From: jwag9429@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John Wilbur Althauser)
Subject: Re: 1992 Illini thoughts.
Keywords: Kaufman, Keefe, Thomas, Michael, Wheeler, Pierce...
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:35:30 GMT

peppler@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Peppler) writes:

>In article <1992Apr9.201914.17386@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> yl44729@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ricker) writes:
>>piz@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (G G ZIPFEL) writes:
>>Kaufman should be back.  Richard keene looked very good against Proviso
>>East this year in the IHSA State tournment.  He held his own on a team
>>that basically relies on 2 players to score. (Keene and another player that
>>I don't remember his name).

>	Everybody says Keene looked good against Proviso.  He was 9 of
>	27 from the floor, for pete's sake!  He hit one NBA-length trey,
>	and everybody went ga-ga.  He showed little patience for running
>	his team's offense, and instead often simply dribbled the ball
>	down and shot...
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>-------------------------------
>| Randy Peppler               |
>| Illinois State Water Survey |
 
Which only shows that he knows how to listen to his coach, who told him
during sectional and supersectional play to take more shots.  He did miss
quite a few in that first quarter, but again Bob Bone told him to keep 
shooting.  Early in the game he did work the ball inside to teammate, but
they did very little with it, other than get blocked or have it stolen.  

Collinsvilles scoring was all Keene or one forward who scored with high 
extension jumpers.  I think he scored about 15 pts. or so.  
and that would account for more than 80% of Collinsvilles scoring.  To lead
a team with two 'players' within 2 pts. of defeating a squad which hasn't
been beaten in two years shows something.  I noticed that Provisio finished
the season ranked 2nd behind DeMatha in USA Today's final poll of H.S. teams. 

Keene will give Henson a Bardo size pt. guard (but without all of Bardo's 
athleticism) who has the range of Doug Altenburger. I would also expect him
to outpass any IL point guard in the last ten years (which isn't saying too
to be a better ballhandler and passer than any Illini pt. guard of the past
ten years (which wouldn't make him all that great, but will help the squad
immensely).  I predict he'll start for 4 years and B10 coaches will see 
more than they want of him.  


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Sr:Kauffman ?  6'6"   Taylor  6'4"  Jr:Thomas  6'9"  Michael  6'8" Clemons 6'0"
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@  John Althauser                 "The time has come," the Walrus said,
@  jwag9429@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu          "To talk of many things:
@   G O I L L                     Of shoes- and ships- and sealing wax-
@   I G O I I                         Of cabbages- and kings
@   N I ! L N                      And why the sea is boiling hot-
@   I N I L I                        And whether pigs have wings."
@   L L I O G                                                   L.C.
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Wheeler 6'4" Pierce 6'8" So:Bennett 6'6" Davidson 6'6" Fr:Keene 6'5" Gandy 6'8"
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@walkons:     Tuttle    Harris          Roth

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