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 Posted: 02/27/08 11:35 pm ::: Illinois launches jennasmith13.com |
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Cool stuff! And she's only a SOPHOMORE.
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| Posted: 02/27/08 11:56 pm ::: |
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| What's their record like now? Are they a likely WNIT team this year?
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| Posted: 02/28/08 12:12 am ::: |
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| What's their record like now? Are they a likely WNIT team this year? |
They're 15-12. I hope they make the WNIT, but nothing is guaranteed. The worse part about this season is that we've been so close SO many times. I truly think we're the most cursed team in America.
Nine of our 16 Big Ten games have been decided by 5 points our less. We're 2-7 in those nine games. We've given up leads(@ Indiana, Michigan, @ Ohio State), come back from leads only to fold in the end(@ Purdue, @ Wisconsin), ect. We could easily be 19-8 right now.
It's been awful, though. We've not been as deep as I hoped. We lost one starter. She just left the team, we're not sure why, but I heard some rumors. One of our top shooters was moved to the PG position, and her shooting has suffered greatly. One of our starting posts a couple seasons has never really fully recovered from her ACL. Luckily we have some help coming in next year. We have a solid shooter from Ohio coming in. A 6'3" versatile post from a Chicago suburb who likes to shoot from the perimeter. Then we have a 6'2" girl from St. Louis who is an excellent all around player, averaging excellent numbers in points, rebounds, blocks, steals and assists.
Jenna has been our lone bright spot this season, though. She's unstoppable. In the last two weeks, she has scored 30+ points twice (32, 30). She plays a lot of 40 minute games and somehow is consistent as all get out. I don't think there is a player in the country that is more underrated than Jenna Smith. I love Jantel's game and respect Jolene as a savvy veteran, but the Big Ten POY resides in Champaign-Urbana and thats the end of it.
Okay, my Illinois rant is done. Sorry I put you through this. 
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bullsky
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| Posted: 02/28/08 10:23 am ::: |
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I thought Bjork was moved from the PG to the SG this year? Or are you talking about Harris moving to PG?
Was it Crutcher who left the team? |
Bjork just got moved back to the SG, but for a majority of the season she was playing PG. In Law's system, the PG isn't really supposed to score a lot, so that hurt Bjork's scoring. Now that she's back at the SG, she has been doing better.
And yes, it was Danyel Crutcher who left the team.
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| Posted: 02/28/08 10:10 pm ::: |
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| Krush - We've got the tournament. You're so right in the fact that the Illini have been close ALL year... let's hope for something special!
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