This is terrible officiated game... I hate directing fingers but they have missed soooo many travel calls on Michigan state. So many illegal screens. BS foul call at the end there... if brad didn’t get the tech and they didn’t call that it’s a 2-3 pt game.. and that’s with Trent not scoring and kofi out at the 11min mark. The offense is flowing but our shots aren’t falling. Maybe we switch ends and start hitting. Alan, tev and ayo doing really well! Giorgi starting to show up. I would probably play Feliz a bit more instead of Trent - we need some scoring and Feliz is at least attacking right now.
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foby
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It wasn't qualified as 3 point shooting, just shooting. If it is specifically about 3's, we are bad, but most likely not the worst ever.
Right, absolutely no reason to try and draw a charge there
Kofi had 2 fouls
The fact people are finding fault with Trent on that monstrosity of a blown call is absolutely astounding.
They key to this whole deal is Frazier. This was a guy that you could absolutely chalk up for 12-15 per game with potential to go for 25. This year.....he hasn't even been bad. He's been non existent. He's just not involved and I don't understand it.
We are in a good place all things considered . Kofi out most of the half and missing some he usually makes i am sure due to nerves. Trent is capable and the shots will fall. i love how AG is playing on oth ends. I wish we fed GB the ball in the post more but the shots will fall. AG is going to be very very good the more xperience he gets.
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And the crap ref got to watch his crap call over and over again figuring out how much time was left on the clock.
Refs at the table:
"Gee Bob, you really screwed that one up"
"Well it was bad, but your missed goaltending call was pretty bad too, so I don't feel that bad - well at least we're keeping Tommy happy"
That was just a blown call. I'm more frustrated with where he is offensively.
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Trent was fine on play. Horrendous 3 pt shooting and bad officiating is why we are losing. That non foul call when Giorgi was going back up at the end of the half was horrific. How do you not foul a guy with a standing block from that far behind him.
I’m going to remind you that Jalen Smith was a top 10 recruit, McDonald’s all American and a 1st round pick this year. A number of sources called Smith a 25 player in all of college ball this year. For a true freshman to go 9 & 8 at 57% from the field, go 100% from the line, with all of 3 years or whatever it is of basketball under his belt , and not get blown out of the gym is...really good. This idea that Kofi has just dominated against smaller inferior opponents isn’t a legitimate argument.
foby
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And yet we are still very much in it.
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I actually don't have a problem with what he did. That's a charge 99.999999% of the time. He was WAY ahead of the player going into a shooting motion. Yes - its hard to account for the refs, but that call was beyond horrible.
At some point these guys gotta play through the tightness and make some 3's. Shooting 42% against NC AT is all well and good but doesn't mean a lot.
kofi out most of the game and missing threes, homer refs but we are n the game only three turnovers. We need to force some but it will get better. I think AG, GB, and Ayo play well and kofi helps out a ton in the second half! Go Illini~
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Just walked in and turned the tv on and 1st thing I see is the call on Fraizer. It is a typical illinois road BIG game as they are getting screwed by refs. I can tell with one call.....
We r getting hip checked on EVERY MS screen. But the only foul called for moving screen went against us early on an inadvertent brush. One or two calls on their sliding screens and we won't have to switch so much.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here. I feel like we played better without Kofi. Giorgi doing more of what he did last year, and scoring. Offense has seemed to move more fluidly, and he wasn't exactly a rebound machine while he was playing. Thoughts?
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I'll take a whack at it....
He got a lot more open looks off of our pressure D and run outs. This year we have been totally committed to the post game with terrible ball movement. There have been dozens of occasions where a shooter (Trent, AG, Ayo) is wide open but Kofi and Giorgi force their shot. We just are so one dimensional and without movement while everyone watches Kofi and Giorgi. I've seen flashes in the last few games, but just inconsistent.
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