UConn 77, Illinois 52 Postgame

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#476      
Uconn fan here. Been reading the board the past few days and decided to post.

First off, making the elite 8 is nothing to be ashamed about. It took uconn few heartbreaks back in the early 90s before we finally broke through. It's a process.

As far as your coach. Probably not the best idea to give uconn bulletin board material but I get it. It tried something different which you have to do against uconn. As far as driving it at clingan I don't see anything wrong with that. He is foul prone. He can pick up some silly fouls reaching in or setting screens. But, after the first half he probably should have made some adjustments as clingan only had one fouls.

As for Hurley, you have him all wrong. I wasn't his biggest fan at first. The riding of the officials killed us the first few years.. It distracted the team and we absolutely got hammered by big east refs.. Even now we always get a bad whistle in conference. That's why so many fans are happy to get out of league play.

But, if you know his history you understand why he is the way he is on the court. He was Bob hurleys little brother. He played at Seton Hall and opposing fans would scream you're not big hurley all the time. You stink. Seton Hall fans boed him. He wanted to quit basketball and thought about suicide. He also was Bob Hurley Sr son. Another hard footstep to follow. He was always the one who was not good enought. Had to fight for everything.

Which is why he shines off the court. He understands the players and what college athletes go through. He brings in speakers all the time to help the kids deal with life. He really relates to them. He has reading sessions where they discuss books about life and becoming a better person. The players love him. More importantly and a better sign is the parents of the players really love Hurley.

As far as uconn fans. Many are obnoxious. I wish they would relax on social media at times myself. But again I understand. Being a uconn fan for almost 40 years now I was there at the beginning. Syracuse and Georgetown fans constantly telling us we suck. And we did back then. But when we started getting good they still didn't give us the respect many fans thought we deserved. Then we won it all in 99.. still they bashed us until we won again in 04..then we had the Duke fans tell us we weren't good. Won't last etc. we kept winning. Now we get the you're not a blue blood. Most of could care less. We know who we are as a program. But, honestly we have been fighting for respect so long a lot of fans are going to be heard now even if it means going overboard.

Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to give a little context. Anyways. Enjoy your Easter. Congrats on a great season.
After losing by 25, I felt like Dan Hurley might not be the worst human being because it could have been 35 if he wanted. 😫
 
#477      
It's a little bit of fun with selected endpoints, but I just want to note:

2021: 7 wins versus KenPom top 15 (Michigan, Iowa twice, Ohio State twice, Wisconsin twice)

2024: 1 win versus KenPom top 15 (Iowa State)

That's why I said we needed to lose last night to have this debate. You knock off the UConn juggernaut and go to the Final Four and it kinda ends the debate. But by the same token if we'd lost to Iowa State I think the argument that lucking into a helpless Duquesne team to go one game further in the tourney makes up for the much, much weaker resume this season would be an absurd, laughable argument.

It's 2021 for me. And I think 2024 advocates would have been helped if last night had been a bit less of a walkover.
This team is more complete in offense. 2021 team was good but could be exploited. For tourney run, you always want a more complete team.
 
#478      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
 
#479      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
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#480      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
We have the most wins in the Big Ten the past five years
 
#481      
Dain may not be a perfect answer, but Ty was ineffective offensively. At least Dain brings some size inside and can maybe finish over Clingan (although the crap he was throwing up tonight, even without Clingan in there… not sure what that was).

I think the frustration is lack of trying something else when the first option is clearly not going to work.
He has size but he doesn't have Clingan/Edey size. Dain was doing nothing offensively, he was bricking layups. There wasn't a simple solution yesterday. We just didn't make shots. What I'm trying to say is we did try a lot of somethings and none of it worked.
 
#482      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
Silliness.

A last second buzzer beater would be a groin kick loss. Loyola was a groin kick loss. Robbed by the refs. Best player gets hurt. When you have a team you think can win it all, the last loss is always a groin kick.

Elite 8 helps the program
BTT champions helps the program
Domask’s success helps the program
TSJ and or Hawkins making the NBA helps the program

Being the tenth consecutive team to get smoked by UConn in the tournament doesn’t negatively impact the program at all.
 
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#483      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
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You might have needed another week or two before posting this.

The basketball program is in great shape and highly respectable for years now. They just lost in the quarter finals of the NCAA tourney, not the quarters of BTT (as one would think reading this)!

This season has been a tremendous success. Don't let one bad half (to the best team in the country) define the year. Another banner is going to be hung in a few months. Many programs would long for the success Brad has had over the past 5 years.
 
#484      
Uconn fan here. Been reading the board the past few days and decided to post.

First off, making the elite 8 is nothing to be ashamed about. It took uconn few heartbreaks back in the early 90s before we finally broke through. It's a process.

As far as your coach. Probably not the best idea to give uconn bulletin board material but I get it. It tried something different which you have to do against uconn. As far as driving it at clingan I don't see anything wrong with that. He is foul prone. He can pick up some silly fouls reaching in or setting screens. But, after the first half he probably should have made some adjustments as clingan only had one fouls.

As for Hurley, you have him all wrong. I wasn't his biggest fan at first. The riding of the officials killed us the first few years.. It distracted the team and we absolutely got hammered by big east refs.. Even now we always get a bad whistle in conference. That's why so many fans are happy to get out of league play.

But, if you know his history you understand why he is the way he is on the court. He was Bob hurleys little brother. He played at Seton Hall and opposing fans would scream you're not big hurley all the time. You stink. Seton Hall fans boed him. He wanted to quit basketball and thought about suicide. He also was Bob Hurley Sr son. Another hard footstep to follow. He was always the one who was not good enought. Had to fight for everything.

Which is why he shines off the court. He understands the players and what college athletes go through. He brings in speakers all the time to help the kids deal with life. He really relates to them. He has reading sessions where they discuss books about life and becoming a better person. The players love him. More importantly and a better sign is the parents of the players really love Hurley.

As far as uconn fans. Many are obnoxious. I wish they would relax on social media at times myself. But again I understand. Being a uconn fan for almost 40 years now I was there at the beginning. Syracuse and Georgetown fans constantly telling us we suck. And we did back then. But when we started getting good they still didn't give us the respect many fans thought we deserved. Then we won it all in 99.. still they bashed us until we won again in 04..then we had the Duke fans tell us we weren't good. Won't last etc. we kept winning. Now we get the you're not a blue blood. Most of could care less. We know who we are as a program. But, honestly we have been fighting for respect so long a lot of fans are going to be heard now even if it means going overboard.

Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to give a little context. Anyways. Enjoy your Easter. Congrats on a great season.
I appreciate the attempt at the olive branch here, but you said you posted to give a little “context” but all you ended up doing was giving Dan Hurley the wettest verbal reach around on this forum, praising yourself for winning so many titles since ‘99, and mistakenly think that Sean Harrington, a dude who works a sales job in Florida and freelances for ESPN, is a coach and “gave you guys bulletin board material”. All of this, mind you, on a thread of your opponent’s forum who you just embarrassed on national tv.

Happy Easter to you but good god man nobody wants to hear this lol
 
#485      
I appreciate the attempt at the olive branch here, but you said you posted to give a little “context” but all you ended up doing was giving Dan Hurley the wettest verbal reach around on this forum, praising yourself for winning so many titles since ‘99, and mistakenly think that Sean Harrington, a dude who works a sales job in Florida and freelances for ESPN, is a coach and “gave you guys bulletin board material”. All of this, mind you, on a thread of your opponent’s forum who you just embarrassed on national tv.

Happy Easter to you but good god man nobody wants to hear this lol
What all UConn fans wish everyone else would do in front of them . . .
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And what UConn fans all think when they are around each other.

 
#486      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
This post is the take equivalent of an 0-30 run. Miss after miss after miss
 
#487      
Everyone complained about Brad not making the second weekend and that's all they wanted, and now the goalposts are moving from some. Quite hilarious.

I listened to so many people on this board and in person !!!!! in the preseason/summer about the roster makeup of this team and how we weren't going to do anything. That it was going to be like the year before or worse. How having no point guard meant we weren't going to be good. How Brad can't do anything in March.

Team proceeds to win 29 games, third most in school history by the way.

Solo second in the big ten by two games!!! And that was probably the worst outcome-yes we blew a couple of games in the regular season, but man some of those were very unlucky to be losses.

Big ten tournament championship. Enough said. 4 big ten titles for Brad. (2021 was 2 I don't care)

Not only did he get to a sweet 16, but he beat a top 5 team in the AP poll in the sweet 16 that was red hot to get to the elite 8. Not only did he get to a second weekend, but he won a game.

Yes, the Uconn loss sucked a ton. We were terrible in the game. Almost everyone played their worst game in months outside of Domask. Not Brad's best gameplan either, but he was awesome this year with his coaching. With that being said, we lost to maybe the best college basketball team in the last 10 years. Probably would have beaten anyone outside of Purdue or Uconn yesterday.

This thing is just getting started. Brad needed to get over the hump in March, and now he has. Now it's time to get this thing going. Reload time, and we will be playing in April in the next couple of years
 
#488      
Everyone complained about Brad not making the second weekend and that's all they wanted, and now the goalposts are moving from some. Quite hilarious.

I listened to so many people on this board and in person !!!!! in the preseason/summer about the roster makeup of this team and how we weren't going to do anything. That it was going to be like the year before or worse. How having no point guard meant we weren't going to be good. How Brad can't do anything in March.

Team proceeds to win 29 games, third most in school history by the way.

Solo second in the big ten by two games!!! And that was probably the worst outcome-yes we blew a couple of games in the regular season, but man some of those were very unlucky to be losses.

Big ten tournament championship. Enough said. 4 big ten titles for Brad. (2021 was 2 I don't care)

Not only did he get to a sweet 16, but he beat a top 5 team in the AP poll in the sweet 16 that was red hot to get to the elite 8. Not only did he get to a second weekend, but he won a game.

Yes, the Uconn loss sucked a ton. We were terrible in the game. Almost everyone played their worst game in months outside of Domask. Not Brad's best gameplan either, but he was awesome this year with his coaching. With that being said, we lost to maybe the best college basketball team in the last 10 years. Probably would have beaten anyone outside of Purdue or Uconn yesterday.

This thing is just getting started. Brad needed to get over the hump in March, and now he has. Now it's time to get this thing going. Reload time, and we will be playing in April in the next couple of years
We’ll get there eventually. Unfortunately we’ll experience some heartbreaks and setbacks along the way like yesterday but I think BU has the motivation and the drive to put us where we belong consistently every year and that’s winning championships year in and year out in March and April.
 
#489      
Uconn fan here. Been reading the board the past few days and decided to post.

First off, making the elite 8 is nothing to be ashamed about. It took uconn few heartbreaks back in the early 90s before we finally broke through. It's a process.

As far as your coach. Probably not the best idea to give uconn bulletin board material but I get it. It tried something different which you have to do against uconn. As far as driving it at clingan I don't see anything wrong with that. He is foul prone. He can pick up some silly fouls reaching in or setting screens. But, after the first half he probably should have made some adjustments as clingan only had one fouls.

As for Hurley, you have him all wrong. I wasn't his biggest fan at first. The riding of the officials killed us the first few years.. It distracted the team and we absolutely got hammered by big east refs.. Even now we always get a bad whistle in conference. That's why so many fans are happy to get out of league play.

But, if you know his history you understand why he is the way he is on the court. He was Bob hurleys little brother. He played at Seton Hall and opposing fans would scream you're not big hurley all the time. You stink. Seton Hall fans boed him. He wanted to quit basketball and thought about suicide. He also was Bob Hurley Sr son. Another hard footstep to follow. He was always the one who was not good enought. Had to fight for everything.

Which is why he shines off the court. He understands the players and what college athletes go through. He brings in speakers all the time to help the kids deal with life. He really relates to them. He has reading sessions where they discuss books about life and becoming a better person. The players love him. More importantly and a better sign is the parents of the players really love Hurley.

As far as uconn fans. Many are obnoxious. I wish they would relax on social media at times myself. But again I understand. Being a uconn fan for almost 40 years now I was there at the beginning. Syracuse and Georgetown fans constantly telling us we suck. And we did back then. But when we started getting good they still didn't give us the respect many fans thought we deserved. Then we won it all in 99.. still they bashed us until we won again in 04..then we had the Duke fans tell us we weren't good. Won't last etc. we kept winning. Now we get the you're not a blue blood. Most of could care less. We know who we are as a program. But, honestly we have been fighting for respect so long a lot of fans are going to be heard now even if it means going overboard.

Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to give a little context. Anyways. Enjoy your Easter. Congrats on a great season.
Look, driving at Clingan was not a good idea. Clingan doesn’t foul. We saw proof of that in the game. UConn was very clean overall, especially against a team with probably the best player in the country at drawing fouls. C’mon, that’s where Clingan shines, best if the best.
 
#490      
I don't think there was a strategy that gets us over UCONN. They're simply the better team. Our defense in teh first half was amazing, they then proceeded to 30-0 us. They are better than us. We were the third best team left in the tournament I just wish we would have avoided them long enough to make a final four. Final four would have been huge for our fanbase's psyche and recruiting. That said, this was a great season. Absolute home run. Glad I got to see it.
 
#491      
I've waited a day to put my emotions in perspective. I will not bore you all with my "I've been a fan since......." BS. That said I'm probably still a little raw regarding how the season ended. It seems that these groin kick losses are somewhat regular and predictable for Illinois. I was at the 1984 Rose Bowl and that was like a death in the family. That was a winnable game but we got our asses handed to us. Then there was the Austin Peay basketball tournament loss that was pretty much unthinkable. Then we seemingly had it going our way after the 88-89 final four run and the Deon Thomas-Bruce Pearl thing happened and Lou never really recovered from that. Then the '05 team had us believing the basketball world was our oyster and we all know how that fell apart and we thought we were recovering from that decade plus stretch of moribund and then we get embarrassed beyond any reasonable degree yesterday. It just seems we see a glimmer of hope of sustained moderate success and BAM!! Here comes the groin kick. It seems predictable.

I don't know what lies in store for the future of the two revenue sport programs but I've given up believing that they're ever going to realize sustained success, and I'm not talking about multiple national championships, but just a reasonable degree of respectability. Yesterday pretty much put that in the dumpster for the foreseeable future of the basketball program. I'm getting old and if they don't get there soon I'm not going to see it!
This was like the 3rd best season in school history and you're over here talking about how we don't have any success.
 
#492      
I watched the game on Saturday. I was shell shocked from the start of the second half until about 60 minutes after turning the TV off. This loss does leave a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth after an otherwise amazing season.

But, all in all, we witnessed the best Illini season in almost 20 years. We witnessed the greatest single player 6 game tournament run we’ve ever seen in an Illini uniform. We broke through the second weekend curse. We are on our way up with Brad & co. showing zero signs of slowing down. We will be back.
 
#493      
I'm still more disappointed in the Maryland loss at home and the Penn State collapse than the ELITE EIGHT loss. Hit hard watching these guys go out like that but what a season and got us back to where we belong.
 
#494      
I am really saddened by the loss to UConn, even though they are the better team. But my real pain is for our players and coaches who put in countless hours of work so some and throughout the season. Thank you men for an amazing season and countless hours of pleasure watching you play the game of basketball. Thank you to all of my brothers and sisters on this forum for hours of entertainment, support, encouragement and enjoyment. Can't wait for portal season and next year! I-L-L
 
#495      
All I know is that my pocketbook is a dollar lighter as I put the challenge to a good friend of mine who started at the same company as me right out of school, uh, sometime last century. And yes, he is a UConn alumnus.

Great show by the team this past season. I had myself always looking forward to watching the next game on the schedule.
 
#496      
Everyone complained about Brad not making the second weekend and that's all they wanted, and now the goalposts are moving from some. Quite hilarious.

I listened to so many people on this board and in person !!!!! in the preseason/summer about the roster makeup of this team and how we weren't going to do anything. That it was going to be like the year before or worse. How having no point guard meant we weren't going to be good. How Brad can't do anything in March.

Team proceeds to win 29 games, third most in school history by the way.

Solo second in the big ten by two games!!! And that was probably the worst outcome-yes we blew a couple of games in the regular season, but man some of those were very unlucky to be losses.

Big ten tournament championship. Enough said. 4 big ten titles for Brad. (2021 was 2 I don't care)

Not only did he get to a sweet 16, but he beat a top 5 team in the AP poll in the sweet 16 that was red hot to get to the elite 8. Not only did he get to a second weekend, but he won a game.

Yes, the Uconn loss sucked a ton. We were terrible in the game. Almost everyone played their worst game in months outside of Domask. Not Brad's best gameplan either, but he was awesome this year with his coaching. With that being said, we lost to maybe the best college basketball team in the last 10 years. Probably would have beaten anyone outside of Purdue or Uconn yesterday.

This thing is just getting started. Brad needed to get over the hump in March, and now he has. Now it's time to get this thing going. Reload time, and we will be playing in April in the next couple of years
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#498      
All I know is that my pocketbook is a dollar lighter as I put the challenge to a good friend of mine who started at the same company as me right out of school, uh, sometime last century. And yes, he is a UConn alumnus.

Great show by the team this past season. I had myself always looking forward to watching the next game on the schedule.
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#499      
I do respect that many posters and Illini fans want to refrain from saying anything negative about the team, and the coaching staff in particular (namely BU), and by no means I'm down on him, but we cannot ignore the fact that his coaching in this game was suspect to say the least. Our game plan(s) and in-game adjustments were just awful.

To put things into perspective, Northwestern playing without two starters, including their 7' center (their second best player, and the only big on their roster that had enough size to play Clingan), played UConn much better and lost much more respectably that we did--they only lost by 17 points, and never gave up a double-digit scoreless run (I think the most UConn managed was 7-0 or 8-0 run against them). I fully expected us to win, but I predicted a 10-pt (or less) loss; instead we lost by 25 pts (and it could've easily been 40 pts if UConn did not take its foot off with 10+ min left).
 
#500      
That was painful. I had an obligation Saturday night so when I got home it was halftime. They were only down 5 and I considered that a huge victory. I had hope. I could not tune in right after halftime so I turned it on with about 12 minutes left maybe and it was 58-23. I actually thought there was a mistake on the screen and someone screwed up. I changed the channel and turned it back on. Wow, shocking. What had I missed? Anyway, major bummer for the game but great season. Full disclosure. I have been disappointed with the lack of March success. The B1G titles were great but flaming out early was disappointing and I questioned whether Brad Underwood could get over the hump. He clearly did this year and it was very fun to watch. Very proud of this team.

Going forward I would like to see a team that has 5 guys out there that can score. I love Ty but you can't have someone out there who is almost zero threat to score outside of 2 feet from the basket. And give me some more high flyers. Can't wait to see how the roster shakes out for next year.
 
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