Illinois

[Disturbed]

I know this may not be the right board for this, but the Illini have 17 assists and only 3 turnovers at halftime. That's phenomenal. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like that.

[Da Coach]

Both teams had only 3 turnovers in the first half. It was a well played, fast tempo game.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200901040357

Illinois is shooting very well.

Former BU recruit, freshman Zach Novak has played a lot off the bench for Michigan, and his shooting is helping to keep Michigan in the game. He is 4-5 from the floor, and 3-4 from three for a team-leading 11 points so far.


Zack Novak-

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4755

[BradleyBrave]

Zach Novak would have had a Jeremy Crouch-like career at BU. I would have loved to have him. He just took a nasty shot to the eye and was bleeding all over the place. I'm guessing he's going to require stitches.

[Disturbed]

Six stitches. And as well as the Illini played, looks like they're going down. Michigan is pretty good. Beilein will have success there, he's a very good coach.

[Braves4Life]

Six stitches. And as well as the Illini played, looks like they're going down. Michigan is pretty good. Beilein will have success there, he's a very good coach.

And now he's back in the game What a tough SOB!

[IlliBraves]

Road wins are going to be tough to come by in the B10, and this league will be a very competitive one. Illinois played well, but didn't come up with the defensive stops they needed, with plenty of credit to a good Michigan team. Illinois didn't seem to shoot quite as well as they did in the first half either, and Michigan came out focused and executed well, something past Michigan teams have not been able to do.

[Bravesfan]

Road wins are going to be tough to come by in the B10, and this league will be a very competitive one. Illinois played well, but didn't come up with the defensive stops they needed, with plenty of credit to a good Michigan team. Illinois didn't seem to shoot quite as well as they did in the first half either, and Michigan came out focused and executed well, something past Michigan teams have not been able to do.

Well they won't crack the top 25 this week, but I think they will win a lot of games this year and make the Big Dance. Like Bradley, they got two tough road games out of the way early, so more home games will help them in the near future.

[MacabreMob]

... Illinois didn't seem to shoot quite as well as they did in the first half either...

They shot nearly 60% in the 1st 1/2. I wasn't surprised to see them come back to earth a little in the 2nd 1/2.

[Da Coach]

Zach Novak would have had a Jeremy Crouch-like career at BU. I would have loved to have him. He just took a nasty shot to the eye and was bleeding all over the place. I'm guessing he's going to require stitches.

The announcers made the statement that Novak did not have a scholarship offer of any kind until Beilein offered him late in March. I know Jim les liked him a lot, but I don't know if he offered the kid. I thought he did.

[RedbirdFan21]

Both teams had only 3 turnovers in the first half. It was a well played, fast tempo game.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200901040357

Illinois is shooting very well.

Former BU recruit, freshman Zach Novak has played a lot off the bench for Michigan, and his shooting is helping to keep Michigan in the game. He is 4-5 from the floor, and 3-4 from three for a team-leading 11 points so far.


Zack Novak-
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4755

Novak started today for the second time this year. He had 20 pts in his 1st career start vs. Wisconsin last week.

[georgethedog]

Why are we talking about a "hyphenated" school (UI-UC) on the Bradley Board? -