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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey is holding talks with the Kurdish rebels' jailed leader to press the autonomy-seeking guerrilla group to relinquish arms and end its decades-long conflict, a senior official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser, Yalcin Akdogan, insisted in an interview with Taraf newspaper that the discussions were aimed at convincing the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to lay down its arms for good. He said Turkey was not seeking any kind of a temporary truce, similar to those the PKK has declared in the past and which critics say allow the group to recoup before resuming attacks on Turkish military targets.
"The basic aim of the meetings is not a temporary ceasefire but to push the organization to put down its arms," Taraf quoted Akdogan as saying.
Akdogan's comments came days after Erdogan also said Turkey's intelligence agency has resumed discussions with rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life term on a prison island off Istanbul. "As long as we see a light we'll continue to talk. If there is no light, we'll stop there," Erdogan said, without providing details on the discussions.
Turkey ? which has been torn between a desire for reconciliation with Kurds and its stated aim of battling a group it regards as terrorists ? has admitted holding secret discussions with Ocalan and other PKK members in recent years. Officials have said those talks failed.
The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives since the rebels ? who are seeking self-rule for Kurds in southeast Turkey ? took up arms in 1984. Turkey's Western allies also label the group a terrorist organization. The Kurdish minority comprises more than 20 percent of Turkey's 75 million people.
The resumption of talks with Ocalan comes amid a surge in violence this year which has killed hundreds of PKK rebels, Turkish security force members and civilians.
Ocalan, imprisoned since 1999, is believed to still hold sway over the PKK. Last month, at Ocalan's request, hundreds of Kurdish prisoners ended a hunger strike they had started to demand more rights for Kurds and improved jail conditions.
Erdogan's government has granted unprecedented rights to Kurds since coming to power in 2002, including opening a Kurdish-language television station and allowing optional Kurdish language courses in schools. But prospects of a solution appear remote due to Turkish public opposition to granting greater concessions, including political autonomy, to the Kurds.
The recent increase in violence follows the arrests of thousands of Kurdish activists, including elected mayors and journalists, who are accused of membership in an umbrella organization prosecutors say is linked to the PKK. Many Kurds also are angered that no one has been held to account for military air strikes last year that killed 34 Kurdish civilians, many of them youngsters, who were mistaken for PKK fighters.
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Initial reports from UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II had former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos suffering a broken jaw. UFC president Dana White made mention of the possible injury, but it was later denied by Paula Sack.
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We're very happy that 2012 ended up being the year of whole-home DVRs. We reviewed Dish Network's Hopper earlier this year and now we've spent some quality time with DirecTV's Genie -- can't say we expected the cute names. Capable of serving up to eight rooms in your house (but only four at once), the Genie system works with a variety of setups, including being built into some newer Samsung TVs. Only available as part of DirecTV service, the Genie can be had for free by some new DirecTV customers who are willing to sign a term agreement and select the right package, and available to existing customers as an upgrade for $300 depending on the circumstances. If DirecTV didn't already have you at five tuners, 1TB and up to eight rooms, then click through for a full rundown on the latest the original direct satellite broadcast TV provider has to offer.
Internally displaced Afghans wait in line to receive firewood donated by Welt Hunger Hilfe 'German Agro Action' in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Around 240 internally displaced families received firewood. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Internally displaced Afghans wait in line to receive firewood donated by Welt Hunger Hilfe 'German Agro Action' in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Around 240 internally displaced families received firewood. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghan men carry a sick elderly man from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment at the main border crossing of Torkham, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Today is the second day that Torkham the main border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed by Pakistani authorities, hundreds of trucks, cars plus several hundred people including, women, children, elders and especially sick people who are going from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment are waiting for the border to open, there are reports of at least three civilians being killed in Afghanistan side and more than five others being killed in Pakistan side since the border is closed because of the cold weather and heavy rain (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Afghan people stand in the main border crossing of Torkham, between Afghanistan and Pakistan east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Today is the second day that Torkham the main border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed by Pakistani authorities, hundreds of trucks, cars plus several hundred people including, women, children, elders and especially sick people who are going from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment are waiting for the border to open, there are reports of at least three civilians being killed in Afghanistan side and more than five others being killed in Pakistan side since the border is closed because of the cold weather and heavy rain (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Afghan people stand in the main border crossing Torkham, between Afghanistan and Pakistan east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. Today is the second day that Torkham the main border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is closed by Pakistani authorities, hundreds of trucks, cars plus several hundred people including, women, children, elders and especially sick people who are going from Afghanistan to Pakistan for treatment are waiting for the border to open, there are reports of at least three civilians being killed in Afghanistan side and more than five others being killed in Pakistan side since the border is closed because of the cold weather and heavy rain (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
In this undated photo provided by Maj. Gen. John Cantwell, front, the general walks along with other soldiers in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. The troops Cantwell was fighting alongside in the Gulf War had used bulldozing tanks to bury the man alive. This hand - so jarringly human amid the cold mechanics of bombs and anonymous enemies - was about to wedge itself, the Australian man would write decades later, "like a splinter under the skin of my soul." It would lead, along with other battlefield horrors, to the splintering of his mind and to a locked psychiatric ward. (AP Photo/Maj. Gen. John Cantwell, Sergeant Neil Ruskin) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press.
At the same time, insider killings by uniformed Afghans against their foreign allies rose dramatically, eroding confidence between the two sides at a crucial turning point in the war and when NATO troops and Afghan counterparts are in more intimate contact.
"The overall situation is improving," said a NATO spokesman, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lester T. Carroll. He singled out Afghan special forces as "surgically removing insurgent leaders from the battle space."
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Defense, said Afghan forces were now charged with 80 percent of security missions and were less equipped to face the most lethal weapon of the militants ? roadside bombs.
"Our forces are out there in the battlefields and combat areas more than at any other time in the past," he said, citing reasons for the spike in casualties.
U.S. troop deaths, overall NATO fatalities and Afghan civilian deaths all dropped as insurgent attacks fell off in their traditional strongholds in the country's south and east. However, insurgent activity was up in the north and west, where the Taliban and other groups have been less active in the past, and overall levels of violence were higher than before a U.S. troop surge more than two years ago.
U.S. troop deaths declined overall from 404 last year to 295 as of Saturday. The Defense Department says 1,701 U.S. troops have been killed in action in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001 until Dec. 26. Of those, 338 died from non-hostile causes. Some 18,154 were wounded.
A total of 394 foreign troops, including the Americans, were killed in 2012, down from 543 in 2011. The British, with the second-largest military presence, had 43 killed ? the second-highest toll among countries with forces in Afghanistan, by AP's count.
The AP keeps daily tallies of casualties and violent incidents across Afghanistan based on reports from NATO and Afghan officials. Most cannot be independently verified, and other incidents may never come to light. The statistics sometimes vary from official counts because of time lags, different criteria and other reasons.
Deaths from so-called insider attacks ? Afghan police and troops killing foreign allies ? surged to 61 in 45 attacks last year compared with 2011, when 35 coalition troops were killed in 21 attacks.
The number, provided by the NATO command, does not include the Dec. 24 killing of an American civilian adviser by a female member of the Afghan police because the investigation is ongoing.
The focus of NATO's mission has largely veered from the battlefield to training the Afghans ahead of a pullout of most troops by 2014. The U.S plans to maintain a residual force, the size of which is now being determined.
A NATO report that tracks violence in the country showed a rise this year compared with the period before the surge of U.S. troops into the country. But the levels were down from last year and a peak in the summer of 2010. Kabul and the country's second-largest city, Kandahar, saw a considerable drop in lethal attacks, but districts in Kandahar province remain among the most restive in Afghanistan.
Militant attacks, the report said, decreased countrywide by 7 percent through November compared with the same 11-month period last year. But they were up in the northern and western parts of the country, which previously had been among the most peaceful regions.
Although NATO officials frequently credit Afghan troops with successful unilateral operations, a recent U.S. congressional report noted that higher-level Afghan units still need vital air, logistics and other support from foreign forces.
More Afghan police and soldiers are dying in the conflict, according to numbers provided by the interior and defense ministries.
More than 1,050 Afghan troops died this year, substantially higher than last year, although the ministry could not provide the exact 2011 death toll.
Nearly 1,400 police died in the 10 months from March 21 to the end of the year, compared with about the same number for the 12 months beginning March 21, 2011. The Afghan government follows a calendar year starting March 21.
NATO says Afghan security forces have grown from 132,000 in March 2011 to 333,000 this month.
The AP tally showed that at least 822 Afghan civilians had been killed by the Taliban and other militants this year while another 119 died in NATO airstrikes and other operations. That was a decrease from last year, when 1,151 were killed by insurgents and 283 by NATO. Substantially smaller numbers perish when caught in crossfires.
The United Nations reported different casualty figures but also noted that civilian deaths had decreased, reversing a five-year trend of mounting civilian deaths. Its latest report says that during the first six months of the year, 1,145 civilians died in conflict-related violence, compared with 1,510 in the same period of 2011. The U.N. considers insurgent land mines and roadside bombs to be particularly deadly for civilians.
Close to 3,000 militants were reported to have been killed by coalition and Afghan forces this year, compared with more than 3,500 last year. The NATO command does not issue reports on the number of insurgents its troops have killed, and Afghan military figures, from which the AP compiles its data, cannot be independently verified.
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
Rarely has the government sent so many conflicting signals in so short a time about the bottom line for the health care industry.
Cuts are coming, says Washington, and some could be really big. Yet more government spending is also being promised as President Barack Obama's health care overhaul advances and millions of uninsured people move closer to getting government-subsidized coverage.
"Imagine a person being told they are going to get a raise, but their taxes are also going to go up and they are going to be paying more for gas," said Thornton Kirby, president of the South Carolina Hospital Association. "They don't know if they are going to be taking home more or less. That's the uncertainty when there are so many variables in play."
Real money is at stake for big hospitals and small medical practices alike. Government at all levels pays nearly half the nation's health care tab, with federal funds accounting for most of that.
It's widely assumed that a budget deal will mean cuts for Medicare service providers. But which ones? How much? And will Medicaid and subsidies to help people get coverage under the health care law also be cut?
As House Speaker John Boehner famously said: "God only knows." The Ohio Republican was referring to the overall chances of getting a budget deal, but the same can be said of how health care ? one-sixth of the economy ? will fare.
"There is no political consensus to do anything significant," said Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere Health, a market analysis firm. "There is a collective walking away from things that matter. All the stuff on the lists of options becomes impossible, because there is no give-and-take."
As if things weren't complicated enough, doctors keep facing their own recurring fiscal cliff, separate from the bigger budget battle but embroiled in it nonetheless.
Come Jan. 1, doctors and certain other medical professionals face a 26.5 percent cut in their Medicare payments, the consequence of a 1990s deficit-reduction law gone awry. Lawmakers failed to repeal or replace that law even after it became obvious that it wasn't working. Instead, Congress usually passes a "doc fix" each year to waive the cuts.
This year, the fix got hung up in larger budget politics. Although a reprieve is expected sooner or later, doctors don't like being told to sit in the congressional waiting room.
"It seems like there is a presumption that physicians and patients can basically tolerate this kind of uncertainty while the Congress goes through whatever political machinations they are going through," said Dr. Jeremy Lazarus, president of the American Medical Association. "Our concern is that physician uncertainty and anxiety about being able to pay the bills will have an impact on taking care of patients."
A recent government survey indicates that Medicare beneficiaries are having more problems when trying to find a new primary care doctor, and Lazarus said that will only get worse.
Adding to their unease, doctors also face an additional reduction if automatic spending cuts go through. Those would be triggered if Obama and congressional leaders are unable to bridge partisan differences and strike a deal. They are part of the combination of tax increases and spending cuts dubbed the "fiscal cliff."
Medicare service providers would get hit with a 2 percent across-the-board cut, but Medicaid and subsidies for the uninsured under Obama's health care overhaul would be spared. The Medicare cut adds up to about $120 billion over ten years, with 40 percent falling on hospitals, according to Avalare's analysis. Nursing homes, Medicare Advantage plans and home health agencies also get hit.
The American Hospital Association says that would lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of hospital jobs in a labor intensive industry that also generates employment for other businesses in local communities.
"It's very difficult to believe hospitals can absorb the kinds of numbers they are talking about without reducing service or workforce," said Kirby, the hospital association head. "You may decide that a service a hospital provides is not affordable ? for example, obstetrics in a rural community ? if you're making a little bit of money or losing a little bit of money by continuing to deliver babies in a rural community."
Independent analysts like Mendelson doubt that a 2 percent Medicare cut to hospitals would be catastrophic, but say it will cost jobs somewhere.
Even if there is a budget deal, the squeeze will be on.
The administration has proposed $400 billion in health care cuts so far in the budget talks, coming mainly from Medicare spending. That's only a starting point as far as Republicans are concerned. They also want to pare back Medicaid and Obama's health care law, and have also sought an increase in the eligibility age for Medicare.
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders regarding the fiscal cliff, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
The president says he remains "optimistic" that an agreement can be reached in Congress before a looming year-end deadline to avoid tax increases and spending cuts.
If Congress can't reach a deal, the president says Congress should allow a vote on a basic package that would preserve tax cuts for middle-class Americans while extending unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and working toward a foundation for a broader deal.
The president says an hourlong meeting Friday with congressional leaders was "good and constructive."
Senate leaders say they hope to reach a compromise that could be presented to lawmakers by Sunday, little more than 24 hours before the deadline.
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#1 ? Dcudds?
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Posted Today, 11:55 AM
Opponent
Auburn ? SEC Record ? 0-0 (Conference) 5-6 (Overall)
Quality Wins
None
Rankings
Points per game ? 67.2 (192nd) < vs. Illini 76.6 (45th) Rebounds per game ? 36.6 (121st) > vs. Illini 36.5 (124th) Assists per game ? 13.6 (131st) > vs. Illini 11.8 (250th) FG% - .421 (232nd) < vs. Illini .443 (141st)
Major Players
6-4 Sr Guard ? Brandon Paul ? 19.2 ppg, .444 FG%, .385 3P% 6-3 Sr Guard ? D.J. Richardson ? 11.2 ppg, .357 FG%, .326 3P% 6-2 Jr Guard ? Chris Denson ? 17 ppg, .575 FG%, .286 3P% 6-1 Sr Guard ? Frankie Sullivan ? 16.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.6 apg
Interesting Stats
1. Free-throw attempts: UI ? 239 (71%) vs. Auburn ? 210 (71%) 2. TO?s per game: UI ? 12 vs. Auburn ? 14 3. Steals per game: UI ? 8 vs. Auburn ? 8
More Stats
1. Auburn has attempted 192 treys compared to UI?s 343. 2. Auburn is averaging 34% from behind the arc versus UI?s 37%. 3. Auburn has collected 139 offensive rebounds compared to UI?s 160. 4. Auburn has collected 264 defensive rebounds compared to UI?s 314.
Gunners
Noel Johnson ? 18 of 38 shooting 47% Frankie Sullivan ? 17 of 67 shooting 25% Brandon Paul ? 35 of 91 shooting 39% DJ Richardson ? 31 of 95 shooting 33%
Cudds keys to winning:
1. We need to protect the basketball because Auburn does a decent job of creating TO?s and minimize the unforced TO?s. Auburn has four players that average a steal per game and another two that are on the cusp at .9 spg. Allen Payne (1.6 spg) and Josh Wallace (1.5 spg) are Auburn?s two best players at creating steals. Brandon Paul (2.7 tpg) and Tracy Abrams (2.9 tpg) need to do a good job of protecting the basketball and limiting the TO?s as well as the rest of the team.
2. Keep Chris Denson from getting into the lane and scoring on the free-throw line. He?s only played in the last four games and Auburn is 3-1 with a loss to Bowling Green. He?s a scorer and a very good one when getting into the paint (.575 FG%). In four games he?s got to the free-throw line 27 times, but from behind the arc he?s only shooting .286 3P%. That may be deceiving though, he?s only put up seven shots from behind the arc. Regardless, I?d like to keep him in front of me and out of the lane.
3. Turn up the heat on defense. Auburn is TO prone and I?d like to see us create a minimum of 15 TO?s with our defense. Frankie Sullivan is Auburn?s Phil Pressey and he?s averaging 3.1 TO?s per game. Auburn is not an impressive passing team similar to the Illini (14 apg to 14 tpg this year). Brandon Paul (1.5 spg), DJ Richardson (1.5 spg), and Tracy Abrams (1.4 spg) will have the opportunity to get steals and hopefully we can capitalize in transition and score some easy buckets.
4. Let?s do a better job of scoring the basketball. I thought we played with good pace against Missouri and the majority of the time took decent shots. We put up seventy-four shots against Missouri and hopefully we can get to seventy shots again versus Auburn. Unfortunately we only connected on twenty-five of those shots and thirty-two of the seventy-four were behind the arc. I?m okay with shooting that many threes because that?s what defines this team, but we only connected on eight of those thirty-two bombs and that?s pretty bad. In games like that, we need more balance and hopefully other players, besides Brandon, will understand that and put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket.
5. We need more production off the bench. Against Missouri, Bertrand was the only player to score off the bench with thirteen points. Sam McLaurin only had two rebounds in fourteen minutes and Henry added only one stat to his line with one TO in five minutes. The bench needs to step up against Auburn and give Coach Groce more production going into the Big Ten season.
Final Score
UI ? 72 Auburn - 59
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#2 ? kzimmer001?
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Posted Today, 12:04 PM
Totally pumped for this game, I think Illinois plays well, start to finish and puts a hurt on Auburn. As much as Auburn can create turnovers, I think the Illini perimter guys will get a lot of deflections and easy point opportunities. ILL 80 AUB 65
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#3 ? Dcudds?
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kzimmer001, on 28 December 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:
Totally pumped for this game, I think Illinois plays well, start to finish and puts a hurt on Auburn. As much as Auburn can create turnovers, I think the Illini perimter guys will get a lot of deflections and easy point opportunities. ILL 80 AUB 65
Let's get this win buddy!
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#4 ? illiniphil85?
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Posted Today, 12:30 PM
Thx for posting these cudds.
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#5 ? illinicalvin?
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Posted Today, 12:33 PM
This is such a better read than the CI2 previews.
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#6 ? Ski Team?
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Posted Today, 12:35 PM
Thanks for the writeup, Dcudds. Very thorough and a good read. A couple of points...
1. I wouldn't call a guy who has taken 38 shots in 11 games a gunner. That's less than 3.5 shots per game.
2. "scoring the basketball." Gawd, I HATE that term. Score points? Yes. Score baskets or buckets? Okay. But I've yet to see anyone scoring a basketball. Sadly, almost everyone uses that term now. Please don't take this personally; I just hate the phrase.
Illinois should blow Auburn away, but I've seen us play down to the level of their competition too many times this year. We need a blowout win to show our resiliency from the Mizzou game.
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#7 ? ChainsawFan?
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?illinicalvin, on 28 December 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:
This is such a better read than the CI2 previews.
But he has MS Paint versions of Self, Crean, and Tisdale doing unusual things even when they're in no way involved in the upcoming game!
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#8 ? Big10Man?
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This group of players should not lose to a team that is 5-6 ... especially at the UC. With Groce on the bench, I am not worried about them being focused.
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#9 ? Dcudds?
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Posted Today, 12:45 PM
illiniphil85, on 28 December 2012 - 12:30 PM, said:
Thx for posting these cudds.
No problem Illiniphil85, let's get this win tomorrow!
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#10 ? Dcudds?
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illinicalvin, on 28 December 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:
This is such a better read than the CI2 previews.
Thanks Illinicalvin, CI2 is pretty damn good at what he does.
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#11 ? Dcudds?
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Posted Today, 12:54 PM
Ski Team, on 28 December 2012 - 12:35 PM, said:
Thanks for the writeup, Dcudds. Very thorough and a good read. A couple of points...
1. I wouldn't call a guy who has taken 38 shots in 11 games a gunner. That's less than 3.5 shots per game.
2. "scoring the basketball." Gawd, I HATE that term. Score points? Yes. Score baskets or buckets? Okay. But I've yet to see anyone scoring a basketball. Sadly, almost everyone uses that term now. Please don't take this personally; I just hate the phrase.
Illinois should blow Auburn away, but I've seen us play down to the level of their competition too many times this year. We need a blowout win to show our resiliency from the Mizzou game.
I agree, he's not a gunner in that he's putting up 3PA like DJ or Brandon, but I always look at the opponents two top 3PA shooters. He's only put up 38, but he's a good shooter. Hopefully we can limit his looks tomorrow.
Sorry you dislike the term "scoring the basketball." I got a chuckle out of that one. lol. I'd love to see us blow out Auburn tomorrow and we have the talent to do it. Whether we win by ten or more, I just want to see some improvement from the Missouri game, especially with our FG% and bench scoring/production.
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illinicalvin, on 28 December 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:
This is such a better read than the CI2 previews.
CI2 is not a substantive sports poster, strictly comedic.
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#14 ? Sharpie?
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Dcudds, on 28 December 2012 - 11:55 AM, said:
Opponent
Auburn ? SEC Record ? 0-0 (Conference) 5-6 (Overall)
Quality Wins
None
Rankings
Points per game ? 67.2 (192nd) < vs. Illini 76.6 (45th) Rebounds per game ? 36.6 (121st) > vs. Illini 36.5 (124th) Assists per game ? 13.6 (131st) > vs. Illini 11.8 (250th) FG% - .421 (232nd) < vs. Illini .443 (141st)
Major Players
6-4 Sr Guard ? Brandon Paul ? 19.2 ppg, .444 FG%, .385 3P% 6-3 Sr Guard ? D.J. Richardson ? 11.2 ppg, .357 FG%, .326 3P% 6-2 Jr Guard ? Chris Denson ? 17 ppg, .575 FG%, .286 3P% 6-1 Sr Guard ? Frankie Sullivan ? 16.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.6 apg
Interesting Stats
1. Free-throw attempts: UI ? 239 (71%) vs. Auburn ? 210 (71%) 2. TO?s per game: UI ? 12 vs. Auburn ? 14 3. Steals per game: UI ? 8 vs. Auburn ? 8
More Stats
1. Auburn has attempted 192 treys compared to UI?s 343. 2. Auburn is averaging 34% from behind the arc versus UI?s 37%. 3. Auburn has collected 139 offensive rebounds compared to UI?s 160. 4. Auburn has collected 264 defensive rebounds compared to UI?s 314.
Gunners
Noel Johnson ? 18 of 38 shooting 47% Frankie Sullivan ? 17 of 67 shooting 25% Brandon Paul ? 35 of 91 shooting 39% DJ Richardson ? 31 of 95 shooting 33%
Cudds keys to winning:
1. We need to protect the basketball because Auburn does a decent job of creating TO?s and minimize the unforced TO?s. Auburn has four players that average a steal per game and another two that are on the cusp at .9 spg. Allen Payne (1.6 spg) and Josh Wallace (1.5 spg) are Auburn?s two best players at creating steals. Brandon Paul (2.7 tpg) and Tracy Abrams (2.9 tpg) need to do a good job of protecting the basketball and limiting the TO?s as well as the rest of the team.
2. Keep Chris Denson from getting into the lane and scoring on the free-throw line. He?s only played in the last four games and Auburn is 3-1 with a loss to Bowling Green. He?s a scorer and a very good one when getting into the paint (.575 FG%). In four games he?s got to the free-throw line 27 times, but from behind the arc he?s only shooting .286 3P%. That may be deceiving though, he?s only put up seven shots from behind the arc. Regardless, I?d like to keep him in front of me and out of the lane.
3. Turn up the heat on defense. Auburn is TO prone and I?d like to see us create a minimum of 15 TO?s with our defense. Frankie Sullivan is Auburn?s Phil Pressey and he?s averaging 3.1 TO?s per game. Auburn is not an impressive passing team similar to the Illini (14 apg to 14 tpg this year). Brandon Paul (1.5 spg), DJ Richardson (1.5 spg), and Tracy Abrams (1.4 spg) will have the opportunity to get steals and hopefully we can capitalize in transition and score some easy buckets.
4. Let?s do a better job of scoring the basketball. I thought we played with good pace against Missouri and the majority of the time took decent shots. We put up seventy-four shots against Missouri and hopefully we can get to seventy shots again versus Auburn. Unfortunately we only connected on twenty-five of those shots and thirty-two of the seventy-four were behind the arc. I?m okay with shooting that many threes because that?s what defines this team, but we only connected on eight of those thirty-two bombs and that?s pretty bad. In games like that, we need more balance and hopefully other players, besides Brandon, will understand that and put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket.
5. We need more production off the bench. Against Missouri, Bertrand was the only player to score off the bench with thirteen points. Sam McLaurin only had two rebounds in fourteen minutes and Henry added only one stat to his line with one TO in five minutes. The bench needs to step up against Auburn and give Coach Groce more production going into the Big Ten season.
Final Score
UI ? 72 Auburn - 59
Good stuff. My only hope is for an easy win so the bench can get some meaningful game action before B1G play begins.
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#15 ? PBLIllini?
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Dcudds, on 28 December 2012 - 12:47 PM, said:
Thanks Illinicalvin, CI2 is pretty damn good at what he does.
Not really. He is a clown that does it in crayon.
But I do agree that your write up was good.
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I want to go to the game tomorrow, but don't have ticks. If we don't get in, does anyone know of an Illini bar in the city?
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