10 Illinois vs #4 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Run down of Illini players who see 10+ mpg:
#0 Terrance Shannon, 6'6" SG/Wing, super senior played 3 years at Texas Tech before transferring to Illinois last year. Averaged 23/4/2 this year shooting 36% from deep and 82% from the line. One of the best 3-level scorers in the country, is a bulldog who is always attacking, and draws a TON of fouls. (he's only playing because of a court order after he was suspended due to being arrested for rape)
#3 Marcus Domask, 6'6" PG/Wing, super senior played 4 years at Southern Illinois. Is not a point guard, but plays it for Illinois. Was first team all-BigTen, along with Shannon, averaging 16/5/4 while shooting 30% from 3 and 87% from the line. He was a better 3-pt shooter in his first 4 years (36%). Likes to do what they call "booty ball" where he backs down the opposing PG and either shoots a fade away over them or passes out over them if a double comes.
#20 Ty Rodgers, 6'6" wing, soph, bouncy rebounder who has take ZERO 3pt shots this season. He's their leading offensive rebounder and scores around the rim. I think he'll struggle with the doubles we run down there, but can hurt us on the boards. Plays the '4' when they go smaller. Averages 6/5/2 and shoots 62% from the FT line
#13 Quincy Guerrier, 6'7" PF, super senior played 2 years at Syracuse and 2 years at Oregon. Averages 10/6 on 38% 3pt shooting and 58% from the FT line. Thicker body, but not as big as Tre King (by my eye). Pretty quiet on offense, but hits the boards and takes open looks.
#33 Coleman Hawkins, 6'10" PF, 4th yr player at Illinois (!!), averages 12/6/3 on 38% 3pt shooting and 80% FT shooting. Good shooter and passer and can handle the ball a bit . Spends a lot of time on offense at the 3pt line. Isn't big or strong and can be susceptible on post defense. (the player their opponents love to hate)
#42 Dain Dainja, 6'9" C, Junior played one year at Baylor (didn't really play) and in his second year at Illinois. Started some last year, but played less this year coming off the bench. Big, strong and kind of slow. Doesn't shoot 3s, averaged 6/3 and shot <50% from the FT line. Has been playing better lately, is 17-17 in their last 3 games and has a 21 point game and a 18 point game in the post season.
#10 Luke Goode (pronounced good-EE), 6'7" SF, junior in his 3rd year at Illinois, 40% 3pt shooter who doesn't do much else. He hasn't taken a 2pt shot since January.
#4 Justin Harmon, 6'4" PG, super senior transfer from Utah Valley, played at JUCO before that. Shoots 31% from 3, but a very good FT shooter (90%+)
#0 Terrance Shannon, 6'6" SG/Wing, super senior played 3 years at Texas Tech before transferring to Illinois last year. Averaged 23/4/2 this year shooting 36% from deep and 82% from the line. One of the best 3-level scorers in the country, is a bulldog who is always attacking, and draws a TON of fouls. (he's only playing because of a court order after he was suspended due to being arrested for rape)
#3 Marcus Domask, 6'6" PG/Wing, super senior played 4 years at Southern Illinois. Is not a point guard, but plays it for Illinois. Was first team all-BigTen, along with Shannon, averaging 16/5/4 while shooting 30% from 3 and 87% from the line. He was a better 3-pt shooter in his first 4 years (36%). Likes to do what they call "booty ball" where he backs down the opposing PG and either shoots a fade away over them or passes out over them if a double comes.
#20 Ty Rodgers, 6'6" wing, soph, bouncy rebounder who has take ZERO 3pt shots this season. He's their leading offensive rebounder and scores around the rim. I think he'll struggle with the doubles we run down there, but can hurt us on the boards. Plays the '4' when they go smaller. Averages 6/5/2 and shoots 62% from the FT line
#13 Quincy Guerrier, 6'7" PF, super senior played 2 years at Syracuse and 2 years at Oregon. Averages 10/6 on 38% 3pt shooting and 58% from the FT line. Thicker body, but not as big as Tre King (by my eye). Pretty quiet on offense, but hits the boards and takes open looks.
#33 Coleman Hawkins, 6'10" PF, 4th yr player at Illinois (!!), averages 12/6/3 on 38% 3pt shooting and 80% FT shooting. Good shooter and passer and can handle the ball a bit . Spends a lot of time on offense at the 3pt line. Isn't big or strong and can be susceptible on post defense. (the player their opponents love to hate)
#42 Dain Dainja, 6'9" C, Junior played one year at Baylor (didn't really play) and in his second year at Illinois. Started some last year, but played less this year coming off the bench. Big, strong and kind of slow. Doesn't shoot 3s, averaged 6/3 and shot <50% from the FT line. Has been playing better lately, is 17-17 in their last 3 games and has a 21 point game and a 18 point game in the post season.
#10 Luke Goode (pronounced good-EE), 6'7" SF, junior in his 3rd year at Illinois, 40% 3pt shooter who doesn't do much else. He hasn't taken a 2pt shot since January.
#4 Justin Harmon, 6'4" PG, super senior transfer from Utah Valley, played at JUCO before that. Shoots 31% from 3, but a very good FT shooter (90%+)
CycloneErik
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KU had a good football team but that game was 'I think tonight's the night!' and then it wasn't unlike many a Cyclone game prior.
Hoping for a well played, clean game with no injuries.
But if ISU loses yeah a good idea to stay away. If you lurk you'll see some weirdos with all sorts of takes outside of reality consisting of but not limited to:
-refs hate ISU
-TJ isn't the guy for ISU (there's a few that show snippets of this no matter how many times he shows he is and need any reason to come back to it because he didn't apply on Indeed or something).
-ISU should have shot better (there's some that appear to think players choose whether or not they make shots)
-some stat/trend that ISU is strong in or IL isn't will not go accordingly and some won't understand that trends don't always hold up.
-to piggy back off of that, there will be 'a higher seed should never lose to a lower seed' angle regarding an NCAA tournament game.
-personal attacks on players from posters that have been banned previously for that very thing when this ISU team is a bunch of warriors that have already done great things.
CycloneErik
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Left out the very specific "Get BRE out of there! He's killing us!"
good write up. then they have the two guards that will play a bit each half...they are more traditional guards..one being a point.
'*insert major contributer who's a big reason ISU is here* needs to sit down and learn a lesson'
really good overview. Couple of notes:
- Guerrier had a hot start but has been pretty quiet on offense lately, but is capable of hitting threes
- Goode has been streaky, bordering on mildly disappointing to some fans, does some Glue Guy stuff, finally hit a few significant threes in the last couple games.
- Harmon has regressed into a glue guy as he is in a monster slump from three.
Other guys:
- Might see some Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn. Has worked his way into the edge of the rotation late in the year, Freshman who projects to be a pretty good offensive player. I think Underwood finally trusts him to not go crazy and force something. He could come in if we really need a change of pace on offense or if we get into a bind with fouls.
- Nico Moretti. Technically a freshman guard who joined the team last winter from Italy. Point Guard who's had limited minutes, shown a couple of flashes. He might come in for a change of pace if we really get into trouble with ball handling.
- Amani Hansberry. Freshman Big, probably won't see him unless we get into monster foul trouble between Hawkins and Dainja.
Per a friend's research... DGL and Hansberry are the only Illini on the roster that average more than 4 fouls per 40 minutes played. Milan is the only player you have that averages less than 4 fouls per 40 minutes played... attrition and getting to the line will be a big part of our strategy.
I’m sure this works for somebody, definitely would not work for me.
Yup. I'm going to see all of that on either your board or my home board tomorrow morning.
That is... very very not true. With all due respect, your friend is an idiot.
Only Hason Ward is significantly over 4 fouls per 40 minutes (6.5) - Tre King is 4.1, Bob Jones is 4.0, Watson is 4.3
You're wrong with the foul stats, but correct in the strategy. Two players in particular I think. It doesn't happen often, but there have a been a few games where Gilbert will pick up 2 early fouls and have to sit a fair bit in the first half. He's been so good defensively for us that any 6-8 minute stretch where he may be on the bench is a big challenge.
Then of course our bigs, particularly Ward. Hason has been incapable of staying out of foul trouble for a lot of the year and is super impactful when he is on the court. If it's one of those days where he can only play 10-12 minutes because of fouls, that bodes well for the Illini. If Hason can keep it clean and play ~20 minutes that's a big win for us, as his length/athleticism are immense for us on the defensive side and then the lob game offensively.
I haven't seen many myself besides the plane over but I've been stopped a few times walking around Boston.
"is there a game tonight? I've seen a lot of Iowa State fans"
Hope we have a good showing. If not we're certainly "loud" in our pride wearing lol
"is there a game tonight? I've seen a lot of Iowa State fans"
Hope we have a good showing. If not we're certainly "loud" in our pride wearing lol
