[Oskee] Hello NIT

Mon Jan 25 09:25:34 EST 2010

And it would help if Tis learned how to move his feet and bend his knees  
when playing defense ( or is that an oxy moron)?

In a message dated 1/25/2010 9:16:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jarbuck at ilstu.edu writes:

Did  anyone notice what Georgia did Saturday?  
Georgia          78   
#8  Tennessee    63 
The  bright spot of my weekend. 
I  too, am disappointed, but think the NIT might be a better fit for us,  
especially if we can learn how to win games. We seem to have no killer  
instinct. The 3 juniors we expected so much from have been disappointing, to  say 
the least. McCamey makes very poor decisions some times. Davis seems to  
have lost confidence. 2 rebounds? Tisdale needs to spend the summer with an  
official learning how not to foul. 

From:  oskee-bounces at heins.net [mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net] On Behalf 
Of  Robert Mingee
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:50  PM
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List
Subject:  Re: [Oskee] Hello NIT

Alright, I'm as  disappointed at this season as anyone, but let's not get 
carried away.   It would take a collapse of truly monumental proportions at 
this point to not  get invited to the NIT.  While I am probably most 
disappointed in Bruce  this year, given that we show a lot of the hallmarks of an 
undisciplined team,  and that falls on coaching, I still believe in him enough 
to feel certain he  will not let this season sink that low.  Honestly, 
that's probably a  better place for this team, because they have at least a 
chance of some level  of success, vs a likely first round exit in the dance.

I thought  Northwestern looked like a better team this game compared to 
when they came  here, which makes sense given they were at home this time, but 
it still seems  clear we've got the superior talent.  For the first time in 
quite some  time, the whole is much less than the sum of the parts this 
year, and that's  just sad.  It all falls down to the lack of a real leader on 
the floor,  because I'm sorry, McCamey is not that guy.  He has improved in 
many ways  this year, and really does seem to be giving it his all most of 
the time, but  he's just not a floor leader in the mold of Dee or Chet.

Someone else  talked about playing the freshmen more, and Griffey has 
already been getting a  lot more minutes of late, and looking OK.  Maybe he'll 
start pushing  Davis to do better, because honestly, he's been a 
disappointment more often  than not since the start of the conference season, if not even 
a bit  earlier.

This team WILL be better next year, even if the incoming  freshman don't 
contribute much.  Tisdale is playing more within his  strengths now, McCamey 
has his head on straight, and the freshmen from this  year will improve, even 
if none of them step up to be the floor leader we  need.  That's the one 
thing that may still hold us back from reaching our  full potential again next 
year, but there's little doubt in my mind we'll be  better than this year.  
Davis is the one guy that seems to be at best  staying at the same level, 
and at worst regressing, and it's probably mental,  because he's got the 
skills.

-- robert

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From: Ken Hillary  <kdh8 at cornell.edu>
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List  <oskee at heins.net>
Sent: Sun, January 24, 2010 9:26:03  AM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] Hello NIT

Is the NIT even  a lock????

And next year we effectively have the same team, with the  addition of 
some supposedly great freshmen. But the good freshmen this  year didn't 
help move us to a different level... Can they  mature....

Todd Sweet wrote:
>
> Afraid you’re right Kevin.  About the only thing that could get us in 
> now would be to run (most  of) the table or win the Big Ten Tourney. 
> Very disappointing. I  certainly didn’t expect us to win a title this 
> year, but I never  thought this team would miss the tourney. I think 
> what upsets me the  most is that we got beat last night by a team 
> simply because they  wanted it worse than we did. Even after we lost 
> the lead at the end  (which should have never happened), we played very 
> casually and  without a sense of urgency.
>
> Todd S
>
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>  *From:* _oskee-bounces at heins.net_ (mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net)  
[mailto:_oskee-bounces at heins.net_ (mailto:oskee-bounces at heins.net) ] *On  
> Behalf Of *Kevin Kemna
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 23, 2010  9:13 PM
> *To:* _oskee at heins.net_ (mailto:oskee at heins.net) 
> *Subject:* [Oskee]  Hello NIT
>
> Well the Illini had an 8 point lead in the second  half and blew several
>
> Chances to extend that lead then we let  the Wildcats back into the game.
>
> I thought with Richardson and  Paul coming alive this game
>
> We could build on  it.
>
> Kevin
>
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