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Georgia Tech at Illinois

tornado

tornado

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anyone watching this game??

Kinda entertaining - each team going on runs...
Joe Bertrand having a good game

Illini up 67-60 w/3:24 left
 
Illini go to 8-0 with a 75-62 win

Big Ten are up 6 wins to 4 but the two games still in action have Penn State going to lose to BC and then Duke is battling Ohio State so if Duke wins then the Challenge will be 6-6
 
On another note, I don't know if he's a late-bloomer or if he just has a new found confidence with John Groce, but Tyler Griffey has scored in double figures in 7 of 8 Illini games.
 
Griffey is a good player - if he was on a good mid-major team he'd be their star, they'd be 6-0, ranked, and he'd be getting national attention...
..all the more reason good players need to keep their mid-major options open.
 
tornado said:
Griffey is a good player - if he was on a good mid-major team he'd be their star, they'd be 6-0, ranked, and he'd be getting national attention...
..all the more reason good players need to keep their mid-major options open.
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I don't disagree in that in most cases kids reach beyond their recruiting center and take the highest level offer (i.e. Matt Roth). However, in Griffey's case, he had offers from Kansas, Missouri, Stanford, and Purdue.
 
tornado said:
Griffey is a good player - if he was on a good mid-major team he'd be their star, they'd be 6-0, ranked, and he'd be getting national attention...
..all the more reason good players need to keep their mid-major options open.
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So instead, he's 7-0, nationally ranked, getting attention, on a major program who is much more likely to go far in the NCAA tourney, scoring double digits, and is going to be playing against competition the likes of the #1, #3, #4, and #11 in the country. I love mid-major basketball, but it's hard to fault Griffey for his choice right now. He clearly didn't shoot to high.
 
amckillip said:
So instead, he's 7-0, nationally ranked, getting attention, on a major program who is much more likely to go far in the NCAA tourney, scoring double digits, and is going to be playing against competition the likes of the #1, #3, #4, and #11 in the country. I love mid-major basketball, but it's hard to fault Griffey for his choice right now. He clearly didn't shoot to high.
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My point was that he would have had to pass on 4 other major/high majors to accept an offer to a mid-major.
 
amckillip said:
So instead, he's 7-0, nationally ranked, getting attention, on a major program who is much more likely to go far in the NCAA tourney, scoring double digits, and is going to be playing against competition the likes of the #1, #3, #4, and #11 in the country. I love mid-major basketball, but it's hard to fault Griffey for his choice right now. He clearly didn't shoot to high.
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maybe so but he had to wait 4 years and still barely gets mentioned as an afterthought and hardly ever as a key component of his team...
PLUS - had Leonard & Richmond not gone - Griffey might still be playing deep backup minutes
 
It's so funny how the BU/Illini recent teams have been so similar. Great success, (UI 05, BU 06), followed by a steady decline, new coaches brought in and currently have the teams playing well. As a huge fan of both, I am enjoying this year!

I was a huge fan of JL and BW, but I am very happy with what the new coaches have done turning things around.

Keep on rolling!
 
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