At least you don’t get locked out if this board like Doug does to anyone that even tells facts on your football board.
Oh, a whataboutism on a Northwestern basketball forum. Nice! Yep, our football team has been bad, yet it hasn't quite matched up to Northwestern basketball.
Maybe a knife isn’t needed when evaluating the state of the Fighting Lovies. They are well on their way to the worse decade in the history of the program. Last 3 coaches- Lovie 4-23, Cubit 2-6, Becky 4-20. That would be an unreal 10-49 conference record!
In the storied 114-year history of Illini basketball, the otters have never lost even 20 games. This year, they lost 21. But yeah, next year will be a complete reversal and they will be solidly in the Dance...
Yes, you trying to change the subject to football is both not hurtful and also a weak insult.
NW basketball has made 1 postseason ever. They capitalized on that by becoming a complete dumpster fire and returning to the bottom of the conference. It's sad when Rutgers is objectively better than you.
I change it even further. The Illinois Athletic department is in complete shambles. It has about 2 -3 programs total that are above average. One of them competes in a sport with 17 D 1 programs, but keep puffing out your chests just like I got to see the arrogance first hand for the last 30 years. Now go back to your own board and tell each other how much better you are than the mildcats after finishing with a worse record and dominating them in an OT game between bottom feeders this year. Be proud that you set the record for most losses in a season and lost to Florida Atlantic. A once proud program is reduced to posting on the boards of a dumpster fire of a program. Pathetic.
Yes, you trying to change the subject to football is both not hurtful and also a weak insult.
NW basketball has made 1 postseason ever. They capitalized on that by becoming a complete dumpster fire and returning to the bottom of the conference. It's sad when Rutgers is objectively better than you.
Ecat is to OSU as you are to Illinoy. I love it!
Yeah, it's a lot of fun watching you guys come to the realization that you are not going to be good for a long time.
Good to see some semblance of self-awareness.
Our program hasn't had many turnarounds because we're hardly ever bad. We need a couple guys to fill the holes we have. We're bringing in a stud center. We will likely land TJ Holyfield as a grad transfer- both Duke and Kansas are trying to get him. Just need one more wing and our team is much better than last year. Looks like we're losing one guy to medical issues and potentially one more. We're returning over 70% of our minutes played on a young roster. If you can't see that adds up to a step forward, you don't know basketball.
We played the 11th most difficult schedule in the nation. We also finished ahead of a veteran Northwestern squad in the B1G. Had you guys not played the322nd worst non-con schedule in the nation, your record would have been even worse. Embarrassing what you guys did with a roster full of Juniors and Seniors. Now they're all gone.
A Fargo reference. That's what I appreciates about ya.
Wow, you're bragging about bringing back 70% of the roster that lost a record 21 games. Sounds like it's you who knows nothing about basketball.
It's cute that you thought that you have that sort of authority.
Iowa lost 19 last year against a much easier schedule. It's almost like continuity and experience matter. Weird that statisticians use that as a predictive metric when willycat says it's not important.
The Fighting Undies will be very average next year and somehow I bet we don’t see you much. Of course, NU can do what the Illini do and just block trolls. Go away, corn man.
Just curious, what does your basketball experience and knee operation have to do with the rest of your post? It seemed like you were leading somewhere, but you never address it again.
A lot of wishful thinking on this post.
Ok, I finally got it. On paper you’ve got it all figured out. Can you petition the NCAA so you can skip the playing part? The arrogance is hilarious.
I'd rather not skip the playing. Beating Northwestern is like eating corn flakes; No one gets excited about it, but you just do it routinely and then go about your business.
Actually it was media oeople who talked about that; people in this board merely responded to that. What is REALLY amusing is the posters on Loyalry sayin withiut any media prompting, that the Illini will somehow turn this dumpster fiire of a season they had into 14 conference wins next season , when the Illini have not had even 13 conference wins since 2005. And all of this after an absolute joke of a season -- Kofi will be our saviour, OUR SAVIOR I TELL YOU! Talk about delusion. .
If “beating Northwestern is like cornflakes”, then why is it all you talk about or focus upon? Is it because all of your athletic programs have been a dumpster fire? Keep in mind that our football program has dominated yours since 2000.
Look, this is what you said, “If you look at how KenPom evaluates minutes returning, Illinois is a top 40 team next season on KP. That's at the least a bubble team. Then again, look where Northwestern started the season, and look at how you performed.” Ok...This is what I meant when I said you’ve got it all figured out. Hey there genius, everyone is Nostradamus in hindsight.
No one is quite as bad as that and when Duke got close, we let them off the hook
I don't read any northwestern articles. It was on this board. Loyalty is full of morons. That poster probably thought you guys would make a final 4 too.
You guys lost to us at the end of the season. I think that tells you all you need to know about how our teams tended over the course of the season. Your veteran-laden team got beat by a bunch of freshman and sophomores who were learning how to play college basketball. Illinois sent you home crying.
Lol, time to dunk on you again! We lost to you WITHOUT our best offensive and defensive player, one of thise very veterans you eedernce in you post.! With him, we beat you easily. Even without him, it took overtime for you to beat us, even though you had zero injuries! And then you got absolutely smoked in the next round! Nice positive "tending" for your team, tho! Please post moar, thus is too much fun!
Uh, it was on this board because we were commenting on a Clark Kellog observation; perhaps you have heard of him. The thoughts did not originate on this board, unlike the ridic 14 BIG win posts, which only exist in the delusional minds of posters on an Illini fan board. How mant BIG wins do you think the Illini will have next year?
Maybe someone can hire you full time, but with your logic I doubt that happens Corn man.