[Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.

[Arbuckle, Jeanne]

I saw Joseph Bertrand in the slam dunk competition twice this weekend.
He not only won his class (3A) but also King of the Hill.  He is very
athletic. I've heard that he probably won't be able to take the job away
from McCamey this year. I hope he works really hard over the summer and
surprises everyone. I also hope Jeff Jordan finds some way to score
because we are going to need his defense on the floor next year.

 

I also saw Jereme Richmond. His talent is amazing, but the attitude
needs an adjustment.

 

Jeanne

 

From: oskee-bounces at heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net] On Behalf
Of Greg Adams
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 5:38 PM
To: List Serv
Subject: RE: [Oskee] I guess the freaking pundits were right.

 

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

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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.

 

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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.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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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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