Kendrick Nunn dismissed from Illinois
Stemming from a Domestic Violence arrest that he had. Basketball-wise, it is a pretty substantial loss to them (he averaged about 15.5 points and 5 rebounds last year, torched us for 23). They suspended him immediately after it happened months ago, and waited on the results of the case (he plead guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery) to make a final decision. Illini basketball just got a lot less dangerous.
Exactly, he was punished as soon as they knew something bad happened, but waited for all of the facts and for everything to play out before any permanent decisions were made.
Baylor or MSU?
Go Dutchmen!
Yeah, kudos to them for making the right choice.
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Glad to see there are other schools in the conference doing the right thing and showing zero tolerance toward domestic violence.
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/shakes head and mutters in disgust.
Vince Edwards has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and returning to Purdue. The deadline to withdraw is tomorrow.
He needs that extra year. I expected Edwards to be a lot better as a college player than he's shown so far.
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That school, along with Purdue and Rutgers, strikes fear into the hearts of no one.
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04-05. That team had Deron Williams, Dee Brown, and Luther Head
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And they would have been downright scary if Benji Wilson was not killed in high school. He was good enough to go one-and-done, but the ultimate "what-if" is what if that 1988-89 Illinois team had a senior Benji Wilson.
What happens after that Illinois title game appearance parallels closely to what is happening to us. I don't think even we are striking fear into anyone either.
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...I can gaurantee that we did NOT strike fear into those teams. Despite scrapping out close wins against them once, they absolutely destroyed us in the other game we played them (Purdue times 2).
Those teams are head and shoulders better than us in just about every asset of the game. No good team feared us last year.
would be Maryland with Gary Williams. The Terps went to back to back Final Fours, winning it all the second time, and then never came close to replicating that. They made the Sweet 16 the year after winning it all, and then never made it past the first weekend. In the 9 years Williams coached Maryland after they won it all they had double digit losses in 6 of those years, and the two years they didn't have double digit losses they lost 9 games.
...its not a perfect analogy, but analogies rarely are.
Even though I thought the handling of Frank Clark was swift and appropriate given that circumstance
shortly after the season ended.
Nunn-domestic battery March 17'ish
Jaylon Tate misdemeanor domestic abuse that same week
Leron Black, aggravated assault, unclear when the offense occured but it was within a week or two of the end of season
Darius Paul was dismissed from the team the previous Fall for "misconduct" on a team trip
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I think the jokes about Baylor/Tennessee/MSU regarding violence against women and rape are pretty disgusting. Not really seeing the humor in making light of a very serious situation.
Look guys, we probably shouldn't tap that 2nd keg. We are already drunk enough, right?
Can't say anything without offending somebody these days.
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No the disgusting thing is all three schools covering up the incidents.
I mean it was a serious situatuon and all three schools did nothing - that's disgusting.
I am deeply offended as a Fat Guy that you would use that screen name.
He's recruited at a decent level but the results simply haven't been there. Granted, he's had some bad luck with injuries and boneheaded decisions by his players, but the bottom line is that Illinois has gotten worse each season since he took over.
23-12: NCAA second round
20-15: NIT second round
19-14: NIT first round
15-19: no postseason
That's not a resume that helps get the next job either.
I really thought he'd be a solid coach. Turned Ohio into a pretty good team, and in fact nearly made the Elite 8 a few years ago, a half court shot rimming out at the buzzer.
Appears to be one of those coaches who fits perfectly in a mid-major.