Matt with a few 3's early on. The missing mullet makes him look much thinner.

Dain Dainja with a dunk.

It's amazing how much Dainja transformed his body from when he was here. He is a legit PF now.

He'd been a good one for Drew if he'd been 30 lbs lighter back then.

Feel like we could use some Dainja on our team

Why are there so many Illinois fans there?

Shannon 26 points and Dainja with 13 points.

Shannon is making sure Mayer and Dainja don't play their former team. He can't miss. 8-9 from 3, 29 points.

Illinois wins by 9...........79-70


Both Dainja (13) and Mayer (11) ended with double figures.

DanaDane said:

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Shannon is making sure Mayer and Dainja don't play their former team. He can't miss. 8-9 from 3, 29 points.

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Huh?

I was hoping we would get Illinois. Was just complimenting Shannon because he couldn't miss down the stretch and it was obvious he was carrying them to the championship game. It's late. No reason to read anything into it.

Dainja is talented but there were things about his game that bothered me. If he strong enough? Is he selfish? I didn't get to watch the second half so my questions may be off base but I just questioned his attitude on the floor sometimes.

Your first question is a silly one Baker, he's VERY strong. And I can speak from in person experience prior to BU (I'm sure he didn't get weaker) now as far attitude, I'm not sure I wasn't at BU word is he didn't fit and if that's the case glad he moved on as it worked for both Dain and BU. That said the dudes a monster down low. Hard to think he wouldn't help BU

Fran insinuated we let Dain eat all the time at Baylor and that he is now on a strict diet at Illinois.

Big_Pumpin said:

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Why are there so many Illinois fans there?

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Because they don't understand their school's athletics programs as existing for their entertainment.

Smashmouth said:

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Fran insinuated we let Dain eat all the time at Baylor and that he is now on a strict diet at Illinois.

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That was the Pandemic year, and there was undoubtedly less direct monitoring of players as in a normal year. I seem to remember that a couple of our bench players (including Dainja) did not appear to be in the best of shape in the Championship season. I am glad that he has fixed that, and seems to be doing well at Illinois. The sad thing is, he left Baylor a couple of months prior to Jonathan's horrific injury. No doubt he would have received playing time if he had stayed.

Big_Pumpin said:

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Why are there so many Illinois fans there?

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Big 10 travels

IowaBear said:

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Your first question is a silly one Baker, he's VERY strong. And I can speak from in person experience prior to BU (I'm sure he didn't get weaker) now as far attitude, I'm not sure I wasn't at BU word is he didn't fit and if that's the case glad he moved on as it worked for both Dain and BU. That said the dudes a monster down low. Hard to think he wouldn't help BU

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Not every player fits in every place. It's no one's fault.

Where did I say it was anyones fault? Or that every player fits at every stop? Simply said it probably worked out for both Dain and BU and that he's a stud

I didn't think you were attacking me. Just making sense of your thoughts. To continue that I don't recall many players transferring fromBU and finding much success. Freeman is the only one who comes to mind. Dainja is one who will probably be in that category in a few years