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The Illini played Michigan State in the premier ESPN game of the night and played about as badly as we did on Wednesday.
Michigan State played without their All American Valentine and Illinois played without leading scorer Kendrick Nunn who left to be back home for "birth of his child". Mike Thorne Jr. (knee), Leron Black (knee), Tracy Abrams (achilles) are also out for Illinois.
They fell behind by 25 in the first half, and never looked good. Tom Izzo played deep bench guys much of the 2nd half (Deyonta Davis, Matt McQuaid, Javon Bess, Kyle Ahrens, Kenny Goins, Greg Roy, Colby Wollenman...) and all the starters were resting by the 8 min mark.
Wonder if KW is gonna give us a column ripping them. Back when the Illini were playing well he covered them and tweeted about them. Headlines were pretty brutal when BU lost but now it's "Illinois falls.."
BTW - Morton HS Brett Bisping went for a career high 28 pts, 8 rebs
and the other team Brian Wardle built - Green Bay goes to 3-0 in the Horizon
The star was junior Turner Botz - a Nate-Kennell-type player that Coach Wardle landed from Little Chute, Wisconsin - and who went virtually unknown & unrecruited other than Brian Wardle.
Several of Wardles recruits that are still at Green Bay are shooting around 40% or better
Nick Norton had NINE assists tonight for UAB - he's averaging 5.5
Michigan State played without their All American Valentine and Illinois played without leading scorer Kendrick Nunn who left to be back home for "birth of his child". Mike Thorne Jr. (knee), Leron Black (knee), Tracy Abrams (achilles) are also out for Illinois.
They fell behind by 25 in the first half, and never looked good. Tom Izzo played deep bench guys much of the 2nd half (Deyonta Davis, Matt McQuaid, Javon Bess, Kyle Ahrens, Kenny Goins, Greg Roy, Colby Wollenman...) and all the starters were resting by the 8 min mark.
Wonder if KW is gonna give us a column ripping them. Back when the Illini were playing well he covered them and tweeted about them. Headlines were pretty brutal when BU lost but now it's "Illinois falls.."
BTW - Morton HS Brett Bisping went for a career high 28 pts, 8 rebs
and the other team Brian Wardle built - Green Bay goes to 3-0 in the Horizon
The star was junior Turner Botz - a Nate-Kennell-type player that Coach Wardle landed from Little Chute, Wisconsin - and who went virtually unknown & unrecruited other than Brian Wardle.
Several of Wardles recruits that are still at Green Bay are shooting around 40% or better
Nick Norton had NINE assists tonight for UAB - he's averaging 5.5
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