[Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.

[Greg Adams]

Hard to say that its a disappointment to lose out in the first round. We started the season with tournament expectations but then wound up a five seed. WKU was definitely better than a 12 seed. McCamey looks like he needs a dose of playing time competition and Davis and Tisdale need to Beef up with a capital BEEF. The B10 is loaded with good sophomores who will undoubtly improve; here's hoping ours do as well. And, I hope the three guard recruits coming in the fall are athletic because we need it on the perimeter. Still a 20-win season helps get us back to climing the hill. 

Greg


Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:54:06 -0700
From: jdlive at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.
To: oskee at heins.net





Too bad they didn't realize they needed to play hard until it was too late. I think maybe they were satisfied with just getting the bid to the tournament, which is a shame.





From: DJField <djfield0 at yahoo.com>
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List <oskee at heins.net>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:15:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.



Yes, disappointing doesn't quite cover it. It really surprised me that we were that ineffective at defending against the open 3. That hadn't happened all year. And I agree with you Kevin that the sophomores were not ready for this game. Mostly I feel bad for Chester. Chester deserved better. Chester's team deserved better.

 

Things to look forward to:

 

Freshmen. Griffey, Richardson, Bertrand, and Paul. At least two of these guys are starters.

Calories. Another 1,386,000 for Mike T between now and November 2.

Improvement: Mike Davis having another off-season like the last one.

 

 

 

 

 

 







From: Kevin Kemna <kemna at hughes.net>
To: oskee at heins.net
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:43:09 AM
Subject: [Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.










Well for 35 minutes the Illini defense sucked every which way.  We allowed way to many easy offensive rebounds and open court lay ups to the 
Hilltoppers.  We really missed Chester's defense and rebounds during the game.
 
The bright side after sucking and getting down by 17 we mounted a great comeback as the seniors Trent & Calvin played damn great but wasn't enough.
 
I think our sophomores showed they hadn't played in a NCAA tourney game
Until tonight.
 
Damn I hate losing a first round game we need to stop this trend but crap it'll
Be a year to avenge this.
 
GO ILLINI
 
Kevin











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